DC SHOES : SKATE URBANISM feat. Leo Valls

The story of Leo Valls and his hometown of Bordeaux is an unlikely one to say the least. It’s a story where skaters, artists, lawmakers and city officials are working together to create a more skate-friendly city. But this is more than just a story about one skater and one city… this a story about redefining skateboarding’s role in the city of the future.
DC Shoes presents its latest Yours for the Taking piece, "Skate Urbanism" featuring Leo Valls

[@STREETCOFFEESkate]

So proud of what Leo have done in our city ! Big thanks to the filmers, they are great souls and they put a lot in this video.

[@tudormiller8898]

Cool video. I couldn't imagine the Mayor of my city London, communicating with the skater community to make skateboarding more integrated into the city as a whole. What's the population of Bordeaux ? London is around 8 million.

[@JakeBorchenko]

This is so awesome. Really great that Leo brought up that skaters have a responsibility to the public as well. The “fuck you” attitude can ruin things for everyone else. I hope more of this happens in future city plans!

[@skatezzen7395]

Wise words!

[@pulsierenderspeer2956]

a little fuck you has never hurt anybody. shalom!

[@luc3529]

That's pretty good for skateboarding, big up to all the guys involved in this project. In an other way i have some doubt about the good coverage it creates for the municipal team and how politicians could appears as "cool" people even thought they're not. Just afraid of seeing skateboarding used one day for politics aims by the wrong people. Apologize for my pessimistic approach and big up to all the true people behind this

[@lakestreet3951]

@@pulsierenderspeer2956 fuck you and your shalom ...

[@lakestreet3951]

@@luc3529 well Leo comes across real for sure. And if his message is reaching politicians and they want to work with skaters instead of alienating them thats all good. Well done Leo the Lion.

[@user-gr2rk3wg7z]

huge respect that the documentary focused on the story itself and no nonsense close-up scenes for a pair of dc shoes.

[@nanping5428]

grand merci à toi leo

[@alppuvaa]

really happy to see you guys push high-quality content for free onto youtube

[@himynameisLouie]

I am a student study Urban and regional planning at Cal Poly Pomona in California and this documentary touched me and made me happy at so many levels. What you have done to your city is an accomplishment. Hope this is the stepping stone towards the future!!!

[@peloillesbom]

Bravo Leo, bravo Bordeaux ! Thank you skateboarding.

[@someskaterdudenamedfreddy4909]

Thank you Leo, DC and the city officials for keeping skateboarding adventurous! No skatepark can ever duplicate the freedom of skating a street spot and discovering a street spot with a group of friends!!!

[@llamov]

Public places where skateboarding is allowed are AMAZING. You get a ton of different people drawn there hanging out. Not just skating. I skated Bristo Square in Edinburgh (RIP) Back in 2005 when the scene there in the summer time was amazing. A couple kids from the US mingling with the local Scots and in a couple afternoons it was like we were apart of their little community. One of the best couple days of my youth and skateboarding and a public place to do it gave me what a skatepark really cant

[@tudormiller8898]

Yeah! I heard that's a pretty cool place to skate.

[@Arapoib]

love those textures at 7:18.... amazing work guys

[@pearwall]

So great. Merci Leo, DC, and the beautiful city of Boreaux for working together and showcasing to the rest of the world what kind of positivity can be created and sustained when skaters and city officials work together. I think I can speak for many skateboarders when I say that I am very excited to see more initiatives like this taking place across the world.

[@sepp46]

Awesome work, definitely will visit there just to skate. from Japan👍

[@mickaelhirigoyen8189]

it's so nice that now the city start to understand the impact of skate culture as positive effect on the youth and on older generation. The plaza can become again places where people can meet and exchange knowledge, passion and love for something even more than skateboarding (respect, music, architecture, philosophy etc...).The true school of life is in the streets.I'm so proud to be able to call Leo my friend and to see Sergio (aka SER aka HYPEMASTER) skate together ! well done DC well Done Leo and WELL DONE BORDEAUX !!!

[@jpgrlo]

[@tudormiller8898]

Very inspiring. Hopefully skater communities watching this can do the same in their own cities.

