The BBAS crew headed west for an epic couple of days late last month to attend the Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Vans HQ in Costa Mesa, and in the process zig-zagged across Southern California to pack in a visit to the Powell Peralta factory, a full tour of Madrid Skateboards HQ, a stop at the Pink Motel, a tour of the SHOF Museu…

Interested in getting started with this whole skateboarding thing, but not sure where to begin? We’ve all been there. Luckily, the days of trying to figure it all out on your own ended long ago, thanks to the advent of skating’s most notable entertainment underdog, the often-overlooked instructional video! Today, Larry and Matt are back in the BBAS…

Take your seats, kids- the bell has rang. You’re going to want to pay attention, because today’s lesson will be on the 1999 Bones Bearings team video, Class of 2000! Settle down, settle down. As you can see, we have a special guest instructor joining us today, all the way from Plan B University- Mr. Jeremy Wray. Everyone, eyes up front- please, sav…

“By skaters, for skaters”-as it was then, so it is now at The Bones Brigade Audio Show! Welcome back to another cannonball straight into the Deep End of Nickelodeon’s most notorious contribution to early nineties subculture, SK8-TV! Joining us in the studio for a part-by-part analysis of its fabled Episode 3 is none other than our good friend and r…

We know what you’re thinking- what the hell is “Matcha Rules?" Indeed, The Bones Brigade Audio Show has not been shy about shining light onto some of the more obscure and unknown videos from the farthest corners of the ‘Brigade universe- but this one might just take the cake. What we have here, friends, is a half hour long, professionally produced,…

Roads? For this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we don’t need roads. This week, the BBAS crew invite you to travel back in time to 1985 for the most complete and painstaking Back to the Future skateboarding retrospective ever assembled in one place! For many, this film- however unintentionally- marked the jumping off point, when skating en…

Welcome back to the show! For this- our eleventh installment of the Intelligence Report series- we are honored to be joined in the studio by the legendary Sophie Bourgeois! Aside from being known far and wide in the Bones Brigade universe for her short but memorable interview and freestyle segment alongside Anita Tessensohn and Lori Rigsby in 1988’…

“Powell magic”- a topic of much discussion here at the BBAS from the very beginning. Faithful listeners have endured countless tales of spliced-in sound effects, bails cut into makes, Frankie Hill’s famous “foot POV” handrail, Robert Kittila’s experimental camera creations… the list of Powell’s magic moments goes on and on. Yet, there’s one conside…

The staff at the Pink Motel are working overtime this week as the BBAS crew once again descends on their doorstep for our third installment of the much-anticipated SK8-TV Files! This time- with the help of our good friend, returning special guest and skate artist extraordinaire Ed Syder- we will be tackling the monumental, Powell-heavy Episode 2 of…

It’s time to delve, once again, into that strange and enchanted era known as the late nineties with a play-by-play review of the often-overlooked Powell Skateboards ’97 summer tour documentary, Strip Mall Heroes- and joining us for the occasion is none other than ripping skateboarder and thrift_store_paintings Instagram content creator, Rich Wilson…

The fiftieth episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show is roaring into your eardrums, and with it, the 10th installment of our vaunted Intelligence Report interview series! Joining us to celebrate the occasion is the one and only Colin McKay, who sat down with us in the studio for an incredible retrospective discussion on his formative career with Po…

Welcome, wall-jammers, to season three of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! We are kicking off 2024 with a bang as we welcome to the studio none other than the legendary Tony Hawk- to get into the weeds on his newest (and final) video part, Tapes You Leave Behind! This nearly five-minute banger is dripping with tributes to Tony’s Powell Peralta past, w…

Season’s greetings, dear listeners! The stockings are hung by the chimney with care and the eggnog is flowing here at the BBASHQ, because it’s time for our highly-anticipated annual holiday episode! And really, what better way to ring in the yuletide cheer then by digging into the 1986 Unreel video; Holiday Havoc? Yes, this one might be a bit of a …

Now that the dust has settled on the first (and hopefully not the last) Bones Brigade Experience, we’re back in the studio to recount this momentous celebration to you in our usual painstaking detail! This episode is a play in three acts- Part I is a summary of the trip out to SoCal by our own Larry Ransom, wherein you’ll hear the entire tale of hi…

Welcome back, curb-whackers, to another exciting episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! Back in 1996, after a multi-year hiatus, the powers that be determined that enough time had passed since their self-imposed moratorium began, and it was time to start bringing pro models back into the lineup at Powell Skateboards. As the skate world breathed a…

The Bones Brigade Audio show is back in the Deep End for our second installment of the highly anticipated SK8-TV Files! This week, we’ll be diving in to the inaugural episode of the show- the almost-lost-for-all-time pilot- which rolled like a seven ply steamroller into the homes of unsuspecting Nickelodeon viewers in the summer of 1990 and kicked …

You’re in for a real doozy this time around, fellow Brigadeers… because for this, our ninth installment of The Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report series, we are welcoming some seriously unbelievable guests- Columbus, Indiana’s own Chris Long, Flynn Atkins, and Steve Thompson! If you’re a fan of Ban This, you will undoubtedly recognize tho…

