Welcome to My Substack!
This is my personal and career-spanning time capsule. In it I will be placing my new and archival writings, photos, video, music, podcasts, and other mementos. It is the one place for all the different seasons and chapters of my life in skateboarding and music.
Recently, I ceased daily operations of my skateboard company, Street Plant, and simultaneously, I retired from the touring lifestyle that defined my skate and music careers since 1987. Though, I will of course continue to travel from time to time to promote skateboarding, and play live music, the greater emphasis for me now is being home and focusing on my writing and storytelling. And I’ll be sharing all that here.
My goal is to initiate a dialogue and connect with a community of optimistic, enthusiastic, and positively inspired lovers of skateboarding. To share our passion and joy and continue to welcome new people into skateboarding. That has been my life’s work, and in that, nothing has changed.
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What I’ll be publishing:
Weekly Post: Boy V! Archive
Every Tuesday I’ll be post a new written piece, plus audio companion, that explores an image from my personal archives and the stories that surround it.
Weekly Live Show: Still Pushing
Every Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, I welcome you live into my home where I will share stories from my life and career in professional skateboarding. Playback and show archive are exclusive to subscribers.
Monthly Journal Entry: Des Moines River Journal
Once a month I will share a new written entry, plus audio companion, from my personal journal that includes observations, thoughts, poetry, sketches, and photography.
Biannual Documentary Series: Concrete Campfire
Twice a year I will produce a long-form documentary film focusing on different aspects of my career in skateboarding and music. This series will premiere in late summer/early autumn of 2025 and be exclusive to Substack.
Other Occasional Posts
When inspired, I will share additional new and/or archival journal entries, short stories, poems, articles, videos, music, podcasts, etc.
About Me
I’m a writer, skateboarder, and musician. I started writing when I was eight, skateboarding when I was fourteen, and I joined my first band when I was fifteen. I met my wife, Ann when I was eighteen, we married when we were twenty-one, and our daughter Emily was born when we were twenty-two. Our daughter Lucy was born when we were thirty-one. I’ve lived most of my life on the razor’s edge of touring the world as a professional skateboarder and musician and being a husband and father. I have now semi-retired from the touring lifestyle to focus on my writing. I live in Des Moines, Iowa with Ann and our French bulldogs Bentley and Dozer. When I’m not writing, skateboarding, or playing music, I enjoy riding my bike, hiking in the woods, bird watching, and playing with the dogs.
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Much Love!
