Keynote Speakers
Tony and Steve Hawk
Tony's long and storied history as a professional skateboarder has enabled him to pursue a career with global reach, making him the most recognized action-sports figure in the world. He is the founder of Birdhouse Skateboards and also president of Tony Hawk, Inc. Still skating into his 50s, Tony regularly appears on television and in films and frequently takes his talent on the road with the Birdhouse team. His success and good fortune have inspired him to help young skaters, and in 2002 he launched the Tony Hawk Foundation (now The Skatepark Project), which to date has donated more than $10 million to help build 650+ skateparks in the U.S.
Steve Hawk, a lifelong surfer, is the former editor of Surfer magazine and former editorial director at Surfline.com. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, starting as a newspaper reporter before moving into magazines. He also served as a staff writer and surf consultant on the HBO television series John From Cincinnati. He was the founding executive director of the Tony Hawk Foundation, which became The Skatepark Project in 2020. In 1977, he gave his younger brother Tony one of his old skateboards; that board is now in the Smithsonian Museum.
Dian Hadiani
Dian Hadiani was born in Bandung, West Java, December 3, 1967. She received university degrees in Culinary Art as well as Marketing Management.
She has been writing creatively for the past two decades as part of her work in the diverse fields of marketing and communications. Press releases, advertising editorials, as well as contributing writer for magazines are all roles Dian has filled in her professional career.
She has self-published the Witty Little Artist children’s book series. Dian is also an autodidact artist. She established a writing club, where she mentors, and edits the scripts of its members. A few of the members have gone on to become credentialed journalists of major news portals and authors.
Dian was introduced to surfing in 2000 when she visited Cimaja, West Java. She went to Bali to investigate further about surfing, soon afterwards she moved to Bali. In 2008 to 2010 she conducted a research on surfing tourism in Australia, aims to assist the Indonesian government to develop a well-planned surfing tourism with cultural and environmental sustainability.
In April 2022 she published The Chronicles of G-Land. G-Land is the most fabled surf break in the world, located in East Java. Well known with the surf camp that considered as the first in the world, established in 1977 by a notorious American surfer, John Michael Boyum.
Dian has never shied away from controversy or the truth in her detailed investigation of particular issues which fire her passions. For The Chronicles of G-Land, she conducted extensive research and painstakingly validated all information which she skilfully weaves through the narrative. Some threads in her rich tapestry of stories have led to the rediscovery of long-lost facts about Alas Purwo National Park.
Dian Hadiani will be presenting “The Ancient Jungle in Java & Surfing,” about the correlation between the surfers, the surf industries, the local communities, and the sustainability of Alas Purwo National Park, where the surf camps are located.
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Selema Masekela
Selema Masekela is a beloved commentator, journalist, musician, activist and producer best known for his work across NBC, VICE, E!, ESPN, Nat Geo & beyond. With decades of action sports journalism under his belt, including the Red Bull Signature Series, Summer and Winter X Games, Vice World of Sports, his cultural reporting in South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and so much more, Masekela is often considered an action sports evangelist.
Selema is also a musician, recording under the alias 'Alekesam' (Masekela backwards). Selema thrives as a Black man who has historically been ‘the only’ in the spaces of action sports & entertainment. The son of South African jazz legend & activist Hugh Masekela, his roots are equal parts South African, New York City & Southern California.
Music & water are two of the most influential parts of Selema’s life. At 16, he first felt at home on a surfboard. At 8, he sat in on late night jazz sessions with his father & Miles Davis. It’s these unique life experiences that push Selema to share stories of others like him - highlighting people & places through lenses that break molds & redefine culture.
Selema’s relentless curiosity as a narrator of the human experience offers a space for conversations with a wide landscape of dynamic individuals; he breaks down commonly held barriers and offers intersectionality that consistently creates change. As a former co-founder of South African surf brand Mami Wata, he led the charge for the apparel’s launch in the US in late 2021. He also released AFRO SURF last year to critical acclaim, the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. He is now working on his own lifestyle brand, Alekesam.
Selema is the co-founder of Stoked Mentoring, an organization dedicated to mentoring at risk youth through action sports. He is an ambassador for Dockers, works as a consultant & talent for Red Bull and sits on the Board of Directors for BURTON.