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Logan has nailed the feel of his videos. a high bar IMO for skateboarding film-makers.

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There's a reason why Aaron Meza considers him the best.

I wonder what the timeline would look like if he didn't bounce from Crailtap and got to do a Girl/Chocolate video.

so crail dropped the ball on this guy too? (jk i assume it was his decision)

Anyone know what's going with Andrew Wilson?  Was hoping he'd be on as hockey doesn't seem to be happening.   

he didnt like the graphics

[mattchew]

I just can’t believe y’all care about someone who skates black wheels.

[IpathCats]

I just can’t believe y’all care about someone who skates black wheels.

no one cared about me when I had those black spitfires with the flame bighead when i was like 12, not even my dad.

[ok boomer]

I just can’t believe y’all care about someone who skates black wheels.

Even my Tech Decks don't get any attention with black wheels

[weregoingunion]

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Dude said one of the reasons he quit was because of those big boy jeans…. LMAO.  I’m sorry man but those Polar checks must have been really nice after big boys and 93’s blew up… so to quit a company in the height of their financial boom (trendy pants or not) AND they’re about to give you a pro deck is some fried shit. In the words of the great Kenny Powers, you gotta play to get paid.

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Where can I read / hear this ?

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the angel and z podcast i believe

51:54:


and from heckride:

You rode for them for a few years and even had a part in their last full length, “We Blew It At Some Point.” I personally really loved that video but I know you’ve mentioned in other interviews that you never liked the vibe of the edit. What in particular was it that made you not like your part in the video?

Well, the song in my part for sure, that song should not be in a skate video at all. I didn’t like the whole modern art vibe to it all, I didn’t like that Big Boy pants were a thing, and it almost all felt trendy in a way. Their graphics also felt kind of hit and miss, like I would like one graphic out of a whole season of boards. Towards the end Emile [Laurent], Paul [Grund], and Hjalte would do some of the graphics and those were cool, but everything else just wasn’t my vibe. Skating just means so much to me, and in doing so, it makes me overly critical in every aspect I choose to represent. If I’m not 100% stoked on what I’m riding for, then I’m just over it. Like I’m fully committed to my homies on the team, but I’m not fully committed to this company.

I know people have gone on record to say that Pontus Alv can be a bit intense to deal with. Did you guys have any disagreements or butt heads at all?

Yeah, nothing too crazy though. There would be disagreements from time to time on skate trips. Sometimes he would just put off a bad vibe and it would trip me out, but I’m also just a different person than he is. That’s my friend and I understand that at the end of the day you’re the boss, but it just never felt comfortable. I knew I wasn’t going to be there forever.

I heard rumors of there being a pro board already in the works, is that true?

Yeah, there was. I saw the graphic that was mocked up for my pro board and it would have been a graphic that, if that was my pro board, I would have cried - and not tears of joy. I mean shoutout to Pontus for the gesture in wanting to turn me pro but I wasn’t feeling the graphic.

https://heckride.com/f/andrew-wilson

[Jonny7.5Alive]

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Dude said one of the reasons he quit was because of those big boy jeans…. LMAO.  I’m sorry man but those Polar checks must have been really nice after big boys and 93’s blew up… so to quit a company in the height of their financial boom (trendy pants or not) AND they’re about to give you a pro deck is some fried shit. In the words of the great Kenny Powers, you gotta play to get paid.

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Where can I read / hear this ?

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the angel and z podcast i believe

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and from heckride:

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You rode for them for a few years and even had a part in their last full length, “We Blew It At Some Point.” I personally really loved that video but I know you’ve mentioned in other interviews that you never liked the vibe of the edit. What in particular was it that made you not like your part in the video?

Well, the song in my part for sure, that song should not be in a skate video at all. I didn’t like the whole modern art vibe to it all, I didn’t like that Big Boy pants were a thing, and it almost all felt trendy in a way. Their graphics also felt kind of hit and miss, like I would like one graphic out of a whole season of boards. Towards the end Emile [Laurent], Paul [Grund], and Hjalte would do some of the graphics and those were cool, but everything else just wasn’t my vibe. Skating just means so much to me, and in doing so, it makes me overly critical in every aspect I choose to represent. If I’m not 100% stoked on what I’m riding for, then I’m just over it. Like I’m fully committed to my homies on the team, but I’m not fully committed to this company.

I know people have gone on record to say that Pontus Alv can be a bit intense to deal with. Did you guys have any disagreements or butt heads at all?

Yeah, nothing too crazy though. There would be disagreements from time to time on skate trips. Sometimes he would just put off a bad vibe and it would trip me out, but I’m also just a different person than he is. That’s my friend and I understand that at the end of the day you’re the boss, but it just never felt comfortable. I knew I wasn’t going to be there forever.

