Episode 66 with José Vadi, skateboarder and writer from Sacramento, California.

Together we discussed him growing up in Pomona, CA, picking up his first board in the mid-90’s, aside from skating developing an interest for poetry and getting involved with the “Youth Speaks” program, moving to Oakland in the early 2000’s to study History at Berkeley, his different work experiences in the Bay Area, writing his first book “Interstate”, a collection of essays which explore California through various lenses, published in 2021, relocating to Sacramento that same year, going to the first edition of "Slow Impact" in Tempe, Arizona in February 2023, his second book “Chipped” coming out in April 2024…   

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

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.