Episode 23 with Tom Botwid, skateboarder, artist, founder and owner of Poetic Collective (and also Vans TM for Scandinavia). Together we discussed him growing up skating around Malmö, Sweden, studying art between Stockholm and Berlin, starting Poetic Collective as a fun project with a few friends and slowly developing it into a legit international board and clothing brand, developing his unique style of skating, pushing for more inclusivity in skateboarding, getting a pro truck from Jérémie Daclin's company Film Trucks... 

• Intro (00:13) 
• Growing up (03:19) 
• Studying art and skating in Berlin (06:38) 
• Sponsors (09:35) 
• Starting Poetic Collective (12:15) 
• Developing a unique style of skating (14:49) 
• Poetic Collective becoming a legit brand (23:19) 
• Inclusivity in skateboarding (36:05) 
• Film Trucks (38:34) 
• Most valuable lesson from skateboarding (42:40) 
• What’s next? (45:02) 
• Friends questions (48:08) 
• Conclusion (01:10:58)  

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