Skate le monde

The community of skateboarders forms a brotherhood that transcends traditional cultural barriers. From Finland to Argentina, Australia to Croatia, Mathieu Cyr skates the world in the company of these skateboarding freaks.

In this documentary series, Mathieu Cyr discovers various countries through the eyes of their skateboarding community. He meets the skateboarders who have shaped the world scene and visits the unique places that mark the skateboarding culture. In Athens, Vancouver, Lima, Milan, London, Helsinki, the comedian and skateboarding enthusiast travels through the streets and highways, looking at alternative visions of skateboarding, as well as the arts, history, education, health, urban planning and architecture.

Host

Mathieu Cyr

Original idea

Julie Lapointe

Directors

Mathieu Fontaine
Félix St-Jacques
Alexis de Gheldere

Script

Catherine Coutu
Julie Blackburn
Alice Mirebeau
Mathieu Fontaine
Félix St-Jacques
Alexis de Gheldere

Co-producer

L’Équipage

Production manager

Marie-Justine Fournier

Producer

Isabelle Fortier

Executive producers

Bruno Dubé
Julie Lapointe
Robert Montour
Josée Vallée
Renée Mouchawar
Mélanie d’Astous

L'Équipage

Canada

Gémeaux 2021

Nomination – Best Direction Documentary: Biography or Portrait, Arts and Culture, Nature, Science – Series

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