Skating Is Hard

Episode 15 Ft The Shoe Pant Check

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Episode 15!!!!! This is a BIG episode, in length and content! Today I have nine, yes, NINE guests on the show! All of them are members of the greatest #skatetwitter group chat that you never knew existed: THE SHOE PANT CHECK. This is the REAL show that has skaters talking, TEN of them actually-all at once! We talk about all types of skateboard stuff, and a bunch of non-skateboard stuff too! It's all hilarious and insightful and at a lot of times chaotic. Big, big, big thanks to all my friends here for coming on-Johnny, Tempest, Jay, Rose, Owen, Brooklyn, Sean, Isaiah, and Pablo, love y'all!!!

Dramatic recap music from:

https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
Free music for non-commercial use
Their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/fesliyanstudios

RIP BIZ MARKIE

RIP DAVE ABAIR

Episode 14 (ft. Mark Dunning)

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:00:00 -0400

Episode 14!! On this episode, my friend Mark Dunning and I have a discussion about the skate world and it's relationship to drugs, alcohol, addiction, sobriety and mental health. Mark was also nice enough to share his own experiences with sobriety. Hope y'all enjoy!

Mark's links:
IG @mrklittle
Twitter @Marklittle95
Bandcamp https://marklittle.bandcamp.com/

Antwuan Epicly Later'd-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9XwoZ8BsX0

Ali Epicly Later'd-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Mxpxrce9U

Episode 13 (ft. Tempest)

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0500

Episode 13!! This one I got my friend Tempest on and we had a real cool conversation about skate videos, film, and how skate videos can be looked at as film. We also touch on the importance of coolness and what the kids are into.

Tempest's links-
IG @transgenderbasketballplayer
twitter @tempestbritthoe
Her sk8 crü on IG @monroeparkcollective
Custom Clothing IG @tempestcustomclothing
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCaller51
old youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCID8v5O3LaaisYsDQ9KKoDA

Episode 12 Godspeed (ft Jay Mambo-Franzmeier)

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:00:00 -0500

Yoyoyoyoyoyo, in this episode, my friend Jay and I delve deep into the new Illegal Civilization video, "GODSPEED". We go over our favorite things in the video and discuss some of the negative reception the video has received on sites like Slap and Twitter.

Executive Produced by Pablo

Godspeed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAzo5OdqHM

Jay's on social medias-
twitter: @unrecovery_
IG: @pissandnewports

@catatonicskateboards on IG

RIP MF DOOM

Episode 11 Big Skaters (Ft. Niko Lara, Jerome Neal, Colton Randolph, Tim Ward)

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:00:00 -0500

Episode 11!! This one is an ep I've been thinking about for a longgg time. The subject is personal to me as a bigger skater, so I def took my time to work on this one and make it something meaningful for all the big skaters out there, not just me. Gotta seriously, from the bottom of my heart, thank my guests for coming on, they all killed it and had dope things to say. Hope you enjoy!

Niko Lara:
IG @ffakiebigspin @nikolaraphotography

Jerome Neal:
IG @jrock91six

Colton Randolph:
IG @c.snacks_ @thiccboiskate

Tim Ward:
IG @timothyward @vert_button
@thenutdailynews @skateafterschool

Episode 10 (ft. Evan Tooley)

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:00:00 -0500

Today I talk to my #skatetwitter friend, Evan Tooley. Evan is a skater from Denver, CO who has his own board brand called, Déar, and he also shot and edited his own video, "Peer Pressure", featuring him and his friends. We talked about the inspiration behind Déar and how Evan runs it by himself, the making of "Peer Pressure", the current state of the full-length skate video, and Evan tells me a hilarious story about an interaction he had with Chaz Ortiz while skating in Chicago.

Peer Pressure on Skate Jawn:
https://skatejawn.com/peer-pressure/

Déar/Peer Pressure Website:
https://peerpressurebydear.bigcartel.com

Evan's Instagram: @evantooley
Evan's Twitter: @TooleyEvan
Déar on Instagram: @__.d.e.a.r.__

Episode 9 (Hot takes, weird opinions and other ramblings)

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:00:00 -0400

Today I talk about a bunch of random skate opinions I have because I was too lazy to work on a better episode. Please email sk9ingishard@gmail.com if any of these takes are too hot.

The Parade Article-
https://www.paradeworld.com/news/editorial-skateboarding-podcasts-what-s-missing/

Episode (feat. Akiko)

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

EPISODE 8!!!!!!!!! This episode I start off buy talking about the late, great, Keith Hufnagel who unfortunately passed away a couple weeks ago. Then I talk to my guest Akiko who is a Baltimore skater involved in the incident following a trans rights graffiti piece being tagged over at their local skate park. We go over the situation and also the close-knit queer skate community that has formed at the park.

Akiko on IG: @dank.burrito
Quee Skate Baltimore on IG: @queerskatebmore
Solidarity Skateboards on IG: @solidarityskateboards
Akiko's friend Maxx on IG: @maxxfrost

Queer Skate Baltimore's account of the trans rights graffiti situation:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhXbMfF21D/?igshid=99rxkghq2mer

R.I.P. HUFF!!!!!

TRANS RIGHTS!!!

Episode 7 (BIG SCOOP)

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Today I talk about this BIG IMPORTANT SCOOP-well, I try to.

Patrick Kigongo on IG: @pkigongo

The Black List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hkG5OMnBbhmEqe5aasHGV74LLWRbR9wXebzVv3HWuqE/htmlview

I got all the commercial music (except for Rata commercial music which I made) from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
Free music for non-commercial use
Their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/fesliyanstudios

Please DO NOT add this audio content to the Youtube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by FesliyanStudios.

Episode 6 (Ankle Update, Skate Video Games, Going Pro for Q-Anon )

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:00:00 -0400

YOOOOO EPISODE 6. I'm back one man show style this week. This episode I update y'all real quick on the status of my skating and my ankle, I also talk about skateboard video games and how important they were to my generation of skaters, and then I end it by tryna figure out what the deal with all these old pros turning into Q-anon/Trump people on social media.

@Jac5connor's exercises:

https://twitter.com/Jac5Connor/status/1296120550549381121

Old Friends Fitness on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/oldfriendsfitness

Kareem Campbell's "The Ghetto Bird Show":

https://theghettobirdshow.com/

Episode 5 (feat. Niko Lara)

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:00:00 -0400

This episode, new homie Niko Lara comes on the show. We talk about him and his friend's negative experience with some of the Pizza skateboards guys and the recent controversy over one of their boards graphics. From there we talk about some of the positive things coming out of the Sacramento skate scene as well as Niko's experience with being a skate photographer. Lastly we go over the Independent Trucks logo and how much of skateboarding still isn't ready to let it go.

My IG & twitter: @jokamundo
My band Madlovely's IG : @__madlovely

Niko's IG'S: @ffakiebigspin & @nikolaraphotography
Niko's Twitter: @ffakiebigspin

Jerome Neal's IG: @jrock91six

Some Sacramento tings:

Hoodlegal on IG - @hoodlegal

Purple Gold on IG - @_purple_gold

Jesse Boudreau's Purple Gold part - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6GOeYoEVo

Dawg Pound Fan Club skateshop - dawgpoundskateshop.com
IG - dawgpoundfanclub

Pizza's wackass board graphic:

https://skateparkoftampa.com/pizza-skateboards-rodeo-deck-assorted-woodgrain-83847-11001

Episode 4 (feat. My Non-Skating Friends)

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0400

As skaters, whether we want to or not, we are often faced with non-skater’s perception of us. From our encounters with people in the streets, to our depictions in popular media, it seems like a subject that greatly fascinates us. I wanted to get an idea of some of these perceptions by asking a few of my non-skating friends a number of questions I prepared. Though to be honest, I’m not sure if I learned anything? I’m also not sure if they learned anything? Are we all better for this? I don’t know, TALK TO MY PUBLICIST!

(Thank you to all my friends who participated, I love you)

Episode 3 (ft. CENSORED Dialogue)

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:00:00 -0400

YOO. Episode 3!! Got the first guest on the pod this week! A friend from #skatetwitter; skater, musician, CENSORED Dialogue. We talk a bunch of shit and cover some important topics in this episode.We go from the CENSORED's experiences as a queer and trans skater, to the freaky child star skater Instagrams, to the Nyjah allegations. Hope you enjoy!!!

CENSORED'S IG/twitter: @censoredialogue
Her #skatetwitter twitter: @ZealotsOfSTKHM

Excerpts form CENSORED's psych paper on skateboarding:
twitter.com/ZealotsOfSTKHM/stat…1259722945083179008

Patrick Kigongo's Black List:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h…/edit?usp=sharing

Nyjah Houston stuff ****TRIGGER WARNING****

The Tweets: i.imgur.com/lXvGH9c.png

Chima Ferguson talking about Nyjah (starts @ 23:43)
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Episode 2 (Skateboarding HOF, Skateboarding and injuries)

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0400

Second episode, wow, can you belief it? In this episode I talk about Kareem Campbell, Chad Muska and the skateboarding Hall Of Fame. Afterwords, things gets DEEP when I talk about injuries and what we as skaters can learn from them, covering some of my personal experiences and stories of some pro's experiences with bad, possibly career-changing injuries.

Skating Is Hard ep 1

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0400

First episode! I introduce myself and why I made the strange decision to do this pod. I go over Na-kel Smith's IG live where he talked about issues facing black skaters, skateboarders being outed for racist incidences, and the latest (last?) Loveletters episode where Jeff Grosso shines a light on the LGBTQIA+ community in skateboarding.

Recorded on 6/23/20 if it feels a tad bit dated.