Skateboarding

Powell has Zack Doelling and Dan Corrigan, and while Zack definitely has some chops, and Dan has his creativity, both have gotten pro boards through a non-traditional route.

With an oversaturated industry, it seems obvious for a company to cater to whatever popularity will sell boards.

Honestly, I appreciate Powell's novel approach, with flight decks, interesting board shapes, and their willingness to gather momentum wherever they find it.

As an old head, it does seem to me a bit like pandering though...

If Joslin doesn't drop his part soon, then my vote is Greyson or Schaar for sure.

One of the parts that reshaped how I thought of retro skaters. I had no idea Natas and Gonz were throwing down the next evolution of skateboarding all the way back then.

Until that point, I assumed that kind of skati5 was birthed out of the mid-90s, with the '80s being relegated to Hosoi and Hawk and the like.

I know this has been out for a while, but it was interesting hearing the stories behind the people that laid the foundation and set the scene for what would become my childhood a decade or more later.

This Rodney Mullen video is one of the oldest I can remember. The Sweet Home Alabama song, the surroundings, the skateboarding, it never fails to put me in a blissful mood.

Some of Rodney's quotes that stuck with me from this interview:

• “Being stubborn and easily amused are probably my biggest gifts.”
• “Skateboarders are a group of people that don’t belong in groups.”