The Platfrm – Portraits: Lilly Erickson – From Island Dreams to Riding the Olympic Wave

Little Lilly Erickson has been making major moves on a skateboard basically her entire life. Look back on Lilly’s Hawaiian lifestyle and how she found her love for skateboarding. Lilly recalls that finding a contest on the island being super difficult, but in 2022 when she entered Exposure in Encinitas, CA, earning 5th place put her on a new, fast track to making her dreams a reality. Now she competes on the Olympic series and every other major event out there, and of course, there’s pressure and stress. “But it’s also just skateboarding,” says Lilly. She knows how to take a deep breath and step back in order to enjoy the moment. With an incredible frontside stalefish under her feet and top notch support at her back, Lilly’s loving life right now and enjoying the journey of watching things unfold.

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The Platfrm – Then/Now: Roman Pabich Talks Skate Crews, Mike V & Favorite Parts

All terrain ripper and all round rad human, Roman Pabich (aka @topramen) stops for a Then/Now chat with us along the Portland riverfront. Since he’s been on a board since the age of three, it was a little tricky to recall some of his original setups and influences, but Roman remembers the good stuff. Hear about favorite videos, influential skaters (shout out Mike V), skate crews and a lot more. Did you know he’s got switch tre flips on lock?

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Todd Huber | The Nine Club #364

Todd Huber discusses his journey of collecting skateboard memorabilia, opening Skatelab, Torey Pudwill as little grom skating Skatelab, Skatelab clothing in Macy’s, Target, JC Penny & Walmart, wanting to celebrate skateboarders & opening the Skateboarding Museum, if anyone actaully knows how old the oldest skateboard is, how the Skateboard Hall Of Fame chooses who gets inducted each year and much more!

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The Platfrm First Person: Braden Hoban Takes On Tampa Pro 2025

Braden Hoban returned to Tampa for only his second time, hitting the course at the 31st annual Tampa Pro in 2025. Rolling deep with his crew—Dakota Servold, David Reyes, Torey Pudwill, and CJ Collin— though his posse wasn’t the only competition he was up against. Contest heavyweights like Yuto Horigome, Vincent Milou, and Ishod Wair were all present at the Skate Park of Tampa, among others that were on their game. Competition pressure aside, Braden held it down in the quarterfinals and move on to the semis/final day. Watch how it all turned out for Braden in First Person.

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The Platfrm – First Person: Malachi Gray Reveals What It Takes to Make PHX AM 2025 Finals

Contest skating is no joke, and the amount of incredibly talented skaters is only growing year over year. 2025 marked Malachi Gray’s 4th showing at Cowtown’s PHX AM contest, what he describes as “It’s the biggest Am contest of the year. Despite his regular showings in recent years, Malachi has struggled to advance from qualifiers, a testament to the conditions he’s up against. Listen in as he describes the hectic scene at the skatepark and mission is is to practice. Battling a lite ankle injury wasn’t helping, either. He shares his strategy for round one to not flip into anything–especially during practice–and save his upgrades for the runs to come. After the day 1 jitters, things came together during semifinals and he found himself advancing to the finals. Without question, this was Malachi’s best PHX AM to date.

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Lincoln Ueda | The Nine Club #362

Lincoln Ueda discusses the worst slam/collision he’s ever had with Pat Ngoho at the Combi, seeing videos of Hosoi and the Alva team skating while he was living in Brazil, going to the Munster contest in 89, coming to the States & tracking down Omar Hassan in Costa Mesa, starting to get paid & bringing all his money back to Brazil, being moved from Billabong to Hurley, going on tour with Tony Hawk & the Boom Boom Huck Jam, doing the loop for the first time, judging the Olympics and getting death threats and much more!

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