Posts by Alexis Castro
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THIS CHANNEL IS DUMPING FOOTAGE OF YOUR FAVORITE 2000S SKATERS
Raw clips of some of the best and well-known skaters from the early 2000s. We're talking about the big kahunas here!
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BRIANA KING ON TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKATERS
Briana King has built up a big following hosting meetups for girls and LGBTQ+ skaters across the world without any major skate sponsors.
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WORKING ON JOKES WITH SKATEBOARDING COMEDIAN, WHITMER THOMAS
Meet the only skateboarder to ever get an HBO standup comedy special.
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IS SKATEBOARDING “SOFT” NOWADAYS?
If you're yearning for wilder, less role model-able pros, we put together a list of the skate crews keeping that reckless spirit alive today.
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CHECKING OUT 5BORO’S HQ IN THIS TINY NEW YORK APARTMENT
We saw firsthand how to operate a 24 year-old board company out of less than 500 sq. ft.
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HOW “BAKER 3” BANGED US OVER THE HEAD
We overanalyzed the most straightforward skate video of the 2000s.
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HOW SHOULD BRANDS BE RELEASING THEIR VIDEOS?
And is our video distribution model broken?
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16 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HEITOR DA SILVA
We hit up Heitor and his friends to try to unearth some secrets you didn't know about the wunderkind.
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THE RESURGENCE OF PAT BURKE
"If you’re in it long enough, you either die or go to jail or rehab."
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RANKING 10 OF THE BEST SKATE SHOP VIDEOS EVER MADE
As always, this is a scientific, peer reviewed essay and is absolutely the be-all-end-all list of worthwhile shop videos.
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ANGELA WHITE IS BRINGING SKATING’S MOST ICONIC CAMERA BACK INTO PORN
Her 2000s, gonzo-inspired tour de force was filmed completely on the sleek, sexy, grainy VX2000.
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JENKEM MIX 151: BILLY STRINGS
Bluegrass heavyweight Billy Strings takes over for Mix 151 and answers a couple of questions about his skate past.
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WHERE DID THE SKATEBOARD EMOJI COME FROM?
With a little help from Tony Hawk we now have a decent skateboard emoji.
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HOW CHAD CARUSO SKATED ACROSS AMERICA
Chad did it the way most skateboarders would: independently and without much of a plan.