Inside Mike Gigliotti’s Iconic Skate Shop | Let it Kill You

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Published 2024-05-28
Our new series ‘Let it Kill You’ premieres with a highly anticipated episode featuring Los Angeles' own Mike “Lottie” Gigliotti. This episode delves into the story behind Lottie’s Skateshop, exploring Mike’s unparalleled approach to his craft and providing an in-depth look at his journey to becoming one of the most recognizable skate artists of our time.

Created by Ben McQueen and produced by Trevar Cushing, Let It Kill You is named after the famous Bukowski quote about finding the thing you love and then letting it drive you into the grave. The series is a suitably intense examination of the nexus between skateboarding and art, and the first three episodes are deep dives into the art and skateboarding careers of Ryan Townley, Mike Gigliotti and Michael Sieben.

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All Comments (21)
  • @skate
    its so awesome to see what Mike did for his local scene, and continues to do for skateboarding.
  • Nakel smith took Lottie’s and independents iron cross from us.
  • @KEIMOTHERAPY.
    My man Mike! He's helped a lot. He was around when we did Palace Internationale in like 2015-2016. Then opened up his store in the city. In the hood too. Really Really great guy
  • @pitviper7924
    Okay, I started watching and at the first minute need to make a comment. This man is an artist. Artists have no boundaries and civilization need to bless these people. In art, you might not want their work, but admit it if is capturing, then they did what art should do.
  • @kimzula
    Suuuper dope video. I can honestly feel what he means when he says "That was that" with the old skate shop and not opening a new one. No one can ever recreate his times in that shop with those people. Good feelings all the way around.
  • @twatey4353
    i was about to cry when i found out lottie’s closed because i always tried planning going there and it was a dream of mine
  • @Usiris23
    Damn, this came at the right time. Been in a creative rut with my custom board designs, but this has given me some motivation to start pushing out some more
  • @harleymarx
    This feels better than old Vice. Love it. And Sammy’s cools af
  • @do_less
    “I hate computers” - best quote 😅
  • This is hard to watch but at the same time super helpful. I just closed my shop that was everything to me and seeing this gives me hope for my future. They say all good things come to an end but watching this helps me see otherwise. It makes me feel like I’m not alone. Thank you❤
  • skated with him before was a pretty chill dude. i used to skate with alot of cats that were hanging around les and supreme back like in 06-09.
  • @rnbwsmtl
    thanks a lot for this, mike is one of the best artists in the skateboarding world right now! love his work!
  • Mike helped me and a friend out when we visited the shop and we had a fun little conversation over our favorite childhood video parts. I got my sister a tee for christmas and my friend got a hoodie. he leaves that hoodie in his car so he pretty much wears it whenever we go out, so the good memories of the shop still exist with us. need to find that shirt cus i dont think my sis ended up liking it lol. was sad seeing and hearing why the shop closed but im just glad the dude is still thriving and is unbothererd by it
  • @mitcheroar
    If anyone knows why they closed and can summarize it. Would you explain!
  • @alexbarry2539
    Good stuff. I’m going to rewatch all the Lottie’s videos now.
  • @deenabean1983
    I really needed to see this today. It’s a good reminder of how important it is to have PASSION for your work. 💜