Episode 6 with Rob Mathieson, skater and illustrator based in London, England. Together we talked about him growing up skating in London, studying animation and eventually becoming an illustrator, working with different brands in the skateboarding industry such as Enjoi or Girl/Chocolate, filming with his dog Fatman, being a close friend of Ben Ramers and co-creating the Ben Raemers Foundation after Ben's tragic death in 2019, how he's holding up in covid times...  Intro (00:13)  Presentation (01:16) "Rescuing” South Bank (03:35) When did art come into your life? (06:07) When did you start working with the skateboarding industry? (08:07) Meeting Ben Raemers (11:18) Creating the foundation (12:16) Question from Nestor Judkins: how is Fatman doing? (18:30) How is everything going in London with covid? (21:50) Thoughts on the progression of skateboarding with the Olympics around the corner (25:44) DMs from kids in search for help regarding mental health issues? What do you recommend? (28:57) Conclusion (30:05) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 5 with Patrik Wallner, tireless and enthusiastic globe-trotter, filmmaker and photographer based in Hong-Kong. Together we talked about him growing up between Germany and the US, skating and filming with Billy Rohan in NYC back in the day, traveling across all of Europe and Asia with the Visual Traveling crew for the last 15 years, skating in North Korea with Kenny Reed, living in HK in turbulent covid times, his current and future endeavors with his company Postcard, his love for trees, trains and Georgian gastronomy...  Intro (00:13) Presentation (01:16)  When did you start skating? (04:36) Filming with Billy Rohan (12:35) When did visual traveling become a thing? (14:33) How do the ideas for the trips come about? (19:31) Focus on Africa right now and in the near future? (22:18) Working with Redbull (25:43) Visual traveling crew and Michael Mackrodt (33:00) Fanning out on Javier Mendizabal (37:36) How is skateboarding perceived in North Korea? (39:14) Music rights (46:32) What do you prefer to do between filming, shooting photos, editing…? (50:01) Visual traveling trip in HK with Walker and Nestor (55:02) Been in HK for 4 years but in Asia for longer? (56:27) Do you still pay attention to what’s going on in the skateboarding world? (01:00:16) Questions from Nestor and Walker (01:04:16) Countries to go visit on your bucketlist? (01:14:33) What do you think of the evolution of skateboarding with the Olympics around the corner? (01:16:31) Thanks (01:20:34) Conclusion (01:20:59) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 4 avec Greg Poissonnier, skater/snowboarder/surfer/chef d'entreprise et bien d'autres choses encore ! Nous revenons ensemble sur son parcours dans l'industrie du skate et de la glisse en général, ses années de pro snowboarder, ses expériences dans les services marketing de marques emblématiques comme Globe ou Gravis/Analog, le lancement de son agence marketing Slappy Agency et de sa marque de boards cOLLAPSe, son rôle de responsable communication au sein de la commission nationale skateboard France, les jeux olympiques qui approchent...  Intro (00:13) Présentation (01:15) Années pro snowboarder (07:00) Crossover Skate/Surf/Snow (10 :58) Fin carrière snowboarder pro (12:30) Transition vers Slappy Agency (17:03) cOLLAPSe skateboards (23:47) X Games consultant (29:33) Commission nationale skate et JO (33:33) Skate historique vs skate plus sportif d’aujourd’hui (41:34) Notation/jugement des performances des skaters/skateuses ? (44:07) Tenues olympiques (47:54) Line-up de l’équipe de France (50:51) Covid : français pourront se rendre aux JO comme spectateurs ? (55:56) Evolution du skate après les JO ? (58:52) Remerciements (01:10:33) Conclusion (01:11:31) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 3 with Chris Pfanner, pro skater and Vans Europe Team Manager. We talked about him growing up between Nigeria and Austria, learning how to ollie in 24 hours to win a bet, turning pro for Yama Skateboards and eventually getting on Antihero, living in Barcelona and now Germany, doing late-shove-its, working on Tom's tales and Quantinium, what his job as Vans Europe TM entails, how he deals with covid, his plans in the near future...  1. Intro (00:14) 2. Growing up (02:08) 3. Picking up skating (05:10) 4. Getting sponsored (09:41) 5. Turning pro for Yama (11:48) 6. Getting on Antihero (13:48) 7. Moving from Austria to Barcelona (15:38) 8. Why he started doing late shove-its (17:54) 9. Riding for Vans and getting into team management (26:43) 10. Tom’s tales video (31:32) 11. Fanning out on Martino Cattaneo’s part (31:52) 12. Quantinium part (35:17) 13. Covid times (37:23) 14. How skateboarding gathers together to face the loss of some of its memorable members in recent years (42:33) 15. Olympics? (45:18) 16. How he takes care of his body to keep skating (48:24) 17. Plans in the near future (53:14) 18. Conclusion (54:58) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 2 avec Romy Bertrand, consultante et accompagnatrice de marques et de skaters/skateuses de talent. Nous revenons ensemble sur sa carrière dans l'industrie du skate sur plus d'une vingtaine d'années, avec des expériences au sein de marques et de groupes emblématiques tels que Dwindle, Dogtown, Girl/Crailtap, le Berrics, Element... jusqu'à la création récente de son entreprise The Good Agencie. 1. Intro (00:13) 2. Enfance en Bourgogne, initiation au skate (01:16) 3. Départ pour les Etats-Unis (08:47) 4. Premières fois à l’embarcadero à SF (09:56) 5. Arrivée à L.A. (19:30) 6. Rencontre avec Rob Valerio et débuts chez Dwindle (21:23) 7. Dogtown Skateboards (28:58) 8. Transition vers Girl/Crailtap (33:50) 9. Epoque Fully Flared (37:40) 10. Lancement de The Good Agencie (38:53) 11. Envisager l’agence comme une marque de skate (46:02) 12. Talents représenté.e.s (52:17) 13. Impact du covid sur son activité (58:48) 14. Addictions (01:05:43) 15. Jeux Olympiques (01:09:00) 16. Conclusion (01:14:42) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 1 with Nestor Judkins, an American pro skater based in L.A., originally from San Jose, California. Together we talked about his skate career, going from Santa Cruz to Enjoi, traveling and skating with Patrik Wallner and the Visual Traveling crew, how it all led to launching his non profit organization Salad Days of Skateboarding, traveling with Ben Raemers and helping out the Ben Raemers foundation, how social media and covid changed the landscape of skateboarding, the progression of skateboarding in recent years...  1. Intro (00:13) 2. Presentation (01:54) 3. Starting to skate (06:32) 3. Getting sponsored (08:53) 4. Traveling and skating (12:39) 5. Traveling with Patrik Wallner and Visual Traveling (14:39) 6. Leading to Salad Days (18:47) 7. Equipment donation (21:18) 8. Focusing boards in old videos (25:45) 9. "Unofficial" trips for Salad Days (29:56) 10. Bucket list of countries to go explore for Salad Days (33:07) 11. Involvement with Ben Raemers Foundation (36:01) 12. Next plans for sponsors and Salad Days (39:36) 13. How social media and covid affected the landscape of skateboarding (42:43) 14. Progression of skateboarding with the Olympics around the corner (46:05) 15. Any bad experience abroad while traveling for skating? (51:48) 16. Conclusion (55:08) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.