Features for Slam City Skates written during my time as Editorial & Content Manager (2021 – 2022) and as a contributing writer (2019 – 2021).
‘I COULDN’T HELP MYSELF, I WANTED TO DO IT ALL DAY LONG’ — FROM PHOTOGRAPHER TO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THRASHER WITH MICHAEL BURNETT
“I enjoy every aspect of the magazine experience apart from dealing with disgruntled advertisers.
‘THE TALK OF THE TOWN’ — JONATHAN MERHING ON SHOOTING JAKE JOHNSON’S MIND FIELD YEARS
“He was so far ahead of his time but not so much that people didn’t realise his talent. He raised the bar and brought an East Coast sensibility.”
JUSTIN HENRY: DOING IT FROM THE HOME STATE
“I always thought it was dope [Alien Workshop] ran with the whole Midwest.”
A Change of Pace with Mason Silva
“Having such a set in stone way of doing it, that’s what I was really drawn to. People whose style you could see a silhouette of and know exactly who it is.”
Mentors, Heroes & Monster Children with Andrew James Peters
“There was a real genuine thing about everything Dylan did. Everything he did, he did with a lot of purpose.”
Shooting Gino Iannucci with Ben Colen
“It was like he wasn’t going to bother landing it if he wasn’t going to do it perfectly.”
Thankful for the Opportunity — A Conversation with Andrew Allen
“I hear stories of people who have gone through those big filming things and they’re fucking fighting with the filmer. That sounds like hell, I’m stoked I haven’t done that but at the same time I imagine the reward of putting in all that work, going through all that shit, the high you would get off of that accomplishment; I would like to experience that someday.“
Mark Suciu’s Brilliant, Horrible Career
“To a degree, with Verso, making a chiasmus and giving a whole section of skateboarding that structure; the fact that I read books and that I am this kind of person dictates how I skate and put together a video part.”
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