How did we get here Podcast #5 - Steve Olson

Steve Olson aka the pillar of the LA skate scene is one of the first professional skaters. He's also a successful painter and sculptor. The audio-only episode can also be downloaded for free on Apple Podcast and Spotify: podcasts.apple...
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*Steve's audio-only episode can also be downloaded for free on Apple Podcast and Spotify:*
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-did-we-get-here-podcast-5-steve-olson/id1509314661?i=1000475748335
open.spotify.com/episode/1mVwZWr0KZeOrIa9oORcLK

[@brianwilson6556]

I just met Steve at the Kona 45th anniversary and he is the real deal! In the past I have met other skaters and they seemed like they could care less to talk to me. Steve was not that way. He was genuinely interested in the fact that I loved his skating and was interested in him. After I met him I loved him even more than I did before I met him due to the way that he responded to me when I met him. Thanks Steve for taking the time!

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

I skated with a couple kids from Canada that used to skate with Steve O Olsen Dan paguina I'm not sure if that's how he spelled his last name for sure but this was after he skated for world industries n these Canadians did a demo at a skate shop in my city that I missed but we hung out later n skated the city me n two friends showed them around fall river Massachusetts they were pretty good Rick mccrank was already known as one of the best I really thought Steve Olsen was from Canada cuz they talked about Steve like he was one of their own like he was a Canadian but whatever Dan was trying to Fs 50-50 a triple kink double square rail with a space between the two square rails , I told him don't try it especially not now after ur tired from the demo n traveling cuz donney barley had lived in our city for a lil bit we all helped move him in n he tried to get out mayor to put in the parks the right way but the mayor put them in the cheap way so in two three yrs it was trashed to many cracks n huge gaps before u can even ride up the quarters or mini half ,the spine everything was trash wat a waste of money but tiverton RI did it right u gotta dig into the ground not just put cement ramps on tar n put some cement on top ....Donny barley walked out the meeting if the mayor wouldn't change his mind n he did n his blueprints donney had were designed by Brian BA Anderson like wtf if the city is gonna spend money on a outdoor park then do it right one city over which happens to be another state Rhode island they did it right ik I went off a lil just thought to put out authentic history n that ppl who knew Steve O loved him n said he was the most creative skater they ever met

[@gabrielarmstrong1887]

Steve is the coolest dude ever

[@cotymcclung6088]

Steve is the coolest!

[@howdidwegetherepodcast9621]

We had a blast! 🛹

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

Dam right " didn't start seeing until I was 9" lol funny n was the best in my eyes in the mid to late 99 he was my favorite skateboarder n kids I met who knew him said he was brilliant I honestly thought he was Canadian cuz all the kids were Canadian who knew him even Dan padguiana who used to skate for world industries for a lil while

[@ShogunateDaimyo]

​@@AnglephileSwedenGermanlol wat. Are you talking curly hair glasses Steve Olson from Shorty's dude...?

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

@@ShogunateDaimyo ya is this him , looks just like him from other pics

[@rawxtir]

Always great to hear Olsen stories yet this was extra "bomb diggity"- been a fan since I was a kid, yet this was extra wild- and so stoked he brought up Bert LaMar / first wave of comp snowboarding. Look forward to seeing that ramp painting and that pushing through France movie.

[@j-mac7401]

Let Steve talk lady!!! We don't want to hear who u met once or your ideas in history or whatever _ We are here Steve Fuckin Olson!

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

FUCKING RIGHT I WANTED TO HEAR STEVE OLSEN TALK N MORE ABOUT SKATEBOARDING DOES THIS LADY KNOW HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP BRILLIANT CREATIVE BIG N TECH SKATEBOARDERS EVER!!!!

[@manguydude905]

Ya man you read my mind

[@rawxtir]

Insert Schmitty's "indy169" username joke here... Y'all realize that's his friend right? Dang, ya act like this in real life? Lmfao

[@Balonishell]

style master

[@Clithero]

"sometimes you gota go slow to get with the pro" Under his voice is the best thing ever

[@BPJTI]

great talk, very cool

[@Rocks77-n4w]

No one ever asks him about the Joneses .. such a good band !!

[@wadevertex4059]

find the painting