Rejoice, fellow Brigadiers; for today on The Bones Brigade Audio Show we’re honored to bring you the long-awaited, highly anticipated and stratospherically overdue *surprise* reunion of Anita Tessensohn Sanford and Leaf Treinen! Known far and wide for their famous Powell Peralta “Some Girls Play With Dolls, Real Women Skate” ad- perhaps one of the most well-remembered and influential advertisements in the long and storied history of a company known for its outstanding graphical accomplishments- ...
Jun 22, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Welcome back, curb-whackers! For this episode of TBBAS we are joined once again by acclaimed SK8FACE filmmaker, previous “Axe Rated” special guest, and bona fide skate nerd Matt Bass to dissect the incredible, underrated Bones Brigade Video Show: Special Edition! This re-cut version of the film is an entire video unto itself; packed with tons of deleted scenes, outtakes, new angles and unseen footage. And if that weren’t enough, we also get into the weeds on some bonus Turning Point Ramp and Del...
Jun 08, 2025•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Are you experienced? In this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry are joined in the studio once again by the legend himself, Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick, for a beginning-to-end recap of his trip to NYC for the epic second installment of the Bones Brigade Experience! Whether you were there at the event in person or catching it from afar, this episode brings the stoke straight to your ears, with all the usual behind the scenes tales and insider stories you've come to expect from TBBAS. ...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 86
This week, for the 17th installment of our venerable Intelligence Report series, we are honored to be joined in the BBAS studio by the legend himself- the one, the only Mike Vallely! In this episode, we sit down with Mike for an in-depth conversation that dives into the roots and evolution of his legendary career, from the profound impact of the first three Powell Peralta videos to his deeply personal philosophy of skateboarding- plus we revisit " Mondays with Mike V " (co-starring our own Larry...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 85
In this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we’re throwing it back to 2009 to dig into what is—hard to believe—still the last full-length Powell video ever released: FUN! We're joined in the BBAS studio by none other than the legendary Jordan Hoffart, Powell team manager Deville Nunes, and filmer extraordinaire Terry Larue to help us break it all down. From brutal slams to massive rails, huge gaps and a bunch of wild NBDs, this video is packed with heavy moments and standout parts from a se...
Apr 27, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Welcome to another installment of the famed BBAS SK8-TV Files! This week, Larry and Matt are cannonballing straight into the Deep End of Episode 6- and as you know, this pool hasn’t been filled in within two years. Yes, friends- in addition to the usual dissection of skate sequences and awkward interviews from skateboarding luminaries such as Mike McGill, Dave Hackett, Jeff Kendall and Jesse Roach, we blow the lid off on the long-lost truth about the actual number of episodes that exist of this ...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Welcome back to the show! This week we are once again joined in the studio by our good friend, the legendary Adrian Demain, for the highly anticipated second installment of our “Public Demain” series! This time around, we are delving into the behind-the-scenes history of the infamous Bakersfield ramp scene in “The Search For Animal Chin”, which took place in Chris Borst’s backyard sometime in the fall of 1986. From filming stories to the origins of “I like Beethoven” to mind-blowing revelations ...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Did you ever rent a skate video from a video store back in the day? Chances are, you did- and likely, multiple times over. Well, today we are honored to be joined in the BBAS studio by the man responsible for that: NSI Video’s own Gerard Ravel! Gerard might not be a name you know at first glance, but you are definitely familiar with his work. In addition to pioneering what would become the distribution model that made action sports videos infinitely more accessible to an entire generation of kid...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Welcome back, curb-whackers, to another thrilling installment of the BBAS! This week, we are really putting the “audio” in “audio show”, as we delve deep into the mystifying world of The Bones Brigade Video Show soundtrack! This one has it all in the music department- from punk rock staples to surf-inspired instrumentals, Dennis Dragon originals, harmonicas, horn sections, and tracks that are so rare, they’ve had to be painstakingly recreated by industrious fans to be heard in their entirety. We...
