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My Skateboarding Explained App is Now Available in the App Store on iTunes! Search “GoLearn Skateboarding Explained” or just click this link
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/golearn-skateboarding-explained/id299483661?mt=8
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My new Mentality “EEG” signature deck is Now Available! Click this link to get yours http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC
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Skateboard.About.com lists Skateboarding Explained in their Updated 2011 "Top 10 Skateboarder Gift Ideas List"!
Click the title above to read the article. This will make it the 5th year in a row on their list! (About.com is a NY Times company)
You can get Skateboarding Explained as the DVD, also now as an “Amazon Instant Video” to instantly own on your PC, MAC, TiVo DVR, and to take with you on your Kindle Fire device, etc.! Get it by clicking the following link
http://www.amazon.com/Skateboarding-Explained-Instructional-Dan-MacFarlane/dp/B000FP2IQE
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Anyskate Skateboarding used 4 of my tricks in this new video. It’s a Must Watch for those who love skateboarding.
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Another announcement for Skateboarding Explained today: SE is now available on the new WAX Action Sports Films subscription site! They have a great collection of Action Sports videos and you can watch them all for one low monthly subscription price. Check it out!
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Skateboarding Explained is now available as an “Amazon Instant Video”. Instead of waiting for a DVD to arrive, you can instantly own it on your PC and take it with you on a Kindle Fire device!
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A 1990 clip on my friend Albert’s backyard Vert ramp, with me doing a Crail to Tail, and then a “Claus to Tail” AKA finger flip to tail. Note the Dave Donalson skateboard by Life, and Original and brand new Shut Up And Skate shirt! This clip was filmed right before I made my first ever Sponsor Me Video… View It Here! http://youtu.be/86KLKPkAf0k
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This is being called a Wallride Power Slide to Shove It out. When doing this you actually need to think “body varial” out, because if you try to shove it, you’ll land in a Primo.
This was shot with an iPhone as a random clip for Facebook. A full Mentality Skateboards video part is nearing completion now.
I am riding the complete Mentality Skateboards black Brainwave in this video & Right now you can Save 20% on complete Mentality Skateboards and get FREE Super Saver Shipping from Amazon.com, so pick one up!
http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Team-Complete-Skateboards/dp/B0064SW3YI
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Darkside Natas Spin.
It is inspired by Mark Gonzales and his first ever darkslide, which he bomb dropped into and did down a handrail. Also, of course, it was inspired by Natas Kaupas with his Natas spin. I combined the two and added a foot kick off the handrail to get the spin.
I shot this with an iPhone as a random clip for Facebook. I am nearing completion on a full Mentality Skateboards video part now.
I am riding the complete Mentality Skateboards black Brainwave in this video & Right now you can Save 20% on complete Mentality Skateboards and get FREE Super Saver Shipping from Amazon.com, so pick one up!
http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Team-Complete-Skateboards/dp/B0064SW3YI
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Conformity is a human survival mechanism, but to fulfill your potential on a skateboard you must continuously stay out of your comfort zone.
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I am now teaching skateboarding for Leisure Learning, who has been providing amazing classes of all sorts to Houston since 1979. It’s an honor to be teaching for them, and to be providing their first skateboarding classes!
They printed over 100,000 of these publications, which you can get from 800 Houston locations including Kroger stores, and libraries.
My classes start in January 2012. Learn more, and how to sign up by clicking this link
http://www.llu.com/sdc/regclass.html?autohandlerclass=61785&sid=&class=61785&classtype=1
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Complete Mentality Skateboards are now available on Amazon.com. They ship for FREE with Amazon’s Super Saver Shipping, and for a limited time they are being offered for 20% off, so pick one up for you and/or to give as a gift this holiday season!
http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Team-Complete-Skateboards/dp/B0064SW3YI
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Check out this Mentality Skateboards tattoo sighting in downtown Houston. I look forward to seeing his X-Ray upgrade. www.MentalitySkateboards.com
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2007 TV interview on “Sports Off Center” about my instructional video “Skateboarding Explained”. It was really a pleasure to meet and to be interviewed by Craig Roberts. He also interviewed me on his radio show on AM 790 here in Houston. Through the TV & Radio interview combined, we reached an estimated 2 million viewers and listeners. The radio interview can be heard on www.SkateboardingExplained.com
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Mentality Skateboards commercial featured by superstoker.com
My 2011 Mentality Skateboards commercial was featured by superstoker.com, which is a major action sports site. Click on the title above to view it.
