Episodes

Welcome back to the show! Today, we are sitting down with our good friend Kurt Crucial from 80’s Life to discuss all the details of his upcoming Thrashin’ 40th anniversary extravaganza and art show, which will be taking place on Saturday, August 29th at the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in Simi Valley, California. We get into the weeds on the special guests, the art exhibits, the Q&A’s, the jousts, the Cabriolets and much more. Hot? Maybe. Reckless? Absolutely. Totally insane? There’s only one way ...

Our SK8-TV adventures are nearing an end as we roll coper-first into the deep end with our good friend, Timothy Olson- better known to the world at large as Bail Gun Gary- for an in-depth review of the inimitable episode 10 of this legendary slab of skateboarding cinematography. Additionally, Tim also has the honor of being our first-ever SK8-TV guest to have been on the episode we're reviewing; as he and his former Milwaukee crew are featured prominently in the Home Viewer Video section! This o...

Welcome back to the show! This week we are sitting down with friend of the show Dan Sawkins- founder of Unsettled Scores Records (the label behind the recently-released McRad “Weakness b/w McShred 7”)- for another installment of our fan-favorite Video Tunes series, this time discussing the soundtrack to the inimitable classic, Future Primitive! We’re going track by track and band by band for the most in-depth analysis yet conducted of this timeless collection of urethane earworms. We skates to l...

It’s time for another foray into the exciting world of SK8-TV here at the BBAS studios! Joining us for this in-depth review of Episode 9 is none other than Kevin Marks, the mastermind documentarian behind the venerable Look Back Library, skateboarding’s incredible global preservation network for print media. With appearances from then up and comers like Ed Templeton to transition stalwarts like Joe Johnson and Dave Duncan to street pioneers like Tom Knox, this episode offered a wide swath of the...

Today, we’re celebrating the milestone 100th episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and in the studio to commemorate the occasion is our good friend Sean Mortimer, here for a long-awaited Intelligence Report! Keen-eared listeners will know Sean not just from his legendary exploits as a Powell Peralta sponsored skateboarder, author, magazine editor and former Tony Hawk housemate- but as our first-ever BBAS guest from way back in episode 3. In this epic extended chat, we talk with Sean about his...

Greetings, Brigadiers! We’re partying like it’s episode 99 here at BBASHQ with a review of the 2012 Stacy Peralta documentary, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography. Highly anticipated upon its release- arriving late in the wake of 2001’s pivotal Dogtown and Z-Boys- the film follows not just the revolutionary impact arc the “big six” had on skateboarding in the 1980’s- from massive bowl contests to haphazard events on splintery backyard ramps to sold-out arenas- but the previously unseen and highly em...

Welcome, friends, to season four of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! To kick things off in style, we are welcoming to the show the one and only Aaron Meza- legendary Bay Area skate filmmaker, former Girl visual media manager, and even former editor of Skateboarder Magazine - to discuss a topic near and dear to all our hearts: Future Primitive! Or, to be more specific, Powell Peralta’s 2012 *Special Edition* of Future Primitive. Come along as we untangle Stacy’s director commentary, the 30-minute “F...

Season’s greetings, curb-whackers! For this festive fourth installment of our annual Holiday Special, we’re welcoming two esteemed guests back to the studio: Skateboarding Hall of Famer, off-the-nose kickflipper and friend of the show, Anita Tessensohn, along with our inimitable graphic artist and terrible-tumbler Ed McKirdy! Come along as we open gifts, recap this year’s episodes, engage in a rousing game of Bones Brigade trivia, discuss various holiday favorites, and generally bask in the sort...

Today on the Bones Brigade Audio Show, the big fat ollie one-foots are being thrown down with reckless abandon as we welcome back the one and only Frankie Hill- along with skateboarding legend Nate Sherwood- to discuss the 2011 Frankie Hill Documentary! Before the world knew the likes of Pat Duffy, Andrew Reynolds or John Cardiel, Frankie Hill was hurling himself down giant stair sets and massive gaps with a borderline-psychotic level of commitment that helped redraw the entire map of street ska...

Welcome back, carnivores and amphibians! It’s time for yet another delve into the mysterious world of the SK8-TV Files, this time with the oddly themed Episode 8- better known as “the animal show”. Heavily Powell-centric, this offering contains interviews with Tommy Guerrero, Salman Agah at the short-lived outdoor Skate Zone, one of the greatest Lance Mountain interviews ever committed to tape, and plenty of recycled ‘Brigadery, from the dubiously-renamed Scooter Race from Ban This to a reappear...

Hot on the heels of our last episode, today we welcome back to the studio the inimitable Kurt Crucial and Rich Wilson for the thrilling conclusion of our two-part series on Kurt’s comprehensive The Search For Animal Chin Filming Locations video! From here, the BBAS crew ventures to the site of a fictional Las Vegas nightclub (located inside what is essentially an enclosed Southern California patio) and down some winding desert roads to a field outside the equally-fictional town of Guadeloupe whe...

Welcome back Brigadiers! As you know, we here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show have a borderline-unhealthy obsession with uncovering the smallest bits of minutiae available for anything and everything to do with the Bones Brigade videos. So on today's show, we are joined by Kurt Crucial and Rich Wilson to discuss Kurt's new The Search For Animal Chin filming locations video. Kurt and Rich break it all down for us... from filming their hilarious skit to learning about Kurt's painstaking detective ...

