Always good to take the time to listen to your listeners. Mitch Hartman and Steve Fletch have done this before, we did it with a Podus Operandi podcast too. Recently the two had an episode where they broke down what's new in 2025: A lot of team changes, companies being sold, Tom Asta off éS, Lakai getting new ownership—a lot of good pod fodder. That episode must have sparked a lot of talk in the comments, because they've dropped one of their popular "comment reaction" episodes. Dive in.
"Mitch and Steve go through the comments from their "what's new in 2025" episode and see what the people have to say"
101 comments at the time they recorded this one—milk this cow! Zumiez Vs. core shops. Mitch makes the point, you've got to at least mail-order from a real skate shop! Sounds like trying to grip a board at Zumiez sucks.
Who's still on Emerica? What shoes is Mike Carroll wearing now? When they start talking about Ross Norman and Mark Humienik and roll that footage—damn, Humienik's the best.
The Lakai Tokyo video is pretty good, they got Bastien Salabanzi, but who are the rest of these guys? Will it send people out to buy Lakais? Did people buy Cariumas when Bastien was on? Or is it only people who get them for free? Dead Air Radio is out here asking the hard questions, and answering them.
