Welcome to My Substack!

This is my personal and career-spanning time capsule. In it, I will place new and archival writings, photos, videos, music, and other mementos from all the different seasons and chapters of my life on and off the board.

This is the one place where I can interact with you consistently, and where we can have an ongoing dialogue.

Why subscribe?

Becoming a paid subscriber supports my writing and creative work and grants you access to comment on posts, participate in chats, and engage in Q&As.

What I’ll be publishing:

Road Diary: I’ll be documenting my travel and tour experiences with Mike V & The Rats through video and written entries and inviting the viewer and reader behind the scenes of life on the road.

Boy V! Archive: These stories relate to a collection of over 200 photographs, including magazine tears, snapshots, and mementos, that I have collected throughout forty-one years of skateboarding and fifty-five years of life.

Des Moines River Journal: This is my ongoing personal journal.

Notebook: This is where I will place other writings, news, photos, and videos.

Boyhood: My Short Stories (coming soon)

About Me

I’m a writer, skateboarder, and musician. I began writing when I was eight, started skateboarding at fourteen, and joined my first band at fifteen. I met my wife, Ann, when I was eighteen, and we married at twenty-one. Our daughter Emily was born when we were twenty-two, followed by our daughter Lucy when we were thirty-one.

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, birdwatching, and playing with the dogs.

Much Love!