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Episode 112 with Kelly Bird, former professional skateboarder and footwear brand manager from Houston, Texas.

Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the mid-80’s to turning pro for Real Skateboards in the early 90’s, transitioning into marketing and team management at DC Shoes, moving over to Lakai shortly after it started in 1999 where he spent the following 15 years as team, then brand manager, before eventually joining Nike SB in 2015 where he has been working as global brand manager for the past 10-years, recently integrating into Nike’s global basketball brand team and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Aaron Meza
(20:55) – Dave Swift
(23:32) – Thomas Morgan
(28:20) – Bill Weiss
(31:42) – Tony Ferguson
(37:51) – Skin Phillips
(46:13) – James Kelch
(49:32) – Joe Brook
(56:07) – Mike Carroll
(01:23:28) – Dimitry Elyashkevich
(01:31:16) – Aaron Hoover
(01:51:22) – Chris Carter
(02:09:10) – Kaspar Van Lierop
(02:11:33) – Eric Swisher
(02:14:42) – Hunter Muraira
(02:16:38) – Jason Patrick Searcy
(02:24:37) – Jürgen Blümlein
(02:28:37) – Kristin Ebeling
(02:40:35) – John Rattray
(02:42:31) – Megan Last
(02:45:44) – Shawn Mandoli
(02:54:37) – Conclusion

For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards

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