Chad Muska Interview: Why He Passed on the Skateboard Hall of Fame
If you don’t know him by The Muska, Chad is one of the most widely celebrated skateboarders of all time, a real enigma.
Known not only for going bigger than most on a skateboard, but making a bigger impact on popular culture as well. Maska started Shorty’s skateboards, Jay-Z has worn Muska’s Skytop shoes, he’s spent plenty of time partying in Hollywood with Paris Hilton and he was probably the most popular character in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.
From his skating, style, designing, music, art, there’s not much the Muska cant do. He exceeds at anything he does and he’s not afraid to do it. There’s no limits that you can put on a creative mind. In this interview, we see what Muska’s been up to during quarantine, re-started up Shorty’s and getting inducted into the Skateboard Hall of Fame.
LIZZIE ARMANTO INTERVIEW: 1ST WOMAN SKATING IN THE OLYMPICS
Lizzie is a professional skateboarder who’s career in recent years, has really taken off. So much so that Lizzie will be going to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is featured in the latest Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game. Sponsored by Tony Hawk’s board company. Birdhouse, Lizzie has been setting a precedent for a new standard in woman’s skateboarding. There has been woman’s pro skating for years, but it hasn’t been until recent years that a much bigger spotlight has been placed on it. Lizzie and her peers have been able to really break through the industry and make names for themselves and a living as well.
A game known for getting millions of kids into skating, the Tony Hawk games were and still are a cultural phenomenon, one of the only few representations of skating to the general public. The playable characters that were in the games were always current popular pro skaters, Lizzie gets to join that legacy and be permanently embedded into the game. Just as much as people grew up idolizing skaters in the original games such as Andrew Reynolds, Careem Campbell, Chad Muska, Elissa Steamer, kids now and for generations to come will be looking at Lizzie Armanto, idolizing her in the same way.
[VIDEO] ABOUT THE EXHIBITION // William Strobeck’s “MY LOVELY MESS”
This stuff in here is stuff done in the last ten years.pieces of it out of like thousands of photos. These are the ones I picked for the show that I felt represented. 700 photos that represent each time that I ever committed to doing a show while being asked to do one, because I […]
