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5 Greats: Corey Glick

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Dumpster diving, loud chewing and face tatts all factor into Glick’s hilarious lists of 5 Greats. Find out what makes him tick with this breezy read from our September ’25 mag.


Glick gets the curtains with a slew of moves that'll take a few viewings to wrap your head around


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Anxiety 2000
  • Check Engine light
  • Watching the news
  • WebMD
  • Too high
  • All black Ford Explorer


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Scramble Memories 2000
  • Ducky’s day of hammers
  • Being scared Ducky might die
  • Winkowski ho-ho kickflip attempts
  • Getting a gun pulled on us
  • Pool party at GT’s house


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Musical Geniuses 2000
  • Alex G
  • J Mascis
  • Isaac Brock
  • David Byrne
  • Steve Albini


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Lame Trends 2000
  • Budget cuts
  • Bad filming
  • Skateshops closing
  • Half-life skating
  • Hammers straight to the feed


CoreyGlick WallrideNollieFirecracker LA KyleSeidler DZ 2000Snap to clack, clack, clack goes the wallride nollie to firecracker by Glick, Glick, Glick

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Yeto Isms 2000
  • Three month skate trips
  • Clips straight to the delete folder
  • Hipster coffees
  • Pizookies
  • Budget’s fucked


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Conspiracy
  • Bobby Puleo
  • D.B. Cooper made it out alive
  • “There is no spoon”
  • Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone
  • Ancient aliens


Corey Glick Back Smith 750Ode to Hsu, rainbow-ridin' back Smith

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Not Creative Tricks 2000
  • Tricks that are too long
  • Only using one part of the spot
  • Same rail trick, different town
  • Biting someone else’s trick
  • Tricks that are too tech


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Illegal Moves 2000
  • Empire Records
  • Se7en
  • Rushmore
  • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • Office Space


CoreyGlick FsBlunt LAhigh KyleSeidler DZ 2000Gettin’ creative with the classics, front blunt the steep stuff at LA High

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Videos 2000
  • A Midwest Video
  • Mind Field
  • Sorry
  • Bag of Suck
  • RQ Boardshop’s A.K.A.


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Songs Love 2000
  • “Teen Love” —No Trend
  • “Good feeling” —The Violent Femmes
  • “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” —LCD Soundsystem
  • “In Love” —Alex G
  • “Bless the Telephone” —Labi Siffre


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Songs Hate 2000
  • “Do You Still Hate Me?” —Jawbreaker
  • “Why Are You So Mean to Me?” —Vitreous Humor
  • “No Children” —The Mountain Goats
  • “Fuck You Bitch” —Wheeler Walker Jr.
  • “Hate Being Sober” —Chief Keef


Glick Front 3What's 360 plus 50-50? Corey knows

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Troubling Thoughts 2000
  • Time
  • Last tricks
  • Microplastics
  • KOTR PTSD
  • Jobs after skating


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Handrail Tricks 2000
  • Jon Dickson, front salad Cole Taylor. Warp Video
  • James Hardy, Smith the Ben Gilley rail. Homecoming
  • Heath Kirchart, back noseblunt UCI. Sight Unseen
  • Arto Saari, back lip Frost double kink. Mind Field
  • Jon Allie, kickflip noseslide Dracula rail. Dying to Live


CoreyGlick FsHeel SLC KyleSeidler DZ 2000Blessing the telephone lines with a bumpin’ front heel

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Guilty Pleasures 2000
  • Facebook Marketplace
  • Jack in the Box tacos
  • @versace_plug
  • Uber Eats
  • Dumpster divin’


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Off Board 2000
  • Reading
  • Painting
  • Taking photos
  • Hanging out with my girlfriend
  • Going to art galleries and museums


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Smart Skaters 2000
  • Pedro Delfino
  • Andy Anderson
  • Heath Kirchart
  • Rodney Mullen
  • Alexis Sablone


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Pet Peeves 2000
  • Loud chewers
  • Karens
  • When the van isn’t as close as possible to the spot
  • When photogs need one more and you slam
  • Taking two spots street parking


CoreyGlick Bs360Nosegrind LA KyleSeidler DZ 2000Legalize backside 360 nosegrinds!

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Illegal Moves 2000
  • Being distracting while somebody is getting buck
  • Low-cut socks
  • Toe drag to slow down
  • Biggerflip front board
  • Blowing out the spot


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Times When Skating Feels Like A Job 2000
  • Getting to the van on time
  • Corpo events
  • Taxes
  • Having to hard post
  • Physical therapy


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Career Enders 2000
  • Canceled
  • No footy
  • Party it away
  • Fear
  • Gear


Corey Glick 5050 Pressure FlipPressure flips are in, and Glick's got 'em out

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Humbling 2000
  • Fractured fibula and floating piece of bone in my knee
  • Bone spurs in my ankle
  • Pulled low back
  • Traveling to other countries
  • La Cañada out ledge slam


PQ Corey Glick 5 Greats Bombing 2000

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Merlino memories 2000
  • Bombing a giant dirt hill in nothing but a diaper and cane
  • Watching him shit while he pissed in his mouth at 3rd and Army
  • No points
  • Prank calling him with Sinclair
  • Listening to him talk to his dad on FaceTime


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Tattoo Ideas 2000
  • Vans waffle grip pattern on my elbow
  • Sci-Fi Fantasy tramp stamp
  • “Die Grinding” Ace chest piece
  • Glick across my back
  • Foundation Star and Moon face tatt


Corey Glick Powerslide Kickflip 750Lil’ Glick-tech on a powerslide to kickflip

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Shit you Dont Give A Shit 2000
  • Contests
  • Reheating pizza
  • Your feelings
  • JK
  • I love you <3


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Jerry Hsu Isms 2000
  • Likes going back to the same spot
  • Sends funny memes
  • Slams hard
  • Always pulling over for photos
  • Switch god


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Laugh About 2000
  • Frankie Spears Insta Stories
  • Escaping death
  • Greco quotes
  • Blake Carpenter conspiracy theories
  • Sci-Fi group chat


PQ Corey Glick 5 Greats Paintings 2000

5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Reasons to Lie 2000
  • To skate a spot
  • To the cops
  • For a surprise
  • Jokes
  • Last try


5 Greats Subheads Corey Glick Future Moves 2000
  • Trip to the Midwest
  • Finish new photo zine
  • Make more paintings
  • Pop shove back Losi
  • Wallride kickflip to wallride


CoreyGlick FenceRide SantaMonicaCA KyleSeidler DZ 2000Ridin’ the flight-path fence before hoppin’ a single prop to the Midwest. Here’s to smooth skies ahead for Corey
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