LOCALS: THE PORTABLE POP UP SKATEPARK

When he's not working, Kevin drives into the city with homemade boxes, rails and kickers and creates a free pop up skatepark.

May 19, 2016/ Max Hull & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 7

LOCALS: BUILDING FREE SKATE MAGAZINE LIBRARIES WITH KEVIN MARKS

Meet the man trying to promote literacy and build free skateboard magazine libraries around the globe.

April 4, 2016/ Jeff Halleran, CK & Alexis Castro/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 15

LOCALS: BUILDING THE FUTURE OF DETROIT WITH DERRICK DYKAS

Meet Derrick Dykas, the man pushing the Detroit skate scene and developing one of the world's first community built green skatepark.

December 4, 2015/ Jeremy Cooper & CK & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 14

LOCALS: THE ART TEACHER WHO FOUNDED WEST OAKLAND’S FIRST PUBLIC SKATEPARK

What's the best way to keep kids in Oakland out of trouble? Give them a skateboard and build them a skatepark.

June 18, 2015/ Jeremy Mcnamara & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 8

LOCALS: THE BROOKLYN SKATEBOARD COLLECTOR & HISTORIAN

This guy has covered every single inch of his small Bushwick apartment with a chronology of skateboards.

June 1, 2015/ Taji Ameen & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 26

LOCALS: BEHIND NEW JERSEY’S D.I.Y. HAVEN

Meet some of the faces behind Shorty's, one of the best D.I.Y. spots on the east coast.

April 13, 2015/ Sean Colello, Rob Micelli & Sam Fickinger/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 9

LOCALS: BUILDING NYC’S NOTORIOUS DIY SPOTS WITH JERRY MRAZ

Whether you know it or not, you have probably seen or skated a spot built by Jerry Mraz

December 12, 2014/ Taji Ameen & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 16

LOCALS: FRITZ MEAD’S MINI HOUSE & BACKYARD BOWL

When Fritz Mead moved to NYC, there wasn’t any space left in his friends’ house, so he came up with an idea – he’d just build his own house in their backyard.

November 24, 2014/ Richard Quintero & Ian Michna/ VIDEOS/ Comments: 12