You don’t think we forgot about skateboarding do you? Issue six features a great talk with queer indie skater Chandler Burton. We talk skating in drag, skateboarder crushes, and Burton’s ever evolving style. Check out the preview below and pick up the magazine for the full interview complete with photos by Nick Weber.
Read MoreTo read the full interview pick up issue 5, a thing you can do by clicking this link! Wow! HTML!
KP: How did Fancy Lad get started?
BIG: The name Fancy Lad came from me working at a cafe with Legs who I guess you could say is on the team but not really because he doesn't really skate anymore. Same with Vey. I wish they had full parts but it's impossible to get it out of them. I was working at this bakery with Legs and our manager Phil was, I don't know how to describe him besides he was very...let's say, pretentious and kind of a snob...a little prissy in ways. We used to call Phil, Fancy Lad Phil. We got that term from Cabin Boy, the movie with Chris Elliot. So I was working there and we were using that as a derogatory term for really rich, pretentious hipster people. We thought it was funny because we were gonna make this low-fi, really shitty looking, whatever it is video. We were making that video and we finished it and I pretty much had no ambitions at the time. I was filming Fiske who skated for Heroin and he wanted to edit his own part. We just ended up making that video and it was just an afterthought. We showed it to Arty who used to own Coliseum and he suggested just printing one graphic and seeing what happens. We actually printed that VHS graphic which is still our best seller today. So, I guess we got lucky that he decided to print that one.
Read MoreIssue Six of Kill Pretty features an article on life, skateboarding, and rollercoasters by Abe Dubin, the one and only Orange Man. The entire article is amazing, but you’ve got to buy the magazine to read it all.
Read MoreI like skating curbs. I moved to LA from western Massachusetts so I could skate curbs year round. I still suck at slappies. I still suck at skating, as a matter of fact. I don't care. Skating is this thing that allows me to cope with not having that many friends by taking my mind off stuff. Also, when I do happen to skate with other people, I get to pretend I do have friends that share my interests for a while, so that's tight. This particular skate spot I go to a lot accommodates all forms of feeble, boardslide, and otherwise dipped slappy variations, but I still just do frontside slappies and practice nollie flips. By myself. Almost every night. My life is really fucking full. So I'm skating at my favorite well lit curb, alone, as is my style , and this dude pulls up in a slightly battered white honda. He rolls down the window, and I see a dude with frosted tips looking out at me past the battered dashboard and glovebox with a look of mystery.
Read MoreHere's Mc Nasty (world renowned skater) and his crew hitting up a local skatepark here in Los Angeles! Matt Markus did the edits.
Directed, Filmed and Edited: http://www.BrettNovak.com Music: http://AdventuresInYourOwnBackyard.com
As bad as this dude is at skating, the reporting is worse.
Man tries to flee from a police chase on a skateboard. Jeanne Moos reports a reality star put the brakes on him.
Johnny Majia is Kill Pretty's Skater of the Week at Sheldon skatepark.
Shot by Matt Markus
Music by Jonathan Getzschman FT. Blaine Zapain
Here are some local LA skaters we shot over the last week doing their thang. Footage shot by Matt Markus.
Kill Pretty's new skateboard reporter, Matt Markus, just made a new video featuring local skaters at Sheldon Skatepark!
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