Episode 103 with Sam Korman — skater, writer, and editor originally from Buffalo, NY. We talked about his path from picking up a board in the late ’90s to discovering art in his teens, studying it in Portland in the 2000s, and eventually moving to NYC in 2015. Sam has worked as a freelance writer, curator, copywriter, and strategist since 2010. He started the blog Waxing the Curb during the pandemic, launched PLANK magazine in fall 2024 — a publication at the intersection of skateboarding, art, and literature — and is currently working on issue 2, due out in September 2025. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Starting skating (05:58) – Studying art in Portland (22:18) – Waxing the curb (29:40) – The psychoanalytic skatepark (33:52) – Board breaking for emotional pretend (37:09) – Starting Plank (42:16) – Other magazine projects prior to Plank (49:08) – Combining/overlapping serious and funny articles (52:00) – Is it harder to work on the second issue? (56:14) – Same format in the upcoming issues? (58:56) – Friends questions (59:06) – Kyle Beachy (01:03:46) – Random drawings in the sleeping habits piece (01:05:48) – Cole Nowicki (01:13:14) – Any discarded projects from issue 1? (01:17:31) – Michael Worful (01:18:37) – Ian Browning (01:22:43) – José Vadi (01:30:17) – Monica Weltyk (01:32:16) – Will Harmon (01:35:46) – Amount of copies printed and distribution (01:37:22) – Ted Barrow (01:43:06) – Dena Yago (01:44:57) – Spencer Gillespie (01:47:03) – Matt Price (01:47:42) – Jacob Kassay (01:51:46) – Louis Sarowsky (01:52:22) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 102 with Mike O'Meally, skateboarder and photographer from Sydney, Australia. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Sydney and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, starting to shoot skate photos in the early 90’s and getting them published in local skate magazine Slam, moving to NYC in 1998 to become a staff photographer for Slap, in the following years traveling all over the world shooting photos for Skateboarder, Transworld, Alien Workshop and Habitat among other things and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – James Turvey (07:35) – Skin Phillips (10:25) – Renton Millar (12:44) – Dave Swift (17:36) – Trent Fahey (20:44) – Joe Brook (27:23) – Catharine Lyons (36:15) – Peter Bici (40:47) – Rob Pluhowski (45:38) – Anthony Van Engelen (53:05) – Joe Castrucci (58:19) – Mark Oblow (01:02:35) – Tobin Yelland (01:08:20) – Thomas Campbell and Ed Templeton (01:12:17) – Brad Saunders (01:20:47) – Fred Mortagne (01:27:10) – Cameron Sparkes (01:33:00) – Josh Kalis (01:35:59) – Bobby Puleo (01:50:54) – Alex Papke (01:52:58) – Ben Colen (01:56:01) – Seu Trinh (01:58:17) – Blondey McCoy (02:00:38) – Lucien Clarke (02:07:22) – Chris Carter (02:10:02) – Dimitry Elyashkevich (02:11:25) – Ray Barbee (02:13:48) – Grant Brittain (02:19:05) – Chris Yormick (02:24:05) – Aaron Meza (02:32:28) – Greg Hunt (02:40:04) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 101 with Brian Glenney, skater, skate professor and skate dad from Burlington, VT. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Seattle and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, developing a strong interest for hardcore/punk and graffiti culture alongside skateboarding, getting his PhD at USC and eventually teaching philosophy in Massachusetts and Vermont, having the Worble crew as his students and contributing to the genesis of Manramp, and publishing many research papers and a book on skateboarding throughout the last 5 to 10 years and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Life and career recap (05:13) – John Dahlquist (14:14) – Chris Colbourn (21:45) – Paul O’Connor (31:10) – Kristin Ebeling (36:41) – Levi Glenney (40:19) – Thomas Kemp (43:46) – Andrea Buchetti (48:06) – Chris Giamarino (55:55) – Thomas Barker (01:02:44) – Indigo Willing (01:05:45) – Harry Meadley (01:08:35) – Steve Mull (01:10:06) – Sander Hölsgens (01:17:40) – James Van Cleve (01:21:51) – Issac Bjorke (01:26:58) – Matt Kimball (01:29:57) – Max Boutin (01:31:50) – Andrei Buckareff (01:37:00) – Will Devereux (01:37:56) – Andy Dicker (01:40:47) – Lisa Glenney (01:42:20) – Vera Glenney (01:43:50) – Esther Sayers (01:50:24) – Clifton Evers (01:52:41) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

To celebrate 100 episodes of Beyond Boards, I had the privilege to switch seats for once and sit down for a nice conversation with my friend and mentor John Dahlquist, Vice-Principal of Bryggeriets Gymnasium in Malmö, Sweden. We talked about how skateboarding entered my life, addiction and sobriety, doing Beyond Boards over the last 4 years, some of the most memorable moments along the way and much more. (00:18) – First intro (02:02) – Second intro (06:41) – Growing up (14:58) – Desert island (19:51) – Beyond Bars (26:21) – Hitting rock bottom (33:27) – Starting Beyond Boards (38:39) – Episode 1 with Nestor Judkins (41:49) – Research (46:29) – Structure (50:57) – What makes a good interviewer (52:30) – What’s the worst thing an interviewer can do (54:39) – Best interview so far (01:00:55) – Most challenging interview (01:04:28) – Moments that stood out over the last 100 episodes (01:07:18) – Most different from what you thought (01:08:39) – Top 3 to 5 dream guests on the podcast (01:12:23) – Dream scenario for the future of the pod (01:15:00) – Monetizing the podcast (01:18:29) – Friends questions (01:22:41) – What has skateboarding or this podcast taught you so far (01:27:36) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 100 with Anthony Van Engelen, professional skateboarder from San Diego, CA. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Southern California and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, spending a few months in Russia in the mid 90’s, riding for Alien Workshop for 15 years until Jason Dill offered to join him on an adventure to transform his clothing brand Fucking Awesome into a board brand, filming some of his most iconic video parts with Greg Hunt, to skating in his mid-forties while raising 2 kids and managing a business and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Aria Van Engelen (03:36) – Miki Vuckovich (18:06) – Kunjiro Eguchi (20:37) – Shawn Mandoli (26:06) – Rudy Mosqueda (29:31) – Lance Dawes (31:22) – Freddy from Heckride (36:08) – John Fitzgerald (38:00) – Aaron Meza (38:41) – Ewan Bowman (41:27) – Steve Olson (41:54) – Celynnda Ingrande Gaudino (46:23) – Sobriety (53:22) – Farran Golding (56:29) – Eric Swisher (57:37) – Chris Carter (01:01:01) – Fred Gall (01:02:06) – Geoff Rowley (01:03:05) – Jaime Owens (01:04:09) – Nathan Fletcher (01:08:40) – Neal Shoemaker (01:10:48) – Grant Taylor (01:11:55) – Mike Piscitelli (01:16:56) – Catherine Acosta (01:18:23) – Eric Dressen (01:21:14) – Brandon Mallough (01:21:53) – Jacob Rosenberg (01:28:39) – Greg Hunt and Diego Todd (01:37:58) – Jonathan Mehring (01:39:16) – Henry Sanchez (01:42:50) – Keith Wager (01:43:47) – Mark Gonzales (01:46:58) – Ray Barbee (01:51:54) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 99 with Sarah Anderson, English as a new language teacher in New York City, founder and president of Deckaid. Together we discussed her life and career, from growing up in Long Island, hanging out with Erik Rosetti in her late teens, meeting with Tim Anderson aka Bobshirt in her early 20’s, advocating for a skatepark build in Nyack, New York in the mid 2010’s, to starting Deckaid, a volunteer-run non-profit organization which raises funds for youth-centered community organizations through skateboard art exhibitions, and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Erik Rosetti (10:14) – Marc McKee (23:00) – Niki Williams (32:09) – Steve Lenardo (35:22) – Jay Croft (41:38) – Sean Cliver (43:41) – Derek Brennan (52:03) – Bryan Ridgeway (54:21) – Andy Jenkins (57:00) – Miki Vuckovich (59:36) – Pat Conlon (01:06:05) – Nick Halkias (01:10:14) – Eric Swisher (01:16:35) – Jesse Geboy (01:21:02) – Tim Anderson (01:24:41) – Megan Baltimore (01:26:19) – Alex Aranovich (01:30:08) – Kevin Marks (01:33:28) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 98 with TJ Rogers, professional skateboarder from Whitby, Ontario. