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Wizard of the Wood
Floating an ollie on his Sorcery stick is this week’s Monday Cover skater, Steve Grover. That’s one refined frontside ollie. On the mend from a broken left arm, it’s good to see Steve back in the mix....
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23 Skidoo
This week’s Monday Cover is dedicated to the Burnside Skatepark and everyone that has made and continues to make it one of the best places on the planet to skate. Dare we say, Skate Mecca. Check out...
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Grab the Rail, Spinner and a Hundered and Eighty
Time changes and jet stream fluctuations have led to more time spent surfing the interwebs. As a result, we stumbled across a sweet little skate related music video featuring Jan and Dean shredding it...
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Flip of the Lens
If you skate in the Northwest, an indoor skate bunker is a hot commodity during the wetter months of the year. Taking full advantage of one of those skate bunkers is this week’s Monday Cover skater,...
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Big Heads Caché
It’s unseasonably cold in Portland and what better reason to free associate a few music videos. It’s all about “Big Heads” on this week’s YouTube Tuesday installment. It’s also an opportunity to post...
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Skate Noir
Early sunsets make for more abundant sessions under the lights. That is, if you have lights(on the wish list for Portland skateparks). Fortunately, MC is a luminary and made sure his “Fortress of...
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Learn to Skate with Omar at Pier Park
Talk about your random finds on the inter-webs. It seems there’s a YouTube channel by the name of SportskoolPlus dedicated to … … fitness, yoga, exercise, sports instruction and coaching. Who knew?...
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Straight Up Ripping
The second, hopefully annual, Unheard Invitational is in the books. Who won? Everyone that skated and had a great time, that’s who. Need proof? Well, check it out after the turn courtesy of the Bacon...
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May the 4th be in Your Shoes
A wookie on a skateboard. Skate legends in 70’s retro skate garb. Spicoli, Chewbacca, Tony Alva, Jawa, Steve Van Doren, and Storm Troopers on crowd patrol. All of these elements come together in the...
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M.I.A. to Elastica: The Connection is Made
Hopefully everyone has been getting their “skate on” over the last few months. Here at EPM, we’ve been busy working on some cool side projects. One of those just happens to be featured on this week’s...
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Hoist a Pint and Sing Along
Pub it up with this week’s YouTube Tuesday selections, Sham 69 and Giuda. Two bands dislocated in time by about 35 years but the sound is solid. Grab your denim vests, pour yourself a pint and grouse...
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Playing Out 2014
It’s the last Tuesday of 2014 and that’s the perfect reason to make it a YouTube Tuesday! Closing out the year that is/was 2014, checkout Tacocat, Deap Vally, Ex-Hex, Alvvays, Good Throb, and The...
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Smart Cops – F’ck Yeah
First post of 2015 and it’s a YouTube Tuesday on a Monday. Punk rock all the way. Check out the Smart Cops and their musical offering after the turn.
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The Pulsars and Black Marble
A couple of bands you may or may not have discovered but well worth a few minutes of your auditory attention. First up and now defunct, The Pulsars, a Chicago based sibling duo, Dave and Harry Trumfio...
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Christian Fitness – The Kid is not Alt-Right
Oh, the puns keep coming, and thankfully, Andrew Falkous keeps making music. His current one man band effort, Christian Fitness, is very enjoyable. You might know Andrew from some of his other musical...
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Ready Player One
Tired of the social media barrage? Tired of the onslaught of information bubbles filled with “alternative facts”? Well, here’s a bit of an alternative site. Welcome to the EPM OASIS, a refuge for...
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Hot Snakes Session
If you’re looking to add to your skateboarding soundtrack for the summer, we offer, for your consideration, Hot Snakes. Their latest album, Jericho Sirens, is so f%*#ing good. Don’t take our word for...
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Digital Garbage, Man
The Pacific Northwest is bathing in some amazing, sunny weather, perfect for sound soaked skate sessions. But what to play? We suggest the newly released Mudhoney album, titled Digital Garbage on Sub...
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Save Big Johns Skate Project
It’s time for a bit of skate community solidarity. The Big Johns Skate Project needs your support. Sign the petition in support of preserving the spot. CLICK THIS LINK TO SIGN THE PETITION. EPM “Skate...
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Punk Rock Revival on Generation X
Give us that ol’ time punk rock. Give us that ol’ time punk. Give us that ol’ time punk rock. It’s … time to tune your internet radio dials to Randy Katen’s Generation X. No kidding. We swear on a...
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