[@michalisxenopoulos2192]

What a thoughtful and articulate fella; a great ambassador for both his sport and his city.

[@downunderdog]

this is what evolving as a human race should be, striving for a world where everyone can express themselves and their own individuality and still live together in peace.

[@EoiFirst]

Les larmes aux yeux la moitié du reportage ! Bravo et merci Leo

[@triplflip900]

Excellent filmmaking all around. The shot at 0:20 is sooo sick

[@skateboardjaime2018]

almost cry after this documentary

[@GSAssoc]

Public spaces for all. We're inspired! 😍 #CityofCulture

[@DIKZAPRARUA]

much love skateboarding ! thanks !

[@depouillementpersonnel]

Bordelais ! On est là.

[@terryferkey2179]

Powerful stuff. Leo’s skating has always been very attractive to me. Stoked DC is backing him.

[@zakgilbert6052]

Freaking perfect video, I hope it can be used to show other councils and city planners the future.

[@blackseven4561]

I really wanna skate Bordeaux one time...

[@wav_909]

That was one sick video ! Thanks Leo for what you do

[@emoninja1814]

Talk about “Fighting For What You Love” So Much Respect 💯

[@henkforlife]

Really inspiring the way they worked with the city and took the time to understand all perspectives involved. Chapeaux!

[@tudormiller8898]

Definitely! Unfortunately not all cities are skateboarding friendly.

[@valerstrokes]

Very good documentary 🔥 thanks Leo and DC to push skateboarder to ride in the street instead of skatepark!

[@tudormiller8898]

Yes!! Let's bring skateboarding to our cities to inspire everyone.

[@SeniorMojo]

sick video. keep killing it!

[@Sin10el]

Bravo Leo, super inspiring. Thanks for this video DC. I'm sharing this with many friends 🙏👊

[@unusualsuspect1262]

Incroyable

[@vassilykoloskov8707]

“Skateboarding is an ‘alf sportive ‘alf artistic activity which enables you to have pleasant sensations” remember that one? Props for that little doc, cities actually embracing street skating is a very beguiling topic

[@Tachikoma39]

French fred edit for cliche i get ya :)

[@multigrain404]

Yours for the skating

[@MrAndMrsGrover]

This is amazing..!

[@breditts]

This was an incredible and inspiring video, I hope for more cities and countries take on tastefully integrating skating into city life : )

[@tudormiller8898]

Definitely! This has to inspire skater communities from around the world.

[@MartinKohoutekchannel]

That was incredibely inspiring and touching. I love seeing other skaters love skateboarding as deeply as I do. + I come from a city where skateboarding is practicaly dead, so this really warms my heart to see

[@tudormiller8898]

Really ? Where are you from dude ?

[@bertmclin]

Skateboarders taking over the world!

[@lakestreet3951]

Such a great video - big up the Leo.

[@jamiemulchrone7263]

Nice one Leo, great work you've done for skateboarding in BX 😉

[@tudormiller8898]

Is skateboarding in this year's Tokyo Olympics. Good or bad for the skateboarding ?

[@joseparinyosk]

Leo ! 🙌

[@kitchoundales]

on est là

[@Fountain_dawgs]

This is dope

[@sebasgonz1]

This is such an inspiration!

[@nosmanual]

Félicitation Léo! Toulouse on va faire pareil ou quoi?

[@johnnyc.3261]

I used to live there, it’s a dope city with a good underground

[@Alkatribe]

Tellement de passion dans tes paroles, ça fait extrêmement plaisir de savoir qu'il reste encore de vrais passionnés créatifs, matures et intéressants en France dans le milieu du skateboard. Ce tout est également parfaitement exprimé avec Magenta, merci à toi pour toutes ces démarches.

[@listerinestrips1156]

skateboarding is life. skateboarding comes from trees. the trees are the overlords.

[@emilien2555]

LEO is GREAT, from day one - tokyo's night KING

[@pckldickweed20]

Yeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!

[@boristrs8689]

Ptn c'était beau merci ! ❤

[@maxwellharmon4172]

this is so incredible!

