Category: Interviews
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Just The Facts: Gabe Kim
Gabe is in 5th grade, likes Metallica, and is crushing it on vert. He’s working on them street chops too, but in the meantime proper caballerials, inverts, and backside airs will have to do. Name and location I am Gabriel Kim and I live in Mill Creek, Washington. Just the facts: I like math. I…
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Interview with Erik Lacitis at the Seattle Times
This guy at the Seattle Times did an email interview with me for an article, then didn’t use any of it for the article. I did all the work of answering the questions, figure may as well post it up here. Enjoy. Tell a little about yourself. Age, where you grew up, where you went…
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Just The Facts: Alex Fazekas-Boone
Adjacency Bias: to be partial to the things closest to you. Here in the PNW we have plenty of reasons to be biased towards the adjacent, our spots are fucking cool, the people here rip, and everyone is getting shit done despite a significant lack of sunshine throughout the year. Alex and his crew over…
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“KINGTOM” A Tom Peha story
Peha is one of the PNW’s original greats and he’s the nicest dude ever. This is a rad insight into a man who has been blasting airs up and down the West Coast for more than 30 years. Give yourself a history lesson and get stoked. Brought to you by the fine folks at 35th…
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A Lil’ Interview with Matt French
Matt French has been holding down in Whatcom County for ages. Generations, actually. His family has been year for years, breaking down barriers in science and art all throughout. Matt took up the family’s predilection for creation and turned his art hobby into a lifestyle. From Volcom to Deathwish, canvases to city blocks, his art…
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ATS Benefit For Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols was murdered by the police in Memphis, Tennessee. A group of skateboarders came together to raise some money for his family. Jefferson Elliott captured this edit of the night. Big thanks to everyone involved, particularly Jeff, Skoops, ATS, and Skate Like A Girl. IF you’d like to donate, hit this link.
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Just The Facts: Jason Maki
Jason is a Marysville local who has made a name for himself in fingerboards and fingerboard parks. Don’t get it twisted though, dude is a ripper on the life size action as well. When he isn’t at home applying heat transfers to handmade micro decks or crafting concrete parks and obstacles with his tea spoon…
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Just The Facts: Jefferson Elliott
I already told you about Jeff. He’s one of my favorite humans, not to mention my favorite skateboarder. Here’s a Just The Facts from your distinguished elder. Name and location: Jefferson Elliott / Earth planet Years on board: 36 Top 5 Tricks 1.fs 180 kf 2.nose slide 3.shoot the duck 4. nollie 180 5.big spin Top…
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Just The Facts: FOS
The relationship between skateboarding and art is one more thing that sets us apart from the rest of the world. There is no real relationship between art and the ball sports, or track, or whatever else. Skateboarding, however, is inseparable from artwork. Our boards and our wheels are always adorned with the creative contributions of…
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Just The Facts: David Gravette
For a long time, there just wasn’t a lot of people from the Pacific Northwest making it to professional status. We have always had some of the best skateboarders on the planet, they just never seemed to catch that lucky break necessary to get their name on a board. One notable exception was a young…