Quarantine Call with Shieldless Mag Shieldless Magazine

Thank you for an amazing first season of Quarantine Call with Shieldless Mag! In this episode, the founders of Shieldless Mag and hosts of Quarantine Call reflect on one year of doing the magazine as well as the first season of the podcast. We go over some of the highlights from running our website and doing interviews and videos over the last year. We then get into some of our favorite episodes of the podcast and talk about some of the guests we've had on. We also talk about recently losing our friend Ryan Bowers to suicide and creating his tribute video we posted to our IGTV. It's always been our goal to create awareness around mental health and suicide prevention and we encourage anyone struggling to reach out to us or professionals for help. We end the episode off with not one but two giveaways! DM your answers to us on Instagram @shieldlessmag for your chance to win. Find more content at shieldlessmag.com. Stay safe and stay positive, cheers.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline:

1-800-273-8255

Episode 24 is live and we have a special guest, friend of the mag Mubarak Ra'oof on the line with us. Mubarak is a Portland, Oregon native, skateboarder, actor, filmmaker, and owner of Whitaker Skateboards. We catch up with Mubarak to hear about what he's been up to during this pandemic, his involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement, and supporting Black-owned businesses while running his own. We also get into his personal history with how he started skateboarding, how he became an actor, his love of filming, and much more! Keep up with Mubarak on Instagram @muuubz and @whitakerskateboards. Follow us @shieldlessmag and find more content at shieldlessmag.com.

Follow Whitaker on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3d4xIF-jso9zBafn8Sz8g

Find more music by Beat$ByDojo here:

https://soundcloud.com/beatsbydojo

Check out The Black List to support Black-owned skateboard companies here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hkG5OMnBbhmEqe5aasHGV74LLWRbR9wXebzVv3HWuqE/edit#gid=0

Donate to the movement here:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

Episode 23 is finally here, after a short hiatus Quarantine Call With Shieldless Mag is back with a very special episode featuring Tyrone Olson! Tyrone is a legendary professional skateboarder from Madison, Wisconsin who moved to San Diego in the early 90s to pursue a career skating. He also helped organize one of the largest rolling protests in the country last weekend called Rolling For Rights SD. We reflect on the success of the protest, as well as hear about some of Tyrone’s personal thoughts and experiences with racism. We also talk about growing up in Wisconsin, being in the legendary video The Storm, and starting his own company Scarred Skateboards. Keep up with Rolling For Rights SD for future events @rollingforrightssd on Instagram. Follow Tyrone and his endeavors @tboneolson_tclips and @scarredskateboards. Find more content at shieldlessmag.com and follow us @shieldlessmag.

Donate to the movement here:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

More Music by BEAT$BYDOJO:

https://soundcloud.com/beatsbydojo

This episode was recorded on May 31st, 2020. In this episode of Quarantine Call With Shieldless Mag, we phone up podcast host, filmer, and Thrasher staff veteran Schmitty. Schmitty hosts his own podcast called Talkin’ Schmit that inspired us to do our own when the pandemic hit. We catch up with Schmitty to talk about how quarantine has affected his life. We discuss the beginning of protests and seeing skateboarders on the news. We get into why Schmitty started his podcast, working at Thrasher for the last twenty years, remembering his close friends he’s recently lost, working on a China Banks documentary, filming some of the gnarliest skateboarding and much much more! Keep up with Schmitty on Instagram @talkin_schmit and check out the podcast on all podcasting platforms. Also, grab some merch from his site talkinschmit.com. Find more content at shieldlessmag.com and keep up with us on Instagram @shieldlessmag.

Help end racism and support the BLM movement by donating at:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Find more music by Beat$ByDojo here:

https://soundcloud.com/beatsbydojo

Welcome to Quarantine Call With Shieldless Mag where your hosts Nick Shields and Reuben Barrack speak with skaters in the midst of quarantine to catch up and talk skateboarding. This is a special episode for the end of Mental Health Awareness month where we sit down with renowned skateboard journalist Robert Brink and discuss his recent diagnosis of depression and autism at the age of 44. We talk about the decision to go public with his diagnosis, the response from the skate community, seeking therapy, and giving advice to anyone struggling with their mental health. We tie this all in with lots of skate talk and even some candle making convo to start us out. Find more content and episodes at shieldlessmag.com. Keep up with us on Instagram @shieldlessmag. Follow Rob on Instagram @robertbrink and check out his candle company at thehundredthacre.com.

Find more resources on mental health at:

https://nami.org/

Music by Beat$ByDojo:

https://soundcloud.com/beatsbydojo

For episode 20 of Quarantine Call With Shieldless Mag  we catch up with our friend and professional skateboarder Shuriken Shannon. We find out what he's been up to during quarantine and hear about some of the madness he's seen out in the wild during all this. Shuriken has deep roots in the San Diego skate scene and we discuss some of his influences that got him to where he is today. We also discuss skating in ankle weights, filming for the Pig Wood Slaughterhouse  video, skating on stage with Lil Wayne, and getting a pro model shoe back in the day. Shuriken also shares some memories of the late P-stone and Jake Phelps from his time with them on Thrasher's 2007 King Of The Road, including when Phelps threw an apple at his head after landing a trick he was battling for! Keep up with us on Instagram @shieldlessmag and find more content at shieldlessmag.com. Make sure to follow Shuriken and all of his endeavors @shurikensjoint, @blaqeyevisuals, and @simpletimesofficial.

Buy Shuriken's board here:

https://www.arborcollective.com/collections/decks

Find more music by Beat$ByDojo here:

https://soundcloud.com/beatsbydojo