Episode 36: Steve Saiz

Steve Saiz is a legendary professional skateboarder and artist/designer living in Los Angeles. We talk about the US Angeles group show he curated, skating with Spike Jonze, Freestyler Magazine, the resurgence of skateboarding in the ‘80s, touring Europe with the Bones Brigade, the beauty and far reach of skateboarding, Stacey Peralta’s influence, building skateparks for Native Americans, the story behind his iconic board graphic, George Powell’s involvement in Powell Peralta, the wit of Jason Lee, personality vs tech ability, the story behind the featherboards, hanging out with Nirvana, ollying before the trick was named, coming up with the ‘Skateboarding is Not a Crime’ sticker with Tony Hawk in North Carolina in 1987, skating with Shephard Fairey, how Heath Ledger’s Joker may be based on SMA’s Skip Engblom and what the future holds.

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