Posts by Anthony Pappalardo
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WHAT DOES THE END OF SCUMCO & SONS MEAN FOR INDEPENDENT BRANDS?
The East Coast underground mainstay talks about the struggles of running a skateboard brand post-Covid.
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DIVING INTO VANS “CREDITS” AND THE VIDEOS THAT PAVED THE WAY
The recent push is a sign that brands are beginning to understand how to foster actual growth and energize the community.
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LAKAI’S NEW GUYS WEIGH IN ON “THE FLARE”
We tried to squeeze some info out of Lakai's newbies about the new video.
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EXPLORING PONTUS ALV’S POLAR DREAM
A more heady piece exploring Pontus Alv's latest creation "I like it here inside my mind, don't wake me this time".
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VANESSA TORRES ON GETTING SOBER & THE SKATEBOARD INDUSTRY
"This Thanksgiving was probably my first time experiencing my family sober"
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VERN LAIRD FILMS ANOTHER PART AT 41 YEARS OLD
The 41 year old Bones Bearings team manager pushes himself to film a part while juggling life responsibilities as a fully grown man.
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WATCH THE LOST UNSEEN DOC ON SKATEBOARDING & HIP-HOP
Watch the lost documentary on Hip Hop & Skating directed by Eli Morgan Gesner in 2009.
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DO “SHOCKING” SKATEBOARD GRAPHICS STILL HAVE SUBSTANCE?
Are the controversial graphics on skateboards today as relevant as they once were?
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THE DECENTRALIZATION OF THE PRO SKATEBOARD CAREER?
Print’s decline and the rise of the web have forced the notoriously insular skateboarding industry to open up and become more democratic.
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RECONTEXTUALIZING ZAK ANDERS, ONE OF TODAY’S MOST MYSTIFYING SKATERS
"I don’t want to be this brutal punk that hates everything that people like, and I’m trying really hard to undo that."
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RARELY SEEN PHOTOS FROM READ AND DESTROY, THE BELOVED BRITISH SKATE MAG
Check out early documentation of London's Southbank, vert ramps tucked into Lord of the Rings-level forests, and everything in between.
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NAVIGATING SKATING’S HIGHS AND LOWS WITH MATT MILITANO
Over coffee and cigarettes Matt talks prank shows, ABDs and his love for the VX.
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A CHAT WITH LUDVIG HAKANSSON, THE OLDEST SOUL IN SKATEBOARDING
The man loves to read Nietzche, skates in some expensive vintage gear, and paints in his own neoclassical-meets-abstract-expressionist style.
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MEET THE SEATTLE ARTIST WHO DESIGNED A BACON ’N EGGS INSPIRED SKATEPARK
Breakfast-obsessed skaters rejoice!