Description
Episode 103 with Sam Korman β skater, writer, and editor originally from Buffalo, NY.
We talked about his path from picking up a board in the late β90s to discovering art in his teens, studying it in Portland in the 2000s, and eventually moving to NYC in 2015. Sam has worked as a freelance writer, curator, copywriter, and strategist since 2010. He started the blog Waxing the Curb during the pandemic, launched PLANK magazine in fall 2024 β a publication at the intersection of skateboarding, art, and literature β and is currently working on issue 2, due out in September 2025.
(00:13) β Intro
(01:13) β Starting skating
(05:58) β Studying art in Portland
(22:18) β Waxing the curb
(29:40) β The psychoanalytic skatepark
(33:52) β Board breaking for emotional pretend
(37:09) β Starting Plank
(42:16) β Other magazine projects prior to Plank
(49:08) β Combining/overlapping serious and funny articles
(52:00) β Is it harder to work on the second issue?
(56:14) β Same format in the upcoming issues?
(58:56) β Friends questions
(59:06) β Kyle Beachy
(01:03:46) β Random drawings in the sleeping habits piece
(01:05:48) β Cole Nowicki
(01:13:14) β Any discarded projects from issue 1?
(01:17:31) β Michael Worful
(01:18:37) β Ian Browning
(01:22:43) β JosΓ© Vadi
(01:30:17) β Monica Weltyk
(01:32:16) β Will Harmon
(01:35:46) β Amount of copies printed and distribution
(01:37:22) β Ted Barrow
(01:43:06) β Dena Yago
(01:44:57) β Spencer Gillespie
(01:47:03) β Matt Price
(01:47:42) β Jacob Kassay
(01:51:46) β Louis Sarowsky
(01:52:22) β Conclusion
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