We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Sk8luv33 (Terry Lamar). We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Sk8luv33 below.
Sk8luv33, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
I believe I’ve found my life purpose through willingness of helping others. As far as my spiritual belief, I believe Jesus is the son of God. With that being said, I try my best to follow the rules, guidelines, principles of the bible for leadership/guidance of my life. Proverbs 3:6 – In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I believe it takes a while to find your true purpose in life being that there are several things you have to piece together before you’re able to walk in to your purpose. For example, if you’re a leader you have to develop soft skills as far as speaking to people in public or in writing. I feel that it takes multiple skillsets to walk out your true purpose as well as other individuals that share a similar interest and passion.
I believe to find my purpose, I had to move from my home town birmingham, al to atlanta, ga. Moving from your home town into a new city is a challenge in itself, no family or friends. I felt that this journey would make or break me. I feel like it has brought this best out of me, something that would of never happened if I haven’t left home.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I am a skate videographer/journalist/
The most exciting part of being a skate videographer is that we have the opportunity to make people feel good about themselves and put a smile on their faces. At this point, I have over 145k followers on my instagram page. For my Youtube, my following is growing as well – over 70k followers. The YouTube is a new journey for me but I feel that the platfrom allows me to connect more with my audience in terms of long content and etc. Since the growth of my platforms, I’ve grown attention from different audiences across the world as while as people who are in the entertainment industry.
Below are some recent updates to what projects/events I have been apart of between 2022-2023. Instagram handles below.
–Nike – JDSPorts Ad Commercial 2022 | @mssskamille of @KameoRoll & @nike @jdsports. – #nikeneeditnow
Ms Kamille reached about to me to shoot a commercial instagram reel for Nike/JDSPorts Ad Commercial. This was a fun and quick creative project a display their new collection of sports running wear.
–Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ) – ATL – Squad 2022 – Celebrity honorary member: @jermainedupi | ATL SQUAD: @mr_man_da_hustler, @djdexatl, @nikki_garland_, @tay.deuce and others.
I have been supporting Mr. Man of ATL SQUAD for a few years with their annual skate party – ATL SQUAD SK8 PARTY. This time around he had a surprise for everyone. He enlisted an honorary member – Jermaine Dupri – Producer, Rapper and etc. I was there to capture this great moment for Mr. Man. The skate party consist music of various styles along with a skate comepetition with judges on the panel.
–WNBA’s Atlanta Dream 2023 Schedule Release Video | @skatelyfe_tv, @therealkxngpxn, @atlantadream, @sk8luv33/@sk8luv33films.
SkateLyfe Tv reached out to me to assist him on a commercial release project for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream 2023 Schedule Release. We worked together with management, they provided story/storyboard of two rival teams deciding to go skating, the various scenes displayed their competitiveness. I was the fall person who feel at the end, with one of my skates flying off in the air. That was a fun short project.
–Celebrities – Bishop Oldes & Pastor Jamal Bryant Skate Party 2023 | @bishopoldes & @jamalhbryant
I assisted Bishop Oldes & Pastor Jamal Bryant in setting up the skate party at Stone Mountain Skates. Bishop Oldes created a Preaching On Skates Tour and he reached out to me to help with promotion and etc. This event was amazing because the church community and roller skate community were brought together in one place. One of the skaters gave the life to Jesus Christ in the Skating rink, something amazing and different. This opportunity was awesome because I have wanting to be apart of something from the regular skate jam/party.
–Celebrity – Samara Joy at the Jazz Festival 2023 | @samarajoysings
I discovered Samara Joy from social media and a friend named Avery. When I heard her voice I said, now that’s truly a one of kind. Certain voices are unique and distinctive along with being pleasant to hear. Avery joked and said she’s probably a skater or a fan of your skate videos. I searched for her instagram and she was actually following me. I messaged her a few times and she stated that she’s been following me for quite some time. I actually got a chance to meet her at the free Atlanta Jazz Festival 2023. She actually were sigining autographed CD’s, Vinyl’s and Merch. I purchased one of the CD’s. Based off the short conversation I had with her, she’s a great spirited person, very humble, and extremely talented/gifted.
–Pretty Stoned 2023 – Featured as an extra skater in an comedy film | Thanks to Nathan Levine-Heaney (Cinematographer/Director – Guardian of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Thor and more)
I met Nathan Levine-Heaney during The Brick Tv – ROLL CALL ATL Series – that they covered for atlanta, ga. I actually got the change to assist being a camera man in the documentary series. From there, I kept in touch with Nathan. I told him that I want to get into the film industry one day. He provided some tips and provided a little guidance. He mentioned that I should participate in being an extra in movies from time to time to understand what it’s like being on set. I submitted and applied to be an extra on Pretty Stoned and there it was. I learned so much on set, priceless.
–Atlantic Station 2023 – Push (Kyle Dutcher) x KXNGPXN Skating Alliance x Sk8luv33/Sk8luv33Films – TAF 3.0 Block Party | @skatelyfe_tv, @therealkxngpxn & @sk8luv33/@sk8luv33films – #newtafontheblock
Push reached out to me to assist in capturing the event for the TAF 3.0 Block Party at Atlantic Station. This was my first time collaborating with Push on a skate event/party. A couple of skaters from the inside/outside skate community came to join us for this block party. Let’s just say we brought alot of attention to us as skaters. What made it great is that Hot 107.9 ATl host and DJ Geronimo were hyping us up all while playing for us as if we were at a skating rink. I’m pretty sure this will potentially be a reoccurring event for Push in the near future. We all had fun. Also, one of the video clips from this party recently went viral on YouTube as an YouTube Short, over 8 million views.
