Beyond Boards

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 q...

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),...

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...

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...

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)...

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 t...

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...

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 skateboar...

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 Mi...

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 Ska...

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...

Episode 88 with Nikola Racan, skateboarder and filmmaker from Fažana, Croatia, co-founder of the Vladimir Film Festival. Together we discussed how skateboarding entered his life as a young teenager in the late 90’s, working for a few years at a local film festival as well as in a theater which allowed him to have a good understanding of the cultural scene, starting the Vladimir Film Festival, a sm...

Episode 87 with Paul O'Connor, skateboarder and academic from Exeter, England. Together we discussed him growing up in Devon and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, developing an interest for research early on which eventually led him to start his academic journey in the late 90’s, moving to Hong Kong in 2001 where he spent the next 15+ years exploring among other exciting things the soci...

Episode 86 with Ray Barbee, professional skateboarder, musician and photographer from San Diego, California. Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the early 80’s to turning pro for Powell-Peralta at the age of 17, how he's been living his life between his 3 main passions that are skateboarding, music and photography and much more, through surprise questions...

Episode 85 with Martin Ander aka Mander, skateboarder, artist, illustrator and graphic designer from Stockholm, Sweden. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Stockholm where he started skating and writing graffiti in the mid to late-80’s to making a living as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for nearly 3 decades and everything in between through surprise questio...

Episode 84 with Chris Colbourn, professional skateboarder and artist from San Diego, California. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first board in Williston, Vermont to turning pro for Element Skateboards in 2019, joining the Worble team soon after and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his: James Buchmann, Collin Hale, Mark...

Episode 83 with Laurence Keefe, professional skateboarder and team manager from Tokyo, Japan. Together we discussed him growing up in the UK, moving to Barcelona in 2005 where he spent a few years teaching English aside from skating and traveling, connecting with Patrik Wallner and going on his first Visual Traveling trips, settling down in Tokyo, Japan in March 2011 with a working holiday visa ju...

Episode 82 with Amy Ellington, founder of KCDC Skateshop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Together we discussed her life and career, from growing up in Long Island, going to punk and hardcore shows as a teenager in the late 80’s/early 90’s, working as a party promoter for a few years until opening KCDC skateshop in 2001 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, running the shop for the last 23 years which has become a...

Episode 81 with Evan Smith, professional skateboarder and musician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Together we discussed his life and career, from his early years at Metro Skatepark in Orlando, Florida to starting Uma Landsleds (today Umaverse) in 2020 and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his: Brian Delatorre, Jeff Pang, Danny Montoya, Kiah Harrington-Wymer, Jimmy As...

Episode 80 with Chris Haslam, professional skateboarder from Vancouver, Canada. Together we discussed his life and career from growing up and picking up his first board in Singapore in the mid 90’s to starting his own board brand Brainchild in 2019 and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his: Bill Weiss, Danny Gonzalez, Colin Kennedy, Greg Lutzka, Louie Barletta, Joe P...

Episode 79 with Esther Sayers, artist, researcher, gallery educator, lecturer and skateboarder from London, England. Together we discussed her life and career from studying art in the early 90’s to her current role at the Goldsmiths University of London, picking up her first board in 2017 at the age of 47 and how it’s affected her life from then on, connecting with the local and broader skate comm...

Episode 78 with Grant Yansura, skateboarder, business owner and filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first board in West Palm Beach, Florida to starting WKND Skateboards in 2014, running the brand for the last 10 years and putting out several amazing videos full of great skating and hilarious skits and everything in b...

Episode 77 with Patrick Kigongo, skateboarder, digital product manager and podcaster from Los Angeles, California. Together we discussed his life and career from him growing up and picking up his first board in Rockland County, NY, to moving to Los Angeles in 2014, getting involved with the Harold Hunter Foundation and the Mostly Skateboarding podcast and much more through surprise questions from...

Episode 76 with Marbie Miller, skateboarder and artist from Oakland, California. Together we discussed her life and career, from growing up in La Porte, Iowa where she picked up her first board at the age of 11 to turning pro for There Skateboards in 2020, her art practice, fingerboarding and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers: Jeff Cheung, Nick Lyle, Una Farrar, Shari White...

Episode 75 with Gustav Edén, skateboarder and project manager for the city of Malmö, Sweden. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up between Gothenburg and Lund in the 80's, riding for Unabomber Skateboards and Octagon Wheels while living in London and Australia in the late 90's and 2000's before moving back to Sweden and eventually becoming the skateboarding coordinator for the...