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Marc Johnson Addresses the Dark Side of Social Media

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5 years ago

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November 26, 2018

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Skate Newswire

Social media is an amazing tool that has revolutionized how we consume skate content. But, as with most things, there is a dark side to it. Marc Johnson hits the nail on the head in his new interview with Village Psychic. He addresses social media’s desensitizing effect that leads to an overall lack of appreciation for the tricks being done, which is sort of the opposite of the way things were during previous eras when everyone was starved for content while waiting for a new magazine or video to drop.

The problem is is we’ve got this generation now. We’ve got a generation of skaters, let’s just say ages 15 to 35. You know, the first generation of users or whatever. And that’s all they’re doing, all day long they’re watching skateboarding and they’re so desensitized that they don’t care about anything. It’s so specialized now, where you can say ‘I’d rather see Austin Gillette do a half cab flip over a trash can than any of this like circus trick shit.’

Head over to Village Psychic to read more of MJ’s insights.

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August 23, 2023

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Ryan Sheckler took a trip down memory lane with Tony Hawk and Jason Ellis in this “Hawk vs. Wolf ” episode.

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How 35th North Skate Shop Came to Be

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Seeing all the other shops back then were focused on snowboards, Tony Croghan saw the opportunity to establish a shop dedicated to skateboards. He used earnings from a hotel job to start 35th North Skate Shop in Seattle.

After twenty years, 35th North has become a prominent part of the Seattle community, hosting events, art shows, premieres, and karaoke nights.

Pro skaters Matt Gottwig and Kristin Ebeling shared more stories about how the shop became an integral part of the local skate scene in this episode of “Established“.

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4 weeks ago

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In this documentary produced by Red Bull Media House, Steve Nesser and Dennis Burdick talk about how their skate shop, Familia, came to be.

They also converted an unused area above the shop into the Familia HQ skatepark, a winter refuge for skaters in Minneapolis.

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