Crew Cuts: Illegal Civilization, Episode 1

Skateboarding used to be split into two dominant types, exemplified by the straight-laced “Aw, shucks!” Powell-Peralta dudes and the Daggers, who burned their whole playbook. Then things got more urban, people started dressing like they were going to a nightclub, and it became OK to skate to rap. Illegal Civilization’s products and videos track this cultural mash-up of everything in skate history, along with a ton of L.A. street skating that’s part aggro, part finesse. Their second video is self-described a