Coming from the east coast of Florida, like fellow skateboard powerhouses Jamie Foy, Zion Wright, Tyson Peterson, Ish Cepeda & John Dilo, Nikolai is a BEAST. This absolute ledge technician joined Gary for this week’s ‘Grind & Unwind’. Get your headphones on for this one.,

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00:00 - INTRO
00:17 - NIKOLAI COMES ON
00:39 - GROWING UP IN MIAMI
4:48 - THERE WAS THIS DUDE JOSIAH GATLYN
12:58 - SKATERS MOVING OUT OF FLORIDA
17:22 - 16 YEARS OLD PURSUING A SKATEBOARD CAREER
19:25 - SUPPOSED TO BE A SOCCER PLAYER
25:15 - CHOOSING BETWEEN COLLEGE AND SKATEBOARDING
26:32 - FIRST MAJOR INJURY
27:42 - GETTING ON SHAKE JUNT
28:56 - RILEY PAVEY
31:36 - BRYAN HERMAN GROWING ONIONS
37:52 - GETTING ON WKND SKATEBOARDS
39:40 - PICKING SPOTS TO SKATE
42:42 - FILMING SKITS WITH WKND
44:18 - SKATING WITH BLP KOSHER
49:27 - NIKOLAI’S WORK ETHIC
55:57 - SLIDING TRICKS FOREVER
58:09 - BODY MECHANICS AND SKATEBOARDING
1:04:06 - FAVORITE X GAMES MOMENT
1:05:44 - MT RUSHMORE OF SKATING
1:07:15 - A MILLION BARS
1:09:33 - KIND WORDS