Living Proof Radio

Brian Wenning for Living Proof Radio. Full episode on the Living Proof Patreon. http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Brian Wenning is an iconic skateboarder who has recently been released from prison after serving five years for a weapons charge under the Graves Act, which carried a mandatory minimum of 42 months before parole eligibility. Released from Bayside State Prison in May 2025, Wenning h...

Harry Jumonji for Living Proof Radio. Full episode on the Living Proof Patreon.  http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Harry Jumonji is a Brazilian-born skateboarder regarded as one of the defining icons of New York City’s skateboarding history.  After moving from Brazil to New York as a child, Jumonji was introduced to the New York skate scene through Andy Kessler, one of New York’s most influent...

Brian Anderson for Living Proof Radio, full episode on the Living Proof Patreon. http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Brian Anderson is an iconic professional skateboarder celebrated for his lasting influence on street skating. He rose to prominence in the mid-1990s with Toy Machine, gaining early notoriety around the era of Welcome to Hell, turned pro in 1998, and was named Thrasher’s Skater of...

Henry Chalfant for Living Proof Radio, full episode on the Living Proof Patreon. http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Henry Chalfant is an American photographer, videographer, and sculptor best known for his pioneering work chronicling New York City’s graffiti and hip-hop culture. Beginning in 1977, Chalfant started photographing graffiti on the subway cars of New York City, capturing hundreds of...

AVE for Living Proof Radio, full episode on the Living Proof Patreon.  http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Anthony Van Engelen is a legendary professional skateboarder who emerged in the mid-1990s as part of a new generation pushing street skating. With parts in some of the most influential skate videos of all time, including Photosynthesis, Mind Field, and Vans’ Propeller; where his performance...

Leo Fitzpatrick for Living Proof Radio, full episode on the Living Proof Patreon .  Leo Fitzpatrick is an artist and actor who first caught public attention as Telly in Larry Clark’s controversial 1995 film Kids; a performance that earned him both acclaim and harassment, as some viewers confused him with his character and even blamed him for the film’s fictional misdeeds. Aside from acting, Fitzpa...

Larry Clark for Living Proof Radio: Full episode now available on the Living Proof Patreon. Larry Clark is an American photographer and filmmaker known for his unflinching approach to his work. Clark emerged in the 1960s as a pioneering voice documenting youth culture from the inside out. Rather than observe from a distance, he embedded himself within the communities he photographed: skaters, drug...

Ruby Neri, also known by her graffiti name Reminisce, emerged as a prominent figure during the golden era of San Francisco’s graffiti scene in the 1990s. She immersed herself in the Bay Area’s graffiti culture, painting, shoplifting and hanging alongside figures such as KR, AMAZE, Barry McGee (TWIST), Margaret Kilgallen (RIP) & Alicia McCarthy; all of whom helped define the street graffiti &am...

Full episode on Patreon-   http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Futura 2000 in conversation with Chino BYI. Futura 2000 is a legendary graffiti writer, designer, and painter who emerged in the 1970s as part of New York City's first wave of subway graffiti writers. He began tagging subway trains under the name "Futura 2000" and was one of the first artists to bring graffiti into gal...

Full episode on the Living Proof Patreon: http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork Beatrice Domond is a professional skateboarder who spent her early years skating solo in a small town in Florida. Filming herself skating her nearby park or backyard alongside her little brother, she found William Strobeck’s email from his old website and began sending him clips. Strobeck showed the videos to Jason Dil...

Full episode now on the Living Proof Patreon.   Dustin Dollin is one of the original members of both Baker Skateboards and the infamous Piss Drunx crew. His parts in Baker 2G, Baker 3 and Volcom’s Let’s Live left a lasting impression on an entire generation of skateboarders. Dollin joined Baker in 1999 and became a defining figure of the crew, creating a legacy as one of the most iconic personalit...

Full episode on the Living Proof Patreon. William Strobeck for Living Proof Radio. Through decades of work behind a camera, William Strobeck’s auteurship and taste has been massively influential in shaping the look of today’s era of skateboarding. Strobeck was born in Syracuse, New York, and moved to Philadelphia as a teenager, where he skated and filmed at the legendary Love Park. Within a few ye...

