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Monday, January 4, 2010
Richie Jackson in GQ?


The man of unique style also skates uniquely.
The type of skateboarding that Australian Richie Jackson does is as devisive as the clothes he wears. His part in Death Skateboard's video "Escape from Boredom" came out of nowhere, with a lot of polejams, wallrides and no complys. He kept the weirdness alive in "And Now," even showing some of that "traditional" skateboarding we all like. But, the great part of skating is it can include people like Jackson and P-Rod all at the same time. Jackson's uniqueness abounds, however, outside his skating and he has gotten noticed by GQ as a psychadelic style to which to aspire. Read more here