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.comTumblr (3.0; @skateboardingexplained)http://www.danmacfarlane.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dEnceEuUuCg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Seed Sisam in the Philippines made my Mentality Skateboards deck into a complete fingeboard. Check out his video.</p> <p>Get the actual deck here. It comes with Free griptape http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC</p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/24196141563http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/24196141563Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:55:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hsiq4q7a1qabbvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">Recently I was selected to test out skate pads developed using NASA / SATOP technology. William Walker of Pro Designed Inc. has been making top quality pads for decades, but his new pads are next level… Check out this article about it (The PDF may take a moment to load)</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.bayareahouston.com/satop/SATOPNL2012May.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bayareahouston.com/satop/SATOPNL2012May.pdf</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/23624103194http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/23624103194Wed, 23 May 2012 15:20:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48o2yzG2h1qabbvfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The New York Times recommends my “Skateboarding Explained” instructional video in this recent article “How to Not Look Too Silly on a Skateboard”</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/fashion/how-to-not-look-too-silly-on-a-skateboard.html?_r=1" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/fashion/how-to-not-look-too-silly-on-a-skateboard.html?_r=1</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/23311141564http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/23311141564Fri, 18 May 2012 17:06:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IDKoBs2ehWg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Skateboarding in Houston Texas, 1998. Original trick variations for the time are; Feeble pop over to manual, and Switch 180 Smith grind to Backside 180 out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateboards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateboards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/22724516262http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/22724516262Wed, 09 May 2012 13:16:00 -0500“If you are careful and scared to ever do anything others may consider weird, you can be...http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/21708384156http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/21708384156Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:09:09 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-GzSeqzNofY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Dr. John Demartini, Inspirational Teacher of the phenomenon movie “The Secret” is also a skateboarder, and owns a DVD copy of my instructional video “Skateboarding Explained”. Here’s what he has to say about it. </p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/21040357125http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/21040357125Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:46:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2dvchAKJy1qabbvfo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you’ve ever wondered how to get a public skatepark in your town, the documentary “Breath of Fresh Air” will give you a good idea how to. I have a few appearances in it, and now you can buy or rent it from Walmart.com from this link <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/19531083" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/ip/19531083</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20979364366http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20979364366Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:24:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2c5qbE2Oc1qabbvfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mentality Skateboards “ThinDots” decals are a cool new way to accessorize your iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc. They are made of a special material… Click this link to learn more <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ThinDot-Button-Decals-Mentality-Skateboards/dp/B006JTKGFK" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/ThinDot-Button-Decals-Mentality-Skateboards/dp/B006JTKGFK</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20925263732http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20925263732Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:13:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HAf2pVc0WBU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>1996 street footage from Houston, Austin, and Georgetown Texas. Some of these clips were in 411 Video Magazine, Formula One and Acme tradeshow promo videos, and Syndrome distribution tradeshow promo videos. </p> <p>I had just gotten back from living in California and was totally focused on grinding round rails of various forms. Also, these were some of the first skate sessions on the Tranquility park handrail. </p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateboards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateboards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20817591209http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/20817591209Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:53:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17kt6nMR71qabbvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My recent NASA Space Center demo event really reminded me of when I used to do demos at Sea World. Here’s an old Sea World Ad featuring me doing an Indy Grab. Note the Formula One deck… I was riding for them at the time. I will also be uploading a video from Sea World soon! It also features Darryl Grogan, and Dennis Martin.</p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateoards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateoards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/19652785640http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/19652785640Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:17:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l-V-Bzd1xvU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>On Friday March 9th I did 4 skateboarding demos at NASA Space Center Houston. </p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateboards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateboards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/19298233247http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/19298233247Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:34:27 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JZPkZjLRJSc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Stoked.com is using this iPhone creative trick edit to promote their upcoming launch.</p> <p>*Get my new signature deck here http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC</p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/18459466246http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/18459466246Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:09:17 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwl4c0ffkS1qabbvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>My Skateboarding Explained App is Now Available in the App Store on iTunes! Search “GoLearn Skateboarding Explained” or just click this link</p> <p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/golearn-skateboarding-explained/id299483661?mt=8" target="_blank">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/golearn-skateboarding-explained/id299483661?mt=8</a></p> </div>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14596913641http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14596913641Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:00:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwf6tb8ZZD1qabbvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>My new Mentality “EEG” signature deck is Now Available! Click this link to get yours <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Mentality-Skateboards-MacFarlane-Skateboard-Deck/dp/B006LRPTPC</a></p> </div>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14422307788http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14422307788Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:07:59 -0600Skateboard.About.com lists Skateboarding Explained in their Updated 2011 "Top 10 Skateboarder Gift...http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14384209230http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14384209230Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:52:00 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lqIEJms7Htg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Anyskate Skateboarding used 4 of my tricks in this new video. It’s a Must Watch for those who love skateboarding.</p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateboards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateboards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14332727368http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/14332727368Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:26:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyql8c4Lz1qabbvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>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! </p> <p><a href="http://www.onwax.com/video/11201/Skateboarding%20Explained%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://www.onwax.com/video/11201/Skateboarding%20Explained </a></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13991181633http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13991181633Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:55:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvykry6Td71qabbvfo1_r3_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>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!</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Skateboarding-Explained-The-Instructional-Video/dp/B006HZ13E4/ref=tmm_aiv_title_0/190-8181358-0686152" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Skateboarding-Explained-The-Instructional-Video/dp/B006HZ13E4/ref=tmm_aiv_title_0/190-8181358-0686152</a></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13985344971http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13985344971Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:50:00 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pd27mOaMJNo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>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! <a href="http://youtu.be/86KLKPkAf0k" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://youtu.be/86KLKPkAf0k" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/86KLKPkAf0k</a></a></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.MentalitySkateboards.com" target="_blank">www.MentalitySkateboards.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.SkateboardingExplained.com" target="_blank">www.SkateboardingExplained.com</a> </p>http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13848327516http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13848327516Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:28:00 -0600“Conformity is a human survival mechanism, but to fulfill your potential on a skateboard you...http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13508737860http://www.danmacfarlane.com/post/13508737860Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:50:45 -0600