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One of Staten Island's finest, Austin Paz opens up about his new section, By The Slice, gives an insight into Jump Street Podcast and how he feels it's going, offers his perspective on the mysterious death of B Unique, why it's been so long since he filmed a full street section, his thoughts on the rollerblading industry and this year's controversial Spring Cup and much more. I have always been a huge fan of Austin's skating and his personality is just as endearing. He doesn't take himself too seriously and doesn't mind having a joke of five levelled at him, which is probably a good thing because I bust his balls about a few things in this episode!   

Things referenced in this video: Austin Paz - By The Slice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLl4w...Austin Paz - The Truth 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1QEl...Austin Paz - Able / Empire Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtir...Austin Paz - The Past 20 Years Of My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzfbi...  Butter TV - Manu - A Hawaii Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_glf...  Jump Street Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/JumpStreetP... 

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It's been a while since I've hosted an episode of Platform podcast, but the opportunity to speak to '90s icon John Starr fell into my lap at the last minute and I jumped at the chance because VG 4: Puppets of Destiny was the first rollerblading VHS I owned. I'd seen a couple of others first, but this was the first one I could watch over and over in my house and John Starr's section left a big impression on me. John has skated for some of the biggest brands in blading, including K2, Rollerblade, Medium, 976, Fiziks and numerous others. Not only that, he helped design the original Valo skins and the stock Valo frames, which Roces use to this day, and he did the design work for elements of Robert Guerrero's pro skate from Rollerblade. He also talks about coming up with the unity grind alongside Jon Julio one night at Silverlake High School and having the first every truespin topsoul in a magazine.   

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Bolton's Elliot Stevens is the latest guest on Platform podcast. He talks about his current life in Vancouver, British Colombia and why he decided to move there. He also delves into the past - why he quit Valo to ride for USD Skates, filming with Brandon Negrete in Los Angeles, his epic Haitian section, the random stuff that he would get up to while living in Australia, the part he filmed in Sydney with Dom West, competing against Nick Lomax and Alex Burston while they all grew up skating together and the point when he decided to stop pursuing the pro blading dream. As always, he delivers every story with the warm, carefree, self-deprecating charm that he is known and loved for. If you have never met Elliot Stevens in person, you are missing out. The man is a good laugh!    

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The latest guest on Platform podcast is Undercover Wheels' newest pro team rider Nicola Torelli. He talks about moving to London and getting into skating as a way of exploring the city, becoming obsessive about the sport and trying to learn as much as possible, how he got sponsored by UC Wheels, why he decided not to ride for Micro Skates and Iqon Skates. He also discusses why he gave up a career in nursing to focus purely on skating, his decision to move to Barcelona, his thoughts on sponsorship and plans for the future.  

Things we talked about in this episode:  

Nicola Torelli - UC Wheels Pro Team Introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0mV...

Nicola Torelli YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/NicolaTorelli

Freestyle Skater Tries Aggressive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYB-M... 

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Mushroom Blading's Todd McInerney is the latest guest on Platform and it's a massive one - three hours in fact - you guys can tell me if that's a good thing or not!  I've been a big fan of MB for years, and particularly Todd's very dry and mischievous sense of humour. We talk about everything from good and bad feedback they've had over the years from influential people in the industry, hypothetical gameshows we would create for the blading community, how his outlook on skating has changed over the years, future plans for Mushroom Blading, the reason they don't venture out of Kamloops much, future MB products and much, much more.    

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Mushroom Blading's Todd McInerney is the latest guest on Platform and it's a massive one - three hours in fact - you guys can tell me if that's a good thing or not!  I've been a big fan of MB for years, and particularly Todd's very dry and mischievous sense of humour. We talk about everything from good and bad feedback they've had over the years from influential people in the industry, hypothetical gameshows we would create for the blading community, how his outlook on skating has changed over the years, future plans for Mushroom Blading, the reason they don't venture out of Kamloops much, future MB products and much, much more.    

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James Bower is the latest guest on Platform podcast. I have been wanting to have him on the show for a while, but we both wanted to wait until he had a new section out. Well, he's got a brilliant ender part in the new Muzzle video, made by Jon Lee, called Adventures of Mr Moosemuzzle. We talk about some of the highlights and struggles from this, as well as reflecting on his epic section that he dropped two years previously - Sweet Shin Music.  

The new Muzzle video and clothing line are both available here - http://muzzle.site 

Music by Myéline // - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbi... 

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Wake Schepman is the latest guest on Platform podcast, your regular dose of aggressive inline skating discussion. He talks about his recent win at the King of the North competition, being on the Nitro Circus alongside Chris Haffey, landing the world's first 1620 and bio 1260 on inline skates, why he chose to quit Razors, what happened with Reverse, the skate company he was briefly involved with, how he got on USD Skates and more.   

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Chase Rushing has had sections in three of Brandon Negrete's most famous videos - Forever Now, The Meantime and Road To Nowhere. He was also a regular visitor to California and stayed with the likes of Carl Sturgess, Brandon Campbell and Aaron Feinberg. He basically lived every teenager skater's dream.  Fast forward to 2022 and he has been involved with the launch of Mesmer, providing the artwork that appears on the soul plate, wheels, insole and booklet for the John Bolino pro skate.  

Chase talked about growing up skating in and around Dallas, the period where Chris Farmer came to stay and they became friends, his experiences of filming and hanging out with Brandon Negrete and much more.  

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Taylor Kobryn has been a busy man recently, filming numerous promos for Rollerblade, releasing two full-length videos as Hit It Whet and contributing a sizeable amount of footage to the Them Skates x Braindead video Future Shred Technology. He also hosts the Wax Toaster podcast alongside Joey Lunger.   

Since Hit It Whet Again recently dropped, it seemed like the perfect time to get to know a little more about the New Jersey native currently residing in San Francisco.

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