Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guests on the podcast are Ryan Grey and Ben Powell.

We are going to talk about all these videos !

Welcome video by Josh Hallet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1AHpjfIgM&t=29s

A golden egg by Chris Atherton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BkCa4VtUMQ

H’min bam by Alex Craig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_NHwKNeq4

Now that’s what I call skateboarding by christian hart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Pc5P0rrQU

Arin Lester followed by pocket skateboard magazine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMjgYK52sYM

Gonz and Ron chapman skating Helsinki 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An9aUNabz9s&t=6s

Ryan on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ryan_m_gray/

Ben on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/beeps1973/

The skate creative on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Thanks for listening!

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest on the podcast is Vaughn Baker. Vaughn is head of European marketing for Hours shoes.

Prior to this part of his career he was a pro skateboarder for Unabomber and blueprint skateboards. Vaughn was part of a generation of British skateboarders that pushed boundaries and pioneered technical and switch tricks to the next level. Vaughn’s style and consistency made him stand out from an early age and he was picked to ride for Unabomber from its inception.

I talk to vaughn about Starting skateboarding and Getting sponsored byUnabomber, the Move to Blueprint, timing his video parts ,dealing with injury’s ,starting work in skateboarding for Supra and then Nike SB,Living in Barcelona, his love of painting and his part in the new company Hours headed up by Brian Herman

Links!

Vaughn on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/_vaughan_baker_/

Hours on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hoursisyours/

Hours website

https://hoursisyours.com

Vaughns part in Blueprints Lost and Found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMuHlD_74LE

In Unabomber’s head cleaner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdHrRoxu_0

In unapromo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yqnsJUYSA

The skate creative on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website!

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest on the podcast is Neil Urwin. Neil is general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Toms shoes. Neil was also one of the most prominent professional skateboarders of his generation, riding for new deal, reaction, dc shoes and zoo york.

I talk to Neil about growing up in south shields, starting skateboarding, getting sponsored by new deal in the 1990’s and filming for their promo video, his first trips to the USA, managing tours for visiting teams and story’s from the road, and just who it was he and Kingy had to firm but fair with.

We also talk about Neils post skate career and how he applied this skills he learnt trough skateboarding to his new roles in his Professional life.

Links!……….

Neil on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/mrurwin/

Toms shoes in instagram

https://www.instagram.com/toms/

Neil in New Deals “Promo” from 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG9MxIGL1Os&t=163s

Neil in reactions Creation video 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOypCbwsaSQ

Montage section from 2002’s Sidewalk video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2J1EqQohio&t=1s

The skate creative on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website!

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest on the podcast Helena Long. Helena is a Professional skateboarder and drummer from south east London.

Her skills have attracted coverage from all uk magazines and sponsorship from vans, Santa Cruz and from poetic collective.

I talk to Helena about growing up in London, touring with Santa Cruz, playing music with the upset stomach band, finding a connection with girl skate uk and shooting a new ident for BBC1.

Links!

Helena on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/helenalegslong/

Poetic collective on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/poeticcollective/

Poetic collective’s clouds video on thrasher

https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/poetic-collective-clouds-video/#more-videos

Mini doc from sidewalk mag on Helena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h94Q2SOUUHk

Route one interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhwvFJr4Kk

The skate creative instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website !

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Cheers

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest on the podcast is Stephen king. Kingy is a U.K social documentary, portrait photographer and university lecturer. For nearly a decade he was staff photographer at document skateboard magazine.

I talk to Kingy about growing up in Liverpool’s skate scene ,starting photography, the importance of mentors in his life , the early days of document, the collaborative nature of all his photography work, dealing with back injury’s and his post skateboarding career in art and education. Kingy was part of a generation that pushed skate photography to new levels of creativity and excellence and his work on document with Percy Dean, Joel O’Connor and Sam Ashley helped bring the uk skateboarding to the next level.

LINKS!

Kingy on instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/skingphoto/

His website

http://www.stephenkingphotography.co.uk

the skate creative on instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

my website 

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Thanks for listening! 

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast, my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest on is Ben Powell

Ben is a writer, journalist, commentator and teacher. For over 20 years he was editor of Sidewalk magazine.

Ben, Andy horsely, Chris Forder and Wig Worland changed the way the world saw British skateboarding when they started Sidewalk and gave exposure to numerous generation’s of skateboarding talent.

Through Ben’s writing and sidewalks unique sense of humour he exposed a side of British skateboarding that was not just London centric but reflected the diversity of the entire U.K., showing the grit and grime but also the beauty of everything it had to offer.

Ben has been journalistically and a lot of the time ,physically been the voice of British skateboarding as his commentary at many competitions has become legendary. Ben has always brought intelligence, wit and a rye sense of humour to everything he has done in the massive contribution he has made to skateboarding culture.

I talk to ben about Starting skating in Wakefield and the 90’s scene in Nottingham

The early days of sidewalk

The creativity and amateur nature of British skateboarding

The rivalry of sidewalk and document , shoe holidays

How sidewalk changed in its over 20 years of publication

His career after sidewalk, class and inclusivity in skateboarding and

The future of skateboarding its self

Ben on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/beeps1973/

Interview with Ben by long live Southbank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrk_LvQf6ZY

In motion the sidewalk video (part 1 of 8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_A0rVGaVGA

Slamcity skates blog with bens articles

https://blog.slamcity.com

The skate creative on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website!

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

This weeks guest is Colin Kennedy.

Colin works in European sports marketing and team management for Nike SB.

