#289 - Clyde Singleton

Clyde Singleton discusses growing up in Jacksonville Florida, going "pro" for Acme Skateboards, The Chronicles Of Piff Huxtable & Clydes Corner, impersonating John Montesi on the phone to get on Vision Street Wear, ruining Jamie Thomas' purple Planet Earth pants, meeting Natas and Gino and getting fully on 101, staying with Fabian Alomar, passing up the opportunity to ride for Menace, leaving 101 for Sal Barbier’s company 23, falling off a bridge in Prague & waking up in ICU, the beginning & end of Aesthetics, the move to Zoo York, his Minority Report video, going to culinary school, the return of Aesthetics, his podcast “WCRP on Skateboarding” and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Clyde Singleton 00:02:16 Chris and Clyde were teammates on 4CE Footwear 00:05:55 Clyde on Hawk vs Wolf podcast 00:06:32 The return of Aesthetics 00:08:32 Ride Or Die vol 1 (Clyde falling off a bridge in Prague) 00:25:19 20 Shot Sequence video 00:26:14 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens 00:28:16 Going "pro" for Acme Skateboards 00:31:19 Getting introduced to skateboarding 00:36:25 Clyde accidentally learning everything switch when he first started skating 00:41:37 Clyde's wooden trophy that looks like something else 00:43:24 Black representation in skateboarding 00:49:42 Clyde's personality off the board 00:51:16 People getting mad at Clyde for being Clyde 00:52:01 The Chronicles of Piff Huxtable  00:55:35 Comparing the Zero Skateboards tours to the Insane Clown Posse 00:57:27 Clyde's relationship with Jamie Thomas  01:01:20 Getting hooked up by Vision 01:03:50 Impersonating John Montesi to get on Vision Street Wear 01:08:22 Getting on Formula 1 wheels 01:10:11 Driving out to California 01:19:51 Clyde ruined Jamie Thomas' purple Planet Earth pants 01:24:11 The incident at EMB 01:37:12 Getting caught skipping school 01:41:40 Getting on 101 01:52:26 Kareem taking Clyde under his wing 01:54:59 Meeting Natas and Gino and getting fully on 101 02:00:21 Filming for 20 Shot Sequence 02:01:04 The World camp helping to mold Clyde's skate career 02:06:29 Staying with Fabian Alomar 02:08:51 Leaving 101 and starting 23 Skateboards with Sal Barbier 02:15:08 Passing up the opportunity to ride for Menace 02:16:30 Slamming Jason Dill's head in a car door 02:19:51 The 23 tour 02:25:11 What happened to 23 02:26:08 The beginning of Aesthetics 02:34:26 The end of Aesthetics and the move to Zoo York 02:42:36 Clyde wanted to be the black guy on black label 02:43:50 After Zoo York 02:50:18 The party lifestyle 02:52:30 Clyde's Minority Report video 03:00:47 Going to culinary school 03:02:18 Being a chef 03:08:05 Sober Clyde 03:14:03 Clyde on DC? 03:22:49 Top stains and blank boards 03:26:14 The problem with owning the company you skate for 03:28:44 The current state of skateboard marketing 03:52:11 When Sheffey was Sheffey 03:58:54 The return of Aesthetics 04:03:16 Going on tour with the world camp 04:06:46 World park 04:13:40 Clyde's podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices