You might not see them, but they're out there, turning ditches, playgrounds and industrial sites into a canvas for their brush of choice, the skateboard.

Jewel Cullen, owner of Wooden Heart Skate Shop in Mobile, said that the Mobile area has a lot of skating talent, though it doesn't always get a lot of attention.

That's one of the reasons he decided to produce "Keep on, Keepin' on," a 34 minute video showcasing, as Cullen puts it, "local rippers and local spots."

Cullen said the title of the video comes from his philosophy on the skating lifestyle. "We never stop, we just keep on, keepin' on. I thought it embodied what it means to be a skateboard lifer."

It's not just talk. In many of the scenes, skaters attempt seemingly insane tricks only to fail spectacularly, even violently. Frequently, the very next scene features the same skater attempting the same trick, but landing it.

Cullen said that part of skateboarding is not accepting failure. "When we fall, that point where some people would quit, we get up and try again," he said.

There are few scenes from New Orleans and Birmingham, but the bulk of the video was filmed around Mobile in out of the way spots.

California may be the epicenter of the American skate scene, but the Gulf Coast has developed its own regional scene and style, according to Cullen.

Because Mobile's infrastructure is degraded and many of the best spots are off limits to skaters, locals have to learn to skate in less than ideal conditions like disused culverts sprouting weeds and littered with gravel and crumbled cement.

"It strengthens everyone's sense of pride that we do as well as we do with what little we have," Cullen said.

The video is below. Beware, the music includes some salty language.

Keep On, Keepin' On by Wooden Heart Skate Shop from Jewel Cullen on Vimeo.