Interview Thread

franc · December 14, 2024, 10:55pm

Sounds good, gonna listen to that soon pal.

PiledriverWaltz · December 19, 2024, 6:11pm

My profile on videographer Paul Young on the occasion of his video ‘Down By Law’ (which featured Dick Rizzo, Josh Wilson, Aaron Herrington and a bunch of Bronze heads) just went up on the Closer site: 'Down By Law' — Paul Young on East Coast Filmmaking - Closer Skateboarding

Had a good time writing this and especially love this quote from it:

“There’s this idea I’m still so attached to of how you can present your local schoolyard in the suburbs the same as you can a spot in midtown Manhattan […] “On a simple level you’re using the resources that you have but it’s cool when people skate where they’re from.”

Also cut together this little video supplement with Paul talking about music supervision via Vin Perso’s part from the video.

(Bonus trivia: Vin Perso in the section above and Tom Knox both skate to covers of the same track, “A Day In The Life” by The Beatles covered by Les DeMerle and The Fall, respectively.)

sk8arrog8 · January 2, 2025, 9:50pm

The lovely Welsh dragon

sk8arrog8 · January 6, 2025, 10:17am

“The Very Best Of The Stone Roses”

deegwaad · January 6, 2025, 10:24am

Lol. Gino phoning it in as per.

Schrodingers_tits · January 9, 2025, 12:53pm

https://www.theskateboarderscompanion.com/post/interview-jake-snelling

Haven_Hamilton_Official · January 9, 2025, 4:14pm

Some amazing quotes in that and some genuine laugh out louds from me

deegwaad · January 9, 2025, 5:56pm

The indy nosebone/bonk photo is fucking incredible

sk8arrog8 · January 9, 2025, 5:59pm

One of the greatest skateboarders of all time yet still somehow underrated

anonymity · January 9, 2025, 6:04pm

Rye told me that Snelling insisted that it was transcribed as it was spoken too. Hilarious stuff.

buildafire · January 9, 2025, 7:47pm

Great that that was sitting on the shelves of WH Smith.

franc · January 10, 2025, 7:12pm

OOF, it is splendid for sure!

Scurbrampwoody · February 15, 2025, 10:54am

Listening to Steve Olson never fails to put a smile on my face.

andy_smoke · February 15, 2025, 12:37pm

i was all excited, then i saw the Santa Cruz board

doowyrag · February 15, 2025, 4:23pm

Will def give this a watch later.

sk8arrog8 · February 19, 2025, 10:11pm

‘The first black pro skateboarder’

jimo · February 19, 2025, 10:21pm

Haha total click bait!

sk8arrog8 · February 19, 2025, 10:27pm

Well funny. Haven’t listened yet but I will. Bet Tyshawn has even laughed at that description

Edit: That’s the first thing they bring up haha

Scurbrampwoody · February 21, 2025, 1:33pm

Cool little thing that San Francisco Public Library have put on about skating in SF.

Scurbrampwoody · February 22, 2025, 4:21pm

The Surfer’s Journal interview with Ed T.

‘’ In this episode of Soundings, Ed Templeton and Jamie Brisick talk about crafting a sustainable career as a skateboarder, capitalism, skateboarding’s DIY ethos, documenting skate culture, becoming a painter, identity, individualism, and Mark Gonzalez. ‘’

It’s a good one. Well worth a listen.