What’s the effect on those who are cried wolf to? The two birds forgotten once there’s one held in the hand? The friend, indeed, who’s never in need? The enemies kept farther away than allies? He who laughs last, but in silence? Hard telling, but they (and by they, I mean we) are the hinges… Continue reading Timbre #70: Shook-Down Street

We people the people, in order to form a more perfect union, share an exceptional bond with our canine companions. We see our best in all their puppiness and dogginess, and we hope to provide a life for them that’s as ego free, as loyal, and as loving as one they present to us. It’s… Continue reading Long Live Crash Dog: Corey Duffel Interview

Brian Anderson has some news that he’d like to share with all of you: He’s on a team again! The Good Problem got ahold of our favorite Antihero to talk about getting on companies, breaking up with family, and what it means to be a. hero in the face of all that is dangerous and… Continue reading A. Hero’s Welcome: Brian Anderson Interview

Each year on 9/11, I dust off this little essay and push it out into the world again because I don’t know what else to do. I always try to include one of Grant’s WTC photos with it, too. He has a couple good ones that, even though there’s no skating in them, still feel… Continue reading Never Forget: Skateboarding Matters

If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery but flattery is considered most insincere, then there really may be nowhere to turn—no hope for this world we’ve screeded and hammered and shaped for our own shredding devices. It’s a tough call, to be sure. On one hand we’re expected, by our own definitions, to… Continue reading Timbre #68: Do Not Duplicate

The philosophers have long argued—as philosophers are known to do—about what time is and what time isn’t. To some, it’s one of the fundamental building blocks of our entire universe, and along with stuff like distance, velocity, etcetera can be used as an example that other things exist or are parts of each other. In… Continue reading Timbre #66: Time On

Yesterday afternoon, on the heels of an eleventh-hour lawsuit against the International Skateboarding Federation and the International Olympic Committee, and on the eve of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, the IOC made its official announcement that skateboarding will be included the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. The Good Problem caught… Continue reading Skateboarding’s Olympics: Neal Hendrix Interview

On purpose, like I mean it, on the real, and all the rest of those jingly qualifiers … For the last few months I’ve been carrying around a bit of baggage in hopes of something good following it into my days. It ain’t heavy, brothers—just a scrap of paper. But its scuffs and folds have… Continue reading Timbre #65: Baggage Claim

Some win it all. Winners, we call them. This appears to be an element of almost every endeavor. In sport, in science, in art, in music there are those souls who have their time on top, collecting whatever prizes and accolades their winning ways produce. Waving to the audience behind the camera, they press palms,… Continue reading Timbre #64: Nearly Man

I’ve been putting this off, but I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I’m getting tired of the self-centered nature of my current days, and to type about me on top of all that seems like overkill. But like Elvis Costello said, “You should only please yourself. Nothing else matters.” It’s not indulgence I’m after,… Continue reading TGP Works: “Exactly Why” from Street Canoe #5, Spring 2016

I tried it a few times when I was really, really young—like five or six years old. That’s my first memory of it, anyway. My friend turned me on. He lived right by my school, which I thought was so amazing; he only had to walk across the street to get there. I went over… Continue reading TGP WORKS: “CAN’T HELP (WILLIN’ IN TUCSON)” FROM BAD EGG SKATEZINE, MAY 2016

Important things are—by and large—not very good things. Jury duty is important, as are term papers, parking tickets, mandatory meetings, dentist visits, cleaning toilets, registering for the draft, double yellows, and contests of any sort. Argue with this list if you like, but know that while arguing with lists might make you feel or sound… Continue reading Timbre #63: Of Great Unimportance

Just lost weight while sleeping. Can’t believe the results. I also dreamed of rolling up to a polished cement park that I’d never been to, but I somehow recognized. Then I convinced myself of the idea that a few of the bowls had been finished since my last visit. You know? Recently finished for years… Continue reading Timbre #62: What You Don’t Do

Skateboarding is contracting, some would argue, and as it does so, its outer beauty is showing exactly how deep “skin deep” really is. This burning exfoliation, however, is not exclusive to the evil, the lame, or the assholes—it’s not just the dead skin flaking away. It’s also your good friends, good pros, good shops, and… Continue reading Timbre #61: Secret Success

You ever think about yourself? Oh, yeah. Of course, it’s a secret. I wouldn’t tell anyone either … if I were you. Lemme go first, though … to make you feel at ease. Easy peasy. Ben Raybourn hands out for the sake of comfortable thought. Photo: Matt Price I’ve admired the extroverted. I’ve admired the… Continue reading Timbre #60: Ego Trip