Episode 6 - The Sixth One... and Steve Saiz
Wendi and Dfernando's sixth episode and their guest interview is with designer, artist and skateboarder Steve Saiz. While attending high school with GENERATION RIPE's co-host Wendi McLendon-Covey, then-teenage Long Beach local Steve Saiz began his pro skateboarder career as part of the vert team of Powell Peralta's "Bones Brigade" (alongside legends Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill and Lance Mountain). Steve was part of the late 80s "street style" skateboard revolution and in 1989, his Native American "totem pole" graphic was the second illustrated deck model by newly acquired artist Sean Cliver in 1989. After incurring numerous skateboarding injuries, Steve chose to focus on his art and design talent which has led him to become Art Director for DC Shoes Inc./Quicksilver Inc., DC Shoes Artist Projects, Imagewerk Agency and Spy Eyewear for a number of years to his current work as Director of Graphics at 3 Ball Entertainment, which have produced countless reality series like BAR RESCUE. His interest in painting caught the eyes of Grammy Award winning recording artist Pink and director Dave Myers, who commissioned him for the featured paintings in her 2011 music video “F**kin’ Perfect." As part of his ongoing work as an artist, he is also known for his one-of-a-kind SAIZ FEATHERBOARDS and was recently accepted as an artist for the Starbucks Artist Projects for interior Murals in Starbucks Coffee cafés. These murals, on the boardwalk in Venice Beach, CA, are a tribute to the rich skateboarding history of Venice and honor one of the true legends of the sport Christian Hosoi. Contact Steve Saiz at: saiz5412@gmail.com Follow him on his Instagram @saiz5412 Also on Episode 6, Wendi and Dfernando give updates on their upcoming projects, mention the HBO documentary VERY RALPH, the real Beverly Goldberg's THE GOLDBERGS COOKBOOK, Chris Salewicz's REDEMPTION SONG: The Ballad of Joe Strummer and more on their weekly RIPE a ROTTEN REPORT. Follow us on our Instagram: Wendi McLendon-CoveyDfernando ZarembaGENERATION RIPERemember to subscribe to GENERATION RIPE Visit Dfernando Zaremba's website: dfernandozaremba.com
