blade or die

The Forecast Trade Show was held July 9, at the Skate House in Chatsworth, Calif. This episode features 14 interviews with people inside the industry, including Michael Obedoza, Dave Lang, Matt Mickey, Robert Lievanos, Geoff Acers, Erick Garcia, Gil T, Brad and Chad Anthony, and more.  You can download the episode directly here, or on […]

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Steve Collis (UK) and Patrick Ridder (DE) spent some time in the USA lately, including our house in Oakland, so it’s only fitting we get something down on record. We talk about the changed relationship between their countries after Brexit, the NWST, Europe’s lasting influence on rollerblading, and much, much more. You can download the […]

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We recently hosted a hosted housewarming BBQ and Erick Garcia, Kennan Scott, and Korey Waikiki, among others, wanted to say something. #JSF FilthJuice.com You can download the episode directly here, or on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. This podcast is made possible thanks to our supporters on Patreon: Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, Zach, Basti, and […]

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Stephen Babcock, a.k.a, The White Wolf, is a 19-year-old shredder from Brentwood, Calif. Steve’s been racking up some deals: winning the Amall Glen Cove comp, doing a trick tip on negative souls, and now a profile on FilthJuice.com. We talk the NWST, California’s new tobacco law, the Woodward West scholarship fund, and more. Octavio “Paco” […]

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The NWST 2016 started on June 2 in Missoula, MT. Featuring interviews with Cameron Talbott, Chemi Simiyu, Kellen Zinkgraf, Preston Villanueva, Dustin Jamieson, Zach Newton, Thomas McGovern, Jon Christopherson, Aaron Powell, and more. You can download the episode directly here, or on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. To stay up to date on announcements for next year’s trip, […]

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Kai Carlson-Wee is a rollerblader originally from Minnesota and is the Jones Lecturer in Poetry at Stanford University. He’s most known for his skating in the Life Plus series, where he and his brother, Anders, skated the wilderness, including grinding and wallriding trees. We talk about his short documentary, Riding the Highline, which took first […]

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Sometimes I talk to myself.  This time I ramble nonsense inside my new office (a former grow room) about messing up a podcast with Jon Julio, donating to Schmidty’s Ramp & Camp, buying—but not watching—Cayenne, and more. I’m soon joined by my former and current roommate, Ivan Narez. We talk about adult stuff like buying vans, taxes, credit, and […]

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For the 50th episode of the podcast, we celebrate… being forced to move. For the final podcast recorded in the Rock Town Garage, I talk to myself about moving to a new house, the fun of podcasting, and, of course, Daredevil. You can download the episode directly here, or on iTunes or Stitcher. The Rock Town […]

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Victor Arias is the latest Valo skater with a pro boot bearing his name. His edit, filmed in his home country of Mexico, came out earlier this month. We discuss making the edit, his ritual for breaking in a new pair of skates—from K-mart blades to the VA.1s, a political candidate who shouldn’t be named, […]

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