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 on 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 on 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 on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 94 with Cole Nowicki, skateboarder, writer and publisher based in Vancouver, BC. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first skateboard in Lac La Biche, Alberta to releasing his most recent book “Laser Quit Smoking Massage” in 2024 and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Nathan Mader (04:20) – Fine. Press (06:07) – Mike Munzenrider (09:21) – Jen Sookfong Lee (10:11) – Carleigh Baker and Sean Cranbury (11:52) – Writing habits (13:59) – Paul O’Connor (19:44) – Dina Del Bucchia (21:12) – Farran Golding (25:29) – Sarah Berman (27:08) – John Dahlquist (33:30) – Alicia Tobin (34:55) – Stew Klein (37:35) – Deer Man from Barrier Kult (38:35) – First connection with the Barrier Kult (41:38) – Patrick Kigongo (44:15) – Aaron Read (45:54) – Will Pearson (51:52) – Stefen Ursulan (56:01) – Nikola Racan (56:54) – Michael Christie (01:00:07) – Ian Browning (01:06:14) – Hiller Goodspeed (01:07:34) – José Vadi (01:12:10) – Indigo Willing (01:17:05) – Norma Ibarra (01:19:24) – Matt Bowes (01:22:12) – Kyle Beachy (01:27:41) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Today’s episode is focused on the first edition of the Connect festival, which took place in Bordeaux, France between October 17th and 20th 2024. Connect is a new international festival dedicated to skateboarding culture and its relationship to urban planning, highlighting its cultural and artistic aspects. The event, co-organized by Leo Valls, City Skate Collective and Côte Ouest Agency brought together over 3600 participants from 16 different nationalities and featured exhibitions, conferences, video premieres, workshops, concerts, skateable sculptures and city sessions. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – First part: behind the scenes with some of the people who organized “Connect” (01:26) – Léo Valls (06:51) – Lucas Lopes (11:34) – Aurélien Gaucherand (15:33) – Flavien Jara (21:33) – Juliette Evon and Jean-Sébastien Lacam (29:11) – Second part: feedback voice memos shared by attendees (30:07) – Julien Januszkiewicz (34:00) – Jan Kliewer (35:48) – Emily Jones (38:32) – Josh Katz (40:16) – Luis Guedes (41:52) – Harry Meadley (46:59) – Lena Germanese (49:53) – Lui Araki (50:29) – Philip Halton (52:59) – Brian Glenney (55:19) – Aurore Roussel (58:03) – Cameron Ohlson (01:00:58) – Charles Paratte (01:02:54) – Jimmy Lannon (01:04:35) – Sophie Friedel (01:06:30) – Andrew Holt (01:08:54) – Julien Glauser (01:11:03) – Mike Mag (01:12:46) – Helen Wyss (01:15:37) – Will Ascott (01:18:35) – Patrick Kigongo (01:21:07) – Gustav Eden (01:24:06) – Kirsty Smith (01:26:52) – Jean Turcat (01:29:24) – David Gough (01:32:44) – Ted Barrow (01:36:21) – Lauren Valls (01:38:35) – Thibault Carpentier (01:42:35) – Leo Sharp (01:44:15) – John Gardner (01:45:53) – Chris Lawton (01:48:43) – Jim Thiebaud (01:51:35) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 93 with Jacob Rosenberg, skateboarder and filmmaker from Palo Alto, California. Together we discussed his life and career, from crossing paths with Mike Ternasky at summer skate camp in the late 80’s to working on the “Recording the ride” exhibition at the Museum of Moving Image (which opened in September 2024), releasing his new photo book “Right before my eyes” and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Stephanie Person (06:51) – Eddie Elguera (10:04) – Mark Whiteley (14:57) – Jeremy Wray (19:29) – Aaron Artis (22:56) – Colin McKay (24:09) – Pat Channita (27:47) – Brendan Spohn (34:52) – Aaron Meza (36:54) – Rick Ibaseta (40:17) – Ryan Fabry (42:51) – Tony Ferguson (46:35) – Greg Carroll (50:47) – Greg Hunt (01:01:02) – Bret Anthony Johnston (01:03:48) – Pete Thompson (01:08:12) – Anthony Pappalardo (01:14:02) – Tim Anderson (01:18:44) – Justin Girard (01:21:54) – Colin Kennedy (01:25:19) – Ronnie Bertino (01:28:49) – Will Harmon (01:30:09) – Damian Siguenza (01:35:02) – Pat Duffy (01:39:51) – Eric Swisher (01:45:01) – James Kelch (01:48:44) – Andrew Huberman (01:53:00) – Joseph Ternasky (01:59:05) – Ty Evans (02:04:57) – Michaela Ternasky Holland (02:07:41) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 92 with Norma Ibarra, skateboarder and photographer from Hermosillo, Mexico. Together we discussed her growing up in Mexico and picking up her first camera at the age of 15, moving to Vancouver, Canada in 2009 at the age of 25 after completing degrees in tourism, advertising and marketing, getting involved in the mountain bike industry as a practitioner and photographer, starting skateboarding at the age of 31 which led her to new opportunities, traveling all over the world in the last 5 to 10 years documenting the women and non-traditional skateboarding scenes and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Raisa Abal (05:43) – Jaime Reyes (19:06) – Allysha Le (22:18) – Shani Bru (26:17) – Alex White (29:22) – Natalie Porter (40:40) – Cierra Xavier (46:13) – Rose Archie (51:57) – Clara Solar (54:30) – Sabrina Sellers (01:02:37) – Hannah Bailey (01:08:16) – Atita Verghese (01:13:11) – Helena Long (01:15:37) – José Vadi (01:20:56) – Matt Price (01:23:09) – Nicole Hause (01:28:32) – Nam-Chi Van (01:30:02) – Judith Kasiama (01:32:36) – Kim Woozy (01:35:51) – Denise Biziaev (01:40:04) – Fabiana Delfino (01:45:46) – Shari White (01:49:30) – Vanessa Torres (01:54:47) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 91 with Colin Read, skateboarder and filmmaker from Stuart, Florida. Together we discussed him growing up and starting skateboarding in Florida, breaking his pelvis at the age of 19 which led him to start filming his friends, moving to NYC at the age of 21 and living there ever since, making independent skate films throughout the 2010’s among which “Mandible Claw” (2010), “Tengu: God of Mischief” (2013) and the cult classic “Spirit Quest” (2016), dealing with gnarly back issues which forced him to take a long break from filming skateboarding, transitioning into music videos (for Radiohead, Weezer or Glass Animals to name a few) and commercial film work (for Apple, Converse, Burberry…) and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Alex Fogt (14:47) – Matt Town (18:26) – Josh Stewart (23:29) – Steve Spence (25:36) – Steve Cockrell (26:47) – Jimmy Lannon (34:18) – Billy Rohan (39:27) – James Sayres (45:40) – Cosme Fernandez (50:11) – Jesse Narvaez (54:46) – Evan Borja (01:04:30) – Ian Williams and John Stanier from Battles (01:06:16) – Dylan Kammerer (01:16:45) – Drew Tetz (01:20:51) – Glen Fox (01:21:28) – Anthony Pappalardo (01:24:27) – Brian Downey (01:26:07) - Jacob Ireland (01:32:17) – Zach Moore (01:33:35) – Evan Kinori (01:35:01) – Joe Perrin (01:37:35) – John Lindsay (01:38:17) – Takahiro Morita (01:40:20) – Léo Valls (01:41:30) – Hiroki Muraoka (01:47:14) – James Coleman (01:51:31) – Nikola Racan (01:53:12) – Cole Giordano (01:59:46) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 90 with Brian Delatorre, professional skateboarder from Miami, Florida. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Miami and picking up his first board in 1999 to moving to San Francisco at the age of 19 and spending the following 15+ years between SF and New York City while traveling all around the world with the help of his various sponsors, turning pro for Habitat Skateboards in 2013, developing a strong interest in photography, moving back to Miami in 2023 with his family and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Danny Fuenzalida (45:59) – Jake Rupp (48:17) – Lucian Moon (58:12) – Evan Smith (01:08:34) – Marius Syvanen (01:14:01) – Jason Henry (01:24:30) – Kevin Métallier (01:33:36) – Joe Brook (01:37:09) – Zac Coyne (01:40:10) – Chewy Cannon (01:42:55) – Jaime Owens (01:45:19) – Danny Montoya (01:47:01) – Andrew Caulfield aka Ando (01:51:04) – Alex Papke (01:55:16) – Silas Baxter Neal (02:02:50) – Josh Stewart (02:04:52) – Brad Cromer (02:24:12) – Aaron Herrington (02:39:46) – Matt Rodriguez (02:46:58) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 89 with Dan Magee, skateboarder, filmer and filmmaker from London, England, creative mind behind Blueprint Skateboards. Together we discussed his life and career, from the early days of Panic and Blueprint Skateboards to more recent projects such as “Cover Version” (2019, co-directed with Kevin Parrott) or Conor Charleson’s “Slight Inclination” part (2023) and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:38) – John Rattray (19:21) – Nick Hamilton (24:38) – John Cattle (29:12) – Gustav Edén (35:24) – Jacob Harris (42:13) – Josh Stewart (52:06) – Kevin Parrott (59:50) – Nick Sharratt (01:01:02) – Hattie Castelberg (01:05:17) – Conor Charleson (01:11:54) – Adam Mondon (01:21:45) – Ben Powell (01:26:45) – Kevin Coakley (01:35:15) – Al Hodgson (01:43:29) – Paul Shier (01:48:31) – Danny Brady (01:49:47) – Ben Grove (01:52:11) – Joel Curtis (01:55:03) – Ewan Bowman (01:56:41) – Dave Mackey (02:05:20) – Leo Sharp (02:09:52) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.