Beyond Boards

Episode 106 with Javier Mendizabal, skateboarder and artist from Algorta, Spain.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Algorta and picking up his first board in 1989, moving to Barcelona at 19 years old right before it became a global skate Mecca, getting on Cliché Skateboards in 1999 and spending the following 15 years traveling all around the world shooting photos and filming for their various projects, relocating to the French part of the Basque country in the mid-2010’s and transitioning into painting and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Nahia Mendizabal
(10:35) – Manuel Palacios
(21:05) – Quentin De Briey
(24:23) – Tony Cox
(26:17) – Hugo Morales
(30:50) – Thomas Campbell
(34:54) – Ben Derenne
(41:18) – Jan Kliewer
(48:22) – Andrew Brophy
(01:03:15) – Charles Collet
(01:05:00) – Steve Forstner
(01:07:08) – Leo Sharp
(01:10:56) – Fred Mortagne
(01:19:47) – Lucas Puig
(01:23:24) – Lee Smith
(01:30:06) – Nils Inne
(01:33:51) – Ray Barbee
(01:38:37) – Julian Furones
(01:41:38) – Dave Aron
(01:46:09) – Mike O’Meally
(01:56:00) – Luc Prouzat
(01:59:25) – Julian Smith
(02:04:45) – Kenny Reed
(02:06:45) – Carine Bedoya
(02:08:17) – Conclusion

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Episode 105 with Natalie Porter, skateboarder and librarian from Owen Sound, Ontario, now living on Canada's west coast.

Together we discussed her life and career, from picking up her first board in 1995, connecting with the local skate scenes first in Vancouver then in Montreal where she studied for a few years in the early 2000’s, working as a librarian since 2009, launching “Womxn Skate History” in 2022, an online resource which catalogues and celebrates the visibility of female and non-binary skateboarders throughout history and into contemporary skate culture, her new book “Girl Gangs, Zines and Powerslides: a history of badass women skateboarders” coming out in September 2025 (published by ECW Press) and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Other intro
(03:59) – Harry Meadley
(08:46) – Annie Guglia
(12:35) – Lisa Whitaker
(15:28) – Jaime Reyes
(19:17) – Louise Hénault-Ethier
(23:27) – Iain Borden
(30:13) – Kristin Ebeling
(35:05) – Norma Ibarra
(41:48) – Kevin Marks
(46:39) – Cole Nowicki
(55:51) – Rhianon Bader
(59:45) – Jen Sookfong Lee
(01:02:43) – Michael Burnett
(01:15:01) – Rose Archie
(01:17:51) – Beth Fishman
(01:20:38) – Kim Adrian
(01:24:19) – Betsy Gordon
(01:27:35) – Michele Addelio
(01:31:00) – Indigo Willing
(01:34:22) – Anita Sanford
(01:38:37) – Jessie Van Roechoudt
(01:42:21) – Kyle Beachy
(01:46:14) – Conclusion

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Episode 104 with Joe Castrucci, skateboarder and visual artist from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first board in the early 90’s, applying for a job at Alien Workshop in 1998 which led to launching its sister brand Habitat Skateboards in 1999 and releasing the cult classic “Photosynthesis” video in 2000, running Habitat throughout the last 25 years and bringing back Alien Workshop and Habitat under the same roof in 2018 and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Dave Caddo
(02:54) – Doug Korfhagen
(03:57) – Nick Accurso
(05:45) – Chris Carter
(10:06) – Josh Stewart
(14:08) – Nate Jones
(19:16) – Tim Anderson
(22:38) – Eric Swisher
(25:50) – Kerry Getz
(26:46) – Don Pendleton
(28:06) – Rob Pluhowski
(29:08) – Brennan Conroy
(29:57) – Tim O’Connor
(33:47) – Jason Hernandez
(35:33) – Joe Perrin
(36:47) – Colin Kennedy
(40:59) – Oliver Barton
(48:27) – Tyler Dietterich
(50:40) – Marius Syvanen
(52:37) – Silas Baxter-Neal
(01:00:28) – Zac Coyne
(01:02:43) – Guilherme Guimarães
(01:05:54) – Buddy Best
(01:17:49) – Bill Strobeck
(01:26:02) – Fred Gall
(01:27:12) – Stefan Janoski
(01:28:02) – Greg Hunt
(01:33:54) – Justin Albert
(01:45:05) – Brian Delatorre
(01:47:32) – Jiro Platt
(01:47:55) – Kaue Cossa
(01:52:20) – Conclusion

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Episode 103 with Sam Korman — skater, writer, and editor originally from Buffalo, NY.