I heard rumors of there being a pro board already in the works, is that true?

Yeah, there was. I saw the graphic that was mocked up for my pro board and it would have been a graphic that, if that was my pro board, I would have cried - and not tears of joy. I mean shoutout to Pontus for the gesture in wanting to turn me pro but I wasn’t feeling the graphic.

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https://heckride.com/f/andrew-wilson

Seems a bit silly. There's no company on the planet that nail every aspect of running a brand. Sometimes they have weak graphics, dodgy edits etc. As a whole Polar is God tier compared to 95% of the industry.

Also We Blew It At Some Point is a masterpiece. This dope is fried.

[Dwyck]

Reminds me of when Kyle Beachy wrote an in-depth, positive and pretty mundane review of 917's video that pissed Aidan and his friends off so bad they refuse to work with Jenkem at all

[HORSES]

I've said this in other threads, but it's crazy someone can be so image conscious, and have so much footage in Janoski slip ons. On one hand I respect that if he's not completely 100% down, then he's not down, but you can't tell me if he was on Hockey and there was something he didn't like, he'd quit. I think there's probably a lot more to his relationship with Pontus too.

[Idk]

I've said this in other threads, but it's crazy someone can be so image conscious, and have so much footage in Janoski slip ons. On one hand I respect that if he's not completely 100% down, then he's not down, but you can't tell me if he was on Hockey and there was something he didn't like, he'd quit. I think there's probably a lot more to his relationship with Pontus too.

Isn’t he the Euro-Jamie Thomas?

[GeorgeCostanza]

Reminds me of when Kyle Beachy wrote an in-depth, positive and pretty mundane review of 917's video that pissed Aidan and his friends off so bad they refuse to work with Jenkem at all

valid response imo, if kyle beachy intellectualised my crew id probably not want to skate for a while let alone work with the same publication that published it

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

That jenkem 917 article was cringe, trynna to psychoanalyze a skate vid is weird af. Some HS AP Lit bullshit fr.

[hotstudios_on_youtube]

earth wart and chachi Maserati are not the same person!

[nicotinewheel]

That jenkem 917 article was cringe, trynna to psychoanalyze a skate vid is weird af. Some HS AP Lit bullshit fr.

^ still mad they got a 3 on the test

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

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That jenkem 917 article was cringe, trynna to psychoanalyze a skate vid is weird af. Some HS AP Lit bullshit fr.

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^ still mad they got a 3 on the test

I got a 1 btw and I'm proud. There was some bs story about a brother and a sister chopping wood on my exam and apparently it was a metaphor for moses and the burning bush. I think i literally turned it in blank, i ain't no mothafuckin suciu.

Mark suciu probably got a five on his ap lit test and got soty, I'm livid.

[one-off]

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Dude said one of the reasons he quit was because of those big boy jeans…. LMAO.  I’m sorry man but those Polar checks must have been really nice after big boys and 93’s blew up… so to quit a company in the height of their financial boom (trendy pants or not) AND they’re about to give you a pro deck is some fried shit. In the words of the great Kenny Powers, you gotta play to get paid.

[close]

Where can I read / hear this ?

[close]

the angel and z podcast i believe

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51:54:


and from heckride:

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You rode for them for a few years and even had a part in their last full length, “We Blew It At Some Point.” I personally really loved that video but I know you’ve mentioned in other interviews that you never liked the vibe of the edit. What in particular was it that made you not like your part in the video?

Well, the song in my part for sure, that song should not be in a skate video at all. I didn’t like the whole modern art vibe to it all, I didn’t like that Big Boy pants were a thing, and it almost all felt trendy in a way. Their graphics also felt kind of hit and miss, like I would like one graphic out of a whole season of boards. Towards the end Emile [Laurent], Paul [Grund], and Hjalte would do some of the graphics and those were cool, but everything else just wasn’t my vibe. Skating just means so much to me, and in doing so, it makes me overly critical in every aspect I choose to represent. If I’m not 100% stoked on what I’m riding for, then I’m just over it. Like I’m fully committed to my homies on the team, but I’m not fully committed to this company.

I know people have gone on record to say that Pontus Alv can be a bit intense to deal with. Did you guys have any disagreements or butt heads at all?

Yeah, nothing too crazy though. There would be disagreements from time to time on skate trips. Sometimes he would just put off a bad vibe and it would trip me out, but I’m also just a different person than he is. That’s my friend and I understand that at the end of the day you’re the boss, but it just never felt comfortable. I knew I wasn’t going to be there forever.

I heard rumors of there being a pro board already in the works, is that true?

Yeah, there was. I saw the graphic that was mocked up for my pro board and it would have been a graphic that, if that was my pro board, I would have cried - and not tears of joy. I mean shoutout to Pontus for the gesture in wanting to turn me pro but I wasn’t feeling the graphic.

