I first met Alana at the training compound down in Mesa, AZ several years back. I remember filming her do a perfect tre-flip which went nuts on the Thrasher instagram. Since then I’ve got to get to know her better from seeing her at most of the contests and when I’m down in Arizona. She’s a member of the very small group of girls that have landed a 540 on vert, she’s skated the mega, also got the Silver medal in her first XGames at the age of 12, and won the Combi Classic in 2015. Been hoping to get our schedules in line for a while and I’m stoked it all worked out. Hope you all enjoy this one, Alana is a ruler!
Skating Del Mar with the legends, inventing the sidewinder, living on a boat, filming with Ternansky for the H-Street video, living in a house where Sal Barbier is the oldest most responsible dude in there, early days of the Muska in San Diego, being sponsored by a bong company, Big Wednesday’s with Danny Way, the origin story of the nickname “Cookiehead”, and much much more. Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is Cookie Head!
Joey has been the lead singer for the legendary punk band D.O.A. for over 40 years and is currently the city concillor in Burnaby, BC Canada. We sprinkle a little politics in but mostly we discuss early life in Canada, starting a band, playing one their first show in SF and meeting Jello Biafra, and more. We also listen to some of his favorite songs from the band with little stories about each one and we end the conversation with a discussion on our thoughts about the greatest American punk band of all-time.
Joey’s working on a documentary entitled “Something Better Change” that will be coming out in 2023—if you’d like to help fund it go to their kickstarter page.
Zoom into Ramona and catch up with Archer Braun. We talk moving West to California, meeting Hewitt and Navs, getting a college degree, color spectrums, tossing his first 540 on vert, working at a skateshop, living at the Ramona vert ramp, filming his Skeleton Key part and much more…
Year 3 kicks off with one of my best bro’s, Senor Alex “Cranny” Horn. Kickin’ it in Mexico via zoom, we discuss the early days living in San Diego, meeting the Hesh crew, getting hooked up by Black Label, Vox and later Creature, stories about the Big Dog, 2015 reminiscing of mayonaise, a huge ‘show and tell’ segment, and much more… We even have to legendary cameos including one former Skater of the Year. Bottom line is, we are BACK!
Cranny con pelo!
Photo THE KNUCK
Real friends have the same middle name and have met their bro’s grandpa. Cranpa is nailing it in the triple figure club(!00 years runnning)
A dream come true episode. Tommy said he would do episode 100 and he delivered. We talk about working with Jake at Concrete Jungle, filming Animal Chin in SF, playing in a punk band at age 13 and getting into over 21 clubs(Free Beer), leaving Powell for REAL, Fausto and Swenson, skating with Natas and Gonz, and much more. There’s even a first impression by an old friend.
The Poddy’s are here! Get ready to laugh, cry, say “that’s stupid”, and cry again. We got some awards, some giveaways and some acceptance speeches with a slice of spice for your Tuesday. Thanks to all of you that listen and help spread the stoke. Stay safe out there and I WILL BE BACK…
Best Laugh, Gnarliest story, Loosest Trucks, MOTY, Most Listened to, and Peoples Choice are just some of the awards along with 12 days of Christmas listener appreciation giveaways including a GoPro 9, a pair of CONS shoes, and a complete skateboard from REAL…
If you want to help support the show, head over to https://www.talkinschmit.com/ and pick up some merchandise. Either way though, thank you for listening. I’d love to hear what you’ve learned—Cheers!
Started off with the bar raised(Loosest Trucks): Ronnie Sandoval
Fish That Almost Got Away: Chuck Treece
Music To My Ears: Chuck Treece
Master Lensman: Atiba Jefferson
Grossest story: Brian Brannon (GG Allin)
Funniest: Frankie Hill
Fantastic Female: Giulietta from Trouble Coffee
Best Laugh: Eric J
ART Gadoy award(artist): Mike Gigliotti from Lotties Skateshop
Peaches and Herb(Reunited): Tim McKenney and Pancho Moler
His Story: Salman Agah
Listener’s Shout-Out: Aaron Meza
M.O.T.Y. (Mother Of the Year): Lisa Pabich
Tampa Am’s Thanks For Showing Up: Tommy Guerrero
Most Listened To: Jason Jessee
Executive Director’s Choice: Andy Roy
Peoples Choice: Brian Brannon
Intro Music: “Mary’s Cross” by Natur
Tim & Eric music: “coffee and radar” by Shane Medanich
Credits Music: “Adirondack gate” by @Shane_Medanich
First Impression: Tim McKenney
Closing Monologue: Noelle Fiore
Executive Director: Sharal Camisa
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A dream come true episode. Tommy said he would do episode 100 and he delivered. We talk about working with Jake at Concrete Jungle, filming Animal Chin in SF, playing in a punk band at age 13 and getting into over 21 clubs(Free Beer), leaving Powell for REAL, Fausto and Swenson, skating with Natas and Gonz, and much more. There’s even a first impression by an old friend.
Raised in Escondido; Mofo is a straight up legend—a pioneer who created or helped create much of what drew me into the world of skateboarding. His stories are plenty and his miles are many and the people he’s shot photos of… you’ve probably had on your wall. Whether it be early days at Thrasher Magazine, living with Tony Alva in So-Cal, coining and launching the “Skate Rock” department, crashing on Swenson’s couch in SF, being front-man for the Drunk Injuns skate rock band, creating logos for Thunder Trucks and SMA, or partying with Skip Engblom in Venice—Mo was there. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did and believe me, the interview ran out of time way before I ran out of questions; thus the ‘Vol.1’ History is important kids, so listen up; it’s Mörizen Föche—RISIN RISIN!!!
BK, Mofo, Ortiz, and Grant Brittan—Now those are master lensmen…
Holiday season is in full swing. This week we got Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday and… Mike Gigliotti. Mike owns and runs the Lotties skateshop in LA and has been skating and doing art most of his life. He was instrumental in helping out all the skateshops with a tshirt campaign when the pandemic first struck. This episode is dedicated to all skate shops world wide and has cameos from some friends of the show such as Trent from Cowtown, Matt D from DLXSF, Ryen from Atlas, Thomas Taylor from Stratosphere, Dandy from 510, Noah from Filter, Justin from Shrunken Head and our ender with an “after-black hammer’d” appearance from the homie in Greenville North Carolina, Billy Roban. Thanks to everyone that helped out with this episode and PLEASE—if you have to order online, do it from a skateshop.
LETS KEEP SKATESHOPS BRICK AND MORTAR!
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