The Cursed, Short-Lived Skateboard Company Podcast

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, after all, we’re talking about skaters here. It’s a wonder any of these skater-run companies are able to stay in business, and of course many don’t. The plight of skateboard company podcasts is a typical example of the inability of most skaters to stick to any long-term plan. Most skateboard company podcasts over the past year have come and gone, or at least failed to be updated, without even posting 10 podcasts.

For example, the Supra podcast came out in May 2006. Since then, there have been a total of six podcasts released or an average of three per year. The KR3W podcast has done only slightly better, releasing eight podcasts since December of ‘06.

Girl/Lakai/Chocolate have been doing a good job of posting regular content, although they just barely started so we’ll see how they hold up. The same goes for The Skateboard Mag podcast. Don’t let me down guys.

There are a few standouts in the crowd. Podium (DVS/Matix), Blackbox (Zero/Fallen/Mystery), Strange Notes, Zoo York, Element, and Blueprint all do a good job of releasing new and unique content. Props go to Zoo and Element for releasing large, high-quality video rather than tiny, fuzzy stuff with frames missing. But my favorite overall is probably Blackbox due to the quality of video and the quality of the content itself. No surprises there, since Jamie is one of the best skater/businessmen in the industry.

Hopefully we’ll see the laggards taking tips from the leaders in this area with more high-def, more frequent posts, and some quality skating.