We talked about his path from picking up a board in the late ’90s to discovering art in his teens, studying it in Portland in the 2000s, and eventually moving to NYC in 2015. Sam has worked as a freelance writer, curator, copywriter, and strategist since 2010. He started the blog Waxing the Curb during the pandemic, launched PLANK magazine in fall 2024 — a publication at the intersection of skateboarding, art, and literature — and is currently working on issue 2, due out in September 2025.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Starting skating
(05:58) – Studying art in Portland
(22:18) – Waxing the curb
(29:40) – The psychoanalytic skatepark
(33:52) – Board breaking for emotional pretend
(37:09) – Starting Plank
(42:16) – Other magazine projects prior to Plank
(49:08) – Combining/overlapping serious and funny articles
(52:00) – Is it harder to work on the second issue?
(56:14) – Same format in the upcoming issues?
(58:56) – Friends questions
(59:06) – Kyle Beachy
(01:03:46) – Random drawings in the sleeping habits piece
(01:05:48) – Cole Nowicki
(01:13:14) – Any discarded projects from issue 1?
(01:17:31) – Michael Worful
(01:18:37) – Ian Browning
(01:22:43) – José Vadi
(01:30:17) – Monica Weltyk
(01:32:16) – Will Harmon
(01:35:46) – Amount of copies printed and distribution
(01:37:22) – Ted Barrow
(01:43:06) – Dena Yago
(01:44:57) – Spencer Gillespie
(01:47:03) – Matt Price
(01:47:42) – Jacob Kassay
(01:51:46) – Louis Sarowsky
(01:52:22) – Conclusion

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Episode 102 with Mike O'Meally, skateboarder and photographer from Sydney, Australia.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Sydney and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, starting to shoot skate photos in the early 90’s and getting them published in local skate magazine Slam, moving to NYC in 1998 to become a staff photographer for Slap, in the following years traveling all over the world shooting photos for Skateboarder, Transworld, Alien Workshop and Habitat among other things and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – James Turvey
(07:35) – Skin Phillips
(10:25) – Renton Millar
(12:44) – Dave Swift
(17:36) – Trent Fahey
(20:44) – Joe Brook
(27:23) – Catharine Lyons
(36:15) – Peter Bici
(40:47) – Rob Pluhowski
(45:38) – Anthony Van Engelen
(53:05) – Joe Castrucci
(58:19) – Mark Oblow
(01:02:35) – Tobin Yelland
(01:08:20) – Thomas Campbell and Ed Templeton
(01:12:17) – Brad Saunders
(01:20:47) – Fred Mortagne
(01:27:10) – Cameron Sparkes
(01:33:00) – Josh Kalis
(01:35:59) – Bobby Puleo
(01:50:54) – Alex Papke
(01:52:58) – Ben Colen
(01:56:01) – Seu Trinh
(01:58:17) – Blondey McCoy
(02:00:38) – Lucien Clarke
(02:07:22) – Chris Carter
(02:10:02) – Dimitry Elyashkevich
(02:11:25) – Ray Barbee
(02:13:48) – Grant Brittain
(02:19:05) – Chris Yormick
(02:24:05) – Aaron Meza
(02:32:28) – Greg Hunt
(02:40:04) – Conclusion

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Episode 101 with Brian Glenney, skater, skate professor and skate dad from Burlington, VT.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Seattle and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, developing a strong interest for hardcore/punk and graffiti culture alongside skateboarding, getting his PhD at USC and eventually teaching philosophy in Massachusetts and Vermont, having the Worble crew as his students and contributing to the genesis of Manramp, and publishing many research papers and a book on skateboarding throughout the last 5 to 10 years and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Life and career recap
(05:13) – John Dahlquist
(14:14) – Chris Colbourn
(21:45) – Paul O’Connor
(31:10) – Kristin Ebeling
(36:41) – Levi Glenney
(40:19) – Thomas Kemp
(43:46) – Andrea Buchetti
(48:06) – Chris Giamarino
(55:55) – Thomas Barker
(01:02:44) – Steve Mull
(01:04:14) – Sander Hölsgens
(01:11:48) – James Van Cleve
(01:15:59) – Issac Bjorke
(01:21:06) – Matt Kimball
(01:24:06) – Max Boutin
(01:25:58) – Andrei Buckareff
(01:31:08) – Will Devereux
(01:32:04) – Andy Dicker
(01:34:55) – Lisa Glenney
(01:36:28) – Vera Glenney
(01:37:59) – Esther Sayers
(01:44:32) – Clifton Evers
(01:46:49) – Conclusion

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To celebrate 100 episodes of Beyond Boards, I had the privilege to switch seats for once and sit down for a nice conversation with my friend and mentor John Dahlquist, Vice-Principal of Bryggeriets Gymnasium in Malmö, Sweden. We talked about how skateboarding entered my life, addiction and sobriety, doing Beyond Boards over the last 4 years, some of the most memorable moments along the way and much more.

