Happy Friday Obots! In 2010, the California African American Museum opened an exhibit on the history of African-Americans in Skateboarding, "How We Roll". Covering four decades, it surveys the history and achievements of the art, photography, and culture of skateboarding as an all inclusive sport. Now, I admit....I had no idea about all of these skateboarders. I knew about … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
African Americans in Extreme Sports
Thursday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Good Morning Obots! Today's featured extreme sports star is into BMX Biking! Nigel Sylvester At first, Nigel Sylvester was just a boy on his bike in Queens, NY. He's still on his bike years later, but this time it's a bike he designed and he's getting paid to be on it. Now sponsors like Nike, Gatorade and G-Shock are helping Sylvester on his journey to the top of the BMX … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Wednesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Happy Hump Day Obots! Today's Extreme Sport feature is a freestyle rollerblader! Ramelle Knight Ramelle Knight grew up on the tough streets of the Bronx, New York. He played a lot of basketball as a kid, but always had a fascination with rollerblades. B-ball did not give him the thrill he was looking for, so Ramelle started rollerblading at the age of 15 as a way to get … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Good Morning Obots! Today we feature a barrier-breaker in the world of snowboarding! Stevie Bell Stevie Bell is the first and only African American professional snowboarders of his time to break into the industry in 2005. His love for snowboarding and his passion to excel earned him a spot on the Forum Pro snowboarding team in 2006. He starred in his first snowboarding … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Monday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Good Morning Obots! This week we will take a look at some young pioneers in their own right, those African-americans that have broken barriers in what is known as Extreme Sports: Skateboarding, MotorCross, Snowboarding and more! James Stewart Born in 1985, James “Bubba” Stewart has been called the “Tiger Woods of super motocross” because of his domination of a sport as … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports