Luna Shadows is a singer/songwriter/skater from California, where she puts out dreamy, slightly gothy pop music and skates around big Hollywood mansions. Sounds ideal. Her latest video, for new single “god.drugs.u,” features pretty much all of the skaters/models that sad dudes on Instagram love to hate, and we love that. And among them is Briana King, who appears in Skateism Issue #4, so we’re extra psyched on it. This is all to say that we were stoked to have Luna put together a 10 Trax for us. And so was she, as she put together way more than ten, and also sent us a short article explaining what skating means to her and why SKATEISM gets her stoked (awww, thank you!). Here’s that video, with her article and Spotify playlist below. Give it a read, then grab your headphones and go cruise down a beachside bike path if you can. Or just bomb the nearest mellow hill and pretend you’re flying past palm trees and famous people’s mansions. – SKATEISM
Photos by Nina Jordan
Words by Luna Shadows
This playlist reflects my typical skating experience: pretty cruisy, lots of chill, occasional moments of energized confidence… but for the most part, made for swirling & cruising. I feel like I missed out on the Dogtown days, so on this playlist you’ll find a lot of swimmy guitars & retro flavor.
The skating experience isn’t one size fits all, and the skating playlist experience shouldn’t be, either! A parallel between skateboarding & music: womxn, LGBTQIA, & minorities have long been either outnumbered, discouraged, undermined, and/or excluded from participating. Here’s a skate playlist with a bit more representation than the ole’ Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 soundtrack; it’s got lots of upcoming DIY acts in addition to some staples.
Luna’s custom god.drugs.u skate deck, available soon in her online store.
What I love about SKATEISM is the mission statement that skating is for everyone. I’m a musician – I’ve dedicated my life to writing, producing, recording, and performing music. I think there tends to be an aggression or dismissal in the skate community towards individuals who do not skate every second of every day. I’ve been casually skating since 2008 – I’ve had years where I skated everyday, and others where I didn’t skate at all for months at a time. But the little skate breaks that I get to take in my parking garage between writing songs, or the weekend excursions with my friends where we overcome the judgment of 8-year-old boys in skateparks are really fulfilling and important.
In every other area of life, I am generally not a risk-taker. I have a lot of anxiety, obsessive thinking about the past, and fear of the future. Skating is one place where feeling afraid feels fun, where I have to be present.
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