(00:18) – First intro
(02:02) – Second intro
(06:41) – Growing up
(14:58) – Desert island
(19:51) – Beyond Bars
(26:21) – Hitting rock bottom
(33:27) – Starting Beyond Boards
(38:39) – Episode 1 with Nestor Judkins
(41:49) – Research
(46:29) – Structure
(50:57) – What makes a good interviewer
(52:30) – What’s the worst thing an interviewer can do
(54:39) – Best interview so far
(01:00:55) – Most challenging interview
(01:04:28) – Moments that stood out over the last 100 episodes
(01:07:18) – Most different from what you thought
(01:08:39) – Top 3 to 5 dream guests on the podcast
(01:12:23) – Dream scenario for the future of the pod
(01:15:00) – Monetizing the podcast
(01:18:29) – Friends questions
(01:22:41) – What has skateboarding or this podcast taught you so far
(01:27:36) – Conclusion

For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards

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Episode 100 with Anthony Van Engelen, professional skateboarder from San Diego, CA.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up in Southern California and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, spending a few months in Russia in the mid 90’s, riding for Alien Workshop for 15 years until Jason Dill offered to join him on an adventure to transform his clothing brand Fucking Awesome into a board brand, filming some of his most iconic video parts with Greg Hunt, to skating in his mid-forties while raising 2 kids and managing a business and much more through surprise questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – Aria Van Engelen
(03:36) – Miki Vuckovich
(18:06) – Kunjiro Eguchi
(20:37) – Shawn Mandoli
(26:06) – Rudy Mosqueda
(29:31) – Lance Dawes
(31:22) – Freddy from Heckride
(36:08) – John Fitzgerald
(38:00) – Aaron Meza
(38:41) – Ewan Bowman
(41:27) – Steve Olson
(41:54) – Celynnda Ingrande Gaudino
(46:23) – Sobriety
(53:22) – Farran Golding
(56:29) – Eric Swisher
(57:37) – Chris Carter
(01:01:01) – Fred Gall
(01:02:06) – Geoff Rowley
(01:03:05) – Jaime Owens
(01:04:09) – Nathan Fletcher
(01:08:40) – Neal Shoemaker
(01:10:48) – Grant Taylor
(01:11:55) – Mike Piscitelli
(01:16:56) – Catherine Acosta
(01:18:23) – Eric Dressen
(01:21:14) – Brandon Mallough
(01:21:53) – Jacob Rosenberg
(01:28:39) – Greg Hunt and Diego Todd
(01:37:58) – Jonathan Mehring
(01:39:16) – Henry Sanchez
(01:42:50) – Keith Wager
(01:43:47) – Mark Gonzales
(01:46:58) – Ray Barbee
(01:51:54) – Conclusion

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Episode 99 with Sarah Anderson, English as a new language teacher in New York City, founder and president of Deckaid.

Together we discussed her life and career, from growing up in Long Island, hanging out with Erik Rosetti in her late teens, meeting with Tim Anderson aka Bobshirt in her early 20’s, advocating for a skatepark build in Nyack, New York in the mid 2010’s, to starting Deckaid, a volunteer-run non-profit organization which raises funds for youth-centered community organizations through skateboard art exhibitions, and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Erik Rosetti
(10:14) – Marc McKee
(23:00) – Niki Williams
(32:09) – Steve Lenardo
(35:22) – Jay Croft
(41:38) – Sean Cliver
(43:41) – Derek Brennan
(52:03) – Bryan Ridgeway
(54:21) – Andy Jenkins
(57:00) – Miki Vuckovich
(59:36) – Pat Conlon
(01:06:05) – Nick Halkias
(01:10:14) – Eric Swisher
(01:16:35) – Jesse Geboy
(01:21:02) – Tim Anderson
(01:24:41) – Megan Baltimore
(01:26:19) – Alex Aranovich
(01:30:08) – Kevin Marks
(01:33:28) – Conclusion

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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 questions from friends of his.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:25) – Emily De Keyzer
(07:45) – Bill Weiss
(12:44) – Kevin Romar
(14:26) – Michael aka Dr. Purpleteeth
(17:32) – Don Brown
(20:26) – Mitch Barrette
(21:20) – Jordan Moss
(23:02) – Jon Cosentino
(25:32) – Ronnie Creager
(26:42) – Joe Buffalo
(35:26) – Brandon Bandula
(37:35) – Luke Lutz
(46:12) – Dan Connelly
(48:46) – Dan Mathieu
(49:59) – Cameron McIntosh and Daniel Goycoolea
(55:45) – Wade and Scott Power
(01:01:47) – Dallas Ives
(01:03:07) – Lando Visionz
(01:04:07) – Wes Kremer
(01:05:04) – Sébastien Petit
(01:08:03) – Kelly Hart
(01:08:47) – Mike Lyon
(01:09:59) – Vihar Patel
(01:16:14) – Mitch Donovan
(01:26:27) – Conclusion

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