Here's a space to put any materials related to mental health and skateboarding. To kick off, here's a link to the Push to Heal short doc on Vimeo.
Here's a space to put any materials related to mental health and skateboarding. To kick off, here's a link to the Push to Heal short doc on Vimeo.
I was sent a few videos from the Southbank (London, UK) project that I think connects in many ways to mental and social health. These were introduced to me by Dr. Pollyanna Ruiz, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Sussex.
You Can't Move History (22:30)
https://vimeo.com/146671695
This video is filled with images and interviews that testify to the connective power of skateboarding and skate places.
You Can Make History (22:50)
https://vimeo.com/312822397
This video focuses on the Southbank project goals, strategies, and actions that resulted in the space becoming officially recognized and afforded skateboarding access. This has more to skate activism and reveals a lot of the structural components to space-making efforts.
A new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker (and skater/snowboarder) Orlando von Einsiedel about his younger brother's suicide has just been released on Netflix today. Orlando made one of the first films about Skateistan and his films are very powerful – with this one obviously being an extremely personal journey and potentially triggering for those affected by losing loved ones to suicide.
Free Skate Mag just did an interview with Joel Pippus from Push to Heal on "Neuroscience, Skateboarding and Child Trauma" that's well worth checking out!
Hi guys
I run a successful programme for 11-16 years olds as a form of intervention and use Skateboarding as the method to improve mental wellbeing, confidence and resilience called the Go Skate Project.
Initially it was designed by myself with a Child and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Worker in support. It has grown and will now be out reaching to secondary schools on site this year and monitored pre and post by Primary Mental Health Workers.
You can find out more here: Go Skate Project (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Atxukarro thanks for sharing this info and the link about your program. Really cool to know about more skate programs that are explicitly aiming to address mental health for young people. If you have any resources, curriculum or tips you can share please let us know! We are always looking for new resources to add to our Goodpush Library