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https://heckride.com/f/andrew-wilson

I quit my first job at Taco Bell with a similar speech, they even hinted to me I was getting a pro taco

[DanCorteseFromMTVSports]

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Dude said one of the reasons he quit was because of those big boy jeans…. LMAO.  I’m sorry man but those Polar checks must have been really nice after big boys and 93’s blew up… so to quit a company in the height of their financial boom (trendy pants or not) AND they’re about to give you a pro deck is some fried shit. In the words of the great Kenny Powers, you gotta play to get paid.

[close]

Where can I read / hear this ?

[close]

the angel and z podcast i believe

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51:54:


and from heckride:

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You rode for them for a few years and even had a part in their last full length, “We Blew It At Some Point.” I personally really loved that video but I know you’ve mentioned in other interviews that you never liked the vibe of the edit. What in particular was it that made you not like your part in the video?

Well, the song in my part for sure, that song should not be in a skate video at all. I didn’t like the whole modern art vibe to it all, I didn’t like that Big Boy pants were a thing, and it almost all felt trendy in a way. Their graphics also felt kind of hit and miss, like I would like one graphic out of a whole season of boards. Towards the end Emile [Laurent], Paul [Grund], and Hjalte would do some of the graphics and those were cool, but everything else just wasn’t my vibe. Skating just means so much to me, and in doing so, it makes me overly critical in every aspect I choose to represent. If I’m not 100% stoked on what I’m riding for, then I’m just over it. Like I’m fully committed to my homies on the team, but I’m not fully committed to this company.

I know people have gone on record to say that Pontus Alv can be a bit intense to deal with. Did you guys have any disagreements or butt heads at all?

Yeah, nothing too crazy though. There would be disagreements from time to time on skate trips. Sometimes he would just put off a bad vibe and it would trip me out, but I’m also just a different person than he is. That’s my friend and I understand that at the end of the day you’re the boss, but it just never felt comfortable. I knew I wasn’t going to be there forever.

I heard rumors of there being a pro board already in the works, is that true?

Yeah, there was. I saw the graphic that was mocked up for my pro board and it would have been a graphic that, if that was my pro board, I would have cried - and not tears of joy. I mean shoutout to Pontus for the gesture in wanting to turn me pro but I wasn’t feeling the graphic.

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https://heckride.com/f/andrew-wilson

Not that it will ever happen but wouldn't it be great if, after all that, he ended up riding for like Flip or some shit like Darkstar. And was genuinely like "this...this is what I'm talking about" pointing at his basic pro model in a non-ironic/non-money chasing way. Would melt minds.

[mj23]

I ran across the Polar crew filming in in NYC several years back and I can confirm that Pontus was absolutely radiating bad vibes. Session did not seem fun at all. Im not hating, not everyone needs to be a jolly good time 24/7, but i can understand why someone might quit. Some of the graphics are kinda busted too. Funny tho bc Limo graphics are not much better… maybe even worse depending on your taste. I still skate a lot of polar decks tho, it doesn’t have to be that deep.

[KGB]

Never heard of them, but I just tried to watch their last video and couldn’t get past the first minute. The tricks were good but they just looked so uncomfortable on their boards I couldn’t take it. I’m sure it probably got better, but that was my experience anyway. Lots of really wavy arms and wacky inflatable man moments in that first minute lol

[Mean salto]

I ran across the Polar crew filming in in NYC several years back and I can confirm that Pontus was absolutely radiating bad vibes. Session did not seem fun at all. Im not hating, not everyone needs to be a jolly good time 24/7, but i can understand why someone might quit. Some of the graphics are kinda busted too. Funny tho bc Limo graphics are not much better… maybe even worse depending on your taste. I still skate a lot of polar decks tho, it doesn’t have to be that deep.

Was it by chance while filming for that clip where they had the shopping trolley with the sheet metal and pole etc? I can understand that being a stress fest for Pontus trying to make a specific type of video. Regular sesh tho fuk that.

[manysnakes]

That jenkem 917 article was cringe, trynna to psychoanalyze a skate vid is weird af. Some HS AP Lit bullshit fr.

I enjoy Jenkem on the whole, but basically any of their "analysis" is painful to read; Beachy especially, who I don't find to be a remotely compelling writer.

[Mr. Stinky]

It's really hard to think seriously about skateboarding and write about it in a way that goes beyond the ordinary puff-piece type of skate media, so props to anyone who tries, even if they don't quite nail it all the time.  That said, Beachy is like an underdeveloped creative writing professor character from a mediocre indie film about people who cheat on their partners and feel bad about it or something.  He seems like the kind of person who would say "I am an author!" as a flex when he got all worked up.

