Pro Skateboarder Billy Rohan Talks About Living with Bipolar Disorder

Billy Rohan has the reached the highest of highs and the lowest of lowest during his career as a professional skateboarder. He’s gone from placing in some of the world’s top contests & having coverage in every major skate publication to sleeping on the street, to being named the New Yorker of the week for his work getting skateparks opened, to back on the street again.

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Epicly Later’d: Chima Ferguson (Part 1/2)

Beginning this season, Vice wanted to try and branch out internationally. Tired of filming pros next to their infinity pools in Los Angeles, they got some skaters from other lands. Not only find out out about the skaters themselves, but find out who some of the people that influenced them were, what the scene was like in their country. So they hopped on a long flight to Sydney Australia and caught up with rising star Chima Ferguson. Spent a week with his brother and his mates, learning what we could. In part 2 we caught up with him back in Los Angeles, where he lives with Dustin Dollin. They were working hard on the Vans video at the time of shooting. Click HERE for Part 2.

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Epicly Later’d: Revisiting Kevin ‘Spanky’ Long (Part 2/2)

Vice started this episode not long after Kevin got kicked off Baker and Emerica and he filmed an interview every 6 months or so until recently. That’s why his hair keeps changing lengths throughout the show. He got kicked off sponsors for drinking and partyin’ and basically not skating all that much… he also got set on fire, his wife bailed, his mom died… a series of bad events. But through it he thought ‘i’m not done yet.’ He didn’t let it beat him and got back on the board. Click HERE for Part 1.

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Epicly Later’d: Kevin ‘Spanky’ Long (Part 1)

Vice started this episode not long after Kevin got kicked off Baker and Emerica and he filmed an interview every 6 months or so until recently. That’s why his hair keeps changing lengths throughout the show. He got kicked off sponsors for drinking and partyin’ and basically not skating all that much… he also got set on fire, his wife bailed, his mom died… a series of bad events. But through it he thought ‘i’m not done yet.’ He didn’t let it beat him and got back on the board. Click HERE for Part 2.

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