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Episode 54 - Aaron Meza


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Episode 54 with Aaron Meza, skateboarder, filmer and producer from San Francisco, CA.


Together we discussed him growing up in South San Francisco and picking up his first board in the 80's, filming his friends skating at EMB and crossing paths with a young James Kelch who asked if he could film him, making the iconic videos "Finally" and "Penal Code 100A" for FTC, connecting with some of the World Industries and Plan B guys who eventually left to start Girl Skateboards in 1993, working on the first Girl and Chocolate videos with Spike Jonze, Tim Dowling and Rick Howard (among other people), being the editor of Skateboarder Magazine for a few years, coming back to Girl to work on digital content for Crailtap as well as tour videos (among other things), going to Vice to work on the production of Epicly Later'd and King Of The Road, assisting Jonah Hill in the making of his first film "Mid 90's", his current role at Nike SB... 


  • Intro (00:13)  
  • Getting started (01:13) 
  • Picking up his first camera (04:18) 
  • Studying filmmaking in college (09:26) 
  • Intro song in Penal Code 100A (15:21) 
  • Starting to film/work for Girl (19:24) 
  • Filming for Mouse (26:10) 
  • Working with Tim Dowling (26:31) 
  • Music rights (27:41) 
  • Who did you enjoy filming with the most in those early days? (29:11) 
  • JB Gillet almost getting on Girl or Chocolate (33:33) 
  • Worst things you and Mike Carroll said to one another (36:25) 
  • Being the content and tour video guy at Girl (39:03) 
  • Moving over to Skateboarder to become their editor (41:32) 
  • Leaving Girl (45:56) 
  • Making Jaime Owens stay at work at Skateboarder instead of going to film for Jackass, true of false? (49:13) 
  • Going back to Girl after Skateboarder (50:46) 
  • Vice (56:56) 
  • Working with Michael Burnett and Patrick O’Dell (01:03:55) 
  • Working on Mid 90’s with Jonah Hill (01:07:58) 
  • Nerdiest question you ever asked Tim Anderson? (01:15:34) 
  • Working for Nike SB (01:17:15) 
  • What’s in the works right now? (01:22:48)
  • 20 years of Yeah Right, 30 years of Girl: key ingredient to their success? (01:24:51) 
  • San Francisco today and GX1000 (01:30:12) 
  • Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:33:18) 
  • Friends questions (01:35:26)
  • Conclusion (02:04:34)  

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