For the last year and a half, pro skateboarder Anthony Van Engelen has been talking to skaters of all kinds, young, old, amateur, and pro, about how to fix skate video.
Now he is ready to show what they built.
“I am proud to announce a new skateboard video platform called GripTape,” AVE said.
If you have been following him, you know AVE has been putting out skate parts for almost thirty years.
He has been part of videos that shaped skateboarding and inspired countless skaters.
Skate filmmaking has changed a lot in the past ten years. The long team videos that took time, money, and effort are mostly gone.
Now clips appear on Instagram or YouTube and the platforms make the money while the skaters and the companies that create the videos see very little.
GripTape is designed to change that.
Here is how it works. Sponsors join the platform and skaters own their parts. If a skater completes more than eighty percent of the tricks in a video, it belongs to them. Parts over thirty seconds count as streams. Intros, montages, skits, tours, and credits go to the sponsor.
The money split is simple.
Sixty percent goes to skaters and sponsors for their parts. Ten percent goes to the video’s sponsor including the filmers. Thirty percent covers the platform’s costs and development.
The system is live and most skaters already have money in their accounts. If that is you, your sponsor will let you know how to get it. Subscriptions cost ten dollars a month or one hundred dollars a year.
AVE's new platform is a home for skate videos past, present, and future.
Every skater and every company has their own account. New projects can grow while the skaters actually get paid.
This is not just a streaming service. It is a place that supports skaters, preserves skateboarding history, and invests in the people making it happen.
Updates are coming almost every day. Check it out and stay tuned.
AVE Posted:
"I’m proud to announce a new skateboard video platform: GripTape.
Most of you know I’ve been putting out skate parts for nearly three decades. I’m truly grateful to have been part of some of the most important videos from the golden era of skateboarding filmmaking—projects that shaped generations and inspired skaters..
For the past 10 years, skate filmmaking has quietly been given away. What once took serious time, money, and commitment—long-term team videos built with purpose—has largely disappeared. In its place are short-lived clips spread out through Instagram profiles and parts pushed straight to YouTube, where corporations profit, while the skaters who risk everything and the company’s that stretch every dollar to make these videos see little in return.
GripTape is about taking that back.
It’s being built as a home for the complete history of skate videos—past, present, and future—and as a platform where new projects can thrive. Every skater and company has their own account. Where there percentages of streaming dollars get distributed.
Some skaters are already earning from their parts on the platform. Subscriptions are $10 a month or $100 a year. This isn’t just a streaming service—it’s about supporting skateboarding, honoring its history, and investing in its future."