Beyond Boards

Episode 116 with Tom Karangelov, professional skateboarder from Los Angeles, California.

Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in his early teens in Fountain Valley and becoming a local at the Santa Ana skatepark, in his late teens winning Slap’s “One in a million” contest which put him on the map, since then leading a highly productive skate career, eventually getting on the WKND and New Balance Numeric programs, his uniquely creative approach to spots and tricks showcased in his numerous amazing video parts, often filmed and edited by his lifelong friend Matt Bublitz, his upcoming projects and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Nando Yiv
(07:20) – Matt Price
(11:28) – Kento Takahashi
(14:06) – Taylor McClung
(17:32) – Andrew Considine
(22:38) – Jordan Taylor
(24:11) – Nick Boserio
(35:21) – Dan Plunkett
(37:40) – Tim Savage
(39:58) – Cameron Strand
(46:52) – Scotty Simmons
(49:44) – Ben Lee
(01:07:58) – Michael Burnett
(01:16:16) – Matt Payne
(01:26:42) – Shintaro Hongo
(01:33:56) – Jaime Owens
(01:37:20) – Justin Reynolds
(01:43:07) – Ed Templeton
(01:45:40) – Matt Bublitz
(01:53:39) – Cristina Ledesma Karangelov
(01:54:36) – Rob Taro
(01:57:08) – Alia Huffman
(01:59:22) – Dan Stolling
(02:05:41) – Sebastian Palmer
(02:14:03) – Garrett Holmes
(02:16:19) – Salomon Cardenas
(02:19:24) – Tyler Surrey
(02:21:06) – Bob Altamirano
(02:23:05) – Conclusion

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Episode 115 with Lisa Whitaker, skateboarder, videographer and brand owner from Norwalk, California.

Together we discussed her life and career, from picking up her first board at the age of 10 in 1985, in the following years starting to film her friends and make her own videos while also traveling all over North America to enter skate competitions, in the early 2000’s launching “The Side Project” which quickly changed its name to the “Girls Skate Network”, a platform which has since then significantly contributed to push and support women’s skateboarding all over the world, to starting Meow Skateboards in 2012 with some of her close friends and since then continuing to push women’s skateboarding to reach new heights and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Poe Pinson
(04:38) – Monica Shaw
(05:25) – Leo Baker
(09:36) – Anthony Acosta
(16:17) – Catharine Lyons
(18:46) – Jaime Reyes
(19:53) – Natalie Porter
(24:07) – Colin Kennedy
(32:52) – Christine Cottam
(37:38) – Nanaka Fujisawa
(41:27) – Alex White
(42:34) – Shane Auckland
(43:16) – Ron Resurrection
(48:39) – Amy Caron
(50:01) – Cara-Beth Burnside
(52:27) – Shari White
(54:44) – Kim Woozy
(56:07) – Van Nguyen
(01:02:27) – Nicole Young
(01:06:00) – Josh Friedberg
(01:07:22) – Lori Damiano
(01:09:42) – Annie Guglia
(01:14:13) – Rose Archie
(01:16:04) – Conclusion

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Episode 114 with Barney Page, professional skateboarder from Exeter, England.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Exeter and picking up his first board around 11 years old, connecting with photographer Leo Sharp and starting to get coverage in the UK scene which led him to getting flowed Motive boards from Rob Selley, later getting flowed Enjoi boards until he landed on the Sour team, spending the last 15 years traveling and skating all around the world, skating across the UK in the autumn of 2021 in memory of his dear friend Ben Raemers, a trip which was beautifully captured by his friend Ryan Sherman in the “Land’s End” documentary, to rebuilding and designing a canal boat to live in and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Paul O’Connor
(07:26) – Oli Buergin
(21:17) – Travis Wardle
(30:47) – Josh Harris
(34:57) – Aidan Campbell
(38:39) – Jonathan Lomar
(41:28) – Gustav Tønnesen
(47:38) – Tom Snape
(55:47) – Kevin Parrott
(01:06:59) – Leo Sharp
(01:09:43) – Sam McGuire
(01:15:05) – Susie Crome
(01:18:33) – Lucy Raemers
(01:21:59) – Nisse Ingemarsson
(01:23:41) – Oscar Dryden
(01:25:01) – Bas Janssen
(01:31:49) – Yann Horowitz
(01:33:08) – Albert Nyberg
(01:35:03) – Sami Seppala
(01:37:18) – Martin Sandberg
(01:42:57) – Ally Campbell
(01:44:53) – Nestor Judkins
(01:55:12) – Patrik Wallner
(01:58:38) – Björn Holmenäs
(02:00:07) – Tim Ruck
(02:05:23) – Conclusion

