@giovannireda Tony Ferguson is a legendary Girl Skateboards pro and the founder of Rone footwear. Tony’s shoes are a lot like his skating. Classic shapes, comfortable style, made with attention to detail, that’s ready for all street terrain. As big fans of his skating in Girl and Chocolate videos and seeing his most recent releases …
@don_brown Mike Manzoori’s skateboarding shows just one side of his creative talents but it was his pro career that put him on a path to filmmaking. We were really interested to find out how exactly he made the transition from pro skater to filmer, how he made the move from the UK to the USA …
@wigworland Mike Manzoori is a skateboarder and filmmaker from England who lives in the USA. Shredding on all terrain with a fast and loose style, Mike came up as a skater in an era when there was almost nothing to gain from it except the thrill of learning new tricks, having great times and getting …
@zalfa Yaje Popson is a pro skater for Alien Workshop who shoots photography and creates and collects art. He’s got a unique loose style on a skateboard and his tricks are super tech but he takes a fluid, flowing approach to doing them. No matter the move that he makes on his board in his …
James Bush connects the dots on tech tricks that many cannot. His passion for complex constructions doesn’t just end on his board, he also works as a graphic designer which just further draws his focus into laying down well-spaced lines and making stylish shapes. His skating and art is inventive, with a refined technique embedded …
Kris Vile is a skateboarder from Birmingham, England who’s been a standout presence on his board since the day he started. He’s always pushing himself to do the gnarliest and most challenging tricks he can on whatever is in front of him. It’s tough to nail down exactly how many tough tricks he does in …
Matt Rodriguez’s skateboarding, music and art is flowing, fluid and fast. He’s got a unique, loose style on a board and a diverse trick selection and his spontaneous approach to skating on all-terrain oozes with creativity. So it’s no surprise he takes the same energy to the canvas and to his drumming. But behind Matt’s …
Daewon Song has pushed skateboarding in so many different ways it’s almost impossible to define. There’s no manual for Daewon’s technical tricks yet he’s been exploring the possibility of what he can do on a skateboard as a pro skater for three decades. His curiosity and drive to try new things has helped him …
Ray Barbee is a skateboarding pioneer and musician who put No Complys on the map in the 90s. If you’ve never seen his video parts or listened to his music, you need to. Just like the soulful sounds he makes with his guitar Ray has been a peaceful and compassionate presence in skating since what …
Alex Olson’s ability to skate anything in his path, at the kind of speed you should really be wearing a helmet to handle, saw him landing memorable video parts for Girl, Lakai, Nike and Supreme from the early-2000s onwards – but it was arguably his flair for fashion and his famously strong opinions that attracted …
Dan Mancina is a blind skateboarder who does gnarly tricks and tech ledge moves. But that’s not the only thing that defines his story. Dan’s passion to pursue challenges is unending. His lack of sight hasn’t slowed down his ability to experience new things, have fun and get sponsored. After he gradually lost his sight …
[Frontside 360, Shot by Seu Trinh] Daniel Castillo is one of the most stylish skaters to ever do it, who has skated for Chocolate Skateboards since it began. His unique style and tricks have inspired skaters to switch it up for three decades and his ability to skate anything with a smooth style knows no …
Chet Childress is a rapid firing ripper on his board and at the canvas. An artist and a skater from a young age Chet turned pro and travelled the world nomadic style throwing down shocking tricks and documenting his experiences, thoughts and ideas through art. He skates for the thrill of new terrain and nice …
Alex Moul is a musician and pro skateboarder from Oxford, England. Mouly invented tricks, got sponsored by Flip , made music, became a DJ and went pro. He’s done the impossible and more. We are Stoked Alex Moul is Now a No Comply Network Member. So we had a chat about growing up in Oxford, …
Braydon Szafranzksi’s risk-taking approach to life and skateboarding was formed as a youth on the streets of Las Vegas. Instead of sliding coins into casino slots, he gambled with his body and mind by skating down the biggest stairs, gaps and handrails he could find. In the early 00s Braydon moved to California to pursue …
Kenny Reed, 360 Flip, Photo by Patrik Wallner Kenny Reed‘s skateboarding is synonymous with exploration, his iconic video parts are filled with some of the best tricks and most obscure skate spots ever skated. His nomadic pro skate career and sick creative skateboarding inspired thousands of skaters to travel the world on their boards. We …
Madars Apse, Nosegrind Pole to Fakie, Photo by Brian Gaberman Against all odds Madars Apse became Latvia’s first pro street skater and one of the most famous pro skaters in the world. When he started skateboarding Latvia didn’t have a skate industry or skateparks at all. Madars learned how to skate from skate videos and …
