Jovontae Turner Black Radical graphic
Guy Mariano Accidental Gun Death graphic
Mike Carroll's feeble back tail
Patrick is stoked on Spitfire Wheels, Mona Eltahawy’s "Feminist Giant” blog, The Holy Bible from The Manic Street Preachers, Jerry Harrison’s second solo album Casual Gods, Palace’s Palasonic, heatwaves while the rest of the country is trapped under ice, Bryan O’Dwyer for Venture commercial, Matt Goode’s essay about the dissolution of USAID, and Converse x The Skatepark Project
Mike is stoked on resubscribing to Harper’s, The Andre 3000 flute album, New Blue Sun, and Brad Cromer’s YouTube page.
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Thank you Thrasher. Thank you Mostly Skatenoaesing. Yes, skateboarders should speak out against ICE. We skateboarders are all humans. ICE is inhuman.
I think the biggest reason for the lack of political stances in skateboarding, and to some extent in general, is the fear of backlash from the opposing side. I understand that approach, but I also sort of think of skateboarding as being a counter culture that leans to the left/liberal side. Punk rock, hip hop, Julien Stranger talking about legalizing weed in a Transworld interview ages ago, the assorted World Industries graphics you mentioned, Ed Templeton and others promoting a vegan diet, calling for accountability in instances of police brutality, etc. There's the unfortunate flip side with companies using homophobic slurs in ads, the easy route of using sex to sell skateboards, and questionable logos/company names. It's a difficult shark filled canal to navigate, maybe more so in modern times thanks to the internet.
Riley is an odd one. I feel like he gets spoken of wrong to the masses as being a street skating innovator like Tony was for vert. He's not. He's really good at street skating and has carved out his own niche, but that doesn't sound very interesting.
Etnies turns 40 this year. It's not looking like a happy birthday. I imagine Andy Anderson moves shoes.
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