Spectacled Shredders #1: Justin Brock

Closing off this week's Spectacled Shredders is Justin Brock. The first part that I remember from him was his part in Nike's Debacle which also happened to be the first time I ever saw someone skate that heavily guarded triple set (in LA I think). Even though the set itself has changed in popularity over the past few years, Justin still rocks his frames while he skates. Pumped for his Chronicles 2 part coming soon!

Spectacled Shredders #2: Tyler Bledsoe

Tyler Bledsoe was probably the first guy I ever realized wore glasses while he skated. I read about it somewhere in an interview with him and while I'd say he has that pretty solid "nerd" look, Tyler absolutely shreds with a wonderful style. Just look at his classic Hallelujah part above. From what I understand, Tyler now is wearing contacts so his face will be frameless for who knows how long. But I don't think I'll ever get past his look with the glasses on.

Spectacled Shredders #3: Ben Raybourn

Next up this week for the Spectacled Shredders is all terrain ripper Ben Raybourn. After dropping two sick parts this year and basically loads of gnarly footage, here's a bit of a throwback to his part in the independent video called "The Other Ones". The glasses somehow stay on even after his 540s...

Spectacled Shredders #4: Johan Stuckey

Next up for the Spectacled Shredders this week is Johan Stuckey (who kinda looks like Marisa Dal Santo with shorter hair, or is it just me?) and his part in Cosmic Vomit 2. It's hard to picture Johan's face without glasses.

Spectacled Shredders #5: Marisa Dal Santo

Marisa Dal Santo is one of the first skaters that come to mind when I think of skaters with glasses. After that, there's not much else to say about skaters with glasses...So I'll leave the rest to Marisa's ripping part in Strange World. You get a pretty clear shot of her frames at 1:09 by the way.

Next Week: Spectacled Shredders

With Thanksgiving coming up, we'll be switching things up and dedicating this week to the spectacled skaters. It takes some skill to be able to watch your board and your surroundings with a pair of frames over your eyes. Wearing glasses really adds another level of difficulty most people wouldn't realize without actually trying to skate in glasses. Yet there are a group of pro skaters that do this on the daily and their skating is not compromised one bit. Props to these skaters, their accomplishment deserves to be seen more clearly.