B-Sides
(A selection of uncollected work, an awful lot of which concerns skateboarding)
A short essay from Virginia Quarterly Review
An award-winning short story in Texas Monthly and reprinted as the text for photographer Keith Carter’s GHOSTLIGHT
A short essay from The New Yorker
Letter of Recommendation: Falling
An essay from The New York Times Magazine
Even in the Gathering Darkness
A short essay from Glimmer Train Stories
Half of California: Notes for an Unwritten Review of the New Tony Hawk CEO Book
An essay from McSweeney’sDon’t Write What You Know
An essay from The Atlantic MonthlyDanny Way and the Gift of Fear
An essay from Men’s Journal, reprinted in The Best American Sportswriting 2011
photo by Smith
photo by Barer
Waiting for Lightning
Waiting for Lightning, a documentary film directed by Jacob Rosenberg and written by Bret, premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX. The film was released in theaters around the world, and is currently available for streaming.