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Ontario and picking up his first board in the late 90’s to turning pro for Blind Skateboards in 2013, subsequently moving to California, his recent battle with testicular cancer, getting on SK8MAFIA, his upcoming éS pro model shoe and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Emily De Keyzer (07:45) – Bill Weiss (12:44) – Kevin Romar (14:26) – Michael aka Dr. Purpleteeth (17:32) – Don Brown (20:26) – Mitch Barrette (21:20) – Jordan Moss (23:02) – Jon Cosentino (25:32) – Ronnie Creager (26:42) – Joe Buffalo (35:26) – Brandon Bandula (37:35) – Luke Lutz (46:12) – Dan Connelly (48:46) – Dan Mathieu (49:59) – Cameron McIntosh and Daniel Goycoolea (55:45) – Wade and Scott Power (01:01:47) – Dallas Ives (01:03:07) – Lando Visionz (01:04:07) – Wes Kremer (01:05:04) – Sébastien Petit (01:08:03) – Kelly Hart (01:08:47) – Mike Lyon (01:09:59) – Vihar Patel (01:16:14) – Mitch Donovan (01:26:27) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 97 with Takahiro Morita, skateboarder and filmmaker from Tokyo, Japan, creative mind behind FESN (Far East Skate Network). Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the early 90’s to launching FESN in the mid 90’s and creating some of the most iconic videos in skateboarding culture ever since, including the cult classic “Overground broadcasting” (2008), in recent years deciding to stop ollieing and transitioning into cruising, building custom cruiser boards at the FESN laboratory in Nakano and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Zach Chamberlain (02:37) – Simon Lockett (06:51) – Glen Fox (17:56) – Léo Valls (23:18) – Josh Stewart (29:33) – Silas Baxter Neal (33:21) – Cole Giordano (36:19) – Masafumi Kajitani (43:06) – Pete Talbot (45:43) – Gaston Francisco (48:58) – Colin Read (52:21) – Soy Panday (55:54) – Connor Kammerer (59:03) – Ken Goto (01:02:14) – Laurence Keefe (01:07:42) – Katsumi Minami (01:13:21) – Daisuke Takahashi (01:23:53) – Shigeta Iha (01:28:08) – Yutaka Hashiguchi (01:32:11) – Liu Puli (01:34:46) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 96 with Bobby Puleo, skateboarder and artist from Clifton, New Jersey. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first board in and around New Jersey to developing his art practice (among which picking up various discarded objects off the streets of New York), his iconic contributions to skateboarding culture and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Charlie Butterly (06:17) – Jeff Pang (11:37) – German Nieves (13:39) – Jacob Rosenberg (22:20) – Tim Anderson (25:23) – Donny Barley (35:32) – Aaron Meza (42:16) – Shawn Mandoli (48:49) – Tobin Yelland (55:55) – Rich Jacobs (59:55) – Nicola White (01:07:19) – Chris Parkinson (01:09:45) – Waylon Bone (01:20:04) – Kris Markovich (01:27:56) – Soy Panday (01:33:21) – Eric Swisher (01:41:19) – Louie Barletta (01:43:41) – Jack Sabback (01:48:19) – Eli Gesner (01:56:02) – Kevin Marks (02:07:48) – Jack Palmiotti (02:11:10) – Ted Barrow (02:16:26) – Mathew McGrath (02:19:26) – Jay Maldonado (02:23:35) – Rich Adler (02:28:09) – Reese Forbes (02:36:33) – Kelly Bird (02:41:42) – Florian Schneider (02:52:02) – Aaron Szot (03:02:50) – Anthony Pappalardo (03:06:06) – Conclusion In the intro I mentioned that Bobby rode for Shut but turns out he never did. My apologies! For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 95 with John Gardner, skateboarder and student social worker from New Jersey. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first board in New Jersey to moving to California in 2017, officially getting on the DC shoes team and becoming their global TM, turning pro for Creature Skateboards in 2021, since 2023 transitioning into mental health awareness, moving back east early 2024 and settling down in Asheville, NC and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Jordan Gesko (03:33) – Paul Overstrom (06:06) – Chris Ray (12:33) – Zach Gesko (14:52) – Alex Pennacchia (20:01) – Evan Smith (21:24) – Jill Wijangco (26:17) – Elias Parise (31:14) – Ace Pelka (34:35) – Darren Navarette (35:19) – Shintaro Hongo (36:56) – Felipe Amigo (38:57) – Austin Leleu (43:30) – Mike Heikkila (47:55) – Jake Baldini (51:38) – Chris “Rhino” Rooney (55:34) – Martin Fobes (58:46) – Jimmy Astleford (01:03:51) – Andy Enos (01:07:06) – Lauren Valls (01:10:22) – Brandon Turner (01:14:49) – Joel Pippus (01:18:30) – Léo Valls (01:22:43) – John Rattray (01:26:30) – Kim and Ray Turpin (01:33:09) – David Manaud (01:34:33) – Sergio Cadaré (01:38:47) – Wes Kremer (01:42:47) – Conclusion  For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.