Today’s episode is focused on the first edition of the Connect festival, which took place in Bordeaux, France between October 17th and 20th 2024. Connect is a new international festival dedicated to skateboarding culture and its relationship to urban planning, highlighting its cultural and artistic aspects. The event, co-organized by Leo Valls, City Skate Collective and Côte Ouest Agency brought together over 3600 participants from 16 different nationalities and featured exhibitions, conferences, video premieres, workshops, concerts, skateable sculptures and city sessions.

(00:13) – Intro
(01:13) – First part: behind the scenes with some of the people who organized “Connect”
(01:26) – Léo Valls
(06:51) – Lucas Lopes
(11:34) – Aurélien Gaucherand
(15:33) – Flavien Jara
(21:33) – Juliette Evon and Jean-Sébastien Lacam
(29:11) – Second part: feedback voice memos shared by attendees
(30:07) – Julien Januszkiewicz
(34:00) – Jan Kliewer
(35:48) – Emily Jones
(38:32) – Josh Katz
(40:16) – Luis Guedes
(41:52) – Harry Meadley
(46:59) – Lena Germanese
(49:53) – Lui Araki
(50:29) – Philip Halton
(52:59) – Brian Glenney
(55:19) – Aurore Roussel
(58:03) – Cameron Ohlson
(01:00:58) – Charles Paratte
(01:02:54) – Jimmy Lannon
(01:04:35) – Sophie Friedel
(01:06:30) – Andrew Holt
(01:08:54) – Julien Glauser
(01:11:03) – Mike Mag
(01:12:46) – Helen Wyss
(01:15:37) – Will Ascott
(01:18:35) – Patrick Kigongo
(01:21:07) – Gustav Eden
(01:24:06) – Kirsty Smith
(01:26:52) – Jean Turcat
(01:29:24) – David Gough
(01:32:44) – Ted Barrow
(01:36:21) – Lauren Valls
(01:38:35) – Thibault Carpentier
(01:42:35) – Leo Sharp
(01:44:15) – John Gardner
(01:45:53) – Chris Lawton
(01:48:43) – Jim Thiebaud
(01:51:35) – Conclusion

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