[@ld2553]

Bravo Leo ! Bordeaux=meilleur ville d’Europe

[@rigoloyep]

Qu'es que tu dit ?! Du monde !!!!!!!!!

[@matthewschrager1149]

amazing

[@jhonatanchibaas9875]

Art save skate❤️✌️

[@tudormiller8898]

Will you be watching the Skate competitions during the Tokyo Olympics later this year ?

[@martincrescent3206]

❤️❤️❤️

[@lizzieheath1183]

magnifique

[@GoodTrippinhz]

What a great story 🫶

[@tudormiller8898]

Whoa! Such a beautiful city. Which cities are the best to skate in ? Which places have the best skate community ? Watching from London UK.

[@msone_arch]

That s what it is about!

[@griffinellis4635]

This is so fucking dope

[@lesfillesduroy1955]

Next president of : planet Earth

[@Rufusdos]

Note that Leo is speaking his second language fucking well. This is coming from a professional English teacher at one of the world's best universities.

[@pablitoforsady5731]

❤️

[@apitkedah3202]

Salute from #ampangparkstreetgang

[@wandilemsomi]

So happy you guys at DC made this happen... so happy to not see thous stripes on this man.

[@reecewatson5311]

Skateboarding is also a mode of transportation.

[@TheFleischbrocken]

genial

[@charlesketchgloria2630]

That is also happen in my city in philippines they also put like that that is we and my friend skate

[@boneless4799]

Awesome, the sad part is that people in Italy are way too closemindet to create something like this.

[@eduliibke8958]

quem tiver afim de caçar quem mexeu com vocês aqui no Brazil, tem tempo porém só deixar pago depois para conseguir sair do país então onde comprei tênis ontem estou grato temos órgãos, até mais colegas skaitistinhas

[@utubit22]

sickest shit ever. this is what happens when we learn to cooperate with each other.

[@slibaunere3979]

Знімайте більше таких відеороликів! Цікаво!

[@Rusty_PDC]

О наш

[@eyobruh3243]

futur

[@easyup9637]

Where do i get trousers like him

[@breytenaugust1755]

How can I support

[@anacoelho4617]

Ice

[@Kersich86]

so they took a skatepark apart and put the pieces all over the city

[@mystery197]

I mean.. the actual problem is grinds/slides/wax.. without those the general public gives zero fucks. Property destruction could be even paint transfer.. you know?

[@no.6freemasontigertomahawk963]

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[@no.6freemasontigertomahawk963]

KICK YOUR FOODS

[@kbergrgb]

Of all the shit that was done in the vid, evan smith gets the ender with a stupid ass kickflip when he litterally was in the whole vid for like 10 seconds top? Thats whack.

[@soliel8999]

Why are pretty much all of the skaters in this are goofy?

[@robertjahn4190]

Why would you want to destroy a thousand year old city? Go do something that actually gives back rather than taking away.

[@THEGUYSTOKECHANNEL2]

councils and cities working with skateboarders is the worst thing for skateboarding.

[@THEGUYSTOKECHANNEL2]

you cant help the city intergrate skateoarding in an 'authentic way', there is nothing authentic about that, it has become forced and disingenuous. It just becomes a skatepark disguised as something else, in the end it is just another way for cities to keep skateboarding somewhere they want it to be, and be able to control it. youre a tosser leo

[@loganlewis7083]

@@THEGUYSTOKECHANNEL2 youre not helping anything or anyone with that attitude. Making yourself look bad is all

[@loganlewis7083]

Theres a thin line between the best street plazas in the world (love park, south bank, etc.) and a sanctioned park for skating only. Giving skaters skate friendly infrastructure in a city setting blurs the line even further, and that can only be a positive thing unless you choose a narcissistic view point of pessimism. Choice is yours

[@THEGUYSTOKECHANNEL2]

@@loganlewis7083 shouldnt need help, if you cant find a skatespot theres something wrong with you.

[@loganlewis7083]

@@THEGUYSTOKECHANNEL2 basically you believe if skateboarding is accepted its not worth doing anymore?