{"id":10204,"date":"2022-04-19T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/collectibles\/skateboarding-nfts-and-the-explosive-rise-of-abd-collectibles\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T21:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:17:54","slug":"skateboarding-nfts-and-the-explosive-rise-of-abd-collectibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/collectibles\/skateboarding-nfts-and-the-explosive-rise-of-abd-collectibles\/","title":{"rendered":"Skateboarding NFTs and the Explosive Rise of ‘ABD Collectibles’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cDuring the pandemic, I got super into collecting Kobe Bryant cards and Pok\u00e9mon cards,\u201d professional skateboarder Mike Mo Capaldi told nft now, recounting how his upcoming NFT project came to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At 33-years-old, Capaldi was at the height of his skateboarding career when Instagram came onto the scene. Skateboarders, perhaps more than athletes in any other sport, had to get with the times or they\u2019d be left behind.\u00a0\u201cOur careers really were the bridge between the old model of skateboarding with magazines and video parts, and posting footage every day on Instagram,\u201d Capaldi added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Given that the skateboarding industry isn\u2019t on a fixed time schedule, professional skaters risk fading off into obscurity if they don\u2019t post clips of themselves frequently enough on Instagram and other channels.\u00a0However, it may have been this necessity to digitize his career that prompted Capaldi to think outside of the box on his latest NFT venture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the social media age, professional skateboarders would release a video part of themselves every few years in order to showcase the tricks they\u2019d been working on. In the meantime, their fans would have to go to local skateboarding stores and purchase magazines to see pictures of their favorite professional \u2013 otherwise, it was radio silence until a video part came out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Capaldi\u2019s case, his rapid launch to skateboarding stardom came on the heels of his part in the 2007 video called Fully Flared<\/em>, which was co-directed by Spike Jonze. Jonze\u2019s involvement in the skateboarding film resulted in a higher level of production quality than had previously been seen in the industry, and Capaldi had the opening part at just 18 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fully Flared<\/em> not only put Capaldi\u2019s name on the map, but it put him at the forefront of the industry as one of the leading skateboarders of his generation.<\/p>\n Now, he\u2019s leading the digital frontier of skateboarding into the blockchain.\u00a0<\/p>\n Capaldi\u2019s new venture entitled \u2018ABD Collectibles\u2019 is a series of 150 randomized NFTs, which contain one of 33 clips of Capaldi skateboarding in the iconic Fully Flared<\/em> video.\u00a0The professional skateboarder already released the first 50 of those 150 NFTs, which sold out within 60 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Purchasers of the NFTs may find the golden ticket of ABD Collectibles by opening a \u2018Legendary\u2019 status NFT, which contains the historic clip from Fully Flared<\/em> of Capaldi doing a switch kickflip down a set of stairs right before the staircase is blown up with explosives.\u00a0<\/p>\nCapturing historic moments in skateboarding\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n