John Ravitch – Page 2

G’day

A warm hello from that other hemisphere where I am living Down Under with Adisa. Australia is both wonderfully familiar, teaming with culture and yet quite different. Hard to briefly sum up this new life – it feels like a mash-up of my 19-year old ‘first trip to Europe’ student-self with a life-experienced Bay Area…

The Church of Speed + Flow

I have spent the last 15 years racing skateboards down long steep hills in search of speed and the podium. Some days it all comes together like this one against one of the fastest men around – Jonny ‘The Thriller’ Miller of ABEC 11 wheels who is an ambassador of speed, highly creative, caring dad and…

World’s Most Livable City

Though few Americans visit – Melbourne is one of the world’s most livable cities. Rich in the arts, music and especially coffee. Sydney gets the press, tourists and crowds, wherever Melbourne is more livable a few times over. Here are some snaps I took along the way. This is the best place to learn more about the…

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin My favorite quotes in life always come from the same source – Anais Nin

The Skateboarding Hall of Fame

My long-time good friend and race partner Judi Oyama was just inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame last weekend in Los Angeles – smack dab in the epicenter of the sport sponsored by Vans. Legends abounded. She officially joins all the greats – Tony Hawk, Tony Alva, Gonz, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen and Jeff Ho. She…

What lies ahead

A work in progress – my interest is in the intersection of work, space and innovation. Hopefully it will look more along these lines below: – but watch this space as I begin to answer that in the coming months. I do want to.

The future of work

Recently, I was on an engaging panel about the future of work in Sydney for Steelcase and Microsoft – the video gives you a sense of the challenges and opportunities around the changing workplace. Be nimble or get your lunch eaten.

On Living Better

A secret reservoir of NYT good thinking on a variety of topics for living better lives in 2018.

Slow Looking Fast Guy

Downhill skateboard slalom racing is core to who I am – a full-on throwdown of who can hurl themselves down a hill thru 65 cones in 22 seconds on a steep and sometimes gnarly asphalt pitch. Much has been written on the topic – but pics best capture the vibe. Slow Looking Fast Guy is the…