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Honouring Skateboarding Legend Natas Kaupas: A Musical Tribute
Skateboarding and music have always shared a symbiotic relationship, with both cultures influencing and inspiring each other. In a heartfelt homage to skateboarding pioneer Natas Kaupas, Norwegian musician Martin Horntveth crafts a musical tribute that captures the essence of Kaupas’s revolutionary spirit on the board.
Natas Kaupas, born in 1969 in California, USA, is revered as one of the earliest professional street skateboarders. His innovative style and groundbreaking tricks laid the foundation for modern street skateboarding. For Horntveth, Kaupas was not just a skateboarding icon but a personal hero whose influence transcended the sport.
Horntveth’s tribute takes the form of an instrumental song, aptly titled “Natas Kaupas,” where he channels the energy and creativity synonymous with Kaupas’s skating prowess. The song revolves around a captivating bass riff, its tempo shifting seamlessly between two distinct rhythms. Much like Kaupas’s skating, which defied conventional norm
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Julius Kaupas
Lithuanian writer (1920–1964)
Julius Viktoras Kaupas (also known by the pen nameCoppelius; 6 March 1920 – 1 March 1964) was a Lithuanian émigré writer and psychiatrist.
Biography
Early life
Julius Viktoras Kaupas was born on 6 March 1920 in Kaunas. His father, Julius Kaupas, was a financier and member of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania. The Kaupas household contained many books, and the children were encouraged to read. From 1929 to 1938, Kaupas attended the prestigious Kaunas Jesuit Gymnasium. During his school years, Kaupas organized a small student literary society and illustrated small comic strips. Kaupas also became life-long friends with Antanas Škėma after meeting him in the school theater.[4] He also briefly participated in the Lithuanian scout and ateitininkai movements. After graduating, Kaupas enrolled in the War School of Kaunas. After one year of mandatory service, he achieved the rank of reserve junior lieutenant.[7] To relieve boredom and the strictness of the school, Kaupas played chess on weeke
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Natas Kaupas
Natas Kaupas (born 1969) is a semi-retired American professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California in the area known as Dogtown and is of Lithuanian descent.[1] He attended Santa Monica High School. He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders.
In 1987, Kaupas had become such a well-known figure that shoe company Etnies offered him his own pro model shoe, an entirely new concept in the skating world.[5] The marketing and design of the shoe was influenced by Kaupas. He was able to use his artistic talents, which he later incorporated in SMA skateboard designs.
In 1989 Santa Cruz released a follow up video toWheels of Fire entitled Streets on Fire, in which Kaupas played a greater role. Kaupas stand-out performance in the film was a new trick where he ollied up onto a fire hydrant and performed a 720 degree spin on top of it. The trick would be known as the 'Natas spin' and has also been adapted to the sport of snowboarding. The 'Natas Spin' was also incorporated into the Tony Hawk video game series sinc
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