StrangeLove
a review of olympic skateboarding and a conversation with olympic skateboarding commentator, paul zitzer, by dave carnie
Sean Cliver
One of the first questions I often ask in an interview is, “What’s your title?” In Paul’s case I genuinely didn’t know: Olympic Skateboarding Commentator? Color Commentator? Announcer? What’s the proper term here? “Do you remember Paul Higgins?” Paul asked in reply. “He announced the first few XGames. I want to go by whatever he went by.”
beat it, ya val jerk!
Sean Cliver
Stop me if you've read this before, but throughout the course of this fantastic journey called life we will experience things of such great magnitude they will profoundly influence us till our dying day. For me, one such meteoric impact of the soul came in the celluloid form of Thrashin' (1986), so when shit started to go viral in March 2020 with all the pandemic pandemonium and no one had any real clue what might be coming around the next infectious bend, I thought to myself, "If this is it, like really it, the twilight of humankind on Earth, the fabled End of Days, what's the very last thing I want to accomplish before our final whistle blows and we all clock out for eternity?"
chris pontius’ dad’s lil red shorts, by dave carnie
Sean Cliver
One day, when it was too hot to skate, me, Chris Pontius, and all of our dumb lil buddies decided to visit Avila Beach near San Luis Obispo to frolic in the ocean and cool down. When we arrived at the beach the sun was shining, there was sand, an ocean, children, towels, it looked like a beach, and we ran straight into the water. We were young, hyper boys that hadn’t yet learned the art of sitting around in the sand and doing nothing. We just got out of the minivan and ran straight into the ocean waving our...
sent, volume 3, by dave carnie
Sean Cliver
Welcome to the latest edition of SENT where I present the ham-fisted highlights from the stupid emails that I sent last week…
a strange case of graphic envy
Sean Cliver
In 2002 I was contacted by Aaron Meza to whip out a space-filler article for Skateboarder about the Top 12 board graphics that I wish I'd created. Included on that list were the following: G&S Neil Blender Coffee Break, Zorlac John Gibson Cow Skull (the Pushead version), 101 Natas Kaupas Devil Worship, Santa Cruz Jeff Grosso Toy Box, Blind Guy Mariano Accidental Gun Death, Powell-Peralta Steve Caballero OG Dragon, Blind Jason Lee American Icons, Powell-Peralta Mike McGill Skull & Snake, 101 Gabriel Rodriguez Jesus H. Christ, Santa Cruz Rob Roskopp I, Blind Danny Way Nuke Baby, and the very first Santa Monica Airlines Natas Kaupas model.