INTERVIEWS

Here’s Why Tiago Lemos Left Boulevard for Primitive

Published

4 years ago

January 2, 2019

Skate Newswire

Tiago Lemos’s visa issues are now all cleared up. Village Psychic honored the occasion by publishing an interview with Felipe Ventura—who has been managing Tiago for the past several years—that goes on the record about what happened. With a fresh Transworld part in tow, Tiago is now back on U.S. soil, and ready to leave his mark on Southern California’s picnic tables and handrails. Ventura also sheds some light on the move from Boulevard to Primitive, which has yet to be fully discussed until now.

Tiago had no plans to quit Boulevard at all, but when he was in London he skated with the Primitive squad and Wade asked Tiago about joining the camp. He wasn’t really tempted until we randomly bumped into P-Rod in Paris at this spot, and he asked Tiago personally. Also being on the team with Carlos Ribeiro helped the deal a lot. It wasn’t until after the Glory Challenge when I was in California, and had a meeting with Heath [Brinkley] and Oliver [Barton], that we shook hands on it. We had six weeks to get an introduction plan together, and they stopped their presses just to get Tiago’s boards made in time. We gave Boulevard that month as notice, and he kept skating their boards until the day the Primitive guys surprised him at MACBA with his pro boards, and welcomed him to the team.

Tiago was on Boulevard since the first time he came to America in 2012; he had mad loyalty to the team, and refused so many offers in the past three years. But eventually, he told me he was ready to move on, try something different, and find himself some new inspiration. From what he told me, it’s all love for both brands because true skaters are behind them both.

Given Primitive’s video output, it’s safe to assume that we’ll be seeing much more of Tiago in the coming months.

Image Via Mike Blabac

INTERVIEWS

Kelly Bird Opens Up in Latest The Nine Club Episode

Published

3 weeks ago

December 28, 2022

Skate Newswire

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

Published

4 weeks ago

December 20, 2022

Skate Newswire

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

Published

1 month ago

December 13, 2022

Skate Newswire

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.
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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.