Beyond Boards

Episode 8 - Patrick O'Dell

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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... 



  1. 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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