#373 - Steve Douglas

Steve Douglas discusses growing up in London & skating in the 70s, did Steve Rocco help start New Deal, Paul Schmitt’s secret factory producing Blind boards, Vision's biggest mistake was calling their distribution Vision, Selling Element Skateboards, Steve Rocco opening the door to skater run companies, the blank board debacle, starting 411 Video Magazine, the car accident that almost ended him, Bam Margera asking them to distribute CKY Landspeed, Sidewalk Distribution's heritage collections and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Steve Douglas 00:02:45 Was Steve Rocco involved in helping getting New Deal started? 00:11:23 Andy Howell drew the New Deal logo on a napkin 00:11:57 Paul Schmitt was making Blind boards at his secret factory 00:20:17 Got a call from Jeff Klindt - what happens to New Deal when it gets old? 00:26:55 Mad Circle 00:33:02 Bank manager tells Steve the company is out of control 00:34:52 Vision's biggest mistake was calling their distribution Vision, They went from 70 million to nothing over night 00:36:49 Selling Element Skateboards 00:41:49 Give respect to Steve Rocco for opening the door to skater run companies 00:43:05 Blank boards 00:46:58 Growing up in London - skating in the 70s 00:59:07 The UK was the best and most influential skate scene outside of California 01:10:25 London Calling - getting uk skaters into the skateboard Hall Of Fame 01:21:57 Cab skating Joe Lopes backyard ramp 01:33:48 Car accident that almost ended him 01:53:49 Bod Boyle and Steve went to Dwindle after Giant 01:58:18 411 Video Magazine 02:07:26 Mike Ternasky thought 411 was speeding up skateboarding 02:14:28 Getting Lance Mountain involved in 411 02:23:31 Bam asks them to distribute CKY Landspeed 02:28:42 On video 02:33:12 Sidewalk Distribution 411 heritage drop 02:41:15 World Industries heritage fall 2025 catalog 02:43:39 A couple of Steve Rocco stories 02:51:00 The blank board issue 03:06:09 Steve was always told he skateboarded wrong 03:17:01 Armando Barajas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices