Episode 103 with Sam Korman — skater, writer, and editor originally from Buffalo, NY.

We talked about his path from picking up a board in the late ’90s 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 — a publication at the intersection of skateboarding, art, and literature — and is currently working on issue 2, due out in September 2025.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Starting skating
(05:58) – Studying art in Portland
(22:18) – Waxing the curb
(29:40) – The psychoanalytic skatepark
(33:52) – Board breaking for emotional pretend
(37:09) – Starting Plank
(42:16) – Other magazine projects prior to Plank
(49:08) – Combining/overlapping serious and funny articles
(52:00) – Is it harder to work on the second issue?
(56:14) – Same format in the upcoming issues?
(58:56) – Friends questions
(59:06) – Kyle Beachy
(01:03:46) – Random drawings in the sleeping habits piece
(01:05:48) – Cole Nowicki
(01:13:14) – Any discarded projects from issue 1?
(01:17:31) – Michael Worful
(01:18:37) – Ian Browning
(01:22:43) – José Vadi
(01:30:17) – Monica Weltyk
(01:32:16) – Will Harmon
(01:35:46) – Amount of copies printed and distribution
(01:37:22) – Ted Barrow
(01:43:06) – Dena Yago
(01:44:57) – Spencer Gillespie
(01:47:03) – Matt Price
(01:47:42) – Jacob Kassay
(01:51:46) – Louis Sarowsky
(01:52:22) – Conclusion

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