Vans Europe presents Pride, a new short Coming Out Day documentary following South African skater, Yann Horowitz.
Right after Yann won the Vans Park Series African Continental Championships in 2018, he celebrated by walking up to the stands and giving his boyfriend Adam a kiss. As everyone in the skateboarding world started talking about it and Yann’s skating and sexual identity were becoming intertwined, he had to ask himself: “Do I really want to be the ‘gay skateboarder’?”
In the past five years, individuals like Yann have had to balance the act of both being an inspiration as well as holding on to their identity. In this short Coming Out Day documentary, Vans and Skateism are following Yann back to his home country, South Africa, to find out more about where he came from and where he’s headed.
Pride is available to watch now. Follow @vansskate and @vanseurope on Instagram to learn more about the Vans skate team.
Directed By: Sam McGuire, Robin Pailler
Filmed and Edited By: Robin Pailler
Photography by: Sam McGuire
Skate Footage & Additional Editing : Joubert Van Staden
