Skateboarders are pioneers of social media. They are masters of content marketing. Skate companies were doing "content marketing" before it was called that. Instagram blew up because of skateboarders. People bought iPhones just to have Instagram to connect with their skate homies.
We need to do this with Steemit. Think of Steemit as a planet that a bunch of humans landed on and are starting a society from scratch. We need to pioneer Skateboarding here on Steemit.
Steemit can Revolutionize Skateboarding if we all band together and work towards building a super strong skate community. Skate communities are the most tightly knit communities of any kind, so there is no reason it would not work that way here.
What I am proposing is to have a weekly or bi-weekly Steemit skatevideo events.
Look at how @luzcypher does his Open Mic.
Do you think we could do that with Skateboarding here on Steemit?
We could have the contests be called the name of a trick that everyone has to go out and do, and the winner gets the prize. We could start the prize out at 1 SBD and then increase it by +1 SBD every week.
So like the first week will be "KICKFLIP" where everyone has to go out and film a kickflip and the best kickflip wins.
Maybe the next week is "<1:00 min edit" where you just make a cool edit. or "FRONTSIDE GRIND" or something like that.
But the idea here is to get EVERYONE some money, like it does with Open mic. There is so much money coming in that everyone who submits something gets at least a few bucks. Thats what I want to happen.
I think we just need to start WEEK 1 and see where it goes.
OK! WEEK 1
The Contest THEME for Week 1 will be...
DO A TRICK. Any trick. Just film a trick. One trick
CONTEST RULES
Say the words "Steem Skate Week 1" at the beginning of the video.
Upvote this post (this is how we will generate the STEEM DOLLAR prize)
MAKE A NEW POST with your entry where the beginning of your post MUST read: "STEEMSKATE Week 1"
the FIRST hashtag of your post must be #steemskate and the second one should be #skateboarding
Link your post in the comments section of THIS POST so that I can find it!
(the rules will become more important as time goes on, the more people we get)
THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMPETITION ITS ABOUT GROWING THE SKATE COMMUNITY ON STEEMIT.
ALL ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A 100% UPVOTE FROM @web-gnar
IF YOU ARE A SKATEBOARDER AND YOU ARE READING THIS POST, COMMENT BELOW SO THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU!
MAYBE RESTEEM THIS POST SO THAT MORE PEOPLE SEE IT!
Since it's winter, I think we should give ourselves 10 days from when this post is created.
10 days from now, The Winner will receive the amount that this post generates, rounded down to the nearest dollar. So if it makes $5.61 the winner would get 5 SBD, which (at this point in time) would equal about $30 USD! SO the more we can get people to upvote the weekly STEEMSKATE POSTS the bigger the pot will be!
MAKE SURE TO POST YOUR ENTRY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW!
Week 1 submission done! CLICK HERE
Thanks for hosting this man
YES MY G!!
So hyped! I have a million ideas and am keen to be involved in any and every way I can!
The gifs are brilliant!! Hahaha!!
We could also do personalized requests or homie nominations/call outs like..
@stickchumpion I wanna see a tre flip from you this week! :)
I do think challenge ideas that anyone can do would work well like... err...
Funniest drop in? :)
Best way to pick up your board
Most stylish kickturn
best griptape art
then explore the deeper side of things maybe?
why did you start skateboarding (in 1 minute or less)
what is your set up and why?
Maybe stuff like that could be cool... I dunno
Anyway, @web_gnar I love you man, this is the best!!
So hyped!
SKATEBOARDING!!!!!! :)
Ah no just saw this going to bay66 on fri night . Will give it a bash.
good to keep skaters of all skill levels involved if possible!
Yessss!! Right on! Skateboarding is about fun first and foremost! Perhaps you have some ideas for challenges for the younger crew? @sheskates926 and equally, Dad, Hi!, perhaps you have ideas for some 'parents who skate' challenges?
Can't wait to hear you guys input! :)
I liked your ideas, we have a bit of a delay between recording editing and publishing, not sure if we will be able to submit for these regularly but hope to upvote, resteem and support for sure!
More ideas:
Best "not made to skate" spot
Fingerflip Challenge
Caveman Challenge
of course could have Switch, Nollie, Fakie Challenge
Help someone else learn a trick you know
Make a stranger smile with your skating in public
Still trick challenge
Consistency challenge (who can do 10 ollies/kickflips in a row the cleanest)
Carpet Board challenge
Bowl challenge
Red Curb Challenge
fast forward line challenge (best looking line played in faster mode)
slow Motion Challenge (Best looking trick in slow-motion)
I like the question idea too, like maybe every challenge should also have a question to answer. Like goofy or regular, favorite shoes, risers or not, bearings of choice, tight or loose trucks, favorite skateboard company/brand, favorite pro then & now, worst injury, trick that took the longest to learn, are any tricks easier for you in switch or fakie... etc..
Dad only learned to skate so he wasn't bored at the skate park & to follow behind with the camera, his challenge is keeping up with me! Probably not enough people here to split into adult/kid or am/pro, I would say just get started with something simple and we will learn as we go! Have a good day!
AMAZING SLEW of ideas! they are all just great I was a little overwhelmed when i was making this post worrying about ideas of how to improve it each week but not anymore!
