Professor Paul Schmitt discusses downsizing his factory in Tijuana, working on boards for Cordano Russell, should board sizes be like shoe sizes, the most difficult & important thing to do while manufacturing a skateboard, what advances are being made for adhesives & glue to better...
Chico Brenes Discusses crossing the boarder into the US when he was a kid, going to EMB for the first time, how he got on World Industries, filming for the Love Child video, leaving World Industries for Chocolate Skateboards, his appendix bursting & needing emergency...
Gary Rogers discusses making his first sponsor me tape and not sending it to anyone, meeting Joel from Metro & how they started Skateline NBD, the Crailtap camp showing him love early on, why Mark Suciu is his favorite skater, The Ride Channel wanting Skateline...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jamie Foy & Patrick Praman discusses how Patrick got on Real Skateboards, their approach to skating big rails, Patrick's turning pro surprise, Jamie's New Balance SeaDoo ad, what’s it like skating Hollywood High 16, Jamie's Sonic The Hedgehog slam aka The West Coast Humbler, Patrick's...
Patrick O’Dell discusses growing up in St. Louis, moving to San Francisco, getting a job at Thrasher Magazine, starting his blog called Epicly Later’d, how he came up with the name Epicly Later’d, going on his first tour with Baker, working for VBS.tv, writing into...
Carl Aikens discusses growing up in Chicago, Carls mom hosting house music parties in Chicago, getting his first Chocolate ad in a mag, filming for Chocolate’s “Bunny Hop” video, shoe company's offering him contracts but choosing Adidas, Melon grab over Hollywood High’s fence, why he...