Colin turned pro for panic skateboards and later had ground breaking video parts as part of the Blueprint team in videos like lost and found, waiting for the world, make friends with the colour blue and independent projects like playing fields and first broadcast. Colin has had a ground breaking career and is arguably Scotland’s most prolific Professional skateboarder of the last 25 years.

I talk to colin about

Getting into music as kid

Starting skateboarding in Glasgow and Edinburgh

The Early Bristo skate scene

Getting sponsored by faze 7, panic then blueprint

His music inspiration from early days at the sub club in Glasgow and beginning to make his own tracks,

Moving past his skateboarding career to work for Nike SB,

To find out more about Colin and his music follow the links in the podcast description

Links

Colin in instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sonsofthehounds/

Colin’s music on Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/downview

Grey skate mag’s First Broadcast commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNeYAPrCtA

Colin in First Broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P35b-1tkbQU

Make friends with the colour blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyr1PO0BZCY

Playing Fields

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5y9MO-eYFU

The Skate Creative on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/theskatecreativepodcast/

My website

http://www.joelcurtismusic.com

Welcome to the skate creative podcast

This weeks episode is slightly different as its just a casual conversation with two of my best friends , my brother Seth Curtis, who works at supremes London store and Alan Glass who is head of marketing at shiner distribution. 

We all picked two videos that we found interesting from the last 12 months and discussed them.

This is a bit of a random and new episode which I thought would be fun for a Christmas special.

Hope you all had a good Christmas and have happy new year !

Here are the links……..

Seth on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/seth_curtis/

Alan on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/elglasso/

My Picks

Chima Ferguson 

https://youtu.be/3ZL2poJZXE0

Andrew Allen Quartersnacks part

https://youtu.be/2nxZbXXqa0g

Seths picks

Mark Humiaicac in bronze the Ruben ( part starts at 28.24 mins/sec)

https://youtu.be/_JN0qKzcfvU

Andrew Allen Vans part

https://youtu.be/S_V72u-dzEg

Alans picks

Bear myles Grey part

https://youtu.be/0DBoEdR3cYs

Tanner Van Vark Real part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxZrqXIsJc

More links

Alans indy Europe video featuring DIV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-NmIWuEMoA

Radlands 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8DeCpDvTjk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-5mKplaf8

 No war for Heavy Metal tour video by Alan Glass 2000 shown at about 3 am on channel 4 (part 1 of 6)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YShOZOyhV4U

Part 3 with Jon Rattray’s blacktail at 5.38 mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EbLW3awfyQ

Jon Allie dying to live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9uVbn6fH8

Guy Mariano in Girl skateboards “Mouse”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6T6SNMgcK4

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest is Danny Wainwright.

Danny works for vans shoes in their grass roots marketing division. Born in Coventry ,He started skateboarding after moving to Stroud Gloucestershire at the age of nine. Dannys talent was evident from an early age and he and his friends were featured in Uk magazines from the early nineties onwards. During these formative years, he became a fixture in the British scene befriending other notable skaters like Tom Penny and Alex Mole, who’s progressive passion for skateboarding had a massive influence on Danny.

After being asked to ride for Powell skateboards in

1993 he got to travel all round America and Canada, doing demos and competitions.

He and fellow Bristol based skater Justin Sydenham started 5050 skate shop in 1997. Danny has had numerous video parts in seminal British tiles like, playing fields, Raggy clothings Juice, as well as 411 and many for 5050 and Powell.

Dannys renowned for his high ollie lead to him reluctantly being asked to enter the competition for the worlds highest in the year 2000.

Clearing a hight of 44.5 inches Dannys recored stood for well over 15 years.

I caught up with Danny to talk all things art, living in Barcelona, his early skate memories, being on the road and riding for Powell, the importance of graffiti, the worlds highest ollie comp and starting his new company Ahead.

Links!

Danny in instagram

https://www.instagram.com/dannywainwright/

Ahead on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/aheadworldwide/

5050 skate store on instagram and website

https://www.instagram.com/fiftyfiftystore/

https://5050store.com

Danny 20 years at Vans video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UEw2T7yqy0

Worlds highest ollie comp 2000 411 issue 39

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hTnZiQcfg

Hi and welcome to the skate creative podcast my names Joel Curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder.

This weeks guest is Danny Wainwright.

Danny works for vans shoes in their grass roots marketing division. Born in Coventry ,He started skateboarding after moving to Stroud Gloucestershire at the age of nine. Dannys talent was evident from an early age and he and his friends were featured in Uk magazines from the early nineties onwards. During these formative years, he became a fixture in the British scene befriending other notable skaters like Tom Penny and Alex Mole, who’s progressive passion for skateboarding had a massive influence on Danny.

After being asked to ride for Powell skateboards in

1993 he got to travel all round America and Canada, doing demos and competitions.

He and fellow Bristol based skater Justin Sydenham started 5050 skate shop in 1997. Danny has had numerous video parts in seminal British tiles like, playing fields, Raggy clothings Juice, as well as 411 and many for 5050 and Powell.

Dannys renowned for his high ollie lead to him reluctantly being asked to enter the competition for the worlds highest in the year 2000.

Clearing a hight of 44.5 inches Dannys recored stood for well over 15 years.

I caught up with Danny to talk all things art, living in Barcelona, his early skate memories, being on the road and riding for Powell, the importance of graffiti, the worlds highest ollie comp and starting his new company Ahead.

Links!

Danny in instagram

https://www.instagram.com/dannywainwright/

Ahead on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/aheadworldwide/

5050 skate store on instagram and website

https://www.instagram.com/fiftyfiftystore/

https://5050store.com

Danny 20 years at Vans video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UEw2T7yqy0

Worlds highest ollie comp 2000 411 issue 39

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hTnZiQcfg