Interview by Farran Golding
On the tail-end of his recovery from an injury, we spoke to Trung about Asian representation in skate videos, “2010 tricks,” Gwen Stefani, and the skatepark that Aaron Loreth made famous ;)
Tag: Five Favorite Parts
Five Favorite Parts With Nick Boserio
Headline Photo by Hjalte Halberg
Intro + Interview by Farran Golding
We’ve previously discussed how the familiarity with a skateboarder’s output can create an “Oh yeah, I see it”-bias before conducting a “Five Favorite Parts” interview.
Nick Boserio didn’t fall into this archetype, but surprisingly, none of his chosen video parts offered much indication as to where his frantic, Indiana-Jones-escaping-a-boulder approach to skateboarding might have taken root. Maintaining that mystery feels about right for someone who appreciates skateboarding that has a “rare” feel to it.
Five Favorite Parts With Elissa Steamer
Headline Photo by Bram De Martelaere
Interview by Farran Golding
Elissa’s 45 seconds of new footage from last month managed to come up in more human conversation around the QS office than some marquee full-length videos, and offered up a nice reminder that we had yet to have her on here for one of these.
She’s a Menace head.
Five Favorite Parts With Casper Brooker
Headline Photo by Alex Pires
Intro + Interview by Farran Golding
Even before jumping on the “Five Favorite Parts” call, it’s tempting to draw connections between an interviewee’s list of inspirations and their most recent body of work.
Such was the case here, in (possibly) our most contemporary part-forward installment. However, from the straightforward aggression, mining of a certain locale for new routes, to the preference for monochromatic fits, there’s a little bit of all of these favorites found in Casper Brooker’s latest video part.
Five Favorite Parts With John Gardner
The best skaters are often the ones whose skateboarding defies the rigid linguistics of trick names.
Like, are you going to say John Gardner backside 5-0’d a Philly step into a rail and then tucked into a keyhole to get out — or did a back smith on the CBS ledge, immediately changed direction so he could ollie up one short ledge, over another, onto a platform and down a surprise police barricade? Or maybe it is easier to point at the spot and say he “did some John Gardner shit.”
(“Some Max Palmer shit,” and of course, “some Daewon shit” are other common ones at the QS office.)
John is one of those skaters doing what cannot easily be explained, and him being a Bob Burnquist fan makes perfect sense.