EPHREM
VS. DOWNTOWN
The king of fire escapes takes to the sky. Impromptu vertical excursions.
After School Archives | 2018
Photos by Aidan Galassetti
EPHREM
VS. DOWNTOWN
The king of fire escapes takes to the sky. Impromptu vertical excursions.
EPHREM
VS. DOWNTOWN
The king of fire escapes takes to the sky. Impromptu vertical excursions.
After School Archives | 2018
Photos by Aidan Galassetti
After School Archives | 2018
Photos by Aidan Galassetti

Building Skateboards
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
09 . 23 . 17
PHOTOS & WRITING | AIDAN T. E. GALASSETTI
Some might argue physics are the be all and end all of skateboarding. Those people would be myopic but technically correct. Bamboo slats and a vacuum sealed bag would attest to this claim, using pressure, mass, and velocity to turn raw materials into something much more versatile - a board on which you can roll.
There is no better companion for the task than Riccardo Antonelli himself. Rolling board enthusiast, Ricky shares a lot of the childish compulsions motivating this entire project forward. From shaving the styling foam, gluing the boards, painting the deck, and screwing in the trucks, the process of building a skateboard fulfills an ancient compulsion, an evolutionary itch, a human need. •