Clive Dixon: Five Greats
5/11/2021
Photo: PapkeYou already know Clive’s conquered some of the most hectic stairs and rails across the continental US. What you might not have heard is that between the brutal skate missions, he travels around the country on solo road trips and reads more than an English professor. Check this road warrior's lists for books recs, tips on skating sackable spots and what you gotta see between the seas.
Florida man risks his life on a 5-0 in California Photo: Burnett
- Shane Kassin
- Corey Cowherd
- James Spence
- Blake Carpenter
- Andrew Reynolds
- Calculate your achievements in small steps
- Don’t let failure discourage you
- Pay no attention to naysayers
- Focus on your growth, not that of others
- Know what you are working towards
- Some form of calamity
- Toby
- Magnifying glass
- Jason Andrew Molina
- Tape recorder (there’s an app)
Clive flirts with calamity on this chasm-crossing kickflip Photo: Muller
- Time to think
- Self-realization
- Freedom of choice
- Silence
- Being forced to depend on yourself
- Bound to the Floor by Local H
- Aneurysm by Nirvana
- Softer, Softest by Hole
- Zero by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Low by Cracker
- Rest
- Ice
- Compression
- Elevation
- Stop drinking and smoking
When you noseblunt 17-stair rails, you gotta know the R.I.C.E. drill Photo: Zaslavsky
- Heath Kirchart
- Andrew Reynolds
- Aaron Suski
- Ben Raybourn
- Aaron Homoki
- Jake Johnson, Red Chile
- Tyler Price, Stakes is High
- Shane Kassin, Commit or Quit
- Blake Carpenter, Daylando
- Shawn Hale, Hail Mary
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- The Inferno of Dante, translation by Robert Pinsky
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Whether you wanna know about the classics or nollie crooks, Clive’s got you covered Photo: Burnett
- Payson Pass
- The transition from brown to green
- Black water
- Navajo Nation
- White sand on the Gulf
- Jeremy Wray, water-tower ollie, November ‘97
- Brian Anderson, SOTY cover, April ‘00
- Andrew Reynolds, backside flip, May ‘07
- Antwuan Dixon, photo issue 2009
- Jim Greco, switch frontside flip, September ‘00
- Ish Cepeda
- Christian Henry
- Ed Duff
- Kevin Shealy
- Thomas Dritsas
Keeping the heat in the streets, switch 180 to bank bash Photo: Aguilar
- Ten-pound bag of jerky
- Dirt
- Busch Heavy
- Tuna
- Curds
- Adam Mills
- Jason Hernandez
- Ty Evans
- Tim Cisilino
- Michael Townley
- Bag of Suck
- Mind Field
- Misled Youth
- Welcome to Hell
- Cataclysmic Abyss
- The 900
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
- Bagel Bites
- Take the blue pill
- Demo he skated in Malaga, 2015
- Sack it
- Drink a beer
- Get riled up before the first try
- Drive yourself mad thinking about it for a few days, weeks, months or sometimes years beforehand
- Personify the rail and start talking shit to it
- Ethan Fowler
- Geoff Rowley
- Dustin Dollin
- Matt Mumford
- Terry Kennedy
He’s for sure on some lists for great rail skaters. Feeble around the bend Photo: Aguilar
- Pedro Barros
- Mike Frazier
- Lincoln Ueda
- Rob Lorifice
- Brian Schaefer
- Sharon Dixon
- No state income tax
- No Newsom
- Thunderstorms
- SpaceX
- Summer heat
- Bath salts
- Mosquitoes
- Ron Jons
- Too many rides on the town bike
Photo: Burnett
- Don’t skate
- Don’t talk
- Don’t enjoy yourself
- Don’t hang with the kids
- Don’t sober up
- See family
- Travel for pleasure
- Find new hobbies
- Swim
- Explore the great outdoors
- Acting/thinking you are cool
- Safety hands
- Lil Peep
- BVs
- Boardslide to hurricane
- CBS
- MLK
- LES
- FDR
- PNW
No skatepark can prepare you for this ramp to backside 5-0 Photo: Rhino
- Companionship
- Unconditional love
- A sense of responsibility
- Taking walks
- Rescue one and find out how grateful they are
- Take a deep breath and look at the world around you
- Fish
- Swim
- Hike
- The great outdoors, baby
- Fatigue
- Uncertainty
- Harsh weather conditions
- Equipment malfunction
- Wussitis
Ollie over and in, wussitis ain't a factor here Photo: Muller
- Mike Burnett
- Atiba Jefferson
- Sam Muller
- Bart Jones
- Scott Kramer
- Having a passion
- Striving to achieve dreams
- Falling in love
- Spending time with family
- A drive to never give up
- Get published
- Magnum opus part
- Buy property in Florida
- Backside noseblunts
- Healthy relationship
Clive's Prine part would be any mere mortal's magnum opus. There's no telling how he'll top this, but if he's got the goal, it's going down
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