The BBAS Squad have returned from an epic cross-country journey to Southern California to take part in the much-celebrated festival of gnar that was SKATERCON 9! And, since this adventure rendered the show schedule temporarily clear, we figured what better way to keep the episodes coming than to recap the whole thing? Yes, friends, The Bones Brigad…

Oh, so you wanna go skating? Welcome back to the show! This week, Matt and Larry are hitting the graveyard running to dig into the recently (re) unearthed raw footage from Mike Vallely’s fabled “Public Domain” part. This 45 minute onslaught of rarely-seen material is a treat for even the most casual Bones Brigade fan, featuring what is perhaps the …

Welcome back to the show! Bear with us, friends, because it’s an oddball episode this week as Larry and Matt are joined once again by pro skateboarder and all-around nice guy Mike Santarossa to fast-forward to the 9:30 mark and discuss his timeless and hilarious shared part with Mike Vallely in the 1995 Standard Truck Co. “Intermezzo” video! It’s a…

Come along with your BBAS hosts for a road trip down memory lane- because for this week's episode, Matt and Larry are back in The Bones Brigade Audio Show studio for a review of Powell Skateboards' 1995 video, Scenic Drive! Joining them for this epic cross-country journey are none other than legendary pro and 'brigade alum Mike Santarossa and Stree…

It's a momentous occasion here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show, because in the studio for an epic reunion after 35 years, we welcome Powell Peralta's original SB Boys- Jake Bradley, Brandon Chapman and Frankie Hill! Together for the first time in decades, this trio of unmitigated rippers sit down with Larry and Matt to discuss their early skateboar…

Today, we are debuting a new segment here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show: the first installment of The SK8-TV files! Yes, by popular demand, we will be reviewing- sporadically- the entire thirteen-episode run of Nickelodeon’s legendary SK8-TV! Back in the olden days, when new skate videos were a once or twice a year affair, this Stacy Peralta and …

Order up! Welcome back, Brigadeers, to another action-packed episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! The studio is at capacity this week as we welcome two special guests- former Powell Skateboards team rider Jayme Fortune and video editor James Gaul- to discuss the 1994 classic, Suburban Diners! This video is widely considered a return to form for…

Welcome back to the show! This week we’re once again scratching our heads as we deal with another strange case of an alternate version of a Powell video that- much like the rough cut of “8” (see BBAS027)- somehow leaked its way out into the world. This time, it’s an altered version of 1992’s “Chaos”, featuring incredible, mostly-unseen parts by Eri…

Play! We do like to play here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and as you know, playing is always better with friends. So, to assist us in reviewing this under-the-radar Powell Skateboards video of the same name, we have enlisted our buddies Jim Fitzpatrick- who produced it in what would ultimately be his last project with the Powell Corporation, a…

For this seventh entry into our Intelligence Report interview series, we are welcoming to The Bones Brigade Audio Show none other than the infamous Robert Kittila! If you’re a Brigadeer from way-back-when, or listen to this show with any regularity, this name will surely be familiar to you. Now a two-time Emmy winning cinematographer and photograph…

Things remain in a state of chaos here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and this week Larry and Matt are once again joined by legendary Powell Peralta everyman, Jim Fitzpatrick, to try to get it all under control. The “Chaos” we are referring to, of course, is the Bones Brigade video of the same name, and we’re closing it out here with part two of …

On this mind-melting episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry welcome back, friend of the show, recently-inducted Skateboarding Hall of Famer and Powell-Peralta alum Jim Fitzpatrick, to discuss 1992's Chaos! Along with being one of our most-requested return guests and an unrivaled wealth of knowledge, Jim was an integral figure in th…

Where have I heard that song before? It's a question we've all asked ourselves- and, in the case of the many classic Bones Brigade videos- these earworms are more than coincidental. Join us as we dive back into The BBAS' second foray into the fascinating world of Powell Peralta video tunes! Once again, we have six songs to put up side-by-side with …

Greetings, Brigaders! This week, Matt and Larry welcome back, for his second appearance on the show- filmer and photographer Steve Sherman- to discuss “the ULTIMATE film”, Powell Peralta’s Hot Batch! Sit back and listen as Steve regales you with in-depth tales from every segment of this underrated 1992 classic, with all the filming locations, behin…

Welcome back to the show! This week, we’re taking a slight detour from our regularly scheduled programming for a fun review of the 1992 Pow Wow at Powell II NSA contest video! Is it technically a Bones Brigade video? Well, no- but it has “Powell” in the title, and that’s good enough for us. Held at the infamous Skate Zone back in February of 1992, …

Get up on those kicktails, wall-jammers, because for this iteration of the world-renowned Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report, we have one of our most requested guests; the man himself- the one and only Rob Fitzgerald, AKA Johnny Rad! Matt and Larry sit down for an in-depth chat with Rob about his incredible acting career, meeting Stacy Pe…

