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Mike McGill

Nov 21, 2022

About this episode

Mike McGill discusses growing up on the east coast & getting into skating, how he got on Powell Peralta, his fist published photo in a magazine, inventing the Mctwist, opening his shop and getting his park built, filming The Search For Animal Chin, being a stunt double for Christian Slater in “Gleaming The Cube”, seeing Alan Gelfand do a ollie for the first time, Vert Alert and much more!

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The guest

Chapters

1. 00:00:00- Intro
2. 00:05:43- Vert Alert and on the injured list
3. 00:16:39- Opening his shop and getting his park built
4. 00:26:33- The struggles of owning and running a skate shop
5. 00:31:04- Being from the east coast and getting into skating
6. 00:34:52- Getting on Powell Peralta
7. 00:38:39- Going to Califonia for the first time to skate
8. 00:40:41- Mike's fist published photo in a magazine
9. 00:45:45- Alan Gelfand and the invention of the ollie
10. 00:51:03- Inventing the Mctwist
11. 01:07:29- Going pro for Powell Peralta
12. 01:16:49- Filming "The Search For Animal Chin"
13. 01:31:39- Making way for street skating
14. 01:37:51- What he thought about Christian Hosoi the first time he saw him skate
15. 01:44:04- Being a stunt double for Christian Slater in “Gleaming The Cube”
16. 01:49:21- Stunt doubling for Bruce Willis
17. 01:54:04- Stunt doubling for Mark Wahlberg in "Daddy's Home"
18. 02:03:34- Meeting George Harrison
19. 02:12:19- The Olympics

Links

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Talked about in this episode

Bones Brigade An Autobiography, Property of Powell Peralta, Skateboard DocumentaryJust SkateThe Bones Brigade Video Show - OLD SCHOOL SKATE - FULL - Presented By Powell PeraltaGustavo Fumero

Videos / Articles

POWELL PERALTA PRESENTS: FUTURE PRIMITIVEPowell PeraltaPOWELL PERALTA PRESENTS: THE SEARCH FOR ANIMAL CHINPowell PeraltaPOWELL PERALTA PRESENTS: PUBLIC DOMAINPowell Peralta

People mentioned

Selected names and timestamped moments checked against the episode’s English auto-generated captions.

• Jay Adams

  Mentioned at 21:12
• Steve Olson

  Mentioned at 32:54

  Steve Olson — The Nine Club #407Christian Hosoi & Steve Olson Steve Olson — The Nine Club #356Steve Olson & Steve Alba Steve Olson — The Nine Club #39Steve Olson
• Tony Alva

  Mentioned at 36:10
• Stacy Peralta

  Mentioned at 40:44
• Jeff Grosso

  Mentioned at 52:09

  Jeff Grosso — The Nine Club #85Jeff Grosso
• Lance Mountain

  Mentioned at 53:15

  Lance Mountain — The Nine Club #127Lance Mountain
• Tommy Guerrero

  Mentioned at 1:20:57

  Tommy Guerrero — The Nine Club #97Tommy Guerrero
• Jimmy Wilkins

  Mentioned at 1:22:33

  Jimmy Wilkins — The Nine Club #229Jimmy Wilkins
• Todd Swank

  Mentioned at 1:23:44
• Steve Caballero

  Mentioned at 1:58:32

  Steve Caballero — The Nine Club #155Steve Caballero

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