Episodes

Welcome back, curb-whackers, to another thrilling installment of the BBAS! This week, we are really putting the “audio” in “audio show”, as we delve deep into the mystifying world of The Bones Brigade Video Show soundtrack! This one has it all in the music department- from punk rock staples to surf-inspired instrumentals, Dennis Dragon originals, harmonicas, horn sections, and tracks that are so rare, they’ve had to be painstakingly recreated by industrious fans to be heard in their entirety. We...

This week, on a very special bonus episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we are veering off topic- 88 mph off topic to be precise- for a chat with Madrid Skateboards brand manager Eagle Barber to discuss the upcoming release of the latest, greatest, and perhaps final iteration of Marty McFly’s legendary Valterra mashup from the movie that kicked off a million skateboarding summers, Back To The Future! All 1.21 gigawatts worth of details that you could ever possibly want to know about the maki...

Hello, and welcome to Issue #15 of the venerable Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report! We’re beyond stoked for this one, as we have the legendary Doug Smith in the BBAS studio for a truly epic conversation. Doug, a key figure in the Bones Brigade during its 80’s glory days, made his mark on the contest and demo circuit- and in iconic videos like Public Domain and Axe Rated- before parting ways with Powell to join the pro ranks at G&S. In this episode, we dive deep into Doug’s early skate...

We’re back with another entry into the universally beloved Bones Brigade Audio Show SK8-TV Files, and this time around we are honored to be joined in the studio by the one and only Kilian Martin! A Powell Peralta pro, freestyle legend of the highest order, and connoisseur of all things 1980’s (and early 90’s) skateboarding, we sat down with Kilian to dissect Episode 5 of this mythical piece of aggro acetate, scene by scene. By this point in the show’s short timeline, the SK8-TV machine was findi...

Welcome to season 3 of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! To ring in the new year- and because one episode on the subject is simply not enough- we are welcoming our good friend, esteemed filmmaker, director, photographer and author, Jacob Rosenberg to the studio for a comprehensive review of the Special Edition of everybody’s favorite cinematic skate masterpiece, The Search For Animal Chin! Life-affirming revelations will be made and good times will be had as we dig into the deleted scenes, the easte...

Greetings, wall jammers! As the banner year that is 2024 comes to a close, we are sitting down with our good friend and de facto third member of the BBAS crew- our graphic artist Ed McKirdy- for a little year in review episode. This year was a big one for the show, with tons of incredible guests, a boatload of new episodes, amazing giveaways, a trip to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame awards, and a ton more- so why not talk about it? We get into the stats, the spins, the artwork, and everything in...

Welcome back, Brigadiers! For this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Larry and Matt are joined by Lio Kanine of Kanine Records fame. We nerd out on Kanine's newly released Bones Brigade Video Tunes 2xLP, as well as The Search For Animal Chin vinyl from 2018 and so much more. Music and skateboarding... is there anything better? As always, there's only one way to find out. Join us, shall you?You can help support our show by buying us a coffee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.buymeacoffee.com/BBASpodcast⁠⁠⁠...

On this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry are in the studio for a review of the much-beloved 2002 Rodney Mullen mini-doc, From The Ground Up! Stuffed with amazing archival footage showcasing his earliest days on four wheels, his time on Powell Peralta setting the standard for freestyle skateboarding, and his later years creating the blueprint for modern-day tech street skating- FTGU is a must-see nostalgia trip down memory lane for one of the all time greats. Did Rodney or ...

Yes, wall-jammers and tail-whackers, The Bones Brigade Audio Show is rolling out another new series-within-a-series for your aural enjoyment. Welcome to Volume 1 of Public Demain! We'll be sitting down with our good friend Adrian Demain from time to time to discuss any and all things, well, Adrian Demain. Tour tales, video memories, stories from the road- we'll get into it all. To kick off this hot new chapter of BBAS history, Adrian- along with Episode 71 special guest Miki Vuckovich- are back ...

Welcome back to the show! Today, Larry and Matt are joined in the studio by two legends of the sport- Adrian Demain and Miki Vuckovich- to dissect the 1980 oddball odyssey, Skateboard Madness! While there’s no real way for anyone to pinpoint what this meandering film aspires to be- part skateboarding documentary and part road-trip comedy with roller skating, stop-motion, claymation and animated sequences thrown in- what cannot be disputed is the obvious and undeniable groundwork it helped to lay...

Welcome back to the show! For this, our 70th episode, we’re absolutely honored to be joined by none other than legendary photographer, artist, and author Glen E. Friedman to discuss the genre-defining 2001 film Dogtown and Z-Boys! Chronicling the rise of the fabled Zephyr Team in the 1970’s, this Stacy Peralta-directed documentary brought the roots of modern skateboarding- along with names like Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Shogo Kubo- into the cultural mainstream, while paving the way for a slew of...

Welcome back, Brigadiers! Today, we're in the studio to dig deep into Mike Vallely's Y2K documentary, Sponsored- and joining us once again is Mike's former Black Label and Street Plant teammate, good friend, and touring partner Kristian Svitak! At just over 30 minutes, Sponsored is an embryonic foray into the world of skate documentaries that covers Mike's life in skating up to that point- a mere blip on the radar of the career we know today- and shows us some of the earliest glimpses of footage...

