Thanks to the @sfchronicle for giving me the chance to speak about the other #TyreeNichols video filmed by Austin Dean, & #Blackskaters & #skateboarding. Sending love to his family and friends in their time of grief and sorrow.
Learn more about the connections between skateboarding, mental health & community at our free @USCSkateStudy dinner, video screening & panel discussion event on Friday June 9 from 7-9 pm @USC. RSVP and learn more here: https://t.co/mhXxZlYKPL @zcorwin@neftalie@USCRossier
#ASCJ Provost Post-Doctoral Scholar Dr. @Neftalie traveled to Barbados on a skate diplomacy mission with professional skater Adrianne Sloboh from @dgk and the Skateboarding Association of Barbados. He is teaching youth and supporting Black skateboarding communities globally. πΉ
@dennisjromero Thanks for always supporting my work and supporting skateboarding.
Special thanks to my editor @zebakhan@sfchronicle for giving me the opportunity to write & for being patient with me as I worked through this difficult topic. β₯οΈ
Professor of skate & sociology @Neftalie works through the emotions of Tyre Nichols' traumatizing death to celebrate the man as a freedom boardrider:
'We feel the universal aspect of the push and the freedom in the lines between tricks.'
https://t.co/pbGzYSsRC4