whats new to start 2025? c/o dead air radio

[@HighFromTheFuture]

Mark Humienik interview please

[@mattcoleman1332]

Great video by the way, so at 19:09 when y'all are discussing the whole lakai situation and their "new Team" I have to point out that the dude in the flannel has his shit buttoned to the wrong button. Not sure if that's intentional - I like to think it isn't and no one noticed or no one cared to mention it. Lol

[@deadonarrival2882]

So good!

[@dave_waite]

Thank you for promoting supporting skate shops.

[@tjw1210]

As much of a mess the Lakai situation has been, Luis did put out a 🔥 video with those guys. It was great to see Bastien still on the gas and Roman putting out solid street footage after hammering the contests.

[@owenheck9518]

I own a SkateShop and both Lakai and Soletech refused to sell to me because a shop in the next city carried their brands. Bad business decisions is what ultimately led to the companies failing.

[@deadonarrival2882]

That’s insane. Both should have been begging for business

[@Papiwarbuckz]

@@deadonarrival2882”core” brands are part of the issue. FA refused to sell to an actual skateshop, BC surf and sport, but sold to Zumiez instead. Dill ended up coming and asking us to carry.

[@Inkdrawing66]

@@owenheck9518 that's weird, why they don't want to cover also your city? What nation are you live?

[@deadonarrival2882]

@@Papiwarbuckzthey wouldn’t sell labor for years and later asked to get In. Same with the skate shop by me on Long Island

[@Papiwarbuckz]

@@deadonarrival2882 backwards ass companies

[@paunchcoorlightly4000]

Everyone on emerica execpt spanky, leo, hoban, figgy, dickson, and matisse banc (for some reason) are off. The shoes on the site are just dead stock.

[@TechVdot8]

I figured this was happening when Servold was skating chucks in his posts

[@driftlessskater5475]

Carroll posted a little while back a photo of some Half-Cabs.

[@sloveniesta]

Its kinda nice that all my favorite skaters are off Sole Tech. Especially since a bunch are on the same team. I hope someone picks up Asta.

[@randumbnobody]

I’m always down to hear any and all funny epic stories involving any pros or people on the inside of the industry haha

[@smackoffsimpson7365]

I loved the brown and tan dunk high. Glad ASICS went with a mid and not a total high top. Gotta say the black and gold Japan tha just dropped looks so dope.

[@deadonarrival2882]

I have a few friends who were hyped on those black and golds. The leather looks really cool on them

[@gunpla_sk8]

I remember seeing the project ba in a footlocker blue color way regret to this day not picking them up

[@kalanicook1]

Winkowski is off emerica I’m pretty sure saw him skating some converse last week

[@diplenski]

i will say the love i have for etnies is at least partially nostalgia. my intro to them was their heyday, like '94-'98ish, and likely peak of quality. that said, to this day i've never had a bad or even disappointing pair. even though i often shop for deals/sales/clearance, i don't think i would have been bummed on any of them at full price. that said, i don't really have a frame of reference since i haven't tried any of the bigger corporate brands to compare quality. i've personally owned asics and new balance non-skate shoes in the past and was happy with them. i think they're sick and i'd skate their shoes. adidas too. never really liked or cared for nike or converse, one stars are sick but i'd imagine uncomfortable

[@tomas746]

That’s interesting. I started skating in 99ish. Not long after was like the peak Etnies in the mall moment. No other skate brand was being worn by non-skaters like that, except maybe Element, so I wasn’t interested at all. Sal shoe and all that was before my time. Still never had a pair to this day. I realized the other day I’ve only bought big brand shoes for 10+ years. Liked all of them except Janoskis. Last core shoes I had were probably some accels or some random DVS.

[@diplenski]

@@tomas746 yeah their peak business was later than i mentioned, but that's when line diversified to more casual shoes for normies. and less than faithful reissues, qc issues. i guess emerica shifted to the more skate focused branch, which i always thought was weird

[@diplenski]

There are 3 zumiez locations closer to me than anything resembling a core local shop. I’ll go to zumiez sometimes and have been happy with what they offered and what I got, except their sale boards are almost always warped. I had already been mail ordering from the ‘90s anyway. so I’ve got nobody to be loyal to but me

[@DiglettDig]

Same, I try to shop at some small stores sometimes but honestly Zumiez almost always gives me a better experience. There is one small shop I like to buy from but every time I order something they take a week to even ship it out the door. Meanwhile if I order from Zumiez they send it out a few hours later and I get it the next day.

[@deadonarrival2882]

@@DiglettDig @diplenski. You guys ever try seasons Skateshop or nj? Both ship super fast and has great stock. Labor too.

