This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by writer, producer and publisher Cole Nowicki. Cole runs the newsletter Simple Magic, a newsletter about skateboarding, the internet, and other means of escape. __ Cole Simple Magic Cole's books Instagram Bluesky LinkedIn __ Links & References Dirt x Simple Magic Introducing... Nosegrab Cole's piece Boom and echo Cole's piece Falling or failing Cole's piece Is social media dead? Hardbody Skateboarding NEVER ENUFF III Gail.com __ 00:00 Introducing Cole 04:08 Unstated notes of piss 06:24 Early skater media influences 12:30 Skate culture and third spaces 15:48 The current state of the skate industry 21:26 Younger generations' relationship to skate culture 28:00 Right, Down + Circle 33:48 Is social media dead? 40:33 The dangers of happinessmaxxing 46:46 Bringing the swagger back to Vancouver 52:47 Betting on the future of skateboarding __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
