I’m super proud of it,” Suciu said about the adidas x Paradigm capsule. “It’s so beyond necessary and so frightening what we’re doing right now to the environment.” I definitely try not to think about it too much because it stresses me out,” Suciu admits. People knew his name in the SOTY conversation because he had been a contender in 2019, the year Milton Martinez ultimately won. (Though anyone who had been paying attention knew Suciu really entered the conversation in 2012, at 19 years old, with his Thrasher “Cross Continental” part, which remains one of their most viral skate segments to date.) Suciu thinks a good video part conveys “a strong sense of skill, talent, versatility, and identity.” There’s no question each of his parts from 2021 met his own rubric; SOTY voters clearly thought so, too. But in the rest of his body of work this year, Suciu demonstrated his thoughtfulness and creativity in other ways. For “Ground Glass,” videographer James Thomson DMed Suciu to gauge his interest in collaborating on a part. This is a common occurrence, Suciu says, but Thomson’s message managed to cut through the noise and catch Suciu’s attention.

As a pro skater it’s pretty alarming how much we go through, how many commodities we go through and how much waste we produce to keep skating at this steady high level,” he said. In 2021, Suciu also worked with sponsor adidas and longtime friend Theo Constantinou, founder of the New York City-based book publisher Paradigm, on a digital short called Spread Light, Leave No Trace. The mini documentary explores the concept of sustainability through the lens of skateboarding, art, culture and community, as well as Constantinou and Suciu’s shared affinity for literature. Suciu and Albert, who both hail from the Bay Area, have been filming together for adidas since 2013. When Thrasher offered Albert the opportunity to do the web series that would become “Flora” in 2019, Suciu was excited for his close friend, even as he was living across the country in New York. Recent models such as the adidas Tyshawn, and the even newer Tyshawn Low provide a simple design with high functionality which creates a high performing and durable skate shoe. Heitor Da Silva's signature adidas Forum 84 Low reignited the flame for an 80's adidas classic with some dope hip-hop inspired colourways coming to the fore. SS23 has also seen the release of a adidas Kader Pro Model, the second shoe partnering with prolific pro Kader Sylla.

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The result was one of the most buzzed-about video parts of the year, but it was just part of Suciu’s impressive output in 2021. Focusing on the iconic Gazelle for his latest signature release in partnership with adidas, team rider Mark Suciu follows up on his 2015 adidas Skateboarding Suciu ADV with a collegiate coloured adidas Suciu Gazelle ADV for FW21. Vintage detailing pays creative tribute to the profile’s lengthy lineage, with traditional gold foil commemorative detailing styled in line with other adidas shoes including the similarly styled adidas Matchbreak Super and Samba ADV. When they saw me putting out all this footage that was my best stuff, people could tell that I was on my A game,” Suciu said. “They just got excited, the debate from 2019 got reignited, and I already had momentum so people just had fun with it again.” For me, I try to do what I can to equalize that in the areas that I can. It’s a custom for a sponsor to just send you T-shirts all the time, so I just realized I don’t need all this stuff. I have spoken to my sponsors about only sending me what I ask for. I skate my boards as long as possible and look out for ways I can be a voice of change, like this with Paradigm and adidas. Habitat is very open to things like this too because of their eco-friendly attitude.But brands are also looking to their athletes to be a voice of change, and that’s a role Suciu takes seriously. Adidas skateboarder Mark Suciu was named Thrasher's 2021 Skater of the Year (SOTY) thanks largely to ... [+] the five video parts he put out in 2021, including a mini documentary “Spread Light, Leave No Trace” with Paradigm founder Theo Constantinou Zander Takemoto There’s no question winning SOTY is something Suciu has deeply wanted and worked for, but when it comes to contextualizing the win, he is at something of a loss for words—which anyone who has read or listened to Suciu’s interviews knows isn’t common.