[@DiglettDig]

@@deadonarrival2882 Thanks I will check it out, but I live in Canada so probably not a good option.

[@DiglettDig]

@@deadonarrival2882 Ya just looked but they charge $70+ to ship a deck so it's not viable to order from Canada.

[@diplenski]

@ i'll look into it, thx. pretty well stocked for now though

[@RobertMaz]

Guests: Stay Locale and who you know, just keep doing what you are doing, Mitch as you run into people at contests and events ask people if they ever want to sit for a chat. other than that. Keep posting! Enjoying all of it!

[@andinarcadiai]

Mike Carroll was wearing his Vans shoe at the Vans Combi contest last weekend. Oh, and try to get some more shop owners on the pod.

[@deadonarrival2882]

Oh sick! It would be cool for a full on reissue

[@rafaelcintron4917]

The highs and lows of skateboarding. I got my popcorn out right now.

[@AF-gg3ce]

The wildest relaunch was iPath. So much hype and I dont see many shops / people rocking them

[@deadonarrival2882]

I know a bunch of people who bought a pair, but I don’t see it lasting. Shoes are so hard to make successful without non skate money.

[@smackoffsimpson7365]

I see them a decent amount in SF, granted some of these people were getting hooked up

[@victorperfecto7472]

Are you guys paid by nike to bad mouth core brands? Sure, core brands don’t have the money. But their legacy is more enduring than anything nike threw off. Except for money, that’s were nike excels

[@deadonarrival2882]

@@victorperfecto7472 did you miss the boat that these core brands have been sold off to corporations and basically gutted entire rosters of long time tenured riders? Please also tell me you only buy sale shoes

[@AF-gg3ce]

@@victorperfecto7472 I was stating what I see. The only place that has them available near me is Zumiez 🤷‍♂

[@Auzlove1]

Those projects BAs were the shit. Still have a blue & navy, mint. Skated a shit load of the black & pink

[@Rolloye]

Ross Norman on pod

[@hobbeskillah]

Mitch’s BA phase was wild. I don’t think BA even had all those colorways. Good podcast gents! You guys should get some more east coast heads on there. Get Trivs!!!!

[@deadonarrival2882]

We had Trivs on.

[@bigflyboy13]

Sick ep!

[@DJTraceman]

shout out Max Gomez for Noseslide Pretzel the Muni Rail. Worst ground to pretzel on

[@joesullivan5335]

Ross Norman! Get him on asap!

[@Pastasash]

I love that sw front nose slide clip from Jahmir, but cmon man, Blake’s switch flip back tail down that rail is prob the best trick ever to be done at muni 10 lol

[@deadonarrival2882]

Jamir bailing is cooler than Blake carpenter doing any trick

[@ChrisJohnson-bu6wx]

Can we get another shop owner video with Ben and Brannon?

[@GT1981IL]

Is skateboarding going through the same loop it did 90s-2000s? Is it going to go back undergeound at some point after all skate brands die

[@deadonarrival2882]

Interesting. I don’t think it will ever be that small again, as there are the Olympics and Corpo interest. I do think the core aspect is getting smaller and smaller

[@DJTraceman]

The most posted trick on the internet 🤣🤣🤣

[@SelfMadeSkateboards]

Tom is one of the best out there.for them to do him that way is fucked up

[@arthurhatten]

Would love to see you guys discussing the industry/companies/whackness with Gifted Hater

[@full6330name]

Provost and Dakota are off Emerica. Also the Lakai Tokyo video was much better then I thought it will be. Not necceserly my cup off tea but I can some kids getting behind it.

[@concavemann666]

A DIY episode would be cool

[@ChilliRelleno909]

Like to see some upcoming episodes with filmers. Daniel Wheatly, Beagle, JoeFace, etc Bonus request Mike York

[@beesteezy3626]

Joslin had the best selling shoes on etnies....also nike, Adidas, new balance etc..bigger brands wants to shut down the smaller companies. Nike even said they usually try to shut down the smaller competition.

[@HD-iq7np]

36:07 Justin adeniran did nollie flip noseslide on that rail

[@deadonarrival2882]

Yes. That was dope

[@flowterspace]

Could you talk with Lurker Lou about his wild playground spots?

[@diplenski]

i lived in philly for a bit in '08. only skated love once

[@deadonarrival2882]

Did you enjoy it?

[@diplenski]

@@deadonarrival2882 yeah. not really a city person, but i liked it more than i thought i would have. as far as skating love, i wasn't really good enough to get much use out of it but it was still awesome to be there. iirc it was go skateboarding day so they weren't busting anyone

[@KoyukiRei]

Luis Mora has a good track record with helping his riders progress with their skate careers. Roman probably made a good choice joining Mora on his ventures. No offense to Santa Cruz, but it's not cool with the youth right now.

[@deadonarrival2882]

He would have been better off taking the lakai name away and making it erased shoes.

[@TheMercilessmingtony]

Provost, Servold of emerica

[@dustinstoner6195]

I have to search so hard to even find this content. I like each video, comment, but if I search the Dead air radio with the full name of the video it still doesn’t show up on KZbin. I only see through Mitch and Fletch’s IG

[@deadonarrival2882]

I’m guilty of picking the worst name ever

[@dustinstoner6195]

@ is that really the reason? I was wearing a Dead Air Radio shirt at a Wolftrap concert last year and a worker go so upset with me. Are there other Dead Air Radios that are negative? She was like 60 and definitely didn’t skate

[@smackoffsimpson7365]

New tiles should be an improvement, truthfully the muni ground wasn’t the best

[@diplenski]

did y'all not even mention the world of warcraft darkstar board? kinda sick ngl

[@deadonarrival2882]

Are you trolling us now?

[@diplenski]

@@deadonarrival2882 yeah kinda. is it real?

[@ryanholt9747]

Yes Emerica had dropped many! Dakota, Provost, leabres, winkowski, all off now

[@dontworryaboutit888]

Japhey Dow guest appearance

[@gunpla_sk8]

What happened to wade d?

[@mitchheartless]

He’s still on, living in Barcelona and just skating a lot

[@deadonarrival2882]

Hopefully he’s stacking footage but who knows. Sometimes these dudes get older and start concentrating on the next step of life, but I have no clue

[@BlvdRoad]

Skateboarding as a whole needed to mature and yall need to realize that it is a business in an economy that is difficult to navigate now. The normie doesn't care about skateboarding itself, it looks too distant for them. The skate community is smaller than we think and that is rather unprofitable: that's the reality. People gotta eat and so do skaters lol it's not the 90s anymore

[@mitchheartless]

Oh we know first hand skateboarding is broke as hell. Friends that own shops are losing their businesses, but that doesn’t mean we need to just embrace the direct to consumer model so that some corporate finance company can make full retail on their shoes.

[@diplenski]

Jart sounds like shart. Who approved this?

[@lorenzojoneson]

mitch really thinks the longtime running euro company Jart is a berrics company? bless his heart.

[@mitchheartless]

No no I was talking about Bryte, didn’t he skate for them once he left Jart?

[@DJTraceman]

Get Ben and Brannon on here

[@davidvanvliet193]

Is The freestyle conspiracy falling apart? SoleTech Don brown, Jean Pierre Andre, is almost (mullen) still a thing,the whole team left. And Rocco is teaming up with Sidewalk distribution (slappy trucks,opera, jacuzzi brands) to save face of the freestyle conspiracy. Blitz distribution Per wellinder is no more or rebranded to Bakerboys distribution. The whole reissue of the world,planB,101 brands is cool I think. Is that through Prime woodshop? Love those blank decks from Prime . Looks consolidating over most action sports brands. Trump with his tariffs going up for brands that outsource outside the USA.An increase of the prices for skateboarding brands that ,for example make their stuff in china, not in the USA. Which brands will go back to Made In USA? Instead of Made In PRC or Vietnam, Indonesia etcetera. The 90's pro's brands are next on the chopping block? Not a fan of 'bring-back-this-or-that-brands. Although I always have a soft spot for Creation and Rasa Libre skateboards. NikeSB , CONS Converse ,adidas, Asics, NB, Last Resort have the skateboardshoe game on lock I think. I'm interested how the trump tariffs will impact the industry, maybe Shane Heyl or Rob Sissi can shed some insight and light on that.

[@Inkdrawing66]

I was skeptic about revamp Lakai, but the last video is really good in any aspects, they can't compare to that Blueprint's shit edit with Mike York (which is still a good skater). The old team was almost made by Girl-Choc-Lakai package deal, quite boring and predictable and since when Mike and Rick released their footage for their former company? Last time was in 2017, as captains they supposed to be on the frontline like Reynolds but they completed dissappear as pro skaters and this behaviour completely discouraged me to buy Lakai. At this point l rather see Salabanzi as main rider. ❤

[@deadonarrival2882]

Are you going to buy a pair of lakai?

[@Inkdrawing66]

@deadonarrival2882 if they are under 20 euros l buy them, l used to buy Dc's for tbat price and in general l don't want spent more than 20 euros for shoes or board, because l skate very often l need gear constantly and l can't afford them at full price.

