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THE JOSHUA POLLINA INTERVIEW:
What is your name and where are you from?
Joshua Pollina. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1985. Since then I’ve lived in Omaha, Nebraska, Honesdale & State College, Pennsylvania, and currently Bethesda, Maryland.
How long have you been skateboarding/involved in skateboarding?
I started skateboarding in 1997 when I was 12, so about 16 years.
Do you work in the industry?
That would be my dream job to work in skateboarding. Currently, I work for an advertising agency where I get to be creative and work with awesome people.
What is your Tumblr and when did it start?
Joshuapollina.tumblr.com Started it in 2010 just posting my own 35mm film photos and it evolved into reblogging random stuff with some skate photos thrown in. By 2011, it was almost entirely skateboarding related but I still like to throw in art I like and other stuff that interests me.
What was the motivation behind starting it?
I was checking everythingyoulovetohate.tumblr.com, olsonstuff.tumblr.com, and nazigold.tumblr.com and some other Tumblrs almost every day, so I thought I might as well sign up and get my own. Also, I was shooting a lot of film back then, so I wanted a place to post my photos that was free.
Do you have any larger goals for your blog or is it all personal enjoyment?
Larger goals would be to do more interviews with shops, distributors, and skateboarders. Besides that, the blog is mostly just about having a place for me to organize skate photos so I can look them up later. If, somehow down the line, I was able to get a job in skateboarding due to the exposure from my blog, that would be the ultimate goal.
What are your top 5 Tumblr accounts that you follow?
http://ryanallanphoto.tumblr.com/
http://ryanflynn.tumblr.com/
http://thegreendiamond.tumblr.com/
http://groodstuff.tumblr.com/
http://nazigold.tumblr.com/
Top 5 Tumblr accounts that follow you?
Streetpiracy, cubegleamers, zacksucks, mattresschild, mrvtr
What are some things that make for a great Tumblr page?
Regular updates, original/unique content, personality, high resolution images, interaction with followers.
Is Tumblr better than instagram? Why or why not?
Tumblr is my favorite social media platform of them all for a few reasons: no censorship, variety of post types (more than just pictures), and the fact that it’s a free website. Instagram is cool, though.
Top 5 instagram users?
@koolmoeleo
@olsonstuff
@furrycalamari
@williamstrobeck
@atibaphoto
Who are your Top 5 skaters of all time?
Julien Stranger, Gino Iannucci, Jason Dill, Mark Gonzales, and Brian Anderson.
Top 5 current skaters?
Jake Johnson, Brad Cromer, Sammy Winter, Logan Lara, Sage Elsesser.
Top 5 Canadian skaters?
Rick McCrank, Rick Howard, Mark Appleyard, Alex Chalmers, Paul Machnau.
Top 5 video parts of all time?
Gino Iannucci – Chocolate Tour
Jason Dill – Photosynthesis
Mark Gonzales – Kicked out of everywhere
Jamie Thomas – Welcome to Hell
Julien Stranger – Skypager
Best non-skate thing to reblog?
The Simpsons
Top 5 reasons how the Internet makes skateboarding better.
You get to watch every part ever for free
I find new photos every single day that get my hyped
Google street view to find new spots
Slap’s rumor boards
skate Tumblrs
Top 5 U.S. Cities to Skate
SF
NYC
Philly
DC
Baltimore
Top 5 food spots in DC metro area
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Founding Farmers
The Star and the Shamrock
Dangerously Delicious Pies
Mandu
Top 5 songs to skate to
Dirt Nasty – 1980
Iggy Pop & The Stooges – The Passenger
Afroman – Let’s All Get Drunk Tonight
Ween – My Own Bare Hands
Andre Nikatina – Ayo for Yayo
Top 5 songs used in skate parts
Iggy Pop & The Stooges – Search and Destroy in AVE’s Photosynthesis part
Animal Collective – My Girls in Jake Johson’s Mindfield part
Misfits – London Dungeon in Mike Maldonado’s Welcome to Hell part
Iron Maiden – Hallowed be thy Name in Jamie Thomas’ Welcome to Hell part
Morrissey – Speedway in Heath Kirchart’s Mindfield part
Top 5 cover photos of all time
Eric Koston – backside noseblunt Hubba Hideout for Transworld’s Photo Annual 1998
Danny Way – backside noseblunt on the car for Thrasher’s 200th issue
Jeremy Wray – Tower ollie for Thrasher
Mark Gonzales – Pole Jam for Thrasher
Brian Anderson – Tailslide for Thrasher
Top 5 most photogenic skateboarders
Julien Stranger
Brian Anderson
Gino Iannucci
Eric Koston
Ricky Oyola
Top 5 Photographers
Daniel Harold Sturt
Atiba Jefferson
Sam Ashley
Oliver Barton
Greg Hunt
GIF, photo or video?
Still photos are my favorite.
90’s or 2000’s?
Both were great, but I’d have to go with the ’90s.
East coast or west coast?
East Coast for life. I love California and the Pacific Northwest, though.
What is your favorite non-skate blog or website?
Life.time.com
What is your favorite American magazine?
Skateboarder
Canadian Magazine?
Color
What do you see as the next big thing as far as skateboard promotion through social media?
More major companies getting Tumblrs. The possibilities are endless.
What is the best and worst trend in skateboarding right now?
Worst trend is doing mind-blowing, amazing skateboard tricks with perfect form but absolutely no style. Also, riding for companies that have nothing to do with skateboarding. Best trend is how there are a new batch of kids coming up that aren’t focusing on doing the most technical or biggest stuff and just skateboarding how they want to.
Prediction for 2013 SOTY??
First, I think Thrasher shouldn’t be allowed to pick the SOTY anymore after last year. If it was based on who deserves to win, I’d say Dylan Rieder.

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