Today we are honored to welcome legendary Powell Peralta pro Kilian Martin back to the venerable BBAS studios for an in-depth Intelligence Report! From his early years surfing in Spain to finding skateboarding, discovering freestyle, creating his massively popular video series with Brett Novak, moving to the US, starring in an Apple Watch commercial and ultimately getting sponsored by three of his 1980’s dream brands, we cover it all- and much more. There’s only one way to know how the convo wil...

Welcome back to the show! Today, we are honored to once again welcome skateboarding legend, actor, brewery owner, and all-around nice guy Jordan Hoffart to the show to discuss the landmark 2011 Bones Wheels video, aptly titled “The Bones Video” (see what they did there?). With a heavy lineup consisting of Chad Bartie, Taylor Bingaman, David Gravette, Ryan Decenzo, and many more- including a heavy closing segment by our special guest himself- The Bones Video continues to stand the test of time ne...

When the Deep End beckons, the BBAS crew is here to answer the call! Today we’re digging down into another episode of SK8-TV- this time the (mostly) long-lost Episode 7. Joining us in the studio for this videographical dissection is none other than Matt B, ripping skateboarder and host of The Nostalgic Neighborhood! This one is packed with forgotten footage, including long-since unseen interviews with Eric Dressen, Bod Boyle, Eric Sanderson and Andy Howell- plus a ton more. But fret not- for muc...

In the beginning...A man named Johnny Rad donned a tuxedo jacket and sunglasses, and opened skateboarding's first night club, the Blue Tile Lounge. He crooned. Fans followed, and a musical revolution was born.But one day, dark forces began to invade the skateworld. The Blue Tile Lounge was forced to shut its doors- its whereabouts lost, seemingly forever.Hardcore skaters mourned its absence, and true believers sought out the missing location of this legendary venue.Among these seekers we...

Rejoice, fellow Brigadiers; for today on The Bones Brigade Audio Show we’re honored to bring you the long-awaited, highly anticipated and stratospherically overdue *surprise* reunion of Anita Tessensohn Sanford and Leaf Treinen! Known far and wide for their famous Powell Peralta “Some Girls Play With Dolls, Real Women Skate” ad- perhaps one of the most well-remembered and influential advertisements in the long and storied history of a company known for its outstanding graphical accomplishments- ...

Welcome back, curb-whackers! For this episode of TBBAS we are joined once again by acclaimed SK8FACE filmmaker, previous “Axe Rated” special guest, and bona fide skate nerd Matt Bass to dissect the incredible, underrated Bones Brigade Video Show: Special Edition! This re-cut version of the film is an entire video unto itself; packed with tons of deleted scenes, outtakes, new angles and unseen footage. And if that weren’t enough, we also get into the weeds on some bonus Turning Point Ramp and Del...

Are you experienced? In this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry are joined in the studio once again by the legend himself, Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick, for a beginning-to-end recap of his trip to NYC for the epic second installment of the Bones Brigade Experience! Whether you were there at the event in person or catching it from afar, this episode brings the stoke straight to your ears, with all the usual behind the scenes tales and insider stories you've come to expect from TBBAS. ...

This week, for the 17th installment of our venerable Intelligence Report series, we are honored to be joined in the BBAS studio by the legend himself- the one, the only Mike Vallely! In this episode, we sit down with Mike for an in-depth conversation that dives into the roots and evolution of his legendary career, from the profound impact of the first three Powell Peralta videos to his deeply personal philosophy of skateboarding- plus we revisit "Mondays with Mike V" (co-starring our own Lar...

In this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we’re throwing it back to 2009 to dig into what is—hard to believe—still the last full-length Powell video ever released: FUN! We're joined in the BBAS studio by none other than the legendary Jordan Hoffart, Powell team manager Deville Nunes, and filmer extraordinaire Terry Larue to help us break it all down. From brutal slams to massive rails, huge gaps and a bunch of wild NBDs, this video is packed with heavy moments and standout parts from a se...

Welcome to another installment of the famed BBAS SK8-TV Files! This week, Larry and Matt are cannonballing straight into the Deep End of Episode 6- and as you know, this pool hasn’t been filled in within two years. Yes, friends- in addition to the usual dissection of skate sequences and awkward interviews from skateboarding luminaries such as Mike McGill, Dave Hackett, Jeff Kendall and Jesse Roach, we blow the lid off on the long-lost truth about the actual number of episodes that exist of this ...

Welcome back to the show! This week we are once again joined in the studio by our good friend, the legendary Adrian Demain, for the highly anticipated second installment of our “Public Demain” series! This time around, we are delving into the behind-the-scenes history of the infamous Bakersfield ramp scene in “The Search For Animal Chin”, which took place in Chris Borst’s backyard sometime in the fall of 1986. From filming stories to the origins of “I like Beethoven” to mind-blowing revelations ...

Did you ever rent a skate video from a video store back in the day? Chances are, you did- and likely, multiple times over. Well, today we are honored to be joined in the BBAS studio by the man responsible for that: NSI Video’s own Gerard Ravel! Gerard might not be a name you know at first glance, but you are definitely familiar with his work. In addition to pioneering what would become the distribution model that made action sports videos infinitely more accessible to an entire generation of kid...