YES THANK you for the ideas. this is good
Just did it !!!!!!
https://steemit.com/steemskate/@stickchumpion/steemskate-week-1-getting-a-trick-at-a-local-sketchy-spot
Heres my entry
https://steemit.com/steemskate/@web-gnar/steem-skate-week-1-entry-by-web-gnar-updates-on-steem-skate
I love that skateboarding has made a presence on steemit. @theomgbrand is down for the cause. I would love to do merch giveaways for some of these contest. We all need to help each other out and Upvote on all our skate communities post whether it be here or dtube. We need to support our community.
agreed! Supporting each other is very important! Also need to weed out people who just steal others content and post it as their own like this guy: https://steemit.com/@dawu I have flagged his stolen content myself, but we need to work together to keep legit creators growing and trolls/thieves lost in the shadows!
Yeah that is very true....We need people that genuinely want to help....I am all the way down for the cause
Do you have an Instagram?
My name is the same everywhere! Ill follow yall back!
Check me out @ these other links:
GawkBox:
https://www.gawkbox.com/SheSkates%20926
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/SheSkates926
twitter:
https://twitter.com/SheSkates926
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sheskates926/
steemit:
https://steemit.com/@sheskates926
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/sheskates926
Ok awesome I just followed you back on instagram and followed your youtube account.... You can check out my boards here at
http://www.customskateboards.com/OMG-Skateboards
psyched to have you on board!
Hey do you have an Instagram? We need to tell all our peers about steemit so we can grow even more
@zackofshit
Sounds like a plan, resteemed and upvoted!
right on! happy you have you on board
I LOVE this animated GIF man!
I want more of these! These look very nice and attractive! It screams out "Money" and makes me believe the animator is wealthy!
This is going far man... this is going far!
This is REAL man, REAL A E S T H E T I C this is real art!
dope af, super down to help with this any way we can
DOPE!
awesome profile picture
That's a good idea when growing a skateboard community in steemit. Although, i can't be fully involved due to my region. But I'll upvote and resteem it to reach other fellows as well.👍
why can't you be involved? well thanks for sharing it lets get skaters some STEEM!
Ah yea super down
righteous
Hello yeah that's awesome !
@ianpreut let's share this ! Let's get some steem!
hell yes, do you skate too? @ianpreut is the first pro skateboarder on steemit??? this is going to be so sick when tons of pros come on here and do tricks for crypto. When crypto blows up this year TONS of people are going to find out about steemit and its going to be sick to already have a skate community established hopefully we will get as big as Open mic
Yeah I do ! I actually run a skateboard distribution company here in China .
Yeah i
Platforms like this are going to be great for all skaters !
What I'm hoping is that they can make enough here so that they aren't so dependent on thier sponsors and they can detatch from the shoe brand schedules!
Damn I went skating on Sunday to make an entry for steemskate week one but I guess I missed it. I'll week 2
you didnt miss it! the contest ends 10 days from the post! its only been 8 days!
dude thats awesome maybe we can make some sick steem decks in the future when we have tons of steem to work with.
Does the distribution company that you run make boards for any american skate companies i may know?
Alright awesome!
Yeah that is a great idea! We can do smaller runs for special project like that! Could even be be a part of the prizes if this gets bigger.
We are the exclusive distributor of DLX (thunder venture spitfire...etc) and Baker boys (baker deathwish heroin Shake junt) for China. That is what we import from the US. But we mostly manufacture for Asian and European brands.
DM me in Instagram or facebook
Insta : dcashcctx
DUDE thats aweome my friend @tpc is a sales rep for bakerboys dist. stoked to have made a connection with you.
oh gotcha so you import decks from those american companies to sell in asia?
Heaven is a half-pipe?
Thanks to @ecoinstant, this post was resteemed and highlighted in today's edition of The Daily Sneak.
Thank you for your efforts to create quality content!
hugely appreciated !
Cool! Thanks for sharing !
I like the idea of picking a “trick of the week”. For beginner skaters wanting to join the steem skate community we should make tutorial videos on how to do that specific trick of the week. Keep me updated man if you wanna collab i’m down to help I can make weekly tutorials! If you have instagram dm me so we can plan some stuff out @marcuus.__
sure, ill hit you up
yeeewwwwwww this is fucken sick!!!! would love to see a steemit skate crew on here!
whoa... where is THAT?
Fashionably late to the party but here's my submission :-)
https://d.tube/v/berenguel/ezxspyqe
Great! I finally found this! It's just so sad that I learned about the competition kind of late though.
enter the next one!
@web-gnar here is mine!
Hello to everyone.I'm new in steemit and i love that skateboardin has already reached steemit.Here is a vide of me.Not an official entry.I just wanted to share my fight with this trash can :
https://steemit.com/steemskate/@knowhow92/2gje605a
that was sick. welcome man. enter the next contest
So gnarly!
indeed! welcome @kingkaden !
Nice job.....can I also partake in the contest?
i don't see why not
its a very good contest. we are gonna learn some tricks
hell yes
check this out @ambermayormaynot
nice idea. i think i´m going to participate when my ankle recovers but that will take up to about 2 months :/
it´s interesting to see the skate community on this platform :D
cool
I'm in!!! :) Sorry for the delay!!
https://steemit.com/steemskate/@nicolcron/ixzkectz