Skatepod 30 featuring Tom Hyser. Somehow within two hours, Tom Hyser was able fill in some pretty big blanks. Obviously Pun intended! Hang out with me & the boss, as we take it back to 1975 & a learn how a young art influenced boy moved from Georgia to Wisconsin one year, and brought back home to Roswell aggro skating. Seriously, Thank God his mom became homesick & they went back to GA. Where would we be with out The Fatty’s or the Fastslide or the digital takeover of Skatepile or freestyle jam session of Superhick or Blank skate products or Fiziks frames, or sheesh really anything Tom has done for street skating. - Justin Chad Anthony.

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Featuring: Reed Huston, Ryan Benner, Logan Oleson, Wesley Baughman, & Chad Anthony. Filmed on the 21k by Steven Tat & Doug Williams.

Featuring skating by Jeremy Soderburg, Scott Hatton, Doug Williams, & Chad Anthony. Music: “Spit Tune” by Jordan Young.

The Skate Company, ripping a park. Visit Theskate.company.

Previously: The Skate Company - Lean on Me (2022).

Real friends, don’t let friends skate sad alone. Three sessions at an indoor park called Ty’s. Featuring maneuvers by Chad Anthony, Doug Williams, Brad Anthony, Jimbo Hawkins, Scott Hatton, & Steven Tat. With an appearance from Troy Cramer. S/O to THEMSKATES for making quality extreme skates.

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Tom Hyser was born into the Quad culture of the rinks around Atlanta and went from rink rat to skate rat. His family’s move to the Midwest was life-changing—He first discovered inline skating there. Tom is an original X Gamer, a product visionary whose designs have sold millions of units, an internet pioneer, and through it all he’s lived the struggle of being an inline skater. On the show, we talk about the love of skate, the hate received for it, and everything in between. The podcast ends with a laugh out loud “Inappropriate Questions” segment with Andy Kruse. Photos: Hyser Archives.

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TIMECODES: 4:00: Covid travel, skateboarding, and Wisconsin 17:00: Jamie Thomas, skateboard hate, and incidents 21:45: The decline of inline, growing up outside of Atlanta, roller skating, and wrestling year-round 26:00: Getting sponsored, high school, qualifying for the pro tour, and college 33:00: Hoax 2, blowing his knee at the first X Games, and going in house at K2 41:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: 43:45: The Fatty, crazy opportunities, no rules, going to Korea and recalls 51:00: The end of K2, Skatepile, Fiziks, and the scary future 61:00: Rollerblade and business is booming 65:00: Inappropriate Questions with Andy Kruse