Ryan Sheckler Motion Capture Suit

Red Bull invited us out to the Jim Henson studios for the day to watch Ryan Sheckler slip into a motion capture suit and skate around. Mostly you've seen this done for things like video games, and computer animation. This was done so Ryan can review and analyze his own technique on a skateboard.

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The documentary biopic of Danny Way's 20-year skate career will premiere at SXSW

The new documentary will have plenty of early teenage photos, video and audio of Way along with more recent footage and interviews

How do you capture the true essence of a skateboarding legend who brought us the MegaRamp, pulled a 360 over the Great Wall of China, launched into a vert ramp from a helicopter, or dropped from the Hard Rock Hotel Guitar 82-feet above the Vegas Strip? Not sure, but we'll get our chance to find out how director Jacob Rosenberg portrays Danny Way in the new feature-length documentary "Waiting for Lightning." The highly anticipated film about the life of pioneering skateboarder Danny Way..