[@justinbishop7142]

This just sucks. I like Tom and I like TJ. I thought they were solid as team members for the company I like e’S shoes but don’t really skate them because I buy shoes on sale for under 50$ Joslin my favorite skater

[@sandmanpaw4637]

Es fumbled the come back

[@gunpla_sk8]

Interview garrett ginner and get the cariuma breakdown if anyone even gives a shi

[@DiglettDig]

Garrett talked about this on his channel already, don't think he will say anything else about it. Seems like they cut some other team members as well but hard to tell since a lot of these guys don't post much on social media and they didn't update their website (it still shows Garrett and Bastien). Next SLS I guess we will see who is still wearing it.

[@elManu7one2]

These core companies can't afford anybody because people like you go out and buy non skate shoes! You guys act like you do a lot for the skate community but really you're not helping anybody in the shoe game just the lame board brands like mini logo, topx!

[@mitchheartless]

We are 2 guys just stating our opinions.feel free to not agree, but what are these core brands you’re referring about exactly. Almost every skate specific brand is owned by some corporate holdings group, not skaters

[@elManu7one2]

@mitchheartless they used to be skater own, till these skaters couldn't hold their head above water. You two are now influencers so your opinion is really goin to be high for young lads who know nothing about skateboarding. You guys are more 80% negative on KZbin and tht reflects upon the skate community! So the more you dis the more these brands are going out of business like Northern, D.O.A.(for example) or any brand just trying to survive. I'm not saying don't have an opinion, but if you think Asics, Nike, ect.. are going save skateboarding, your old mind is very naive. I still love the show but we all should be alil less hating and a lil more embracing(tht goes for me as well).

[@deadonarrival2882]

So which of the ones we mentioned strikes a chord with you? Es has been bought out, lakai bought out. Our gripe with Es was a corporation buying them out and then cutting people. Same with lakai. Cut the roster and replace with whoever will take the check. The lakai buy out and team changes are the most offensive since they dropped everyone who tried to build the brand and hope to have whatever dopes can pretend it’s the same thing to keep buying the shoes. Asics is at least putting out edits, doing trips with skaters, and have some amazing skaters running the program. Even adidas etc, they have Karl Watson, Paul shier behind the scenes and part of the program. Skaters were skating in shell toes and nikes since the 80’s and 90’s. I don’t know what your point is.

[@elManu7one2]

@deadonarrival2882 The whole lakai subject I'm not touching, I'm sure we all feel a certain way about tht situation. You say "at least Asics is putting out edits and doing trips" they only can do tht shit because ppl buy those shoes (skaters and non-skater) they have the money. If you was buying èS or whatnot they would have money for trip and edits. èS only sold because they can't stand up to companies tht have unlimited dollars and resources. Etnies only started selling in Walmart or whatever because they was trying to make money to stay afloat. The whole Paul Shier and Karl Watson or whoever behind "the scenes" homie plata talks for those in need.

[@elManu7one2]

@@deadonarrival2882 why would you want brands tht would monopolize skateboarding?

[@Kantoterror123]

lol what’s up with all the éS slander? salty much?

[@MickyThunderV]

Someones clearly not up to date here - and it's not them 🤣

[@DiglettDig]

People are mad they dropped Tom Asta, check on his youtube channel where he talks about it. TLDR Tom skated for them 10 years but when the company was sold he was cut with no discussion or negotiation. The reason was they don't value what he does even though he was told by the team manager he was doing great. I guess it was just a cost cutting thing, or maybe it's because he is not getting street clips. Tom took it well but you could see he was a bit upset, like if they wanted him to do something else they should have told him.

[@diplenski]

Blasphemy. MC raps are dope

[@davidvanvliet193]

Not to spam or anything. You guys take on the new 5boronyc video 5 Ball? ( freeskatemag)I liked it, last one was 6 years ago or longer (?)

[@mitchheartless]

I hadn’t had time to watch it by the time we recorded, I enjoyed it, Neil is on another level

[@davidvanvliet193]

@mitchheartless Neil his night lines are the best thing. Jimmy skates so fast in the streets. Keith bank to backside wallride on the black aluminium window frame seal! How?

[@deadonarrival2882]

It was good. I can’t ride stock south central boards but would love to skate a Neil deck. The Metallica looking kid was the only part I skipped

[@Pastasash]

I love that sw front nose slide clip from Jahmir, but cmon man, Blake’s switch flip back tail down that rail is prob the best trick ever to be done at muni 10 lol

[@deadonarrival2882]

I’m sure it’s the hardest but doesn’t look as cool (to me )

[@Pastasash]

@ thats fair, again both great tricks