built to shred?

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I think my favorite thing about skateboarding is the fact that with a little bit of work, literally anything can become skateable. This spot was the product of a peaceful walk through the woods one afternoon through a dried up pond, where I realized that the creeks had naturally perfect quarter-pipe walls. After a few reusable pieces of plywood were found and the transitions on the creek wall were shaped up, we had a perfectly good woods ramp. Don’t just think that the only things worth skating are skate parks and notorious street spots, but get out there and exercise your creative freedom that is so often overlooked in skateboarding and build your own spots and skate your own way!!

Tork Trux Tour

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In April, I got to go on tour with Tork Trux all around the Carolinas with an amazing group of skateboarders. For 10 days we traveled around the south doing demos and skating the cities we passed through, as well as making friends with all the locals everywhere we went. With such talented skateboarders as Kristian Svitak, Luke Hampton, Zach Gillespy, Connor Askew, Isaiah Rodriguez and all sorts of others along the way, it was hard not to just sit back and watch all the insane amount of things that were going down. Hopefully a tour video will pop up in the future so you can see first hand of how great of a group of guys went on this tour….but for now check out the photos below and be looking out for all these guys in the future!

Jedidiah / Nika Water

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So I am super excited to get to be a part of such an awesome clothing company that isn’t just focused on selling tons of product, but is genuinely concerned with helping out those in need around the world. Every 6 months they come out with a whole new line of clothes, and with the new line they partner with a non-profit organization to help raise funds and awareness for that organization and those people in need. This season is all about Nika Water which provides clean water to impoverished countries that don’t have fresh water. So be sure to check out the video below, and head on over to Jedidiah’s website and check out some awesome clothes that help make a difference in the world!!
www.jedidiahusa.com
www.nikawater.org

Spring Break Tour

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So in March I got to travel all over the south and southeast doing events like best trick contests and games of SKATE, while sharing the Gospel everywhere we went. Being on the road for such a long time is always fun but can be hard at times. What made it all worth it though was being able to see people come to salvation through Jesus Christ, and getting to pour the Love of God into people’s hearts day after day, after that all the momentary struggles and uncomfortable times seem like nothing. I am so thankful for all the ministries and people that helped make this tour possible, and am praying that I will get to reunite with all the awesome friends that I made on the road. I could probably write for a while about all the amazing stories of faith and awesome people that I met…like Tom, who was a middle aged completely blind skateboarder, or Elijah’s insane amount of handrail tricks, or getting to hang out with Miss America 2007, or what its like to live out of a van for a month…but you should probably watch the video and check out all the photos below instead!

-Mike Steinkamp


“Good ol Hampstead”

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Living in a small town on the coast of North Carolina for the greater part of my life has sure shaped me into the type of person that I am.You would think for a skateboarder its really hard to survive in a mostly residential town with only 3 stoplights, and with their being a complete lack of buildings it takes a lot more than just a little creativity to find somewhere to skate. But with one of the best skateparks on the east coast being in the central most part of the town, and a huge list of skaters that have either graced Hampstead with their presence or still do live in Hampstead, we not surprisingly have an awesome scene. Never take for granted where you live, and always be sure to make the best of it regardless of how small your town is and how un-skate friendly it is and see if you don’t learn to love the very place that you once hated!! – Mike Steinkamp

Skate Bare Foot

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Alright, so I’ve realized that there are A LOT of people out there that like seeing people skate bare footed. Over the past year, MSSkateMinistry.com has gotten so many views from search engines and other sites just from the few photos I’ve posted of me skating barefoot. I was actually super excited a few months ago about a whole barefooted lifestyle and all the heath benefits from not wearing shoes, even to the point of me almost creating a whole website about why skateboarders should start going bare foot more often, and the benefits they would reap by doing so. Unfortunately, skatersgoingbarefoot.com is going to be put on hold, and likely I will never create an awesome database of tips and secrets of the bare feet lifestyle…..but, I am going to continue to try and live barefoot as often as I can and hopefully will get motivated to shoot more photos and clips of me skating bare footed.