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Micky Papa

August 3, 2026

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About this episode

Micky Papa discusses growing up in Canada, scheming to help his family, drinking when he was a teenager, jumping through the hoops to get sponsored, how Sluggo helped his family during the Christmas holiday, getting a commercial gig & paid his family's rent, getting on Blind Skateboards, getting into SLS from the Tampa Pro contest, how quad tendinitis almost took him out, Yuto staying at his house early on in his career and much more!

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The guest

Micky Papa

Micky Papa is a Canadian professional skateboarder who rode for Blind and qualified for SLS through the Tampa Pro contest. In this episode he says he is currently a free agent.

Chapters

  1. Micky Papa
  2. Learning fakie tricks
  3. Quad tendinitis almost took him out
  4. Practicing for PSL (Close Friends List)
  5. Getting into skateboarding
  6. Jumping through the hoops to get sponsored
  7. Online money making schemes
  8. RDS pass
  9. Tough up bringing, Drinking as a teenager
  10. Scheming to help his family
  11. Got a commercial gig for $3,500 & paid his family's rent
  12. Coming to the States
  13. Damn am & getting on Blind Skateboards
  14. Reverse engineering a goal
  15. Getting into SLS from the Tampa Pro contest
  16. Flew down from Canada to skate a gap in malibu
  17. He's a free agent
  18. Ted talk
  19. Yuto stayed at his house early on

Links

Videos / Articles

Contest results & rankings

Selected career highlights, not a complete contest history.

  • 1stDamn Am Select Series Chicago Finals: Presented by Nike SB2015Source
  • 2ndTampa Am Finals2014Source
  • 2ndMaloof Money Cup NYC AM Street2011Source
  • 45thWorld Skate WSR — men’s streetNovember 6, 2026 (PT)Source

Ranking rows are current snapshots fetched November 6, 2026 (PT), not results from the episode date.

People mentioned

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