Tony Alva on the surf-skate connection and the power of the “I am going to crush you” spirit
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Season 01: Episode 02 of Soundings With Jamie Brisick
“Tony Alva is skateboarding.” I’ve heard this pronouncement many times. OG Dogtowner, original Z-Boy, vert pioneer, one of the first skaters to blast a frontside air, first pro skater to launch and run his own company (Alva Skates, 1977)-his accomplishments are prodigious.
I first encountered Tony in the pages of Skateboarder magazine. A style icon on the board and off, he rode banks and pools as if they were waves. Under hedges and overhangs he’d duck as if pulling into the tube. Turns out Tony’s first love is surfing. I have a fond memory of watching him saunter up the beach at Malibu with a board that had “Fuck the public” sprayed on it.
Tony and I spoke on the sylvan deck of the Neutra-designed house he shares with his partner, Katy Rodriguez. Having invented terrain for his entire skateboarding life, it made perfect sense that he should live in such a well-appointed home. Trim, fit, bearded, laser-focused, Tony oozed an aspirational vibe. We talked about the surf-skate connection, manipulating gravity, his mentor Bunker Spreckels, and the “anything is possible” ethos. We also got into his skateboarding fame, sobriety and spirituality, pulling his first aerial, the pros and cons of ego, and the knock-kneed style. -Jamie Brisick
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Producer: Jonathan Shifflett
Music: Little Wings
Feature image by Patrick Trefz 
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thanks for sharing a little of something huge, congrats! lml
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Good insights there on keeping the body and mind capable of participating and enjoying board sports as we grow older despite the creaks and squeaks.
Great interview!
Hydrodynamica logo on Alva’s board??? Nice.
Ethan Ewing and Dennis Busenitz have some of the top two new school styles I've seen same with Mikey February .....Tonys talking is like everything I stood for growing up love near Venice hearing the Westside Malibu Venice crew took out the Mike Purpus and his team in the south bay those guys were cool when I lived there but some super rude people there too had to slap one of them good to be back closer to Topanga and state beach Zuma and World Savings rail 40 in ollies on real canada style sidewalk surfboards.....surf skate relate Aloha to guys like the two guys talking here...
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Love the interviews.
Only bummer… trying to cover everything in a time limit. Could listen 2+ hours or more easily.
They didn't progress. The mindset wasn't there.