Best Skate Writer?

[adam22savage]

Black Arms wrote a book on a typewriter in gay Paree.
never read it but apparently that happened. Carn Carn is the funniest, consistently. Earl Parker was abstract and could be entertaining but not a long form writer.
Gershon writes poetry. as does Mike V. what is it with tough skaters and poetry? if you tell me Bo Turner has a book of poems out I'm jumping in front of a schoolbus full of nerds.

[No Wave Comply]

Earl Parker is a legend

[New User]

Wonder if any other Canadians rember Jacob “da writer” Smid…by no means the best, but his articles in sbc were always entertaining.

[waffle]

Pete Glover: https://warmupzone.com/

Clyde Singleton in old Skateboarder mags.

[backfliptofiftyfifty]

farran is the only real answer

[apbarbs]

cole nowicki

https://simplemagic.substack.com/p/building-the-third-place?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[fredsgayoutfit]

Walker Ryan is out there somewhere clenching his fist like the Arthur meme because he wasn’t listed on the poll

[adam22savage]

Boil the Ocean was great. or that blog about Jason Lee and Bastien doing cocaine and Ed Templeton doing cuckhold with Deanna. forget the name but it was lifelike fan fiction.

[fredsgayoutfit]

cole nowicki

https://simplemagic.substack.com/p/building-the-third-place?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

This is great thank you for sharing

[GoneWithTheSchwinn]

Brink

Just fucking with you, Mark Whiteley or Chops.

[boston_bruins]

Stecyk & Carnie

[Streebo]

All of my homies on slap of course! Some of the best writing is on this website

[420beers]

Zach Baker

Chris Milic write up
https://quartersnacks.com/2022/12/the-best-skate-videos-parts-of-2022-qs-readers-poll-results/

Max Palmer write up
https://quartersnacks.com/2021/12/the-best-skate-videos-parts-of-2021-qs-readers-poll-results/

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

Anthony pappalardo

just kidding boil the oceans p great

[Jawn Gyatti]

I'm still bummed on nieratko for his horrible Marissa make over interview. Shit was super lame.

Which interview is this?

[Uncle Flea]

That big cat Cheetah Sheets wrote some stuff I can't stop thinking about

[Ricky Vaughn]

Carnie best
Beachy worst

[Watson]

Boil the Ocean was great. or that blog about Jason Lee and Bastien doing cocaine and Ed Templeton doing cuckhold with Deanna. forget the name but it was lifelike fan fiction.

That's http://secondhandembarrassment.blogspot.com

Boil The Ocean is still going and is still going and yes he's one of the best. https://boiltheocean.wordpress.com

All of my homies on slap of course! Some of the best writing is on this website

Let's not all forget the god Bipsmound.

[lickcakes]

tim o'connor has written some really stupid/funny articles. it comes through that he was enjoying writing them. they made me think a lot about language use as a teenager.

michael sieben has a weird sense of humour and i love it.

i agree with carnie being good, though many times i felt he was drawing too much attention to himself/the writing and thus a little too cheesy for me.

when i subscribed to thrasher in the 00s/10s, i loved michael burnett's articles. if it wasn't for him, i'd never hear about buffalo '66.

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Wonder if any other Canadians rember Jacob “da writer” Smid…by no means the best, but his articles in sbc were always entertaining.

Yeah, I remember some of his stuff, usually near the back of the mag. I remember he mentioned once that you shouldn't drive a pickup truck, and "you know the reason why." I always assumed it was because of the hillbilly toxic masculinity vibe it can give off. I'm not totally sold on that, I don't think everyone who drives a truck is a toxic hillbilly, but that was my guess.

I guess Ted Barrow is my first choice for skate-related writing these days. Zach Baker is also solid. Also like Cole Nowicki's simpler approach to Simple Magic. I thought Sieben wrote some really funny stuff in old Thrashers as well.

[adam22savage]

tim o'connor has written some really stupid/funny articles. it comes through that he was enjoying writing them. they made me think a lot about language use as a teenager.

michael sieben has a weird sense of humour and i love it.

i agree with carnie being good, though many times i felt he was drawing too much attention to himself/the writing and thus a little too cheesy for me.

when i subscribed to thrasher in the 00s/10s, i loved michael burnett's articles. if it wasn't for him, i'd never hear about buffalo '66.

to me personally, Tim O'Connor is the worst. yes, he enjoyed writing them but nobody else enjoyed reading them. you're not wrong about Carn-Carns being self indulgent but so was Tim O. you'd always hear how funny he was from tour articles but when it was time to deliver the funny, he fell short. he was cringe on any guest appearances with Bam too. I'm awkward on camera as well but for how funny he was billed as, it feels like gaslighting. and I only tolerate gaslighting from hot women.

[WarmUpZone]

Backside Skate magazine's newest issue online is dedicated to the writing of Mackenzie Eisenhour (deadhippie on IG).
It's pretty great.

https://backsideskatemag.com/backside-volume20/