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Beyond Boards episodes

September 27, 2021Episode 9 - Arnaud Dedieu
Episode 9 avec Arnaud Dedieu, skater et spécialiste du marketing et de la communication qui oeuvre dans les coulisses du skateboard français depuis plus de deux décennies. Nous revenons ensemble sur les trois activités qui mobilisent l'essentiel de son temps et de son énergie en ce moment. D'abord Dedication, structure de skate urbanisme dont l'objectif est de développer l'aménagement d'espaces propices à la pratique du skate dans la ville de Bordeaux notamment. Ensuite Big Spin, incontournable podcast dédié à la culture skate française qu'il anime en partenariat avec Sébastien Charlot. Enfin Shifty, première formation supérieure en communication dédiée à l'univers du skateboard, lancée en septembre 2020 en partenariat avec l'école Sup'de Com Bordeaux.
Intro (00:13)
Dedication (01:27)

Bigspin (40:14)

Shifty (57:58)

Conclusion (01:44:47)

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1 hr 46 min
August 23, 2021Episode 8 - Patrick O'Dell
Episode 8 with Patrick O'Dell, skater, photographer, filmmaker and one of skateboarding’s very best storytellers. Together we talked about him picking up a camera and a skateboard in his teenage years, working for Thrasher as their photo editor, starting Epicly Later'd as a blog and turning it into a TV show with Vice, making the "Dumb" documentary about Big Brother Magazine, what he's up to today working with Vans and raising his 1 year old son...
Intro (00:14)
Presentation (01:15)

Pursuing skateboarding as a career (03:08)

Photo editor for Thrasher Magazine in NYC (04:28)

Favorite photos shot around that time? (05:58)

Starting Epicly Later’d (08:10)

First piece with Dustin Dollin (12:14)

Top 3 or 5 favorite interviews (18:19)

Episodes about sober skaters that were very inspiring (22:03)

Who didn’t you have on the show yet that you would love to get interviews with? (29:30)

Last season formatted for TV: how did it change your approach? (32:54)

Were there talks about doing another season after the latest one? (34:36)

« Dumb » Big Brother documentary (40:02)

How do you work with the guest? Do you script the episode at all? (41:40)

Were you ever part of the editing process? (44:28)

Latest “commercial” work with Vans, anything else going on? (49:24)

Current state of skateboarding with the Olympics around the corner (51:59)

Conclusion (01:01:25)

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1 hr 3 min
July 19, 2021Episode 7 - Jérémie Grynblat
Episode 7 avec Jérémie Grynblat, fondateur de l'agence BLCK LIST à travers laquelle il accompagne les carrières de certains des meilleurs skaters français actuels, tels qu'Aurélien Giraud, Vincent Milou ou Vincent Matheron. Nous revenons ensemble sur son parcours, depuis les premiers bowl riders de Marseille jusqu'aux jeux olympiques de Tokyo en juillet 2021.
Intro (00:14)
Présentation (01:16)

Premier bowlrider (11:58)

Obtention du bac (20:12)

Entrée en fac de sport (24:00)

Premier contact avec Red Bull (33:00)

Red Bull Manny Mania (37:27)

Club Powerslide avec Mehdi Salah (41:43)

Voyage aux USA avec Guillaume Mocquin, Julien Benoliel et Chloé Bernard pour le Dew Tour à Ocean City (44:05)

Retour en France et proposition de job chez Electric (59:00)

Début de collaboration avec RMC Sport et l’Equipe (01:13:01)

Robin Bolian, Aurélien Giraud et Vincent Matheron proposent à Jérémie de rester leur TM en privé (et plus pour le compte d’Electric) (01:14:25)

Montage d’un event dans la veine du bowlrider (01:19:53)

Métier d’agent de skater (01:30:15)

Aurélien Giraud sous le feu des critiques (01:41:16)

Proposition de participation à l’organisation des JO (01:46:20)

Aurélien travaille sur une part plan B et veut marquer les esprits comme Chris Joslin avec True (01:51:00)

Les riders peuvent ils skater comme d’habitude à l’approche des JO ? (01:58:32)

Conclusion (02:00:33)

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2 hr 2 min
May 10, 2021Episode 6 - Rob Mathieson
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)

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31 min
May 03, 2021Episode 5 - Patrik Wallner
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)

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1 hr 22 min
April 26, 2021Episode 4 - Greg Poissonnier
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)

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1 hr 13 min
April 19, 2021Episode 3 - Chris Pfanner
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)

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56 min
April 12, 2021Episode 2 - Romy Bertrand
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)

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1 hr 16 min
April 05, 2021Episode 1 - Nestor Judkins
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)

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56 min