Feb 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 80
This week, on a very special bonus episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, we are veering off topic- 88 mph off topic to be precise- for a chat with Madrid Skateboards brand manager Eagle Barber to discuss the upcoming release of the latest, greatest, and perhaps final iteration of Marty McFly’s legendary Valterra mashup from the movie that kicked off a million skateboarding summers, Back To The Future! All 1.21 gigawatts worth of details that you could ever possibly want to know about the maki...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Hello, and welcome to Issue #15 of the venerable Bones Brigade Audio Show Intelligence Report! We’re beyond stoked for this one, as we have the legendary Doug Smith in the BBAS studio for a truly epic conversation. Doug, a key figure in the Bones Brigade during its 80’s glory days, made his mark on the contest and demo circuit- and in iconic videos like Public Domain and Axe Rated- before parting ways with Powell to join the pro ranks at G&S. In this episode, we dive deep into Doug’s early s...
Feb 02, 2025•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 78
We’re back with another entry into the universally beloved Bones Brigade Audio Show SK8-TV Files, and this time around we are honored to be joined in the studio by the one and only Kilian Martin! A Powell Peralta pro, freestyle legend of the highest order, and connoisseur of all things 1980’s (and early 90’s) skateboarding, we sat down with Kilian to dissect Episode 5 of this mythical piece of aggro acetate, scene by scene. By this point in the show’s short timeline, the SK8-TV machine was findi...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Welcome to season 3 of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! To ring in the new year- and because one episode on the subject is simply not enough- we are welcoming our good friend, esteemed filmmaker, director, photographer and author, Jacob Rosenberg to the studio for a comprehensive review of the Special Edition of everybody’s favorite cinematic skate masterpiece, The Search For Animal Chin ! Life-affirming revelations will be made and good times will be had as we dig into the deleted scenes, the east...
Jan 05, 2025•2 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Greetings, wall jammers! As the banner year that is 2024 comes to a close, we are sitting down with our good friend and de facto third member of the BBAS crew- our graphic artist Ed McKirdy- for a little year in review episode. This year was a big one for the show, with tons of incredible guests, a boatload of new episodes, amazing giveaways, a trip to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame awards, and a ton more- so why not talk about it? We get into the stats, the spins, the artwork, and everything in...
Dec 23, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Welcome back, Brigadiers! For this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Larry and Matt are joined by Lio Kanine of Kanine Records fame. We nerd out on Kanine's newly released Bones Brigade Video Tunes 2xLP, as well as The Search For Animal Chin vinyl from 2018 and so much more. Music and skateboarding... is there anything better? As always, there's only one way to find out. Join us, shall you? You can help support our show by buying us a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/BBASpodcast...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 74
On this episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show, Matt and Larry are in the studio for a review of the much-beloved 2002 Rodney Mullen mini-doc, From The Ground Up! Stuffed with amazing archival footage showcasing his earliest days on four wheels, his time on Powell Peralta setting the standard for freestyle skateboarding, and his later years creating the blueprint for modern-day tech street skating- FTGU is a must-see nostalgia trip down memory lane for one of the all time greats. Did Rodney or ...
Nov 24, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Yes, wall-jammers and tail-whackers, The Bones Brigade Audio Show is rolling out another new series-within-a-series for your aural enjoyment. Welcome to Volume 1 of Public Demain ! We'll be sitting down with our good friend Adrian Demain from time to time to discuss any and all things, well, Adrian Demain. Tour tales, video memories, stories from the road- we'll get into it all. To kick off this hot new chapter of BBAS history, Adrian- along with Episode 71 special guest Miki Vuckovich- are back...
Nov 10, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Welcome back to the show! Today, Larry and Matt are joined in the studio by two legends of the sport- Adrian Demain and Miki Vuckovich- to dissect the 1980 oddball odyssey, Skateboard Madness ! While there’s no real way for anyone to pinpoint what this meandering film aspires to be- part skateboarding documentary and part road-trip comedy with roller skating, stop-motion, claymation and animated sequences thrown in- what cannot be disputed is the obvious and undeniable groundwork it helped to la...
Oct 27, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Welcome back to the show! For this, our 70th episode, we’re absolutely honored to be joined by none other than legendary photographer, artist, and author Glen E. Friedman to discuss the genre-defining 2001 film Dogtown and Z-Boys ! Chronicling the rise of the fabled Zephyr Team in the 1970’s, this Stacy Peralta-directed documentary brought the roots of modern skateboarding- along with names like Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Shogo Kubo- into the cultural mainstream, while paving the way for a slew o...
