Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you were a skateboarder in the early 2000s, chances are you grew up on Jon Miner’s work. The visionary behind iconic projects like This is Skateboarding, Kids in Emerica, Stay Gold, and more, Miner helped define a generation of skate videos. Skaters couldn’t get enough of his signature look and feel — raw, stylish, unforgettable.
To kick off Season 2 of Let It Kill You, series creator Ben Mcqueen heads to Santa Rosa to dive into Jon’s personal life, tracing his journey through stories, memories, and candid moments. Jon gets real — personal, vulnerable, and unfiltered — opening up about skateboarding, life, and what it takes to be one of the best skateboarders to ever step behind the camera.
From Andrew Reynolds to Heath Kirchart, hear from the legends themselves as they reflect on what made working with Jon Miner so special. Watch the full video on @VICE.
📸 – Trevar Cushing
🎞️ – Travis Wood
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The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE.
#skateboarding #skate #jonminer
If you were a skateboarder in the early 2000s, chances are you grew up on Jon Miner’s work. The visionary behind iconic projects like This is Skateboarding, Kids in Emerica, Stay Gold, and more, Miner helped define a generation of skate videos. Skaters couldn’t get enough of his signature look and feel — raw, stylish, unforgettable.
To kick off Season 2 of Let It Kill You, series creator Ben Mcqueen heads to Santa Rosa to dive into Jon’s personal life, tracing his journey through stories, memories, and candid moments. Jon gets real — personal, vulnerable, and unfiltered — opening up about skateboarding, life, and what it takes to be one of the best skateboarders to ever step behind the camera.
From Andrew Reynolds to Heath Kirchart, hear from the legends themselves as they reflect on what made working with Jon Miner so special. Watch the full video on @VICE.
📸 – Trevar Cushing
🎞️ – Travis Wood
About VICE:
The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE.
#skateboarding #skate #jonminer