[HORSES]

Kyle Beachy is terrible.  Also I think in general Jenkem has gotten that Johnny Wilson crew offside. The unpublished Caleb interview that was super awkward that resulted in Ian calling Caleb and making it even more awkward. Asking Diego Todd these weird questions about mastaurbating.

[manysnakes]

It's really hard to think seriously about skateboarding and write about it in a way that goes beyond the ordinary puff-piece type of skate media, so props to anyone who tries, even if they don't quite nail it all the time.  That said, Beachy is like an underdeveloped creative writing professor character from a mediocre indie film about people who cheat on their partners and feel bad about it or something.  He seems like the kind of person who would say "I am an author!" as a flex when he got all worked up.

Pardon the expression, but Beachy is more or less the “tallest midget” in the field of skateboard writing. It’s usually so terrible that anyone with a BA can stand out. With that said, I haven’t read the book yet and it got pretty good reviews from a number of places, so maybe I’ll have to revise my opinion at some point.

[Mean salto]

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It's really hard to think seriously about skateboarding and write about it in a way that goes beyond the ordinary puff-piece type of skate media, so props to anyone who tries, even if they don't quite nail it all the time.  That said, Beachy is like an underdeveloped creative writing professor character from a mediocre indie film about people who cheat on their partners and feel bad about it or something.  He seems like the kind of person who would say "I am an author!" as a flex when he got all worked up.

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Pardon the expression, but Beachy is more or less the “tallest midget” in the field of skateboard writing. It’s usually so terrible that anyone with a BA can stand out. With that said, I haven’t read the book yet and it got pretty good reviews from a number of places, so maybe I’ll have to revise my opinion at some point.

I'm tired and I skimmed and immediately thought of Brad staba for whatever reasons

[fongool]

TheMostInsufferableGuy

[Mr. Stinky]

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It's really hard to think seriously about skateboarding and write about it in a way that goes beyond the ordinary puff-piece type of skate media, so props to anyone who tries, even if they don't quite nail it all the time.  That said, Beachy is like an underdeveloped creative writing professor character from a mediocre indie film about people who cheat on their partners and feel bad about it or something.  He seems like the kind of person who would say "I am an author!" as a flex when he got all worked up.

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Pardon the expression, but Beachy is more or less the “tallest midget” in the field of skateboard writing. It’s usually so terrible that anyone with a BA can stand out. With that said, I haven’t read the book yet and it got pretty good reviews from a number of places, so maybe I’ll have to revise my opinion at some point.

I think you're essentially correct.  I have read the book, and while it had some really good moments that I appreciated and even at times enjoyed reading, I came away from it thinking mainly "Man it must be really hard to write well about skateboarding," because there were times that it fell so completely flat.  It seems to me that writing about skateboarding and writing about music should have a lot of similarities, but skateboarding has yet to produce someone like Griel Marcus, someone with considered opinions and the ability to express them concisely and with some erudition while remaining mostly free of writerly pretension. 

[Allen.]

Some of the graphics are kinda busted too.

But goddamn, the shapes sure aren't.

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Some of the graphics are kinda busted too.

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But goddamn, the shapes sure aren't.

For real. I have skated some graphics that I found totally uncool just bc the shapes are so dope

And regarding Kyle Beachy… I’m glad he helped break open the genre of skate lit but I agree with everyone above. If you really want the full experience without reading anything you can listen to Vent City and notice how sort of like bitter and self-critical he is. Kyle if you’re reading this bro we love you and we want you to have more fun! Smooth that brain out a little bit, the Neanderthal idiocy is part of skateboarding.

[Lou Strux]

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It's really hard to think seriously about skateboarding and write about it in a way that goes beyond the ordinary puff-piece type of skate media, so props to anyone who tries, even if they don't quite nail it all the time.  That said, Beachy is like an underdeveloped creative writing professor character from a mediocre indie film about people who cheat on their partners and feel bad about it or something.  He seems like the kind of person who would say "I am an author!" as a flex when he got all worked up.

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Pardon the expression, but Beachy is more or less the “tallest midget” in the field of skateboard writing. It’s usually so terrible that anyone with a BA can stand out. With that said, I haven’t read the book yet and it got pretty good reviews from a number of places, so maybe I’ll have to revise my opinion at some point.

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I think you're essentially correct.  I have read the book, and while it had some really good moments that I appreciated and even at times enjoyed reading, I came away from it thinking mainly "Man it must be really hard to write well about skateboarding," because there were times that it fell so completely flat.  It seems to me that writing about skateboarding and writing about music should have a lot of similarities, but skateboarding has yet to produce someone like Griel Marcus, someone with considered opinions and the ability to express them concisely and with some erudition while remaining mostly free of writerly pretension.

Reckon the closest thing we've got is Carnie?

[mattchew]

I just got the book this weekend but haven't started it yet.

Let’s be real tho, the best skate writer is pilot light.