#289 - Clyde Singleton

Clyde Singleton discusses growing up in Jacksonville Florida, going "pro" for Acme Skateboards, The Chronicles Of Piff Huxtable & Clydes Corner, impersonating John Montesi on the phone to get on Vision Street Wear, ruining Jamie Thomas' purple Planet Earth pants, meeting Natas and Gino and getting fully on 101, staying with Fabian Alomar, passing up the opportunity to ride for Menace, leaving 101 for Sal Barbier’s company 23, falling off a bridge in Prague & waking up in ICU, the beginning & end of Aesthetics, the move to Zoo York, his Minority Report video, going to culinary school, the return of Aesthetics, his podcast “WCRP on Skateboarding” and much more!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Clyde Singleton

00:02:16 Chris and Clyde were teammates on 4CE Footwear

00:05:55 Clyde on Hawk vs Wolf podcast

00:06:32 The return of Aesthetics

00:08:32 Ride Or Die vol 1 (Clyde falling off a bridge in Prague)

00:25:19 20 Shot Sequence video

00:26:14 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens

00:28:16 Going "pro" for Acme Skateboards

00:31:19 Getting introduced to skateboarding

00:36:25 Clyde accidentally learning everything switch when he first started skating

00:41:37 Clyde's wooden trophy that looks like something else

00:43:24 Black representation in skateboarding

00:49:42 Clyde's personality off the board

00:51:16 People getting mad at Clyde for being Clyde

00:52:01 The Chronicles of Piff Huxtable 

00:55:35 Comparing the Zero Skateboards tours to the Insane Clown Posse

00:57:27 Clyde's relationship with Jamie Thomas 

01:01:20 Getting hooked up by Vision

01:03:50 Impersonating John Montesi to get on Vision Street Wear

01:08:22 Getting on Formula 1 wheels

01:10:11 Driving out to California

01:19:51 Clyde ruined Jamie Thomas' purple Planet Earth pants

01:24:11 The incident at EMB

01:37:12 Getting caught skipping school

01:41:40 Getting on 101

01:52:26 Kareem taking Clyde under his wing

01:54:59 Meeting Natas and Gino and getting fully on 101

02:00:21 Filming for 20 Shot Sequence

02:01:04 The World camp helping to mold Clyde's skate career

02:06:29 Staying with Fabian Alomar

02:08:51 Leaving 101 and starting 23 Skateboards with Sal Barbier

02:15:08 Passing up the opportunity to ride for Menace

02:16:30 Slamming Jason Dill's head in a car door

02:19:51 The 23 tour

02:25:11 What happened to 23

02:26:08 The beginning of Aesthetics

02:34:26 The end of Aesthetics and the move to Zoo York

02:42:36 Clyde wanted to be the black guy on black label

02:43:50 After Zoo York

02:50:18 The party lifestyle

02:52:30 Clyde's Minority Report video

03:00:47 Going to culinary school

03:02:18 Being a chef

03:08:05 Sober Clyde

03:14:03 Clyde on DC?

03:22:49 Top stains and blank boards

03:26:14 The problem with owning the company you skate for

03:28:44 The current state of skateboard marketing

03:52:11 When Sheffey was Sheffey

03:58:54 The return of Aesthetics

04:03:16 Going on tour with the world camp

04:06:46 World park

04:13:40 Clyde's podcast

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