Darrell is a pro skater and business creative Where did you grow up? I first learnt to skate in the streets of Los Angeles, California. I moved quite a bit, so it was really a matter of who was around that skateboards. I had different skate crews in different places. When I moved to Houston …
Ragdoll has done some of the gnarliest tricks ever on a skateboard but everybody knows his skating brought more to the table than that. He took classic tricks to dizzying new heights. Ragdoll, Hippy Jump, Hollywood Ragdoll is now a member of The No Comply Network. He is still pushing what’s possible on and off …
Torsten is a skateboarder from Stuttgart, Germany who is the Adidas global skate filmer Hey Torsten, where in the world are you right now? I’m sitting at home in Stuttgart; it’s snowing outside. I just opened some old Dennis Busenitz footage. There’s a Rodrigo [Teixera] colour-way coming out of the first Busenitz pro shoe, …
Mike is a pro skateboarder who runs skate company Roller Horror. He’s one of the most legendary street skaters ever My name is Mike York and I’m am a proud father of two, a professional skateboarder and I run Roller Horror. For me, the relationship between skateboarding and art to me, is that skateboarding is …
Zered is a pro skater who creates street art as Paper Skaters. I’ve been into photography for half my life and over the past few years have been doing a project called Paper Skaters. Paper Skaters is mostly street art that I’ve been making with the photos I shoot. Cutting, then pasting images in the …
Erik Ellington is one of the most stylish skateboarders of all time and is the creative driving force behind Deathwish Skateboards Erik wearing the HRS Del Rey’s What do you think about the relationship of skateboarding to design and creativity, and what’s your approach to it all? I think that if you’re into skateboarding …
Jeremy Wray is a skater, artist and designer who has done some of the gnarliest tricks ever Do you think there’s an inherent link between skateboarding and creativity? I believe it’s all undeniably linked – at least, it used to be. So many skaters from the 1980s and 90s were also artists, designers and …
Joey is a skateboarder and musician. You skated for Heroin with Fos. How did you get on and how was it skating for them? I’d just moved to London and had a flat to myself in Ladbroke Grove. I was really straight – had stopped drinking and smoking – and was on a mission, …
Bobby Puleo is an East Coast Street Skateboarding Legend. He’s known for his unique artistic style and defiant comittment to creative exploration on and off his board. He owns and runs online-based board brand VICTIM What’s Your Full Name, where are you originally from and where do you live now? Robert Jack Puleo Jr. …
Skaters who like big stairs and rails and artistic creatives have more in common then you think. Both take a lot of risk, foresight and follow through. Both are also usually exhibited in front of large crowds of concerned onlookers who just make it all the more difficult for you to try again. Both have …
Si is a skater and artist who makes wood carving sculpture My name is Simon Skipp, I use reclaimed skateboards to create what I would call low relief and fretwork style carvings either in the form of wall hanging pieces or smaller household items like side /coffee tables and lamps. The relationship between skateboarding and …
Vaughan is a skater and artist from England. When I think about the relationship of skateboarding, making art and making stuff, I think, yeah of course, I mean it might be different person to person, but for myself it’s purely a form of expression.., not quite the same for everyone as they are both a …
Nick is a pro skater and artist who runs Isle Skateboards Skateboarding and making art both inspire me. I started skating because I saw some cool looking kids doing trick on a park bench and from then on I knew I had to do it too. It’s the same with painting. I would see paintings …
Jerome is a pro skater and photographer. “I really feel that skateboarding and photography, although, obviously incredibly different, share heaps of similarities. I guess the most fundamental connection between the two is creative vision. In both you’re always constantly searching for that one image, or spot, or that one line. or sequence that looks and …
Chewy is a pro skater sponsored by Palace Skateboards and adidas Skateboarding. Basically I see skating as recreating what you see in the vision of your mind. You see. You imagine. You create. Like any art really. A lot of my influence comes from the people and places around me and also music can help …
Joe Gavin is a pro skateboarder and filmmaker. I think I’m one of those people who always wants to make something. Whether it’s skateboarding, film, art or whatever! I just need to keep busy and all those things tie into my life perfectly. Skateboarding influences everything to me not just film. I think The No …
Rogie is a pro skater and photographer-filmmaker I’m a photographer and filmmaker, mostly working in the documentary world at the moment, and I’m also pro for Heroin Skateboards when my stupid chalk knees permit. I think skateboarding, photography and film are inseparable. Skateboarding is completely visual, whether in real life or after the matter – …
Glen Fox is a skater and artist who’s Pro for Magenta Skateboards The paintings that I make are often quite detailed and hectic. I like them to be concentrated so it takes the observer a while to look at them. They are very abstract filled with facial features linked all around the painting to form …
