WoundedKnee Skateboards

08/05/2019

It was another great weekend in Pine Ridge with a contest we threw in memory of Monk and Mike Hawk! Jeff Ament showed up to help with the event and put MPS boards together for the kids and hook them up with our new WK/MPS SPF Bones wheels collab that Walt Pourier designed so every skater got hooked up! The Donut Hill crew from Nebraska showed up with 30 full set ups, and we had brought multiple set ups with Bones, Indy’s, WK boards , Montana Pool Service decks , FA and Hockey decks so every skater that entered the contest got a full set up and a Vans bag full of prizes from Vans, Skateology, MPS, Bones, Powell Peralta,Juice mag, Indy,Skateratz, and Mob grip!
We threw a Mike “Money” Hawk best trick contest and the skaters went big! We also threw a Mad Monk Speed train battle where a pair of skaters followed each other in the bowl and saw who would stay on the longest without falling! We ran A bowl jam for 13 and under , and 14 and over and everyone had a Blast! We had a Mega sticker toss at the end and the kids got hooked up! Everyone left with a prize and a huge smile after skating this Grindline park that Monk and crew put all their heart into building!!! Big thanks for the Pourier family for all their help with organizing with us, KDawg for keeping things rolling, Crazy Joe Mesteth for the killer , killer sound system , Conscious Alliance for sponsorship support, Indy trucks for your constant truck hookups , Bones wheels for a killer collab wheel and tons of shirts and stickers bearings ,Vans for all the killer shirts , stickers bags and wallets, Juice for all the Monk Issues, Jason dill for all the boxes of decks, and Jeff Ament for all the good times, for all the killer MPS product and skatepark construction support!!!!!!! Together all these people help us to help the kids and we couldn’t do this without your support and ENERGY!!!
The Lakota Skaters are carving and ripping harder every time we come back, and this new generation of skaters are ripping harder than ever! Thanks to all the skaters who should showed up and made this contest a blast!!!

07/06/2019

Another rad trip out to Montana hitting the Blackfeet reservation skatepark with local skaters riding horses! Also hit the Rez in Box Elder and skated with alll the locals and the entire MPS crew and had a blast! Big Sandy skate session went off!!began and ended the trip with the Road to the Sun tour of Glacier Park spotting grizzles and long horn sheep! Big thanks to Jeff Ament for the killer park tours and getting everybody together to session and have fun! See ya next year!

10/17/2017

I had the honor of attending the Pine Point school skatepark opening on the White Earth Reservation 2 weeks ago as Director of the Wk Four Directions Skatepark program for the Stronghold Society . We have been working with Tribal Rep Clinton Alexander to build 3 small skate parks on the Rez after the Tribe was gifted funds by the Super Bowl Legacy Fund !!! After the Grindline crew finished at Pine Point , the spots in the Town of White Earth and Nehtahwash are ready to go when the crew returns next week!
Our day at The Pine Point School/Boys and Girls Club started with putting together set ups from Powell /Peralta
And getting the triple Eight pads and helmets ready for the kids! We had a crew from Fargo drive in to skate the demo with me and do clinics with the kids to teach the how to roll,flair and Kickturn in their new Grindline park! The boys and girls were ripping, learning fast and hungry to learn more! Falcon, Eric and Lionel ripped the new park and stoked the locals bigtime!!Local rappers from Red lake showed up to entertain the crowd as we skates the day away on fresh concrete with the locals !!!!
This is just the beginning for these kids and the Stronghold Society is going to work with Clinton to come back to throw events at these parks and support the kids as they learn more and strive to skate more terrain !! We have a shared vision as skateboarding as a positive , healthy and fun activity for the youth that will keep them focused.There is also talk of building more parks here and expanding the footprints of the parks that will be finished this month!!
Big thanks to Clinton Alexander and the White Earth Reservation, the boys and girls club at Pine Point, Little Eddie and Grindline , Triple Eight, Powell, Bones,Indy and the Tony Hawk Foundation !
See you at the White Earth and Nehtahwash openings!!!
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08/10/2017

WE WERE PUNK FIRST! The Pine Ridge Crew represents! This ones for you KESSLER!!!!!!

07/23/2017

The White Earth reservation in Northern Minnesota contacted the Stronghold Society after being gifted $100,000 by the Super Bowl Legacy Fund to build 3 skateparks on their reservation! Grindline got a design together and we all went out to the groundbreaking ceremony at the Pine Point school on the Rez where the tribe receceived a ceremonial check from the Super Bowl Legacy Fund !the Xgames/ESPN reps brought down Bmx pro K Rob to run a "Shred Hate" anti bullying campaign and bike demo.
Target donated 150+ Tony Hawk full set ups, Powell Peralta /Bones also donated full set ups , and Triple Eight supplied over 100 helmets and full pad set ups!! Bones and Indy are also down with supplying trucks and Bones SPF wheels for all future premium set ups that will be ordered !
The Tribes Point person Clinton Alexander and Falcon coordinated setting up some quarter pipes , boxes and rails in the basketball court for the kids to ride while Monk from Grindline coordinated the digging up and leveling out of the future park footprint with the tribes workers! Local Fargo skate rippers showed up to rip the ramps and stoke out the kids! We plastered the kids with Bones and Indy stickers and welcomed them to the Skateboard family! Tons of smiles skating in the 95 degree heatwave , and the kids can't wait for the concrete !
Big thanks to the SuperBowl Legacy Fund, ESPN /Xgames reps for hooking up the kids in a big way. Also thanks to Clinton Alexander and the White Earth Tribe for sharing the vision of how skateboarding saves lives!!!!!!

More photos and concrete to come!!!

06/15/2017

Out now!!!!!! Woundedkneeskateboards.net

05/22/2017

It was another rad weekend out on the Pine Ridge reservation! The Stronghold society One Gathering Skate for Life events took place at the Toby Eaglebull/WK4 Directions park in Pine Ridge and the WK 4 Directions park in Manderson at the Wounded Knee District school! We got huge support from Up Mountain Switchel who financed the whole weekend and gave out drinks for the youth and donated funds for 8 full set ups!
Also huge product support from INDEPENDENT TRuCKs, BONES WHEELS, REDS BEARINGS !
And the Donut HIll Gang brought 30+ full setups compliments of MONTANA POOL SERVICE , LIFEBLOOD , and ACE
Also big thanks to Grindline ,Nakota designs Conscience Alliance, Jeffco Open School, VANS, American Nomad . And I❤️Skatemoms. Juice , Quasi , Pearl Jam ,and all the skaters who ripped up the parks all weekend! We do this for you!

05/06/2017

Heading out to Pine Ridge May 20th weekend with the crew of Stronghold Society and UP Mountain Switchel for the One Gathering Skate for Life being held at the WK 4 directions /Toby Eaglebull Memorial park on Saturday and The WK 4 Directions park in Manderson on Sunday! Flyer coming soon! Big thanks to Rhino and Indy for hooking us up on this one !

01/22/2017

Great artshow with Max Mueller and the East RiverSkateshop to benefit Woundedknee skateboards and the Stronghold Society ! Thanks to the support of Juice magazine, NY skateboarding , and Switchel for product and good vibes!!

12/07/2016

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08/30/2016

Merk going sick! WK OG!!!!

rocking WK some 17 years ago......