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- Playing cards are no longer things that you find
in your grandma's drawer,
to many people they are an extension of style
and even a tool.
They are now more than ever closer related to sneaker brands
than they are associated with a game of solitaire.
So come with me as I travel across the world talking to
famous magicians, cardists, designers, illustrators, actors
who all share one thing in common,
their love for pasteboards.
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What's up guys welcome
to the very first episode of Pasteboards.
I'm in Toronto Canada actually one of the little outskirts
of Toronto and we're visiting a good friend of mine
you guys may know Peter McKinnon.
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Peter McKinnon is obviously a huge YouTube creator
but also some of you might not know
he was into magic before
we're gonna talk about that in a second.
I gotta meet Pete in a couple minutes
so also we're gonna be checking out
Pete's playing card collection as well,
because the kid's a bit of a sneaker head
his sneaker collection.
Let's give him a call now and link up.
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He just pulled up in the whip, F-150.
(mumbles)
- What's up man, good to see you.
- Good to see you too.
- Pumped for this?
- Yo this thing though.
- My baby man.
- Let's talk about this for a second.
- I put my sled in it, put my quad in it,
I'm like an actual hick now.
This is my office?
- Right over here huh?
- Right here coffee shop downstairs.
- This is your whole building up here?
- Whole building, that whole gray spot.
You wanna go check it out?
- Yeah let's go check it out.
- Alright 42 stairs up have fun.
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- We're here today in Toronto with Peter McKinnon.
- What's up?
- So some of you may not know this
but Peter and I have a little bit of a history.
- Just a little bit.
- Peter tell them where we know each other from.
- Hogwarts, no we actually used to work
at a company that produced magic, illusionist
and that's how we met, that's how the friendship began
and now we're here talking pasteboards and sneakers
and hype and that's what it is right?
- Yeah pretty much.
Yeah you pretty much nailed it.
- Okay.
- We all used to design cards for this company
we worked for, we had cards actually that were made
for us for our brands with our faces on them.
It was pretty wild.
But we've come a long way since
and I just wanna kind of catch up and see
if you're still sort of like rockin' you know some cards
which I know you are.
We'll get into that in a second.
- Just a little bit.
- This is where you get everything done?
- This is the creative crow's nest if you will.
This is where I do all my work, all my videos,
shoot my stuff, edit my stuff,
ride my one wheel through here like a savage.
There's a coffee shop downstairs which is absolutely insane
but yeah this is like my little, my little jam spot.
- Peter what we're gonna do is
we're gonna set up some shots here,
take a look at your office.
But I'm really, really dying to see A your card collection,
but B more importantly I think is your sneaker collection
'cause you've become quite a little bit of a hype beast
haven't you recently?
- Just a little bit of an issue.
- Alright so we're gonna go check that out
we'll get some clips here but we're gonna go roll onto
Peter's house and see his sneaker collection
as well as his playing card collection.
- Let's do it.
- Let's roll out.
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- So these here is the James Coffee Co. Deck
that's my favorite deck of cards
'cause I helped create it.
It's a great coffee shop in San Diego.
I'm really good friends with the owner
and we just decided to start making cool, shit.
I'm just really proud of this, it's super simple.
I love the clean minimalistic design
which is kind of like you know Buck Twins calling card.
They've always been really, really good at that
when they set out to put out a deck of cards.
So this is just you know gold, black, really simple,
nothing too much, nothing too like it's not too fancy
which is why I like it.
It's coffee related, I mean I love coffee
so having a coffee deck of cards with a dope logo
is just win, win all across the board.
- That being said delicious cup of coffee
thank you very much good sir.
Cheers to that.
- Check out some sneakers?
- Definitely I almost forgot why we were here.
Let's go check out your shoes.
- I've got a bit of an issue with shoes.
(laughs)
It's a new thing but it's (laughs) just come look.
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- Alright so this is, actually you no what
before we get into the sneakers what's going on here?
What's this little deal?
- This is my little stash, it's not like
it used to be like a massive cabinet, I've downsized
since the days.
- Yeah.
- But now it's just kind of like my favorite little
groups of two just a little stash of some card clips.
David Blaine gave this to me in New York.
He had like one it's an actual alligator skin clip
made by Hermes.
He was gonna give it to me and a friend
and he made us draw cards for it.
And I drew the seven of hearts, my friend drew the two.
I won it, gave it to me.
So I couldn't use it, it's just too smooth.
- [Host] Monarchs.
- [Peter] Yeah just classic.
- [Host] Yeah
- [Peter] It's like super classic.
The box I mean look at the box.
- [Host] Favorite color, way.
- [Peter] Look at the box, yeah definitely.
I like the original the best it's just subtle,
it's not like I don't like the green, I don't like the red
this is just like it's not too in your face, navy, subtle.
As you've noticed the trend.
Beside the Byrd's decks are not subtle
but everything else are pretty much like monotone
like my wardrobe, anything kind of like earth tones
I'm into it.
- This is an interesting Virtuoso that you have here
'cause this one here is, this is spring, summer '16,
this is spring, summer '15.
They don't ...
