7 Instagram Accounts Every Skateboarder Should Follow
There’s no shortage of Instagram accounts out there to keep skateboarders doom-scrolling for days. From our favorite pros to our favorite brands and everything in between, we really are unbelievably connected. Social media is an unavoidable monster, and we’re all following along to some degree. And hey … sometimes it’s fun!
That said, there is a smaller percentage of „skate nerd“ accounts out there that I concocted this list out of—and I’m still barely scratching the surface here—that I think skateboarders from every era will appreciate. The ones who really dig deep and put some effort into what they’re posting; the ones who have turned a fun idea into something we can all nerd out on.
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These are in no particular order, either. Just FYI. They’re all rad and hopefully the list of who you follow on Instagram grows a bit after this.
@SameSpotSameAngle
This account is so rad. The name is pretty self-explanatory, but whoever runs @samespotsameangle really does an insanely impressive job finding clips that have two different skaters doing the same trick, at the same spot, filmed from the same angle. Honestly, the first time I really dug into this account, I was blown away by how many situations like this actually exist. Often times from major pros in major full-lengths!
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There’s obviously an unwritten rule in skateboarding that says you can’t—well, shouldn’t—do the same trick at a spot that someone else has knowingly already done. Fair enough. But when they’re literally filmed from the same exact angle? Pretty wild. In fairness, back when social media wasn’t such a thing, and we depended strictly on word-of-mouth, it was a different story. But these days? Hmmm … I don’t know.
Regardless, some are coincidental, some might not be, but spend some time on their page and trip out. There are seriously a ton.
@DeadHippie
Former TWS alumni, incredible writer, ripping skateboarder and die-hard skate nerd, Mackenzie Eisenhour rules, and his Instagram account @deadhippie should be a mandatory follow.
While Mac offers a variety of investigative skate journalism and deep dives into a number of topics, the majority of his posts are photo and video submissions from other skate nerds across the globe showing the current conditions of iconic skate spots. Like, here’s what this classic spot from The Search for Animal Chin looks like now; here’s this classic schoolyard spot completely reconstructed from the 90s; here’s this famous handrail spot from the 00s, knobbed and painted…etc., etc.
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He’ll post a slideshow of photos and videos showing them then and now, and it’s always super fascinating. Sometimes, the spots are completely destroyed, changed and almost hard to reimagine. Other times, you see hints and remains of the sacred ground that once was—those ones are super rad. And often, the spot is still there, looking as perfect as ever, only it’s unskateable for one reason or another.
At any rate, everyone from Gonz to Tony Hawk to tons of your favorite pros follow along, and for good reason. Watching Mackenzie post clips of him ripping and progressing in the midst of it all is simply just the cherry on top! If you aren’t following, well, get there.
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@NoPushLines
I feel like the idea of doing „no push lines“ isn’t something we fully grasp—or let alone strive for—as skaters until we’re at a certain point in our journey. There’s so many little unwritten rules and subtleties in skateboarding, just like there’s (arguably) cooler ways to do things … like piecing together a line without pushing.
The account @nopushlines is basically just a huge catalog of clips featuring skaters piecing together lines in one fluid motion. Their only rules? „NO PUSHING/NO PARK.“ Deal!
It’s hard to deny that lines look way smoother when you can pull one off without pushing, but what’s funny is that we often don’t even realize it’s happening. That’s why I’m glad this account exists. We need these little reminders every once in a while.
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You can really get sucked down the rabbit hole on this one in the best way. And again, it’s just a prime example of skateboarders pulling out the magnifying glass and really dissecting not just what our favorite skaters are doing but how they’re doing it. Just peep those Ishod Wair lines above. Not everyone can pull off a line like that, but those who can, well… we’re thankful for ‚em.
@OverthinkingSkateVideos
If there’s one account on this list that deserves the award for „Most Attention to Detail,“ it’s definitely @overthinkingskatevideos. Honestly, just look at this post below, for example, about how many slo-mo tricks there were in Lakai’s groundbreaking video, Fully Flared. I mean, this is serious stuff! Take a look:
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„Barring statistical anomalies, Guy Mariano’s part has the most slow-mo at 54.3% slow-mo (or 44 of his 81 clips), followed by Brandon Biebel’s part with 53.5% slow-mo (or 23 of his 43 clips) and Mike Mo Capaldi’s part with 47.6% slow-mo (or 30 of his 63 clips). Swipe to the end to nerd out on more raw data.“
That’s just a snippet of the caption (also, swipe and look at that graph on the fourth slide), but these dudes truly do overthink tricks, spots, the way people push, the way things are filmed … and that list goes on and on and on.
There are some serious deep-dives (and more often than not, moments that you can’t help but agree with) about the most minuscule things in videos, it’s almost funny at times! Like, damn, you really dug into that one! But at the same time, that’s exactly what makes it so rad.
All I can say is give them a follow. You won’t be disappointed.
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@BlatantNostalgia
Depending on your age or the era you grew up skating, @blatantnostalgia can certainly be a nostalgic skateboarding account. It’s a place someone like myself, for example, can go to revisit some of the skaters, clips, skate videos, soundtracks and everything in between from when I was first becoming consumed with skateboarding.
For younger skaters, it can be a great place to get some solid visual skate history, and learn about the skaters, videos, parts and whatever else that helped get us to where we are today. Regardless, the majority of their posts tend to make me think, „What happened to that guy?“ Or, „They just don’t make videos like this anymore…“ Or, of course, „This was the best era of skateboarding.“
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Hey, it’s all subjective, but the nostalgia is real on this account! He gets really into detail in the descriptions most of the time, too. Great posts to DM your homies and spark up a conversation. Follow along and let the nostalgia pour in.
@SwiftBlazer
Another account that provides some much-needed nostalgia, @swiftblazer is rad because he posts a ton of stuff from the mid-’90s to early 2000s, which was right around the time I was getting into skating, and was certainly an era I studied a lot in my late-teens, early-twenties. There are a ton of classic TWS video clips peppered in from the golden era of TransWorld videos, too, which is simply a bonus.
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Aside from posting classic parts, he brings new life to old, classic ads. Sequences from old mags. Clips from the cuttiest old videos. Timeless covers.
Honestly, there’s a huge variety and it’s this variety that really keeps things interesting over there. You never know what’s coming, but it’s always something that makes you pause and reflect for a bit. So tight. Hey, if you’re sitting around scrolling all day, you might as well take a little trip down memory lane every once in a while! Give him a follow.
@TransWorldSKATE
Oh, you thought I’d leave this one out? No way. And I’m not even being biased here!
From local indie videos from across the globe to contest coverage, nostalgic clips, featured videos, documentaries, podcasts, product talk and everything in between, @transworldskate should be on every skateboarder’s follow list.
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Hey, follow all the mags, all the media companies, this, that and the other—we aren’t here to hate! But I’m just saying the TransWorld SKATEboarding Instagram account should be a mandatory part of your scrolling. We have some fun stuff in the works for next year, too. So why wait? Get ahead of it all and join the conversation! But don’t forget to smash that follow button on all the rest of these accounts first.
Okay, now put your phone down and go skate!
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