5 Greats: Wes Kremer 7/06/2023
Wes has been to the top of the mountain—remember 2014?!—and still stays committed to the game as hard as ever. With a new fucked-up part in SK8Mafia’s 2023 full-length, we figure it was time to get some rankings on the record from our longtime friend. Read on as Wes lays out the lists from Rhino moments, to Smolikisms, Underground Rippers and more in this piece in our July mag.


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• Brandon Turner switch hard Wallenberg: 10/25/20
• Promo in Pusula
• That street in Bangkok
• The result of everyone on their phones for the last decade
• The light

• Everyday people
• King Diamond
• Emergency response teams
• Dr. Sebi
• Juicy J

• Danny Way
• Peter Hewitt
• Tony Gwynn
• Brandon Turner
• Wayne Dietsch

• Metal
• Geto Boys
• Angel Dust
• Van percussion
• Cyril Jackson’s freestyles

He’s seen the light! fakie wallride to forwards    Photo: Rhino

• Meeting Rhino and P-Stone at Med Choice gap at 14
• Getting choked out by Rhino at 21
• Getting a birthday cake from Rhino at 30
• Consistent blood, sweat and cheers given to skateboarding daily
• I cherish every goddamn moment

• Concourse
• Del Mar cliffs
• Mushroom caves
• 5th and Quince
• Tangiers Court

Wes bends the law with a darkslide

• Rolling thunder
• Catching tiles
• “IE”
• Powerslides
• “Uuuuugggggghhhhhh”

• Bru-Ray
• The Storm
• Ian Reid’s video
• transworld videos
• SK8MAFIA4LIFE

• “Never trust a fart” —Jack Nicholson
• “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do” —Jimmy Astleford
• “Don’t drink that wine” —Myself
• “You’re on the cusp” —Darren Navarette
• “Remember to make good choices” —Mom

• Banger management
• Exploring foreign territory
• Pursuits to the store before the cutoff
• Beach life
• Night life

Ollie over the hole in faraway lands     Photo: Rhoades

• Times
• Technology
• Synchronicity
• Stepping on a fresh turd
• Parking tickets

• Rodney Johnson
• Preston Maigetter
• Joe Hammeke
• Tommy Cantrell
• Marc “Shockus” Delellis

• Don’t be negative
• Skateboard
• Get off the Internet
• Cold shower
• Could always be worse

• Evan Smith, kickflip wallride
• Navarette, Boost Mobile metal blast Vegas
• Steve Bailey, lost skatepark Japan
• Milton, carwash kickflip
• Cardiel face

Front-shove 50 for those who never could       Photo: Rhoades

• Call
• Text
• Outta sight, outta mind
• Lose it, break it
• Too many phonies

• Garlic
• Baking soda
• Assortment of fast-food sauce packets
• Life after skateboarding
• Slabs

Salad in the fridge? Nah, Wes puts it in the bin      Photo: Pires

• “Nineties… Nah, son, 40s”
• “Muthaphukkaz see me wanna be me ‘n’ shit”
• “Spot up, sucka!”
• “You put the thing thing in the thing thing”
• Any quote from Raw with ODS episode three and four

• Ace Ventura (both of them)
• Crank
• Lucy
• The Deer Hunter
• Fully Flared

Taking the long way on a switch 180     Photo: Rhoades

• Don’t get caught in the first place
• Kill them with kindness
• Pee your pants
• “Cuanto para llevar?”
• Park somewhere else

• When
• We
• Going
• To
• Karaoke?

• Stick and pitch
• Wheelbite
• Darkside throwdown
• Pogo
• Coffin sit

• Drop in to hang up
• Slash and burn
• El Palito
• Barefoot and blindfolded
• Roll in or get out

Pee-your-pants wallride to 5-0    Photo: Rhino

• Be there
• Beer there
• Respect
• Need a lift?
• Come on! Where’s the fuckin’ hype!

• Cruiser board
• Fear
• Mannequin leg
• Spare brain
• Junk

• Call it a day when it’s night
• The sun rises and the sun sets
• Skate or don’t
• Never enough days
• Caught in the beach vortex

• Poster of Simpsons' characters
• Homie Check Outs and Who’s Hots
• Scott Kane archives
• Signed Mathias Ringstrom poster
• “We Kill Trees and Party” enjoi ad

Switch tré over the thing thing. Tear this out and stick it on your wall      Photo: Rhino

• Lukas Miller
• Chris Cope
• William Patrick
• Richie Vinz
• Jake Phelps

• Body function
• A good chair at the beach
• World peace
• Deflation
• Tomorrow

Lotta hazards on this nollie 50-50. Wes Kremer is one of the greats!     Photo: Rhino

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