Platform Episode 57 - John Starr

It's been a while since I've hosted an episode of Platform
podcast, but the opportunity to speak to '90s icon John Starr
fell into my lap at the last minute and I jumped at the chance
because VG 4: Puppets of Destiny was the first rollerblading VHS
I owned. I'd seen a couple of others first, but this was the
first one I could watch over and over in my house and John
Starr's section left a big impression on me. John has skated for
some of the biggest brands in blading, including K2, Rollerblade,
Medium, 976, Fiziks and numerous others. Not only that, he helped
design the original Valo skins and the stock Valo frames, which
Roces use to this day, and he did the design work for elements of
Robert Guerrero's pro skate from Rollerblade. He also talks about
coming up with the unity grind alongside Jon Julio one night at
Silverlake High School and having the first every truespin
topsoul in a magazine.   


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