The Berricsのインスタグラム(berrics) - 1月4日 01時04分

When you start your year by being featured in Playboy, you’re doing something right. @オースティン・ジレット enjoyed that honor in April (courtesy of an article penned by Rob Brink). In it, the outspoken pro/musician/all-around skate idol talks about his motivations with FORMER and outlines in frank terms his view of the current state of skateboarding: “THERE’S A LOT OF FUCKING BULLSHIT AND SOME HALF-ASSED SKATING GOING ON…” Gillette is expressing a continual gripe that analytically minded skaters have in our age of increased social media presence and endless self-promotion: that we’ve collectively become a faceless mass. As much as we’ve progressed in skateboarding, we’ve kind of devolved in the personality department. Gillette bucks that trend with every clip, interview, photo, and song; he relishes every opportunity to be real. His album Sensorisk (which he released in June) demonstrates this perfectly. The album’s songs aren’t happy-go-lucky wish fulfillment; they focus on what makes you sad, then they dig deeper to find the root of this sadness. There’s something beautiful about that.

Gillette’s 2018 parts, including “Radiant Cure” and #HUF002, complemented his interviews (most memorably on The Bunt in March). In some way, his honesty—or lack of a filter—translates to passion, and that passion is evident in clips like these. Gillette: the best a skater can get.

Vote Austyn Gillette as your #Populist2018 on January 15.

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