–Atlanta Beltline Skate Fitness Program 2023 | Marian @danniddotcom, @atlanticbeltline, & @sk8luv33/@sk8luv33films – #beltlinesk8_2023
Marian reached out to me via instagram to help promote the Atlanta Beltline’s Partnership pilot program named “Atlanta Beltline Skate Fitness”. She stated that this was a pilot program centered around an idea to gather people to be more active and to incorporate roller skating which is form of exercise. Marian choose Josh from RollerSlay to kick off this pilot program. She invited other skate groups, @smooth_rollers_sk8 and @boss8tl to help assist along this journey. I told Marian that I would do my part in making sure her efforts were being seen via Instagram. I want to see the inside and outside skate community skate together more often. The location of the program is at LEE + WHITE and Pittsburgh Yards. Dates – June 3, June 10, July 15 of 2023.
–JB Rehearsal Thursday at Stone Mountain Skates 2023 | @stonemountainskates, @phyllise.brown (Chi-Force), @sk8luv33/@sk8luv33films
This is the 2nd night me (Sk8luv33) & Phyllis Brown (Chi-Force) created named JB Rehearsal Thursdays at Stone Mountain Skates. I asked the owner Ravi of bringing back the JB Thursdays idea (Jami Ffrench-Parker – Previous manager of Stone Mountain Skates) but different being that the first one ended a few years ago. Me and Phyllis Brown created our version of what a middle/new school Chicago JB session should be. The owner agreed and the djays we choose for this journey is DJ Ham & Dame-0 (This is a Dame-0 Track). DJ Ham is upcoming djay who is making his strides in the atlanta roller skate scene. His hometown is Baltimore which skates to the same music as Chicago. So we thought of an idea to pair him with Dame-O. Dame-O is a talented music producer from Chicago that recently relocated to atlanta, ga. Dame-O has worked with industry professionals such as Kanye West. Phyllis Brown is a chicago native but lives here in atlanta as well. She stated that it was an awesome idea to put the two together, something new and different. And so, we created the session. Every thursday at stone mountain skates. Lessons – 8pm to 9pm, Session – 9pm to 12am.
–Celebrity Reposts and Comments | @tonibraxton, @iameldebarge
Toni Braxton Repost – I filmed a skater @iam_anointedyvonne who skates with a church fan skating to skate music. This particular video was generating a lot of views via instagram and it caught the attention of Toni Braxton. By my surprise, she reposted my video and mentioned me (Sk8luv33) in the post. This was the first time I’ve ever had that happen from a celebrity.
El DeBarge commented on my post – #joisk8athon2022 – This was a video clip from JOI’S SK8-A-THON 2022” at Golden Glide. A couple skating together to Switch – There’ll Never Be. El DeBarge commented and liked the instagram post.
This is the place where I save links to some recorded events and etc discussed above – https://linktr.ee/Sk8luv33 ,
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
I believe having the skillset of videography (since 2011), coming into the art of drawing and animation is high school (childhood/teenage years), and being a technical person in general (since I was little) worked together as far as being a skate videographer/journalist. As mentioned above, it takes a while to figure out how to work everything together so give yourself time to develop your crafts and vision.
What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
What I would say to anyone starting on their path to pursuing their dreams/vision, I would say never give up on your dream/vision. If you truly believe in your vision, keep God first and he will guide you along the way. God will test you to see if you believe in the vision and if you’re ready for what you’re seeking for. Once you prove to yourself and God that you trust and believe it, God will surround you around people who believe or see the vision as much as you. Their role in your journey/vision is to help walk out certain parts of the vision you’re not able to. This is very similar to a company with different departments like – Sales, Accounting, Shipping, Receiving and etc. They are all different departments but they all are working together to achieve one common goal of the company.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
As of now, one of the main obstacles is maintaining income while taking risks and making sacrifices toward your vision. I have been so focused on building my rapport with the skate community, my brand and supporting other skate event host’s skate parties that I haven’t been focusing on building my own skate events, parties and etc. I had a number of skaters asking when are we going to see Sk8luv33 Skate Jam/Party. I told them after the 2 skate nights me and Phyllis Brown (Chi-Force) created – Diggin’ in the Crates & JB Rehearsal Thursdays – get a solid foundation with the support (150 to 200 for both sessions), I can shift focus a little to an actual skate jam.
Skate Jam/Event requires a lot of support from fellow skaters to provide services for different parts of the function. Some people are greeters, some assist with promoting, some help with ideas, some help ticket sales and etc. This is a whole new arena. The awesome thing is Phyllis Brown has experience with hosting skate jam/event’s being that she’s apart of a skate group named Chi-Force based in Chicago. She helped organize several of their skate parties that they’ve hosted in Chicago.
To help push me in the direction and to scale things up some, I decided to shift focus more on my YouTube platform along side of my Instagram platform. So far, I’ve been accepted into the YouTube Partnership Program which helps individuals who use their platform to earn revenue on different levels all while connecting to your core audience. I also decided to go back into the workforce as well. My area of expertise is IT – Networking Systems. I took a break during the pandemic to pursue my original passion of making something of my creative gifts with music and videography again. My first attempt was back in 2011 when I moved from birmingham, al to atlanta, ga. I feel like the foundation of my vision and purpose is set and now I can invest more into it being that I know exactly what it is and what goals I want to accomplish. Some day, people will ready my story and see my work and say – God (Elohim/Jehovah) has to be real being some of the events are almost unbelieveable. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails – Proverbs 19:21. Remember, you have to believe in your vision first before others will or can, make them a believer. A saying that I say to myself all of the time – MAKE IT HAPPEN – @sk8luv33, @sk8luv33films. Peace and Love.
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