The Wood - Skateboard Podcast - by: TSG Skateboarding

In this interview I interview fellow skater and podcaster Jason Cabello.  He is fairly new to Austin and brings his experiences from Miami and LA with him.  He is also a podcaster and knew how to tell a good story about his life as a skater and his battle with addiction to recovery.   

In this episode I speak with another fellow Kingwood homie.  Dave has a weird style and a mellow persona.  His comfort zone is in nollies and doing low-key dork tricks on one curb for hours at a time.  With his creative and unique approach to skating and life, it was a pleasure to get him recorded! 

In this episode I sat down with Brian Farmer.  He is a low key street skater who generally skates with the Foundry-Hellsick folks.  Also coming from Kingwood, TX. like much of the crew.  He describes his influences from the early days and what it's like being a teacher in the institution who is also a skater who grew up hating the institutions, and how it affects the way he teaches and communicate...

San Marcos park local, Josh Chappell charges everything.  "Holdin' on for dear life", and "try to stay upright as long as you can".  I love this outlook on skateboarding.  I'm sad this interview was cut a bit short as my recorder battery ran out.  He had alot of great stuff to say.

Shane Wolfe is born and raised straight out of the ditches as an Austin local.  You can tell his ditch style in everything he rides.  Hitting every possible line and corner of a bowl he sweeps it up.  

Mandon Maloney has been skating a long, long time.  You can always find him at House Park in central Austin.  He has seen skate style come and go and seems to have always done his own thing in bowls and on ramps.  He is super low key and humble.  In this episode, he talks about his early days in Dallas, his favorite places in Austin, his music and band, and his favorite things all of them.  He nev...

Scott Garlington (Switchie) has always been a bringer together of people, and he rips also.  From arriving in Austin as a dreadlocked Drag rat to nowadays meditating through his skateboard at House Park on the reg, Scott has earned his place as one of Austin's established.  In this episode we get to hear his take on skateboarding in Corpus, OKC, and Austin as well as the wood ramp scene in the ear...

In this episode I had a great time speaking with with Dave Wattigny.  He speaks of all types of tales from his photographic memory of his early days on his Hobie board, to the Broken Neck, a busted spleen, to the Dust Bowl in Lafayette, to "pool-cleaning" and building the pool in Parisite Park in New Orleans.   

In this episode I got to speak with Isaac Martinez during a Wednesday night session at his house in central Austin where Maggie's Ramp is located.  He talks about the ramp story, the early days of his skating, his influences, and his board shaping.  

In this episode I got to speak with John Wilinski aka: Hollywood while he was in town and ripping up Maggie's ramp in Austin, TX.  Hollywood has been around the block and back again on a skateboard and has a unique perspective on skateboarding both as a pro and as a ramp builder.  

In this short episode at the Fredericksburg contest on April 29, 2022, I had a chance to sit down with Ebone and talk about her love for skateboarding. Growing up in South Austin, she has found her crew of like-minded women who also skate and have a stoke for the sport.  She also teaches at a middle school and has been given the opportunity to  share her love for the sport and for her students by...

This is one of two short episodes from a contest on Fredericksburg. David Castillo, founder of Orale! speaks with me as we talk about skateboarding in The Valley in South Texas, and in San Antonio.  He also talks about his company Orale! that specializes in hardware made for skateboarding.  Park building legend Grapes also makes a cameo appearance.

In this episode I interview San Marcos local Sam Bethke.  He recounts the days in San Marcos, TX before the official skatepark, the street scene, and his run-ins with the security guards.  Then, later in life he discovers Krav Maga and describes how it all ties in to his first love of skateboarding.     Brought to you by: Foundry Skateboards  https://www.foundryskateboards.com/

In this episode I speak with Wes Hunter.  Longtime local in the Austin skate scene and longtime ripper at many of the iconic wooden ramps that were built in Austin over the past couple of decades.  We speak a little bit about those ramps and his influences as a skater.

In this episode I talk to Stephen Esposito while we were skating at Tom Henry's concrete skatepark in his backyard.  He recounts his skateboarding roots in Phoenix and Chicago before his move to Austin.

PJ has been rolling since the 80's.  He brings lots of art and style to his skating and his life.  He recounts some cool stories of his early days of skating with all our local Kingwood hoodrats and with Christian McCloud (RIP).  We talk about favorite boards, skaters, and different styles along with his own artistic style and work.  

In this episode I interview Brad Jackson.  Brand is a fixture at Brushy Creek Skatepark.  The the Autumn Skateboard Collective, Brad consistently puts in effort to make sure the parks are clean and that the local hoodrats are stoked on skateboarding by helping to gather and distribute extra new and used skate equipment.  If you see Brad at any of the skateparks lend a hand, show some respect,  and...

Episode 02 with Sean Forsberg.  If you took Bill Murray, Mark Gonzales, and Mickey Mouse and threw them into a blender, you get Sean.   Sean brings the weird vids to The Foundry and pulls some really good footage out of his ass alot of the time.  He also flows really really fast around bowl corners.  The podcast ends abruptly, due to the batteries running out... Or did it....?

For this first episode I interview Pat Morehead.  Longtime skateboarder, founder of Foundry Skateboards, and an overall OG.  It was a beautiful day at an uncrowded Pflugerville Skatepark on a Saturday afternoon.