The Stance Podcast

The Stance Podcast

The Stance Podcast hosts Java Fernandez and Erica Yary sit down with artists, athletes, tastemakers, and more to uncover the raw details behind many of our favorite Punks & Poets and brand affiliates' stories of The Craziest Day of My Life told in detail. Some stories are scary, some are sad, some are happy, but most of all, these stories are all entertaining! Learn a little more about these people with already crazy lives and how they dealt with the craziest day they have ever experienced.

Episodes

December 3, 2017 77 mins
Professional stunt woman, model, actress, journalist and much more.
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Summary: Professional Stunt Woman, Model, Actress, Journalist and Jane of all trades Gemita Samarra came to Stance HQ to tell us a bit about her interesting self and to recant the story of taking a stunt job that turned out to be one life threatening experience after another. Complete with fire, back bends and splits, being ran over, getting launched from a ramp straight into a concrete wall, and so much more. You don’t want to ski...
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November 26, 2017 17 mins
Artist, photographer, and overall awesome dude, Mark Oblow dropped by our HQ to tell the story of the time he was on a trip to the Czech Republic when he was abruptly greeted in the morning with a misunderstanding that involved with him being nude with guns pointed at him. We were even lucky enough to have Mark tell us a bonus story of a trip to China that ended up with his foot being impaled by a motorcycle. Not an episode you wan...
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November 26, 2017 17 mins
Artist, photographer, and overall awesome dude, Mark Oblow dropped by our HQ to tell the story of the time he was on a trip to the Czech Republic when he was abruptly greeted in the morning with a misunderstanding that involved with him being nude with guns pointed at him. We were even lucky enough to have Mark tell us a bonus story of a trip to China that ended up with his foot being impaled by a motorcycle. Not an episode you wan...
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November 19, 2017 58 mins
Professional Skateboarder Chris Cole came to our studio at Stance HQ to tell the story of the time he went to Russia for the first time during the Fallen ‘Ride the Sky’ premiere tour. The story takes place at a seedy bar with loud music, the Fallen team riders, super fans, with vodka flowing, which inevitably means, fists were subsequently flying. Hosted by Stance’s Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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November 19, 2017 58 mins
Professional Skateboarder Chris Cole came to our studio at Stance HQ to tell the story of the time he went to Russia for the first time during the Fallen ‘Ride the Sky’ premiere tour. The story takes place at a seedy bar with loud music, the Fallen team riders, super fans, with vodka flowing, which inevitably means, fists were subsequently flying. Hosted by Stance’s Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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November 12, 2017 44 mins
Part 2 of 2 - Famed LA street photographer Estevan Oriol gives us the breakdown of how he ended up on a whirlwind trip to Afghanistan that ended up with him being given a solo tour of one of the world’s most dangerous prisons and being face to face with terroristic prisoners, all to get some unique photos shot. But if you ask Estevan, he would tell you getting a prostate exam is just as scary as this experience. Hosted by Stance's ...
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November 12, 2017 44 mins
Part 2 of 2 - Famed LA street photographer Estevan Oriol gives us the breakdown of how he ended up on a whirlwind trip to Afghanistan that ended up with him being given a solo tour of one of the world’s most dangerous prisons and being face to face with terroristic prisoners, all to get some unique photos shot. But if you ask Estevan, he would tell you getting a prostate exam is just as scary as this experience. Hosted by Stance's ...
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November 5, 2017 20 mins
Part 1 of 2 - Our second time recording remotely, we sat work with Artist and tattoo extraordinaire Mister Cartoon as well as Estevan Oriol. In this episode Toon gives us the low down of how he ended up in LA County Jail for the very first time and how he got himself into the trouble that landed him behind bars. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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October 29, 2017 30 mins
Professional Snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg stopped by our offices in San Clemente, CA to tell us about the day that changed his entire life. We’re talking about the day he won an Olympic Gold Medal of course. Sage goes into detail, not only about the day itself, and events leading up to it, but also what happens after you win the Gold for USA and the media frenzy and chaos that ensues. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez...
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October 29, 2017 30 mins
Professional Snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg stopped by our offices in San Clemente, CA to tell us about the day that changed his entire life. We’re talking about the day he won an Olympic Gold Medal of course. Sage goes into detail, not only about the day itself, and events leading up to it, but also what happens after you win the Gold for USA and the media frenzy and chaos that ensues. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez...
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October 22, 2017 34 mins
Artist and Illustrator extraordinaire Todd Francis recants the time when he was working for Deluxe skateboarding Distribution in San Francisco and was asked to do a skateboard graphic using old Hells Angels artwork. It turns out the Hells Angels stumbled upon the graphic weren’t very happy, to say the least, with Todd’s work as one might imagine. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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October 15, 2017 26 mins
Our first remotely recorded podcast, from the Cinder Cone in WA, creative mogul Foster Huntington shares with us the story of the time he was on a 30-day sailing trip off the coast of Baja when he stumbled upon a seemingly deserted island that was riddled in drugs. Chaos not only pertaining to the island ensues, but too add to the craziness an inexplicable anomaly happened soon after that made him and his shipmates believe that it ...
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October 8, 2017 22 mins
Professional Skateboarder and former wild man turned sober-father tells us the story of the day the Baker Skateboards Team was flying home from being on a wild skate tour, only to be stuck on a plane with a couple obnoxious, drunk, foreign men throwing racial slurs at a couple of his teammates, that didn’t realize who they were messing with. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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September 19, 2017 20 mins
Part 1 of 2 - Our second time recording remotely, we sat work with Artist and tattoo extraordinaire Mister Cartoon as well as Estevan Oriel. In this episode Toon gives us the low down of how he ended up in LA County Jail for the very first time and how he got himself into the trouble that landed him behind bars. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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September 19, 2017 26 mins
Our first remotely recorded podcast, from the Cinder Cone in WA, creative mogul Foster Huntington shares with us the story of the time he was on a 30-day sailing trip off the coast of Baja when he stumbled upon a seemingly deserted island that was riddled in drugs. Chaos not only pertaining to the island ensues, but too add to the craziness an inexplicable anomaly happened soon after that made him and his shipmates believe that it ...
Mark as Played
September 19, 2017 22 mins
Professional Skateboarder and former wild man turned sober-father tells us the story of the day the Baker Skateboards Team was flying home from being on a wild skate tour, only to be stuck on a plane with a couple obnoxious, drunk, foreign men throwing racial slurs at a couple of his teammates, that didn’t realize who they were messing with. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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August 17, 2017 34 mins
Artist and Illustrator extraordinaire Todd Francis recants the time when he was working for Deluxe skateboarding Distribution in San Francisco and was asked to do a skateboard graphic using old Hells Angels artwork. It turns out the Hells Angels stumbled upon the graphic weren’t very happy, to say the least, with Todd’s work as one might imagine. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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July 12, 2017 38 mins
Professional Skateboarder and overall fun character Jason Jessee stopped by our offices in San Clemente, CA to tell us the story of the day that he thought was like any other regular flight home to California from Colorado that ended in Jason being, literally, dragged off a plane by the FBI, detained, and questioned in relation to possible terroristic acts. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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July 12, 2017 38 mins
Professional Skateboarder and overall fun character Jason Jessee stopped by our offices in San Clemente, CA to tell us the story of the day that he thought was like any other regular flight home to California from Colorado that ended in Jason being, literally, dragged off a plane by the FBI, detained, and questioned in relation to possible terroristic acts. Hosted by Stance's Erica Yary and Java Fernandez.
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