INTERVIEWS
Why Kerry Getz Walked Away From the Skate Industry
Skateboarding has always had a “here today, gone tomorrow” element to it. The list of pros that have come in with a bang only to quietly fade into the history books is substantially longer than the one of those that impacted the culture for decades. Kerry Getz helped define an era in the early aughts, and will always be associated with the glory days of Love Park, and the Sovereign Sect. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, he walked away from the limelight. He breaks down what lead up to the decision at the 1:13:00 mark of the latest episode of The Bunt.
Once the recession hit, everything just started going downhill. Every couple of months you get a phone call, “Oh, we gotta cut this.” Every four to five months, I felt like there was a change. [I was] going deeper and deeper into a whole. [I thought] within the next few years, I will be making no money on skateboarding. And I’m not going to be able to get any money to skateboard again. I saw it coming. But I wasn’t ready for it. So it gradually went down to almost nothing.
Habitat was like, “We want to have your name on a board forever.” I was cool with that; but it was one of those things… My homie here on the East Coast was starting a brand. He approached me to do a guest board. I said, “Look dude, I’m not really going to be skating much anymore. I’m so tied up with my kids and my life that I’m not really going to be able to skate or film a part anymore. So I’m just gonna walk away from Habitat; and I’ll ride for your brand. I’ll help you with whatever I can to get your name out there through me…”
I was kind of over it. And then, DVS was just gone. They were filing for bankruptcy. Everything was falling apart. So I kind of just walked away from everything. I said, “You know, I still want to skate. I skate when I can.” I just didn’t want to be involved in the industry anymore.
Listen to the entire interview above.
INTERVIEWS
Kelly Bird Opens Up in Latest The Nine Club Episode
Nike SB Global Brand Manager Kelly Bird opens up about growing up in Houston, getting into skateboarding, becoming a pro, and eventually transitioning to the industry side of skateboarding.
Before he became the global brand manager of Nike SB, Kelly worked for DC Shoes and Lakai Footwear.
INTERVIEWS
Catch Up with Mariah Duran in the Latest Nine Club Episode
Pro skater Mariah Duran has always been into sports as a young kid, she revealed in the latest episode of The Nine Club.
The goofy-footed skater from Albuquerque, New Mexico got introduced to skateboarding when she was around 10. Initially, she would borrow his brother’s board, but her mom eventually bought her a board.
She was also into softball when she was younger and basketball when she was in high school. Later on, she shifted her focus to skateboarding.
Mariah won the USA Skateboarding National Championships Womens Street in 2019, and 2021. She placed 4th in the most recent competition.
She is also a two-time X Games gold medalist for Women’s Street Skateboarding.
INTERVIEWS
Nyjah Huston Talks About SOTY 2022
Nyjah Huston has only good things to say about his rivals for the 2022 SOTY.
In the ONSTIX Episode 108 streamed on Thrasher’s Twitch channel, Nyjah described the 2022 SOTY Tyshawn Jones as the “King of Pops” for “skating over anything and everything possible.”
He also said that Louie Lopez is just straight-up creative and had a good chance of getting SOTY for many years now.
He also commended TFunk’s latest video part.
Nyjah said in the interview that he watches almost every video that Thrasher posts, even those names he hadn’t heard of.
I love watching everyone’s skating because everyone skates differently and that’s what beautiful about what we do.
Nyjah huston
Tyshawn Jones eventually got the 2022 SOTY title. He is one of the three double-recipients of the title, the other two being Danny Way and Chris Cole. He earned his first SOTY in 2018.
Watch the full interview here.
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