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Walker Ryanskateboarding, essays & stories, travel, and recs
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Thank you, Marc.
For me it was the socks. The white socks with white shoes and khaki shorts. A look I stole and ran with for years as a child. And the laces. The way they dangled loose and untied, his shoes mysteriously tight enough for him to do whatever t...
Q1 Review 2026
Wow. Already a quarter of the way through 2026. Hard to believe. I could go on a rant about the sad state of our union and the tragedy of our dumbest president starting a cruel, expensive and pointless war. I could fume and rage about the a...
Some San Francisco Stuff
A few months ago I had the privilege of working as a field producer on the Nico Hiraga episode of Skate Tales, the excellent travel show hosted by Madars Apse for Red Bull. It was shot in San Francisco over a long weekend, one that coincide...
Top 5 of '25
Ah, another year-end recap. You couldn’t possibly be sick of them, are you? Well, I have one more, but I’m keeping it relatively simple. In the spirit of High Fidelity, I’m offering a top five in a few of my favorite categories of media con...
Under Saturation
Youtubed
There’s a question I like to ask skaters of my generation:
“What was the first part you saw on YouTube?”
This question is not interesting for skaters under thirty, I’d imagine, because YouTube is likely where they first watch...
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Former professional skateboarder writing about skateboarding, traveling and writing. If you would like to support me, please consider purchasing my novels, TOP OF MASON, OFF CLARK or HIGH STREET LOWS www.oldfriendsandco.com
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