17:05 this „Lady in the Square“ picture looks so awesome! I want that as a wallpaper 😍

Beautiful 🛹❤

She’s rad.

So cool

Cool

Legend

Amazing!

Nailed it Alexis !! Thanks for your articulation ❤

By far, the most viewed video on this site. That alone should send a message. Congrats Alexis.

I love this

Marcus Aurelius Embrace change: Change is an inherent part of the human experience, and by embracing it rather than resisting it, we can develop a greater sense of adaptability. Recognize that every change, whether positive or negative, offers an opportunity for growth and learning.

"For skaters, the streets really become a second home" Beautifully spoken Alexis. Shoutout PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life. Thx for this guys.

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Whenever I hear her name or see her I think of the primal guttural scream she lets out in the beginning of her part in Wonderful Horrible Life. It’s one of the most iconic authentic things for me in my 25 years of skating.

Seriously a great movie.

Good job girl

Respect 🙏🏽so stoked off this talk Southside Richmond Represent 💜🙌🏽

Perfectly said, thank you Alexis!

well done ! awesome subject

Great work and presentation Alexis! "Skaters have cared more about the urban landscape than most people could ever imagine" - amazing words...

The homie

One of the best Flicks in the game 👌🏻

this is really true and alexis is a sick skateboarder too. one of my favorite things about being a skateboarder is how you're constantly reading the world around you through the skateboarding lens. the most monotonous space is interesting. ask any skater and they'll say the same! really cool to see this video thanks alexis and thanks to the channel for posting.

The Harold Hunter ollie at the Banks pic was nice

Legend

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Very cool presentation. Awesome bits throughout and some beautiful observation, history, and thinking here. Thanks Alexis!

Alexis you killed it good job on maintaining The skater-centric narrative while holding on to the design jargon presentation you our one of our greatest hero’s.

This is inspiring and really made me feel something, my grandfather was a construction company owner, he built a lot of building in LA. Los Angeles and there is a spot in a lot of old skateboard videos it’s a ledge on the back of a building a loading dock, that has yellow on the ledges people skate, my grandfather built it with his hands. 🙌

Thanks Alexis, skateboarding loves you! 🫶

her level of skating is the absolute best. SHE POPS HER GD TRICKS she seems to do what every other women skater cant seem to do pop blows my mind but hey if roll on grinds mob flips and rainbow flags sell your product then i guess thats all you need instead of substance and dedication

Awesome! Thanks

"Hey Mombo"!!!

As a bmx rider we sometimes get jealous of the skate industry but man I’m so glad nobody’s on stage explaining bmx like this 😂

i also did my thesis combining my love of skateboarding/public space when i was studying/living in copenhagen. i never thought i was the only one, since Iain Borden is the first to write academically about the relationship between skateboarding/skateboarders and built environment, but this was a heart-warming and well-articulated presentation - and I would love to see more of Alexis' drawings from her own work as an architect (if she or others want to share!). a fantastic skateboarder and now I see also, a good thinker (and more thorough than me!) big up A.S! 🤍🤌🏽 I also want to say RIP to my friend and mentor Søren Enevoldsen, who contributed to the work in Malmö.

so awesome Alexis!

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This is an amazing presentation!! As a fellow skater + architect it's great to see someone who can orate our feelings and experiences so well. I'm working on my thesis, which is based around creating skate environments that are more welcoming to women and minority communities, and I will definitely be coming back to your work as reference. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Great presentation Alexis! Really love that Lisbon design. Art, form, function, f yeah.

Great Presentation! Very inspiring :)

this was 1000 times more interesting than Micki Papa's ted talk

Goof for sure... i think her spots look different ... hopefully she creates more function and seamlessness into her design preservice... they defiantly look unfavorable in many ways... namely i think she needs to get some more space, smoother transitions, longer features, work with more materials, and shape them into the area like a skate bowl looks good because it is shaped all down together like a cup... one thing all designers miss in there work is actually accepting feedback and serviceability before they implement construction...this is mostly do to that spaces are rarely convented as a whole and undergo constant pressure from population growth, crushing budgets, and unsustainability. personal no design is doing what it could... im glad that she kind of starts that conversation by talking about how people who are skateboarders look for different obstacles.

God damn I love this so much. Also Frank Natiello in the 1993 411 Industry Section (on the other side)

Cool seeing all the parks designed to look cool to people that don’t skate rather than being enjoyable for the average person

This was beautiful. I wept to your sentiments.

The greatest

So rad! Thank you for speaking for us, Alexis 🙌🏼

cyrus bennet mention on the list ☹☹

Very interesting piece! I remember thinking about architecture and how it relates to skating back in the 90s. I thought it was only a matter of time before people, more intelligent than I, would expound upon this and hopefully create new and interesting things to skate.