Patrick O’Dell

For many of us, Patrick O’Dell is the primary supplier for morsels of media necessary to satiate our deranged obsessive skateboarding hunger. Like a priest feeding the hungry, or a cocaine dealer on a night out, Patrick has given us exactly what we need, right when we need it, and kept us coming back for more.

Through his show, Epicly Later’d, and before that, his skate-blog of the same name, and before that as photo editor of Vice, Patrick has been feeding us insight and perspective into skateboarding and the lives of our favorite skaters, and we have been eating it up by the spoonful. His contribution to skating and the facilitation of an entire generation to enter into the culture through his print and video output cannot be overstated. His voice narrates the stories of our heroes and the glamorous paid-to-skate lives we all aren’t talented enough to lead, and we are grateful for it.

I have not yet met and could not fathom meeting someone who skates who is not personally affected by the output of Mr. O’Dell, and whether he wants them or not, he has fans. We are fans. That’s why we asked him to come over and talk (with a cameo by Greg Hunt, his two kids, an In-n-Out burger, and Greg’s dog).