- [Peter] They don't (mumbles)
- Yeah and these are pretty hard to get,
you're throwing, this is like okay
this color way right here
for all the sneaker heads out there
if you guys are looking to get into playing cards.
You see this deck at like a Goodwill or something
please buy it, opened, unopened it doesn't matter.
These are probably going for about $200 on Ebay right now.
- I had no idea. (laughs)
- Very sick pack, good taste.
I can't knock the guy for his taste.
I would have to concur with
probably everything you have on your shelf.
- Okay cool card collection.
I definitely had some fun shooting some cards
that Pete sort of brought us back to old times.
- It's been so long but it felt good, it felt right.
- [Host] Yeah.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
Peter McKinnon's sneaker collection.
Alright this is Peter McKinnon's sneaker closet
- Yeah
I guess now.
- It's a work in progress, I'm working on it.
- It used to be his sort of closet
where he kept all of his gear
now he's moved on to his own office
which is super cool so which leaves room
for his sneaker collection.
I'm gonna let Pete, Pete actually (mumbles).
First of all how long have you been collecting sneakers?
- Ah-ha like four days, no it's been like
a few months, like max.
- Yeah.
- Max a few months like this guy was like
yo you should check out this sight,
like check out this app, like look at these sweet kicks,
like summer's coming like, get bust out your fresh,
I've like dude I've been wearing the same pair of Jordans
for like six years.
And he's like what?
So after those shoes like became destroyed
I actually found the same pair of Jordans
that I bought from 2013, bought them again.
And this guy's like why didn't you,
why don't you try some different shoes?
And I was like I don't know like what how,
school me in the ways and then this happened so.
Now I'm schooling this guy in the ways.
- Yeah 100% you're schooling me.
I see you by the way, I see, I'm looking at your collection
I see you 100% I see you okay.
But I wanna I know,
I'm drooling 'cause he's wearing
the same shoe sizes I am so.
- Oh yeah.
- Might have to okay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Time to get out of here.
- So yeah. (laughs)
Give me three of your top three sneakers
in this current collection that you have here.
- In this rotation I'm gonna go with the classic,
the Air Jordan, I mean Jordan Ones were super tall
so the silhouette fits the length, the body type well.
If you're really short I don't think
you can pull off Jordan Ones as well
this is way over the top, my opinion.
- [Host] Skinny jeans, Jordan Ones.
- [Peter] Yeah so like these are black,
like my whole wardrobe is usually black on black on black,
black hat, black shirt, black jeans, black shoes ...
- Cadillac.
- I was getting there and you beat me to it,
I was trying to set it up.
Number two again on the Air Jordan line,
the off white Jordan Ones, this is like the first one
that he did, virgal.
But these are like, these are just so sick,
this is like the original or the Chicago color way.
- This right here, see these, this right here.
- Yeah that's the best part, I mean like all up
I mean like how it's - [Host] That vintage vibe.
left like unfinished.
And I love that it's like,
that's like how it's supposed to look.
Everyone always wonders what the tag's for
but it's like oh is that in case you get lost
you can find yourself or,
I'm like no if you have to ask what this is
it's just you don't know.
- [Host] No.
- [Peter] You're game is weak.
- [Host] Yeah you formed yourself.
- You don't know what the zip is all about
then it's just like get on Google and figure it out.
So that would be number two, number one
same off white, the Prestos.
Like these are so comfortable
and again like that nice fat foam tongue at the top
you got that like kind of fly knit.
- [Host] The cage.
- [Peter] Fly knit right there you got the cage
like the cream kind of like sole, they're just.
- What about the new Prestos you gonna cop?
- Oh 100%, hundred, like I'm gonna buy
the all white, all black
all of them.
- Yeah.
- Like I will this, yeah, I have to have them, I have to.
So those would be the top number one,
number two, number three.
- Good choices.
- For now anyway.
- I would have to interject and say probably
gotta be tough, this one or these two.
I mean it's so hard to choose.
- I know and it's really difficult like.
- And you've got the Pharells and you got,
look at this he's got the Pharells,
you know he's got the Easy's,
he's got the 750's with the glow in the dark sole.
I see you, I see you - With the glow in
the dark (mumbles).
I see you Peter McKinnon.
It's still on the shelf though.
- Look at this, look at this.
Ready for this, you don't like the Wade's
got the little swoosh underneath,
what's that, yes please.
(laughs)
- Oh my god alright I'm gonna have to leave this closet
right quick before I leave with a pair of sneakers.
Thank you so much Peter McKinnon.
- Thanks man.
- Bring it in thank you so much
for being on the first episode of Pasteboard.
- Thanks for having me, I had a blast.
Tune in for the next episode which is?
- I have no idea, no actually
we've got a few episodes planned right now
and I'm gonna let you guys know what's up.
Make sure you subscribe to this channel
for more of these episodes go ahead and like this video
show Peter some love over on his channel.
- Appreciate it.
- And we'll see you guys on the next one
- Peace.
- Peace (mumbles).
- Yo what's up welcome back.
Here's a little bit of the update,
the upgrade if you will.
I told you I wasn't finished
and look at how tasty that looks.
That's what I call an actual problem.
But it's a good problem to have.
It's so exciting.
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