Posts in INTERVIEWS
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CHECK OUT THE ONE AND ONLY SOVIET SKATEBOARDING MUSEUM
While skateboarding was getting its start in sunny California, the USSR had almost no access to American cultural output at that time.
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MEET UNA FARRAR, A LEADER IN SKATING’S NEW WAVE
Sitting down with Una to talk about Domino's, fingerboarding and the Canadian Skate Scene.
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PHOTOGRAPHER PETE THOMPSON SHARES RARE GEMS FROM THE ’90S
"You’re photographing kids who are living a period of time that will be completely unlike any other time in their lives."
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BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL SKATE CAREER WITH CANDY JACOBS
If you’re curious about how Olympic prep can mess with skaters’ heads or how difficult the sponsorship landscape can be, Candy’s story is for you.
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BEHIND THE BAIL WITH GABRIEL SUMMERS
DUMBASS DISCLAIMER: Due to Gabriel Summers being a nutta, this interview and the images within are not for the faint of heart.
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MARK NICKELS ON FILMING OSIRIS’ “THE STORM” AND COMING OUT IN THE ’90S
"I do have to say, life can be quite poetic. After this happened, Osiris became quite big in gay porn."
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A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH A SKATEBOARDING MAGICIAN
"Every skateboarder is a magician in a sense. The kickflip was originally called a magic flip."
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STORIES BEHIND THE BARNYARD MEGA RAMP WITH CAZ HELMSTETTER
Caz proved that with the right ingenuity and recklessness, anyone can become a hero, at least for a few seconds.
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JACOPO CAROZZI ON COMING UP IN ITALY
"If someone is good at skating then why do they have to make it to the States to make his dream come true?"
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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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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.
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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?