Ian Michna | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 178

Ian Michna discusses growing up in New York, moving to Austria and started skating when he was 10, moving back to New York, starting Jenkem Magazine, the Jereme Rogers interview that put Jenkem on the map, what Jenkem actually means, getting their first advertisers for the mag, how the “Street League On Acid” piece came about, what it takes to run an online magazine, how they got Kayne West to try to ollie and much more!

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2019 Trick Of The Year – SLS

Taking the plunge into the legendary Car Wash Bank in Los Angeles is no joke. The bank is so steep that you have to commit or deal with the possibility of slamming on your face like The Gonz did when trying to follow John Cardiel’s first try early grab back in 1998. Or snapping your leg like Milton Martinez when he tried to Ollie in a year ago to get the feel for it. But a Kickflip?! It sounded impossible. And for years no one dared to try it until Dustin Dollin stepped to it in 2016 but couldn’t ride away. Finally in 2019, after snapping his leg when trying to Ollie in to get the feel for it a year before, Milton Martinez Kickflip’s in better than anyone else could have imagined. SAVAGE. Congratulations Milton – on conquering fear, doing it with style, taking the $10,000 & the 2019 Trick of the Year! Back-to-back SMOOOKES!!

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