Legend: Steve Olson

Skateboard pioneer Steve Olson is still breaking the rules. Words: Luiz Sanchez. Photos: Jason Reposar at Gate 88. Skateboarding played a formative experience in my life. Granted I couldn’t drop in a vert to save my life, and my greatest claim to fame was nearly landing a kickflip one time, but the better half of my teenage years were spent cruising up and down Rotterdam with my friends. We would skate tunnels and train stations, running from the cops whenever our antics caught their ire. We would get drunk, high, occasionally tag buildings and explore the city in search of … Continue reading Legend: Steve Olson