The photography of Shari White is in focus for the debut issue of 'Wet Proof', an experimental new publication series by design studio, An Endless Supply.
Robin Kirkham, co-founder and designer, spoke with Skate Bylines about how can reprographics serve skate photography, media representation and the fun of "learning by doing and doing so in public." We also had Natalie Porter of Womxn Skate History and author of Girl 'Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders' speak on the value of such initiatives.
A version of this story is published in written form at Skate Bylines where you can also get a good look at 'Wet Proof', White's photography and Kirkham's work: https://skatebylines.com/2025/10/22/an-endless-supply-wet-proof-shari-white-robin-kirkham/
This story was written and editing by Farran Golding with copy editing and fact checking by Mike Munzenrider.
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The photography of Shari White is in focus for the debut issue of 'Wet Proof', an experimental new publication series by design studio, An Endless Supply.
Robin Kirkham, co-founder and designer, spoke with Skate Bylines about how can reprographics serve skate photography, media representation and the fun of "learning by doing and doing so in public." We also had Natalie Porter of Womxn Skate History and author of Girl 'Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders' speak on the value of such initiatives.
A version of this story is published in written form at Skate Bylines where you can also get a good look at 'Wet Proof', White's photography and Kirkham's work: https://skatebylines.com/2025/10/22/an-endless-supply-wet-proof-shari-white-robin-kirkham/
This story was written and editing by Farran Golding with copy editing and fact checking by Mike Munzenrider.
In the midst of struggling to trying to write a novel about skateboarding the author Kyle Beachy decided simply to write about a person he admired: Andrew Reynolds. He saw Reynolds as someone who possessed an uncanny cultural presence with the ability to unify skateboarding opinion not only through respect but, importantly, the acknowledgement than no-one would argue the frontside flip is not Andrew Reynolds’ trick. However, in the wake of Emerica's 'Stay Gold', Beachy also saw Reynolds as as perfect model of an adult that a skateboarder could achieve. Adulthood being “A crisis that you also, if you persist long enough at this most fun thing, will have to confront,” writes Beachy in his essay, ‘A Very Large Puzzle: On Andrew Reynolds’. The piece published by Jenkem Magazine in 2012 would become a foundational text (and inform the title) of what became his second novel, 'The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches From A Skateboard Life'. Published in 2020 by Grand Central, the book is a collection of Beachy’s writings on skateboarding spanning throughout the 2010s. On today’s show, Beachy discusses writing that formative essay on Andrew Reynolds and who The Boss is today.
Hosted, edited and produced by Farran Golding
Timestamps and show notes:
00:00 Introduction to the episode and Kyle Beachy
1:27 Kyle’s history with Andrew Reynolds
2:10 Kyle’s studies, journalism, career and first novel
3:20 Kyle’s second novel and early skate articles
3:50 ‘A Very Large Puzzle: On Andrew Reynolds’
5:00 Interlude: Stella Reynolds
5:15 Sports Writing vs Skate Writing
6:45 Reynolds of the 2010s
7:26 Kyle’s History with Emerica
8:15 Stay Gold
9:08 Being moved by skateboarding
9:47 Skateboarding journalism in the early 2010s
11:12 Writing the Reynolds essay
12:36 Age and thoughtfulness
14:55 Heath Kirchart
17:05 'The Most Fun Thing'
20:37 Rooting for Reynolds
22:21 Revisiting Reynolds
24:43 Baker Has A Wholesomeness
26:02 'BHADW2' fundraiser
29:09 Outro
Skate Bylines
The photography of Shari White is in focus for the debut issue of 'Wet Proof', an experimental new publication series by design studio, An Endless Supply.
Robin Kirkham, co-founder and designer, spoke with Skate Bylines about how can reprographics serve skate photography, media representation and the fun of "learning by doing and doing so in public." We also had Natalie Porter of Womxn Skate History and author of Girl 'Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders' speak on the value of such initiatives.
A version of this story is published in written form at Skate Bylines where you can also get a good look at 'Wet Proof', White's photography and Kirkham's work: https://skatebylines.com/2025/10/22/an-endless-supply-wet-proof-shari-white-robin-kirkham/
This story was written and editing by Farran Golding with copy editing and fact checking by Mike Munzenrider.
