Category Archives: Mental Health

Why So Sad? x The Ben Raemers Foundation

We shot this short film during our time in Glasgow in the summer of 2022. I had organized an event in partnership with The Ben Raemers Foundation and the Scottish Association for Mental Health. Nike SB provided support and got team rider Chris Jones—who is also studying to become a certified counselor—up for the day. […]

Ben Raemers: Some thoughts on depression and its worst-case conclusion

Ben Raemers was the sweetest, funnest kid I ever toured with. I only traveled with Ben a couple of times, first through Europe and then through the Pacific North West. Now, in light of his recent death, I realize that there was a subtle anxiety in him that only in hindsight I see was the […]

The Good Egg Mission #2: A New World Record

For anyone new to the story here’s the deal; in 2011 my sister Katrina took her own life. She was 31 and it was March. I was 33 at the time and I still had a pro-model board on Zero, a pro-model shoe on eS, a retainer from Thunder Trucks and a clothing deal with […]

THE GOOD EGG | FULL VIDEO | A CYCLE-SKATE TRIP IN AID OF SUICIDE PREVENTION

Ok. Here we are. It took me more than 6 months to slowly piece this little video together. Every few weeks I would find a 20 minute window here, or a couple of hours there. Then I would second guess the whole thing. “Who wants to know about depression and suicide anyway? Such a bummer.” […]

THE GOOD EGG: A BICYCLE-SKATE MISSION IN AID OF THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

Ok, so we did it. Myself, Brent, Molly, Marty, Quinn, Benson, Jonah, Oleg, and Cards rode 100 miles to Lincoln City, then we met up with Philippa and Ivor, camped out at the Art Barn in Beaver Creek and the next day went to Lincoln City skatepark and I beat the crap out of myself […]