Posts by Ian Michna
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THE PONTUS ALV INTERVIEW
"If you want it, you have to grab it. You can't just sit there and wait around for your dreams to appear. Start working and bust your ass off."
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SEBO WALKER IS LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM (KIND OF)
A lot has been made of the fact that Sebo Walker lives in a van. I think it’s because it scares us.
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THE JOSH KALIS INTERVIEW
"I can't retire. There’s still pushing to do, there's still resources to use and people to help."
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FUCKING AWESOME & LEAVING ALIEN WORKSHOP WITH KEVIN TERPENING
"I just kinda wish Workshop stayed this really core deep-down thing that didn't have to have one foot in the mainstream side of skating."
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JERRY HSU DISCUSSES CHOCOLATE, LEAVING ENJOI & THE INDUSTRY
I can't think of Enjoi without that pukey orange color, the panda, and Jerry Hsu's face invading my consciousness.
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INVESTIGATING BRANDON WESTGATE
He makes our entire generation look like a bunch of internet dependent whiners
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BRAD CROMER TALKS ABOUT TURNING PRO, ENERGY DRINKS AND THE VX1000
"I wouldn't like having that guilt of riding for someone where you're just in it for the money."
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JEREMY KLEIN & NEARLY 20 YEARS OF HOOK-UPS SKATEBOARDS
"I just don’t like to associate skateboarding with sports, because I hate sports. I mean that’s why I skated in the first place."
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WHAT THE FUCK IS ASPHALT YACHT CLUB?
When I first heard rumors that Riley Hawk, Stevie Williams and Nyjah Huston were on some new skateboard team, I thought it was a joke.
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MY EXPERIENCES IN SKATEBOARDING
"I've been terrified of garnering the reputation of 'ramp-tramp' or 'pro-ho' just from spending time with skaters."
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WHAT WOULD MAKE SKATERS DITCH THE BIG SHOE BRANDS?
We asked younger skaters how small shoe brands could win back their business from the big budget behemoths.
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH ILLEGAL CIV?
The Illegal Civ stuff feels like an ongoing soap opera, so to air out any confusion we talked to a few key characters.
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8 ARTISTS REIMAGINE THE INDEPENDENT LOGO
What would an Independent rebrand even look like?
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A SERIOUS REVIEW OF MARK SUCIU’S SERIOUS “VERSO”
Verso asks that we pay it a kind of attention many of us automatically do not. Knowing this, we choose to either look more closely or let it pass before our eyes the way the rest of skating does.