Rusty Bearings

JP Kraus discusses world travels with WWE, early days around Bridgeton, living the rogue life for a while, relocating to Arizona and San Diego, filming his crew, DIY concrete around the St Louis area, how Missouri Vortex came to be, and tales of Thrasher's Skate Rock in Hermann.

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cover pic – Simon Rhim @kingsalmonhighway_

Dana Smith discusses growing up in Jackson, legendary events at Cape Bike, TNT Skates, traveling to contests, video parts, Consolidated Skateboards, spending time in Santa Cruz, getting into painting while staying in Walnut Creek, moving to St Louis, making music, and his artwork today.

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cover pic – Jonathan Harms @jbh_stl

Scotty Laird discusses growing up in St Charles, localizing Elm St skatepark, moving to Arizona, Loud House, Chophouse Skateboards, wild times on Thrasher’s Skate Rock trip, skating the Keiner Plaza rail, moving to Kansas City, the latest developments of the Harrison Street D.I.Y., and the skateparks around Kansas City.

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cover pic – Andy Wissman @oldirtywiss

Tim Jamison discusses high school radio shows, where he bought his first skateboards in St Louis, the final Earth Surf sessions, skating the 1-70 ditch before there was a 1-70, the various ramps throughout St Louis in the 80’s, getting Ultraman together, travels throughout the Midwest mixing punk and skating, the second coming of concrete parks, and how to keep skating into your 60’s.

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cover pic – Chris Roddick

Gabe Kehoe discusses growing up in Webster Groves, working at Infinity Skateshop, his early introductions to videography, the early days of YouTube, taking on the filming of St Losers, the filming of Comb, tour guiding around St Louis, what it takes to make a spot skateable, his favorite current videos, and what he’s working on now.

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cover pic – Michael Worful @worful

Jeremy Jones discusses growing up in South St Louis, Keiner Plaza being built, going into TNT Skates as they were opening, why Zorlac was the best, Splash Skatepark contests, taking a break from skating then getting back into it, Altered Skates of America, and slalom.

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We interrupt the regularly scheduled program to bring you this important message....

Randy Ploesser provides details on how to get involved with the skateboard drive this holiday season. Listen to our conversation for details on how to support this cause. Thank you, Randy, The Jay Family Foundation, Infinity Skate Supply, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis -Herbert Hoover Club for making this happen.

Donations of skateboard hardgoods can be dropped off at Infinity Skate Supply, 5528 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63123.

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Marcy Spanogle discusses the early skate scene in Kirkwood, the Island Water Sports Skate Camp, VP Fair contests, being the art director for a magazine, gardening, skate contests throughout the Midwest in the 80’s,Vivoplois, and much more. These stories are priceless!

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Randy Ploesser discusses Pretty Skateboards and filming for the Pretty video, Ezekiel Clothing trips, early trips to Spain and China, further details on the launch of the Hi-Five with Todd Bratrud, the story behind the Skateboarder article at the City Museum, time living in Texas and Los Angeles, and his current band, Low Cloud.

We had to go back in to fill in the gaps. Once again, a great conversation.

PART 2

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cover pic – Sam McGuire @samuelmcguire

Randy Ploesser discusses growing up in Ballwin, early trips to California, getting on Birdhouse, Slap's One in a Million contest, wild days in Chino, filming for "The Beginning", the start of The High Five skateboards, what happened with NHS distributing the brand, the transition from The High Five to Send Help, and how Randy and Todd Bratrud helped name the Rusty Bearings podcast.

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cover pic – Bart Jones @bartjones

Christian Koppel discusses the highly anticipated Bane video, a behind the scenes look at what has gone into the making of the video, who has parts, his start in skateboarding in O'Fallon, the Live Hard video "Neighborhood", what goes into a wedding video, and everything else in between.

***BANE VIDEO COMING SOON***

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cover pic – David Flotte @daved_and_confused

Kyle Craren discusses Altered Skates, getting on BBC, contests at Rotation Station, moving to Rockford, riding for New School, riding for Dogtown, stuntman work, and all things in between.

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cover pic – Steve Vallie @sittinsilly

Reggie Colvin discusses growing up in South County, relocating to Los Angeles, Corporate Skateboards, the ups and downs of the skateboard industry, his clothing brand Huey Lewis, designing product, and plans for the future.

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cover pic – Andy Wissman @oldirtywiss

Jonathan Harms discusses copy editing Concrete Wave magazine and A Secret History of the Ollie book. Also discussed is the Transworld Skateboarding November 1994 issue featuring an article on St Louis and how this came to be. There was way too much to fit into one episode. Enjoy.

PART 2

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cover pic – Pete Bibelhausen

Jonathan Harms discusses starting to skate in the late 1970's, living in Wisconsin, Earth Surf Skatepark, the first ramps in the St. Louis area, attending the MESS contest series, the first skate shops in St. Louis, slalom racing, and published photos in Transworld, Poweredge, and Thrasher.

This is one for the history books of St Louis and beyond.

PART 1

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cover pic – Steve B @sk8steveb

Sal Orlando discusses the early days of skating out west, mobbing up in O’Fallon, the positive impact of Altered Skates, spending many days at the Elm Skatepark, hoping on a tour with SK8Mafia, powering through a knee injury, doing graphics for SK8Mafia, and his journey into doing tattoos.

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cover pic – Michael Worful @worful

Jabari Pendleton discusses skating Kirkwood in his early years, being a part of many crews as kid, taking a seven-year break from skateboarding, moving to San Francisco, help from FTC, getting on Turf Skateboards, Anti-Hero, turning pro for Western Edition, his time in Barcelona, LRG clothing, moving back to St Louis, and his new role in the cannabis industry.

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cover pic - Ando Nesia @ando_______________

Jason Sides discusses growing up in Jackson, MO, first time skating in St Louis, the famous Gino's Skatepark in Farmington, seeing the Cadillac tour in Cape Girardeau, roller rink skateparks, his reasons for skating switch early on, going on tour with the Firm, riding for Alien Workshop, NSA regional contests, becoming an EMT of 25 years, and what he’s up to now as coroner of Warren County.

Apologies for the first time audio.

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cover pic - John Harms @jbh_stl