The industry is down bad, y’all. There are booms, there are busts, and as 2025 gets moving, we’re squarely in the latter. Everyone will tell you so. But is that…bad? Yes, definitely for the people who work in the industry. But what about for the rest of us? Who says we’ve got to make money in order for the culture to be vibrant? And what does it mean that skateboarding has to keep reaching outside of itself for help, always struggling to sell our weird hobby to normies? What’s a contest, after all, if not a way to force a story onto skateboarding and make a quick buck? Well, Kristin and WOF would like a word. So would Alex White, Ted Barrow, Ted Schmitz, Adam Burns, and Kyle Beachy. But you know one way these fools all agree? Thank god for local videos.

Thanks, always, to the following:

Intro music by Roar

Credits music by Dylan Bryne

Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful

Mixed and edited by Adam Burns