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Episode 113 with Jerry Hsu, professional skateboarder and photographer from San José, California.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in San José and picking up his first board in the early 90’s, connecting with local pros such as Marc Johnson who helped him get on Maple Skateboards and later on Enjoi, Osiris days, his iconic “Bag of suck” part, his thoughts on music in skate videos, diving deep into art and photography in the mid-2010’s which led him to start his brand Sci-Fi Fantasy, first as an art project which eventually turned into a board brand, to releasing their first full-length video “Endless Beauty” in the summer of 2025 and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Will Sprot
(08:10) – Shawn Mandoli
(16:24) – Chris Pastras
(22:28) – Ray Barbee
(26:14) – Mike Crabtree
(30:39) – Ed Dominick
(33:47) – Dave Mayhew
(42:06) – Caswell Berry
(43:33) – Kyle Camarillo
(50:14) – Mark Whiteley
(01:05:24) – Music supervision in “Endless beauty”
(01:12:48) – Jonathan Mehring
(01:17:31) – Javier Mendizabal
(01:21:33) – Ryan Lay
(01:26:24) – Katina Danabassis
(01:27:43) – Yasi Salek
(01:31:14) – Ted Barrow
(01:42:04) – Sam Korman
(01:49:11) – Aaron Meza
(01:52:18) – Ed Templeton
(01:57:35) – Anthony Claravall
(02:03:03) – Zak Anders
(02:06:36) – Luke Murphy
(02:07:32) – Winston Tseng
(02:17:21) – Daniel Wheatley
(02:22:24) – Louie Barletta
(02:26:15) – Conclusion

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Episode 112 with Kelly Bird, former professional skateboarder and footwear brand manager from Houston, Texas.

Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the mid-80’s to turning pro for Real Skateboards in the early 90’s, transitioning into marketing and team management at DC Shoes, moving over to Lakai shortly after it started in 1999 where he spent the following 15 years as team, then brand manager, before eventually joining Nike SB in 2015 where he has been working as global brand manager for the past 10-years, recently integrating into Nike’s global basketball brand team and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Aaron Meza
(20:55) – Dave Swift
(23:32) – Thomas Morgan
(28:20) – Bill Weiss
(31:42) – Tony Ferguson
(37:51) – Skin Phillips
(46:13) – James Kelch
(49:32) – Joe Brook
(56:07) – Mike Carroll
(01:23:28) – Dimitry Elyashkevich
(01:31:16) – Aaron Hoover
(01:51:22) – Chris Carter
(02:09:10) – Kaspar Van Lierop
(02:11:33) – Eric Swisher
(02:14:42) – Hunter Muraira
(02:16:38) – Jason Patrick Searcy
(02:24:37) – Jürgen Blümlein
(02:28:37) – Kristin Ebeling
(02:40:35) – John Rattray
(02:42:31) – Megan Last
(02:45:44) – Shawn Mandoli
(02:54:37) – Conclusion

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Episode 111 with Joel Meinholz, professional skateboarder from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the late 80’s, settling down in Miami and having a productive skateboarding career riding for Planet Earth, Stereo, Rasa Libre and eventually Hopps, and appearing among other things in Josh Stewart’s iconic Static video series, working in event production and marketing throughout his entire career, ripping hard as ever in his late 40’s and sharpening his photography skills at Harvard and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Felix Arguelles
(06:52) – Andre Lezama
(11:50) – Connecting with Josh Stewart
(13:02) – John Baragwanath
(16:48) – Abe Bethel
(20:00) – Danny Fuenzalida
(22:45) – Steve Brandi
(29:25) – Fred Gall
(32:30) – Sven Barth
(34:45) – Brian Delatorre
(37:38) – Jake Todd
(44:08) – Jimmy Lannon
(46:30) – Jerry Fowler
(51:22) – Brad Cromer
(58:12) – Danny Montoya
(59:16) – Mark Gamez
(01:10:50) – Photography class at Harvard
(01:12:39) – Matt Cantor
(01:17:54) – Paul De Oliveira
(01:24:49) – Josh Stewart
(01:40:46) – Cecilia Cuff
(01:51:17) – Conclusion

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Episode 110 with Mike Carroll, professional skateboarder from Daly City, California.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and starting skateboarding in San Francisco in the mid to late 80’s, coming up at Embarcadero in the early 90’s and filming for the Plan B videos, starting Girl Skateboards alongside Rick Howard, Megan Baltimore and Spike Jonze in 1993 which throughout the years has become a staple in skateboarding culture and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Max Schaaf
(09:49) – Sal Barbier
(11:08) – Aaron Meza
(14:26) – Pat Duffy
(23:15) – Tobin Yelland
(29:27) – Jacob Rosenberg
(34:57) – The importance of style
(37:43) – Josh Kalis
(41:29) – John Cardiel
(44:57) – James Kelch
(45:56) – Lance Dawes
(01:05:05) – Frank Gerwer
(01:07:01) – PJ Ladd
(01:08:14) – Sam Smyth
(01:13:44) – Ted Barrow
(01:37:59) – Greg Hunt
(01:41:52) – Charlie Carroll
(01:43:07) – Megan Baltimore
(01:48:09) – Megan steps into the room
(01:48:28) – Rick Howard
(01:53:10) – Paulo Diaz
(02:10:21) – Alex Olson
(02:16:08) – Johannes Gamble
(02:19:17) – Joey Tershay
(02:20:09) – John Marello
(02:23:58) – Jesus Fernandez
(02:31:38) – Tim Dowling
(02:36:28) – Michael Burnett
(02:44:21) – Ray Barbee
(02:46:13) – Tim Anderson
(02:52:42) – Greg Carroll
(03:03:11) – Spike Jonze
(03:10:52) – Conclusion

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Episode 109 with Rose Archie, skateboarder and community activist from Tsq’escen’ (Canim Lake) of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation.

