I was always under the impression that skateboarders were naturally creative people. But as things get more popular, more people will pick it up and it will get more watered down. Not everyone can see things differently or have a creative outlook....

I'm feeling good. I've connected with an old friend in Austin, Texas. He's the kind of friend who gets me super stoked every time we hang out. We enjoy an unbridaled kind of honesty, and can say just about anything to each other. This strong connection, coupled with about 9 beers...

The main idea for the forum zine began as a reaction to blading media that was 'available' at the time. I say 'available' in quotations because I think 'forced upon' is more accurate. I was disgusted that things were being released by corporations as unapologetic...

My self-mutilation of choice is Onychophagia, more commonly known as nail-biting. I find pleasure in picking and biting at my nails and cuticles, often until they bleed. When I have a hanging piece of skin or an edge, I feel an uncontrollable impulse to bite or pick it off...

There is an art to listening as well as to making, and what I have learned from Zen has made me reconsider how I hear albums. Hear it now, without dragging a past, without expectations, hear it in its own light in its own moment, not as a comparison...

While recently watching 'Into Great Silence' again (favourite film experience of my life thus far)... It always becomes so blatantly obvious how simplicity and the power of less cuts through all the distractions and 'trivial, energy-wasting temptations.'...

Human beings prefer to organize in tribes, into groups of people who share a leader or a culture or a definition of normal. And the digital revolution has enabled and amplified these tribes, leaving us with millions of silos...

Take a good look at this man's face. His name is Richie Eisler, and he's the Blader of the Year. The decision was an obvious one, seeing how he skated WAY faster than anybody while doing the most difficult tricks...

Who I am is Paul Crik, but what I am is Killin It. What does it mean for a person to be a what and not simply a who? It means that you take hold of your life not as an identity but as a constantly evolving art work...