Here’s one we certainly had not anticipated! For this special episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we will be checking out material from the recently unearthed “rough cut” of Powell Peralta’s “8”- a video we reviewed just a few episodes ago. What is this rough cut, you ask? A listener reached out to let us know that he was in possession of what…

1991 is still going strong! On this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Larry and Matt are joined by reknowned skate and surf filmer/photographer Steve Sherman and pro skateboarder Jason Rothemeyer to get into the nitty gritty on the second Powell Peralta video of that year; the underappreciated and intentionally-misspelled Celebraty Tropical …

We’re back with our fifth Intelligence Report episode here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and we couldn’t be more stoked- for joining us in the studio is none other than the legendary Anita Tessensohn! Featured prominently in one of Powell Peralta’s most iconic ads (1987’s “Some Girls Play With Dolls. Real Women Skate.”, which as of this recordin…

Welcome back to the show! This week, the BBAS crew are dipping their toes- ever so slightly- into skateboarding’s mythical “new school” era, with an in-depth review of Powell Peralta’s often overlooked 1991 video Eight! Times they were a-changin’ in the early nineties, and Eight truly marks the end of an era for Powell, with several key team riders…

“This isn’t podcasting, sergeant; this is *listening* to a podcast!” Welcome back, friends, to the Bones Brigade Audio show! We are kicking off 2023 with one of our most heavily-requested videos- though not a traditional skate video by any means. Yes, it’s time to spend two hours discussing the two minutes of legendary Chin-era Bones Brigade footag…

Happy Holidays from The Bones Brigade Audio Show! On this final episode of 2022, Larry and Matt take a look back at the first year of the podcast, go over some episode highlights, some fun stats, dig into the mailbag, and- of course- open some presents. We’d like to thank everyone for coming along with us on this journey so far, and let you know th…

The fourth installment of The Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report is here, and we’re welcoming an absolute giant in the world of skateboarding into the fold- for joining Matt and Larry in the studio is none other than the legendary Chuck Treece! A ripping skateboarder and musical prodigy of near-mythical status, Chuck was responsible for s…

Welcome back to The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and to the conclusion to our Propaganda video review trilogy! It is said that all good things must come to an end, but luckily our special guests Steve Saiz and Mark Nisbet are back with more hilarious and enthralling insider stories of both skating in and fiming for this timeless classic to help ring i…

Part two of yet another Bones Brigade Audio Show review trilogy is upon us! Your trusty hosts Larry and Matt- as well as special guests Steve Saiz and Mark Nisbet- have returned to the studio for a second round with Powell Peralta's epic Propaganda video. Come along for the ride as we continue our journey into the minutiae of this often-overlooked …

On this long-awaited episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry are joined by two special guests- skate videographer and photographer Mark Nisbet, along with the return of our good friend Steve “King” Saiz- to dissect what many consider to be the final entry in Powell Peralta’s “classic” video catalog: Propaganda! Debuting in 1990, Pro…

Welcome back, Brigadiers! This week on the Bones Brigade Audio Show, Larry and Matt hit the studio to examine a topic that has reared its head in numerous episodes: music! Or, to be more specific, what has been *perceived* by some guests and listeners with a keener ear as the *possible* appropriation of certain, shall we say, musical themes, found …

It’s that time again: the BBAS duo is back for the third thrilling installment of the Intelligence Report interview series! This week, Matt and Larry were joined in the studio by renowned skateboard filmer turned Emmy Award-winning director, Peter McKeon! We get down into the weeds with Peter about his early days of skateboarding in Los Angeles, sh…

Welcome back to The Bones Brigade Audio Show! This week, Larry and Matt sit down with UK-based artist Ed Syder to chat about yet another video that has flown mostly under the radar of the skateboarding public at large- the 1989 Stacy Peralta/Tim Simenon video, Attack. Alternately known as Skate Attack, or Videola, or Attack Videola, this short oddi…

Petite sophistication- indelible elegance! And, for you debutantes, we bring you the second installment of The Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report! This week, Larry and Matt sit down for a chat with the one and only Kathryn Stanleigh- better known to skate rats the world over as Ms. Kathryn, Powell Peralta Fashion Simulator Model 36C-7XI. …

Welcome back, friends, to The Bones Brigade Audio Show, and to the finale of our epic Ban This trilogy! Matt, Larry, Jim Fitzpatrick and Bobby Puleo have returned to the BBAS studios to close out this multi-part series with another banger of an episode teeming with tales, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes tidbits sure to appeal to any card-carrying s…

It’s that time again: Larry and Matt, along with special guests Jim Fitzpatrick and Bobby Puleo are back behind the microphones for the highly anticipated part two of an epic three-part series reviewing Powell Peralta’s all-time classic video masterpiece, Ban This! This was another jaw-dropper of an episode packed with the kinds of mesmerizing skat…

Hey Brigadiers- this week, Larry and Matt are honored to be joined in the BBAS studios by two legends; Powell Peralta Alum Jim Fitzpatrick and professional skateboarder Bobby Puleo, for PART ONE of a multi-part discussion of the 1989 Bones Brigade classic, Ban This! That's right, this one is so densely packed that we had to split it up into multipl…