Rusty Bearings
Join hosts Matt and Todd as we talk with the cast of characters in the St Louis skate scene. Catch up with the heroes of yesterday and tomorrow. This is an oral history of skateboarding in St Louis. Cover Art - Todd Bratrud Instagram - @rustybearingspodcast YouTube - https://youtube.com/@rustybearingspodcast?si=AHnHCVzWpYuXR08-
Episodes
Kyle Craren discusses Altered Skates, getting on BBC, contests at Rotation Station, moving to Rockford, riding for New School, riding for Dogtown, stuntman work, and all things in between.
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cover pic – Steve Vallie @sittinsilly
Reggie Colvin discusses growing up in South County, relocating to Los Angeles, Corporate Skateboards, the ups and downs of the skateboard industry, his clothing brand Huey Lewis, designing product, and plans for the future.
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@mittsta
@schweigengel
cover pic – Andy Wissman @oldirtywiss
Jonathan Harms discusses copy editing Concrete Wave magazine and A Secret History of the Ollie book. Also discussed is the Transworld Skateboarding November 1994 issue featuring an article on St Louis and how this came to be. There was way too much to fit into one episode. Enjoy.
PART 2
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cover pic – Pete Bibelhausen
Jonathan Harms discusses starting to skate in the late 1970's, living in Wisconsin, Earth Surf Skatepark, the first ramps in the St. Louis area, attending the MESS contest series, the first skate shops in St. Louis, slalom racing, and published photos in Transworld, Poweredge, and Thrasher.
This is one for the history books of St Louis and beyond.
PART 1
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cover pic – Steve B @sk8steveb
Sal Orlando discusses the early days of skating out west, mobbing up in O’Fallon, the positive impact of Altered Skates, spending many days at the Elm Skatepark, hoping on a tour with SK8Mafia, powering through a knee injury, doing graphics for SK8Mafia, and his journey into doing tattoos.
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@mittsta
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cover pic – Michael Worful @worful
Jabari Pendleton discusses skating Kirkwood in his early years, being a part of many crews as kid, taking a seven-year break from skateboarding, moving to San Francisco, help from FTC, getting on Turf Skateboards, Anti-Hero, turning pro for Western Edition, his time in Barcelona, LRG clothing, moving back to St Louis, and his new role in the cannabis industry.
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cover pic - Ando Nesia @ando...
Jason Sides discusses growing up in Jackson, MO, first time skating in St Louis, the famous Gino's Skatepark in Farmington, seeing the Cadillac tour in Cape Girardeau, roller rink skateparks, his reasons for skating switch early on, going on tour with the Firm, riding for Alien Workshop, NSA regional contests, becoming an EMT of 25 years, and what he’s up to now as coroner of Warren County.
Apologies for the first time audio.
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