Full episode on Patreon - Greg Hunt is a skateboarding videographer and filmmaker celebrated for his approach to documenting skate culture. He directed Vans' first full-length skate video, Propeller , featuring the likes of Anthony Van Engelen, Tony Trujillo, Geoff Rowley, amongst others. He has also played a vital role in the making of all time classic skate videos like Mind Field , The DC V...

Full episode now on the Living Proof Patreon. Ali Boulala is a skate icon who came to prominence through his association with Flip Skateboards in the late 1990s. He was one of the original members of the “Piss Drunx”, a notorious skate crew that embodied a raw, punk-infused ethos that left a lasting imprint on skateboarding culture.  On March 7, 2007, Ali Boulala was involved in a tragic motorcycl...

Full episode now on Patreon. This episode features GIZ in conversation with DESA. They speak on the charges behind the “Million Dollar Vandal”, GIZ’s time in Rikers Island, New York City throughout the 1990s, and more.  http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork http://livingproofnewyork.com

Full episode on Patreon. Ozzie Juarez is an artist and curator from Los Angeles. His work explores themes of identity, ancestry, and the built environment. Coming from a graffiti-background, Juarez blends street aesthetics with spiritual symbolism to create richly layered paintings, sculptures, and installations. He is also the founder of TLALOC Studios, an artist-run space in South Central L.A. d...

Full episode on our Patreon. Vinnie Stigma is a foundational figure in the hardcore punk scene and the longtime guitarist of Agnostic Front; a band that helped define the New York hardcore sound. Their music touches on the realities of an early New York, social change and independent thought. Stigma's guitar work was central to releases like United Blood and Victim in Pain , albums that becam...

Full episode on Patreon. Arto Saari is a Finnish-born professional skateboarder and acclaimed photographer, who  first gained international recognition in the early 2000s as part of the Flip Skateboards team, where he became a standout in videos like Sorry and Really Sorry. Arto won Thrasher Magazine’s Skater of the Year award in 2001, cementing his legacy in skateboarding history. Beyond skating,...

Full episode now on Patreon. In the summer of 2002, CURVE suffered a fall in Southwest Philadelphia that left him in a coma for 6 weeks. Recovering from the traumatic brain injury took a full year, it onvolved CURVE relearning how to walk and dealing with the accompanying emotions. He spoke to Living Proof in an honest fashion of the experience. http://patreon.com/livingproofnewyork http://livingp...

Full episode on our Patreon. Braydon Szafranski is a professional skateboarder whose charisma and un-filtered personality saw him become an icon; symbolic of the live-fast energy that defined skateboarding during the early 2000s.  Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, Szafranski moved to Los Angeles to pursue a professional skateboarding career in the early 2000s; with no defined plan or place to liv...

Full episode now available on our Patreon . Gino Iannucci is a legendary skateboarder from Long Island, New York. First gaining recognition in the mid-'90s, particularly through his parts in videos from 101 Skateboards. His video parts in Chocolate’s “The Chocolate Tour” and Girl’s “Yeah Right!” are considered all time classics. As one of the original riders for Nike SB, he helped redefine th...

Full episode now on our Patreon . Born in Portland Oregon and raised in Oklahoma City, Nuge is an icon in skateboarding who made a name for himself with classic parts in videos like Foundation’s Cataclysmic Abyss. Born to Vietnamese parents who came to America for a new life, Nuge’s childhood was largely spent coming up in Vietnamese pool halls. Eventually relocating to California to pursue skatin...

Full episode on Patreon. Kevin Spanky Long is a professional skateboarder, artist and art director of Baker Skateboards. Spanky was a key figure in the early Baker Skateboards line up, with classic parts in Baker 3, Baker has a Deathwish, This is Skateboarding and Stay Gold; his approach to skating made him one of the most recognizable skaters of his generation.  Spanky now handles art direction f...

Full episode on our Patreon. Cheryl Dunn is an American filmmaker and photographer known for documenting New York City’s downtown art and graffiti scene. Starting in the 1990s, Dunn photographed and filmed urban life, from protests to skateboarding and graffiti. Her work chronicled the spontaneous creativity that arose in public spaces, making her one of the key visual storytellers of the era. Dun...

Full episode on Patreon. Harley Flanagan is an iconic figure within the New York Hardcore scene. At age 13 he founded the Cro-Mags; one of the most influential hardcore punk bands of the 1980s and 1990s. At age 11, Flanagan began his involvement with music drumming for the New York punk band The Stimulators. Flanagan’s early years were spent in New York City's Lower East Side, where he lived...