Together we discussed her life and career, from picking up her first board in the early 90’s to launching Nations Skate Youth in 2020, a non-profit which aims to connect Indigenous youth with their culture and heritage through skateboarding, and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of hers.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Mel Mercier
(03:56) – Kristin Ebeling
(07:45) – Natalie Porter
(11:15) – Norma Ibarra
(15:29) – Héloïse Wathelet
(17:45) – Dustin Henry
(27:29) – Una Farrar
(28:24) – Tina Janien Cale
(37:58) – Patricia Kavanaugh
(43:04) – Olga Arista
(45:55) – Jade Spotted Eagle
(46:53) – John Rattray
(54:45) – Maurice Crandall
(58:16) – Caroline Samorodin
(01:01:10) – Annie Guglia
(01:11:52) – Cole Nowicki
(01:16:57) – Adea Chung
(01:19:19) – Cecely Todacheenie
(01:21:42) – Jessie Van Roechoudt
(01:25:42) – Cassandra Bailey
(01:33:05) – Denise Biziaev
(01:45:20) – Jess Sung
(01:50:38) – Conclusion

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Episode 108 with Jeremy Elkin, skateboarder and filmmaker from Montréal, Québec.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Montréal where he started skating as a young teen in the late 90’s, putting his name to a number of skate films throughout the 00’s including “Lo-Def” (2008), “Elephant Direct” (2010), “Poisonous Products” (2011) and “The Brodies” (2013), embarking on a documentary project centered around Eli Gesner and RB Umali’s iconic Zoo York “Mixtape” video which eventually evolved into “All the Streets Are Silent” (2021), focused on the convergence of hip-hop and skateboarding in New York City between 1987 and 1997, relocating to Tokyo, Japan in 2024 where he keeps working on numerous rad projects and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro

(01:25) – Eli Gesner

(09:17) – Jeremy Pettit

(14:59) – Mike Fyfe

(18:35) – Leo Gutman

(27:51) – Julien Januszkiewicz

(32:27) – Joseph Delgado

(35:16) – Eric Lebeau

(37:39) – Aaron Herrington

(40:29) – Rob Campbell

(41:52) – German Nieves
(44:12) – Charles Lamb

(47:06) – Dan Magee

(52:08) – Sandro Grison

(01:09:43) – Ted Gushue

(01:10:41) – Barry Walsh

(01:19:38) – Jimmy McDonald

(01:20:48) – Xavier Tera

(01:23:21) – Jahmal Williams

(01:24:22) – Yuki Watanabe

(01:29:49) – Marc Tison

(01:33:15) – Josh Kalis

(01:37:07) – Steve Rodriguez

(01:40:47) – Kevin Lowry

(01:47:35) – Josh Stewart

(01:51:03) – Jacob Rosenberg

(01:58:28) – Bradley Sheppard

(02:01:57) – Greg Hunt
(02:08:36) – Conclusion

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Episode 107 with Josh Kalis, professional skateboarder from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Together we discussed his life and career, from picking up his first board in the late 80’s, crossing paths in the early 90’s with a young Jamie Thomas in Dallas, Texas who invited him to California and offered him a spot on the Toy Machine team, getting on Alien Workshop and DC Shoes and settling down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he and Stevie Williams teamed up to push further the concept of plaza skating at the already iconic Love Park spot, joining Stevie on DGK after 13 years on the workshop, moving back with his family to Grand Rapids where he built his own indoor park as well as his clothing brand “Silak” and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Romie Dennison
(04:59) – Skin Phillips
(08:28) – Jimmy Astleford
(09:16) – RB Umali
(12:26) – Mike Ballard
(22:00) – Kelly Bird
(27:09) – Jimmy Pelletier
(33:25) – Tobin Yelland
(43:26) – Jeremy Wray
(49:52) – Karl Watson
(55:43) – Kerry Getz
(56:45) – Dave Ruta
(01:07:00) – Ken Keistler
(01:11:09) – Jimmy Gorecki
(01:15:53) – Bill Strobeck
(01:26:50) – Jerry Fowler
(01:33:41) – Mike Hoag
(01:45:03) – Troy Morgan
(01:47:04) – Collin Slew
(01:51:26) – Zack May
(01:53:38) – Mark Appleyard
(01:59:58) – Jacob Rosenberg
(02:06:13) – Dane Vaughn
(02:12:47) – Jack Curtin
(02:20:08) – Ryan Gee
(02:24:19) – Chris Carter
(02:29:24) – Thomas Winkle
(02:36:00) – Love Malmö
(02:39:38) – Raul Navarro
(02:42:17) – Ruben Garcia
(02:58:15) – Darren Harper
(03:00:51) – John Gardner
(03:06:01) – Alex Carolino
(03:16:20) – Flo Marfaing
(03:18:35) – Brian Panebianco
(03:29:21) – Conclusion

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