Primitive Skate Welcomes Kyonosuke Yamashita

“The first time that I skated with Kyonosuke was at the Fire Lab rail when I was working on my “What The Prod” part. He filmed a line with a big flip front board in a handful of tries, but even from that small amount I saw, I could already recognize a mature taste in his skating. Later on I got to watch him cruise the Primitive Park and get more of a sense of the tricks that he would do, and it struck me how much he has an old soul to his skating. I don’t know who mentored him or who his OG’s were that put him on to skating, but he skates as if he grew up watching the same people that I grew up watching. Although we’ve only known each other for a short time, he already fits in so naturally with the team that it feels like he’s been around way longer. It feels only right to make it official and welcome Kyonosuke Yamashita to the Primitive Skate team!” - Paul Rodriguez

Filmed by: Alan Hannon, Alex Kissinger, Eric Iwakura and Jake Leger

Edited by: Alan Hannon

Motion Graphics: Blaine Birardi

Still Photography: Bailey Schreiner

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Primitive Skateboarding was established in early 2014 by Paul Rodriguez and Heath Brinkley. Our pros are Paul Rodriguez, Tiago Lemos, Miles Silvas, JB Gillet, Spencer Hamilton, Robert Neal, Marek Zaprazny, Devine Calloway, Carlos Ribeiro, Brian Peacock, Wade Desarmo, Franky Villani, Giovanni Vianna, and Trent McClung. Ams: Tre Williams

[LuisMora]

Kid has come a long way.
Congrats Kyonosuke, we’re proud of you!
Future is looking bright ✨

[sie]

Been watching this kid since he popped up on Luis Mora’s channel. I knew he was gonna do big things. Much deserved 💪🏼

[jfncho]

getting on Primitive or April is like getting on Girl or Chocolate back in the day. the elite of the elite.

[vfxamin]

Luis Mora fans have seen this kid since day one. And we are so proud of how far he has come!!!

[NickWillMakeIt]

Imagine a “full length” video part from this man….love to see you winning! Shout out Luis for putting us all on to this homie early lol

[Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa]

The Brazilians have dominated the scene for a few years now and I feel like it's the Japanese coming to dethrone them now, so much insane talent out of that island lately.

[KevinKawamura]

We basically got to watch him grow up on Luis's channel and mold into who he is today.

[ryudragonpunch]

Just when I thought Primitive’s roster couldn’t get more stacked…this happens LOL 💯🔥

[theobibard]

This kid deserve so much to be in this team !
Follow him since the Luis Moras vids in Tokyo & to be able to see the evolution since back then & now, this is amazing the future of skateboarding is so bright !
おめでとうKyonosuke !

[lisardtv]

Love the outro clip looks like Kyonosuke is having a great time with the primitive fam🖤

[justing]

I’ll be honest I’ve been watching him on Luis moras vlogs since the beginning of covid 2020, thanks Luis for introducing me to him, your crew and the crew in Japan! It’s cool to see him grow up and see how much talent he’s got! He will be recognized as he should. Team Erased!

[jahierrojas]

I’m so proud bro man thanks for Luis for putting kyonosuke name out there since the beginning 🔥🔥🔥I’m so hype bro man kyonosuke keep on grind bro I love you man 🔥🔥🔥📹🛹🛹

[colebecker]

Watched this kid grow up as I’ve grown up too. He’s been my favorite skater and I couldn’t be more happy for him it’s been a long time coming. Thank you primitive and Luis!

[RevvedMetal_Eco]

favorite skater ❤️ been watching him since he was a kid

[gandhimahatma]

Dude’s got a grown mans style already. Can’t wait to see more from him in the future

[kerlyiabrown]

been watching him on youtube since forever, can't imagine anyone more deserving. Amazing job kynosuke <3

[L_V_R_N_C]

This kid is something Skateboarding in Japan is going to a new level with the amount of talent coming from there.

[ogeezus]

Hell yeah! Been a big fan since I saw him skate in Luis Mora’s videos. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for Kyonosuke. SLS CHAMP in no time!

[PTVexoh]

Just heard of him when he skated the recent SLS event. Kid skates like a man. Way more style than all the other young kids out there

[Muskv.]

i so proud of kyonosuke for all he get on the world of the skate, the way is large and he is it