Inspired by the film, Schubert would skip school to visit New York City, where he started photographing the NYC skate scene at the Brooklyn Banks.
[6] In his late teens and early twenties, Schubert established himself as a skilled skate videographer, capturing a lot of footage of skateboarders throughout the east coast of the United States, primarily in Washington, D.C..[7] Schubert's footage appears in numerous skate videos in the early 90s.
[7] In 1995, Schubert moved to San Francisco to go to school at SFAI after being awarded a scholarship to study photography.
Additionally, he exhibited nationally at FUSE and Mudd Guts in NYC, Kavi Gupta in Chicago, and New Image Art in LA.
[11] Schubert's work hung alongside a number of other artists including: CR Stecyk III, Don Pendleton, Ed Templeton, Geoff McFetridge, Harmen Lieburg, Kaws, Ryan Waller, Shepard Fairey, and Space Invader.