The crew shares a few video recommendations and some thoughts on what makes them special. 

We have a pretty bad workflow. This episode was actually inspired by Nyjah Huston's announcement of his "revolutionary" brand, Disorder; needless to say, some time has passed since then. Nevertheless, here we go: the three of us share some thoughts on skate brands - the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

We’ve all heard people talk about how skateboarding is all about ”personal progression” - but what does that actually mean? Is there a certain point we’re all trying to progress towards on our own timelines, or is there really no measuring stick when it comes to progress in skating? What does progress look like when you get older or have obligations outside of skateboarding? Would you rather skate only frontside or only backside? Why does Sawyer get better faster as he ages? All of these mysteries are explored (with little resolution) in our latest episode. Tune in to hear us old guys equivocate as we explore our personal growth as skaters. 

Ask any skater, and they'll tell you: skateboarding runs deep. It gets inside you. It settles in your bones. Once you become a skater, you're changed - and usually for the better. Skateboarding filters into our lives in many ways, some of which have little to do with the act of skating itself: it changes the way we understand our relationship to our community, it opens our eyes to worlds of art and thinking previously unknown, and it colours the ways in which we see the world. I'll be honest - when we first talked about starting a podcast, this was the episode I envisioned. A chance to talk about some of the deep and meaningful ways that skateboarding has changed us and our worldviews. We open up and get pretty vulnerable in this one (and have some fun, too!). I hope it resonates with you all in some way, big or small. 

Skaters are aesthetes. We dedicate as much thought and energy to the craft of dress as we do the craft of skateboarding - no other subculture works so hard to look like they care so little about what they look like. There's a massive intersection between fashion and skateboarding, and although we skaters love to claim that everyone else bites our style, the truth of the relationship is probably more one of mutual influence. So here we have it: three non-experts talk like they know stuff they probably don't. Grab a blank t-shirt, spend 36 minutes cuffing your Dickies just so, and tune in. It's good fun!

A lot of our preferences in skateboarding come down to "style" - something we seemingly arbitrarily attribute to whatever skating we find personally engaging. So what does style even mean in skateboarding? In this episode, we have a look at some of the things that make for stylish skateboarding - in our completely subjective opinions, of course. Topics of interest include white privilege, high school skate clubs, and cheater tricks - enjoy!

So what do three aging street skaters think of skateparks in the 2020s? Tune in to find out! Jin, John, and Sawyer are finally back at it, sharing their thoughts on skatepark etiquette and the potential cultural ramifications of the proliferation of skateparks. Meet up spot, or trap? Perfect place to hone your craft, or justification for the vilification of street skating? We're guessing you already know where we land on these things. 

And ya - these episodes were recorded close to a year ago, so there might be a few dated references to things that "just" came out. Deal with it.

Enjoy!

You know that thing, where three working parents get together and try to do something creative, and then it takes a lot of work and time, and you have to satisfy your familial and professional obligations, and then the weather gets nice and you can either sit in a dark room editing audio files or go out and skate, and then finally you start editing the file, and you accidentally edit the wrong one? Ya. We do, too.

Anyway... we're ending Season 1 on a high note: injury talk! Tune in for amateur tips on staying positive, healing, rehab, and all things related to getting hurt while playing with a child's toy.