Oct 15, 2024•2 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Welcome back, Brigadiers! Today, we're in the studio to dig deep into Mike Vallely's Y2K documentary, Sponsored- and joining us once again is Mike's former Black Label and Street Plant teammate, good friend, and touring partner Kristian Svitak! At just over 30 minutes, Sponsored is an embryonic foray into the world of skate documentaries that covers Mike's life in skating up to that point- a mere blip on the radar of the career we know today- and shows us some of the earliest glimpses of footage...
Sep 29, 2024•2 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Larry and Matt are back in the deep end to bring you another thrilling installment of The Bones Brigade Audio Show’s Sk8 TV Files ! This time around we are joined in the studio by our good friend (and returning guest) Skate Talk Bob to discuss Episode 4 of everyone’s favorite Nickelodeon classic- “the only skateboarding show made by skaters, for skaters”, as it was known. This one is packed to the proverbial gills with the good stuff, including interviews with Powell stalwarts Ray Barbee and Lor...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 68
The BBAS crew, along with our good friend Jim Fitzpatrick, are back in the studio this week to delve headfirst into the short, sweet and mostly unknown Powell Peralta video, Camp Motherhood ! Developed primarily as a tradeshow video- promotional material to support Powell’s 1989 sales and marketing initiatives- Camp Motherhood is an interesting time capsule, inadvertently bridging the gap between where Public Domain left off and Ban This started, and marking an infamous era for the ‘Brigade that...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Welcome back to the show! We’re here at Episode 66, bringing you issue #14 of the much-celebrated BBAS Intelligence Report, and joining us in the studio for the occasion is none other than Florida vertical legend and Bones Brigade alum, Mike Frazier- along with special guest host Nick Halkias of Strangelove Skateboards! Join us as we get deep into the weeds with Mike on his early days skating in Clearwater, his time with Zorlac and subsequently turning pro for Powell Peralta, filming his groundb...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Here we are, ringing in 40 years of the McTwist; perhaps the first trick in skateboarding history to achieve “household name” status. With the possible exception of the 900, is there a single skateboarding trick more legendary? A single maneuver that has been requested more by crowds of delirious, sunburnt demo-goers? We don’t think so- and joining us here in the BBAS studio to back up this inarguable claim is renowned skate historian, author, artist, and Berlin Skateboard Museum curator Jürgen ...
Aug 11, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Greetings, skateboard cultists, and welcome back to Issue #13 of the Intelligence Report! To say we’re excited for this one is an understatement, because joining us in the BBAS studio for an epic chat is none other than Eric Sanderson himself! An iconic member of the Bones Brigade during their 80’s heyday, Eric was prominently featured in nearly all of the most revered Powell Peralta videos, participated in innumerable summer tours, and is of course one of the four riders that made up Public Dom...
Aug 04, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 64
If you’ve listened this far, you surely know by now that we here at The Bones Brigade Audio Show have a borderline-unhealthy obsession with uncovering the smallest bits of minutiae available for anything and everything to do with the Powell Peralta videos. We assumed we were alone in this sickness, wandering the wastelands in search of forgotten parking lots and slabs of concrete once boardslid by the Rib Bones of giants. So, imagine our surprise when we came across the meticulously-crafted 40th...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 63
We interrupt this regularly scheduled two-week break to bring you a surprise episode of The Bones Brigade Audio Show! This past weekend, Powell Peralta unleashed Andy Anderson’s brand new “Crazy Wisdom” onto the world to great (and well-deserved) fanfare. So insane were the contents of this video that we decided to stop what we were doing, hop into the studio, and put our thoughts on tape! Come along as we discuss Andy’s incredible contributions to the world of creative skateboarding and our fav...
Jul 10, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Welcome back to the show! For this, the 12th issue of the BBAS Intelligence Report, we’re absolutely honored to be joined in the studio by none other than the legendary Sean Cliver! Picked out of a pool of more than 600 applicants to answer a 1988 Powell Peralta “artist wanted” ad, Sean packed his bags for a one-way trip to California where he spent three years creating some of the most revered graphics in the company’s history, ably filling the impossibly large shoes of the recently-retired VCJ...
Jul 07, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
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 Museum and wrapped it up in Venice at the Artful Dodgers art show, which featured the works of Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk and more. Come along as we tell ...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 60
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 studio to delve into the belly of the beast, as we discuss Powell Skateboards’ year-2000 export, Basic Training. Indeed, by the time you’re done with...
Jun 09, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 59