Larry and Matt are back in the deep end to bring you another thrilling installment of The Bones Brigade Audio Show’s Sk8 TV Files! This time around we are joined in the studio by our good friend (and returning guest) Skate Talk Bob to discuss Episode 4 of everyone’s favorite Nickelodeon classic- “the only skateboarding show made by skaters, for skaters”, as it was known. This one is packed to the proverbial gills with the good stuff, including interviews with Powell stalwarts Ray Barbee and Lori...

The BBAS crew, along with our good friend Jim Fitzpatrick, are back in the studio this week to delve headfirst into the short, sweet and mostly unknown Powell Peralta video, Camp Motherhood! Developed primarily as a tradeshow video- promotional material to support Powell’s 1989 sales and marketing initiatives- Camp Motherhood is an interesting time capsule, inadvertently bridging the gap between where Public Domain left off and Ban This started, and marking an infamous era for the ‘Brigade that ...

Welcome back to the show! We’re here at Episode 66, bringing you issue #14 of the much-celebrated BBAS Intelligence Report, and joining us in the studio for the occasion is none other than Florida vertical legend and Bones Brigade alum, Mike Frazier- along with special guest host Nick Halkias of Strangelove Skateboards! Join us as we get deep into the weeds with Mike on his early days skating in Clearwater, his time with Zorlac and subsequently turning pro for Powell Peralta, filming his groundb...

Here we are, ringing in 40 years of the McTwist; perhaps the first trick in skateboarding history to achieve “household name” status. With the possible exception of the 900, is there a single skateboarding trick more legendary? A single maneuver that has been requested more by crowds of delirious, sunburnt demo-goers? We don’t think so- and joining us here in the BBAS studio to back up this inarguable claim is renowned skate historian, author, artist, and Berlin Skateboard Museum curator Jürgen ...

Greetings, skateboard cultists, and welcome back to Issue #13 of the Intelligence Report! To say we’re excited for this one is an understatement, because joining us in the BBAS studio for an epic chat is none other than Eric Sanderson himself! An iconic member of the Bones Brigade during their 80’s heyday, Eric was prominently featured in nearly all of the most revered Powell Peralta videos, participated in innumerable summer tours, and is of course one of the four riders that made up Public Dom...

If you’ve listened this far, you surely know by now that 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 Powell Peralta videos. We assumed we were alone in this sickness, wandering the wastelands in search of forgotten parking lots and slabs of concrete once boardslid by the Rib Bones of giants. So, imagine our surprise when we came across the meticulously-crafted 40th...

We interrupt this regularly scheduled two-week break to bring you a surprise episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! This past weekend, Powell Peralta unleashed Andy Anderson’s brand new “Crazy Wisdom” onto the world to great (and well-deserved) fanfare. So insane were the contents of this video that we decided to stop what we were doing, hop into the studio, and put our thoughts on tape! Come along as we discuss Andy’s incredible contributions to the world of creative skateboarding and our fav...

Welcome back to the show! For this, the 12th issue of the BBAS Intelligence Report, we’re absolutely honored to be joined in the studio by none other than the legendary Sean Cliver! Picked out of a pool of more than 600 applicants to answer a 1988 Powell Peralta “artist wanted” ad, Sean packed his bags for a one-way trip to California where he spent three years creating some of the most revered graphics in the company’s history, ably filling the impossibly large shoes of the recently-retired VCJ...

The BBAS crew headed west for an epic couple of days late last month to attend the Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Vans HQ in Costa Mesa, and in the process zig-zagged across Southern California to pack in a visit to the Powell Peralta factory, a full tour of Madrid Skateboards HQ, a stop at the Pink Motel, a tour of the SHOF Museum and wrapped it up in Venice at the Artful Dodgers art show, which featured the works of Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk and more. Come along as we tell ...

Interested in getting started with this whole skateboarding thing, but not sure where to begin? We’ve all been there. Luckily, the days of trying to figure it all out on your own ended long ago, thanks to the advent of skating’s most notable entertainment underdog, the often-overlooked instructional video! Today, Larry and Matt are back in the BBAS studio to delve into the belly of the beast, as we discuss Powell Skateboards’ year-2000 export, Basic Training. Indeed, by the time you’re done with...

Take your seats, kids- the bell has rang. You’re going to want to pay attention, because today’s lesson will be on the 1999 Bones Bearings team video, Class of 2000! Settle down, settle down. As you can see, we have a special guest instructor joining us today, all the way from Plan B University- Mr. Jeremy Wray. Everyone, eyes up front- please, save your questions until after the presentation. We will be discussing and dissecting some rapid-fire skateboarding parts by Steve Caballero, Moses Itko...

“By skaters, for skaters”-as it was then, so it is now at The Bones Brigade Audio Show! Welcome back to another cannonball straight into the Deep End of Nickelodeon’s most notorious contribution to early nineties subculture, SK8-TV! Joining us in the studio for a part-by-part analysis of its fabled Episode 3 is none other than our good friend and returning special guest, the one and only Anthony Pappalardo. From Jim Thiebaud getting pummeled mid-interview by a bucket of water courtesy of Tommy G...