Skatespots Explained

SkateSpots
Foundation:2011
Location:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key People:Daniel Nilsson
Andreas Pringle
Daniel Loren
Industry:Mobile app and Skateboarding
Products:Mobile app

Skatespots is a skateboarding spot finder application for Apple iOS [1] and Android[2] devices developed by Daniel Nilsson and Andreas Pringle. Later they partnered up with Los Angeles, California based skateboard photographer Daniel Loren to help develop the design and market the app on the US market. Using the application, users can search and find skateboarding spots and skate parks in their vicinity, take photos and upload their own spots and share it with the Skatespots community or keep the spot secret. Users can also discover where the professional skateboarders skate in their video parts, upload videos to spots and comment on others spots. As of April 2015, there were more than 10,000 spots. The app has received good reviews from various respected Skateboarding blogs[3] [4] [5] and magazines as well as receiving "Top Choice Award" from the tech blog appcrawlr.com[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SkateSpots on the App Store on iTunes. Skatespots. Apple. 14 April 2015. Apple iTunes. 2015.
  2. Web site: SkateSpots - Android Apps on Google Play. Skatespots. 14 April 2015. Google Play. 2015.
  3. Web site: SkateSpots (ios) AppCrawlr. Defekt. Defekt.se. 14 April 2015. Martin Ottosson. 2011.
  4. Web site: Håll koll på skejtställena här - Betongparker över hela världen samlade på ett ställe, Feber / Webb. feber.se. 14 April 2015. Bobby Green. 2011.
  5. Web site: SkateSpots (ios) AppCrawlr. Skateboarding Panama. 14 April 2015. Skateboarding Panama. 2012.
  6. Web site: SkateSpots (ios) AppCrawlr. Skatespots. AppCrawlr. 14 April 2015. Appcrawlr. 2015.