Mike York & Daniel Castillo discuss tour van etiquette, Embarcadero etiquette, York's time on World Industries, Raiding the World Industries warehouse & Sal Rocco, Daniel & York getting on Chocolate, York hurting his knee on the Hot Chocolate Tour, Daniel getting shot, the Chocolate video...
Fun fact: Jerry Hsu's first People I've Known was the only one that didn't require any kind of major rewriting by the staff. That's right—he's not just pro at skating, but spelling and grammar, too! Read on for the kind of hilarity you've grown to...
Ben De Gros discusses growing up in Vancouver, skating with his brother Ted De Gros, his struggles with addiction when he was younger, starting his YouTube channel, why he doesn’t do brand deals, his main job doing drywall & his other YouTube channel “The Vancouver...
As Girl skateboards celebrates its 30th anniversary, it may surprise many that this illustrious company has been run by an actual woman the entire time. Megan Baltimore is as hilarious as she is mysterious, and the countless friends, acquaintances and antagonists she's acquired over the...
Carlisle Aikens Never Thought He'd Be a Pro Skater – or a Model. For the latest segment of 'Hypebeast Diaries' the skater and model reflects on his rising career, while already pondering “what’s next?” Carlisle Aikens often wonders “why the f*ck am I here?” finding...
Art Dump Alumni (and former Crailtap.com editor) Bob K interviews Art Dumpers from past and present on our last night of the Three Decades of Girl exhibit....
Andy Jenkins discusses wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13, meeting a young Spike Jonze, working for Rocco at World doing graphics including Jason Lee’s first graphic “The Cat In The Hat”, how much graphic artists gets paid now vs then, his comic...
Whether it’s negotiating shoe contracts over tea at Liberty’s or working out seemingly impossible lines through the nooks and crannies of London, Tom Knox is steadily finding his footing in skateboarding with a little help from this equally unique cast of friends like Jacob Harris,...
Jack Olson discusses growing up in Minnesota & skating 3rd Lair Skatepark, coming up skating contests, getting on Real Skateboards, best trick contests at Tampa, doing a switch feeble on the Hollywood 16 on multiple occasions, turning pro for Real Skateboards multiple times, opening a...
Teamed up with Eric Swisher from Chromeball for this special interview with Andy Jenkins. Andy talks about being the art director at Girl Skateboards, creating the first Girl series in 1993, getting his first job from a drawing contest, doing early skateboard graphics for bLind,...