Depressedmidwest Issue 7

featured co r ey glick st e f f en watts k y le ja ku bowicz k ev i n bra un

nada still chill'n a f i lm by jon sch mo ldt

deep dish virgins

new englanders in chicago

deep dish chi dun ni ng a nd gama

sk at eboardi ng, f ri e nd s , piz z a , a n d st u f f

Editor and director alec ozawa graphic design alec ozawa photography by alec Ozawa contributing photographer alex papke depressedmidwest@gmail.com

cover: Alex Rado spreads eagle on a hippie hop tail drop

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phil proyce back tail x los angeles, ca

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jereme sneath rock n roll

friends section

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new englanders in chicago

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corey glick

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steffen watts

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kyle jakubowicz

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kevin braun

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mark dunning: deep dish

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nada still chill'n and deep dish premiere

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alex r ado

a skateboarding and motorcycle nerd

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amanda hart

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lurk diggle

\ˈlərk-ˈdi-gəl\

Derived from the proper noun, “Lurkdiggler”. Please refer to skateboarding, tattoos, mopeds, punk rock, puppies, Handlebar, Roadtrips, and Stoop kids.

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jon sharrat crazy jon makes amazing griptape art, started the zine, One time use , and can tell a damn good story on a long road trip. always good company and a good friend.

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all go, no slow.

greg harbour kickflip

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jereme sneath bS disaster

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pat franklin wallride

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bing liu

filmm ake r and f rie n d

mo m ents prior to prem ie ring his l ast docu m e nta ry, look at me .

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traveling long distances and filming intimate converstations about li fe wi th f ri e n d s, b oth o ld an d new , bing is current ly wor k i ng on a n e w d o c u m e ntary .

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deep dish virgins new englanders in chicago

this past summer, photographer, alex Papke, and friends made a spur of the moment trip to chicago in hopes of outrunning the rainy weather in pittsburgh and to explore a new city with foreign terrain.

Words and photography by alex pa pke

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josh feist f rontside 5-0

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deep dish virgins new englanders in chicago

dakota welty When Giorgio first brought up the idea of checking out Chicago after we were done skating Pittsburgh, I was immediately interested. Prior to this trip, I had never made it to the Midwest and didn’t know a thing about the skate scene out there. We were all excited to see what the mysterious windy city had to offer.

However, halfway through our time in Pittsburgh, Giorgio was hesitant of driving the seven and a half hour car ride over to Chicago. Between gas money

FS croo k to fakie

and food, we were all pretty low on cash and didn’t know if we would be able to afford the trip. As the first week came to an end in Pittsburgh, we saw that the weather was supposed to rain for the remainder of their time in town. With that in mind, after a few days of Cooper and I pushing the idea on Giorgio, he once again changed his mind. The trip was on.

As soon as we made our way into the loop, we were all a bit awe struck with the beauty of the city. Between the

abundance of plazas and perfect marble ledges at every corner, it looked like we were going to have a good time. Spot after spot, I was amazed by all of the things that we were able to skate just in the loop. Not only were the spots nearly perfect, but also security didn’t pose much of a threat, usually getting a solid 30 minutes in at each spot before we got the boot. Not mention, we did not have one run in with the police our entire trip, which is a rarity for skateboarders. Out of all the spots we skated in the loop,

Chase Plaza was definitely a group favorite. With buttery ledges and perfect wallies, it was an east coast skaters paradise and we tried to skate it at least once every night.

Besides skating the loop, Pat and Steffen took us to some awesome spots throughout the downtown district. We were all pretty surprised with how large the downtown district actually is, spanning miles out side of the loop itself. However, we ended up spending 99 percent of

pat franklin

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f e e ble to fakie

deep dish virgins new englanders in chicago

steffen watts o l l ie to fS wallrid e

our time skating circling around the loop finding spots on almost every block.

before, we were all pretty impressed with Chicago’s idea of the pizza pie.

Alongside spending most of our time skating, the Chicago locals showed us some awesome spots to eat around the city. Staying with Gama the first few nights we were in the city, he took us to some of the best Mexican food that I’ve gotten to enjoy since I’ve been to San Diego.

Alongside the Mexican, Pat, Steffen and Brett took us out for some insane deep dish at Uno’s. Never eating deep dish

Leaving the city after being there for only 5 days was definitely a bummer, but it was awesome to finally get to see the windy city and meet some of the locals up there. Everyone that we met in Chicago was extremely friendly and we are already planning our next trip to the Midwest. Thanks to everyone that made the trip so much fun, we can’t wait to do it again.

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josh feist caspe r to fa kie

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corey glick noseblunt

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corey glick lipslide

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FS boardslide

corey glick smith grind

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steffen watts 180 nosegrind 180 out

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steffen watts

frontside 5050 grab out

tailside fakie

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steffen watts steffen watts noseblunt from flat

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noseblunt from flat

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kyle jakubowicz kyle jakubowicz wallride

wallride

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kyle jakubowicz

sometimes breaking your tailbone really fucking hurts

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bs smith

kyle jakubowicz hurricane

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free on the youtubes

hoe PHASE

matt king

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gene belanger

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newly weds justin an d cor in chatroop

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kevin br aun

sometimes i can't immediately determine whether a skateboarder is regular or goofy. kevin is one of those people.

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kevin br aun switch ollie

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kevin br aun

switch lipslide switch flip out

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deep dish chi During the final days of filming for deep dish , I joined Mark dunning and friends for a night of pushing through the loop.

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almost roadkill.

kyle almost dies again, but this time from clipping a curb.

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kyle jakubowicz ollie

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steffen watts jumping hurdles with sequential ollies

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chicago premiere

on august 20th in chicago, jon schmoldt and mark dunning premiered their new skate videos, Na da Still Chill'n , and deep dish .

With a little over 3 years of filming with a broad cast of skateboarders for schmoldt's sequal, and glimpses into countless hours spent skating through the loop twilight in dunnings film, both videos proved the dedication of filmers such as these two. in addition to the video screenings, photos from the filming of each project were included in a photo show by matt gamalinda and myself. illustration by kyle jakubowicz photos by alec ozawa

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dunning and gama talk strategy for setup. gama hanging his first print.

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deep dish chi

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depressed midwest

chicago premiere

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welcome statement by gama.

gama

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chicago premiere

ryan niven working the door at the spot.

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cj kelly and ryan niven

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crazy jon

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kyle jakubowicz

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kaleb yetter and kevin, our security for the night

brett weinstein

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" d u n n i ng , eat pi z z a i n f ro nt o f t h e s k y l i n e "

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pizza party

wattsy brought some celebratory wine

jereme sneath

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chicago premiere

tay lo r ca r u so

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my l a dy , z e n i ta

b ri a n c oy l e

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z e n i ta a n d r a d o

chicago premiere

m a r k d u n n i ng a n d j o n sc h mo l dt

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wa i t i ng f o r t h e sc r e e n i ng to sta rt

t e c h n ica l di f f ic u lt i e s d u ri ng t h e n a da sc r e e n i ng

k a l e b y et t e r

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dunning and gama

steffen watts ollie