Dan MacFarlane is a pro skateboarder and instructor. After climbing through the ranks of the skateboard industry, doing well in contests, and his sponsors turning him pro, he eventually set off on his own to create Mentality Skateboards in 2003, and the bestselling instructional video "Skateboarding Explained".
Timeline:
1990 - First sponsored by Skatepark of Houston
1993 - Took 4th place in Shut Up and Skate, Street Division, and shown in 411 #3
1995 - Began instructing in skateboarding at the Encinitas YMCA (Instructed Shaun White there. He was 8)
1996 - First major sponsor, Formula One Skateboards (Omar Hassan's company)
2000 - 8th place Vans Am World Championships http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000013022/features/day-1-of-the-vans-amateur-championships/
2001 - 1st Place Damn Am
2002 - Turned pro for Vision http://www.wcsk8.com/2002/events/oceanside/street.html
2003 - 17th Overall by Vans Triple Crown as a Pro http://www.wcsk8.com/2003/3crown_streetOA.html?-database=skaters2000.fp3&-layout=RiderDetail03&-response=vertoverall.lasso&-op=bw&NA_Vert_Rank_03=%3e0&-skiprecords=0&-maxRecords=20&-sortField=NA_Vert_Rank_03&-sortOrder=ascend&-logicalop=and&-search
2003 - started Mentality Skateboards
2006 - made Skateboarding Explained, the instructional video
*Latest News
- The Skateboarding Explained App is Now Available in the App Store on iTunes! Search “GoLearn Skateboarding Explained” or follow this link to get yours!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/golearn-skateboarding-explained/id299483661?mt=8
- New Mentality “EEG” signature deck is Now Available! Follow this link to get yours http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC
- Now teaching skateboarding for Leisure Learning, who has been providing amazing classes of all sorts to Houston since 1979. These are their first skateboarding classes!
They printed over 100,000 schedules, which you can get from 800 Houston locations including Kroger stores, and libraries.
The classes start in January 2012. Learn more, and how to sign up here:
http://llu.com/sdc/group_classes_llu.html?sid=3bc8f7dac7ce58059d1ecdd553deaa47&classgroup=84066
- Complete Mentality Skateboards are now available on Amazon.com. They ship for FREE with Amazon’s Super Saver Shipping, and for a limited time they are being offered for 20% off, so pick one up for you and/or to give as a gift this holiday season!
http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Team-Complete-Skateboards/dp/B0064SW3YI
- "SKATEBOARD Tecnica e Tricks" the Italian language version of "Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD" is now available across Italy & Italian speaking Switzerland. You can also buy it from this link http://www.cinehollywood.com/index.php?pagina=16&id=3278
- You can now Rent "Skateboarding Explained" from Youtube.com/SkateboardExplained and Instantly begin to Learn and Improve Quickly.
- A new mobile "Skateboarding Explained" Instructional App. will soon be available from in the App Store on Itunes! It will have amazing features beyond just instruction. "Like" GoLearn Skateboarding Explained on Facebook for the latest updates on it. Plus there will be giveaways where you can Win the App, skateboards, and more!
www.facebook.com/GoLearnSkateboardingExplained
Check out these sites:
MentalitySkateboards.com
"Skate with your mentality."
SkateboardingExplained.com
"Learn To Skateboard and Improve Quickly!"
Make sure to "Like" Dan MacFarlane, Mentality Skateboards, and Skateboarding Explained on Facebook.com
Inquiries contact info@MentalitySkateboards.com
