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Crap Skateboarding
by James Gabb
Grab your deck! Skateboarding for the average-to-mediocre skater! A breezy conversation about skateboarding for those who love it, but aren't really that great.
Episodes
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Finding Inspiration - With Doric Skateboards
If this podcast has taught us one thing, it's that skateboarders, for the most part, are intrinsically creative people. But where does inspiration come from? In the case of Gary, 'CEO' of Doric Skateboards (he begged me not to call him that) , inspiration comes from absolutely everywhere. And,...
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Skateboarding and Satan - With Detested Skateboards
Skateboarding and Satan. Skateboarding and religion have always, for better or for worse, been cosy bedfellows. The vert legends of the 1980s, such as Christian Hosoi and Steve Cab, proudly flew the flag for Christianity in skating, and modern social-media influencers such as Braille Skateboards...
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The Rise of Freestyle - With Tony Gale
When any foolhardy person decides to take up skateboarding as a hobby, they must first decide which discipline best suits them. Street? Vert? Pool? I think that's it. No? There's more? Freestyle? What's that? Never heard of it. Oh, wait...Is that the thing from that Bones Bridage video, with that...
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UK Vert Skating - With Jasmine Gordon
Hey! Crap Skateboarders! Have you ever tried skating vert? No? Us neither. However, not all skateboarders are as old, frail, or cowardly as we are, and one of those on the brave end of our skateboarding spectrum is the wonderful Jasmine Gordon, a sponsored vert skater who rides for Artemis...
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Women Skate the World - with Nanja Van Rijsse
Once upon a time in Amsterdam, a large public skatepark was built. Everyone who loved skateboarding was delighted. Upon realising that, like all good sports facilities, the skatepark would do well for having toilets included, the local council set to work building a urinal for the comfort of male...
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Old Deva - With Ben and Skinny Pete
You can't skate Chester. This was the challenge offered to the Bonxai Skate Company prior to shooting their new feature edit, 'Old Deva; a challenge they accepted with open arms and an extended middle finger. A challenge that they not only rose to, but one that they completely destroyed. With...
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Getting Sponsored - Joe Hinson of Darkstar Skateboards
Ahead of this season premiere, we feel the need for the following disclaimer; Joe Hinson, team rider for Darkstar Skateboards, is NOT a crap skateboarder. This makes him perfect for us to live vicariously through him. James and Jack grew up as country bumpkins who miraculously stumbled upon...
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Fantasy Skateboarding
Fantasy Football. A wise man once said, that Fantasy Football is for people who suck at both fantasy and football. With that in mind, who better to pioneer the idea of a fantasy skateboard league than a couple of crap skateboarders? After all, it's probably not coming home, and skateboarding is...
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Skateboarding as an Expressive Movement - With Dani Abulhawa
As children, we all played. We learned through play, we relaxed through play and we widened our social circles through play. Seems simple enough, right? As skateboarders, we continue that willingness and eagerness to play in public spaces through to adult life. As a culture, this makes us unique...
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Artemis Skate Co: Creating Female Spaces - With Gabby Darriet-Jones
"Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she, Artmeis, draws her golden bow . . . The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts." It's easy to be blind to a possible lack of diversity in skateboarding when all of your clothes fit properly.…
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The YOU Foundation (Bristol YOOF) - with Rob Sharp
You know what's crap? Besides our skateboarding? Yep; you said it! The lack of skateboarding in Youth clubs. It's always been football, rugby and snooker. Because that's all that kids want, right? RIGHT?!? Of course not. And whilst many local councils and authorities are yet to recognise the...
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Six Year Old Sidney, The Skateboarding Boy - With Dan Bryant
"Six year old Sidney, the Skateboarding boy, could always be found with his favourite toy. It was beaten and battered and scraped from the tricks, that he practiced outside with great shoves, jumps and kicks." And so begins the critically acclaimed children's book 'Six Year Old Sidney, the...
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Chatting Skateboarding Over a Pint of Tea - With Jason "Hillbilly" Cheverall
Think back to your last session. How did it go? Great? Not so great? A little...crap? Well, don't you worry. Get the kettle on and you can tell ol' Hillbilly all about it. This week, the crap skateboarder's are joined by skateboarder, artist, designer and tea-enthusiast Jason "Hillbilly"…
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A Homage to the Randos - with Monica Ioansdóttir
How would Casper do a casper? What would your skateboard say if it were embarrassed by you? Would putting rusty nails through the underside of your tail make you a better skateboarder? These are the questions we tackle this week on the podcast, when we are joined by freestyle skateboarder,...
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'Was That Switch?' Skateboards, With Francis Rondeau
The crap skateboarders are joined this week by Francis Rondeau, the founder of independent UK company 'Was That Switch?' skateboards. The crap skateboarders discuss Francis' early love for skateboarding, his life-changing accident which pulled him away, and the strong sense of community that...
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Let's Go Skate - Skateboarding School
This week, the crap skateboarders have discovered a new way of improving their crap skills (or lack of) ; Let's Go Skate Skateboarding School! Could skateboarding tuition be the answer to improving your fundamental board skills? Joined by Jason Emery, the founder and lead-instructor of Let's Go...
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The UK Skateboarding Collective, with Lee Gerard and Jack Harris
This week, the crap skateboarders sit down with Lee Gerard and Jack Harris, two founding moderators of our favourite online skateboarding community, The UK Skateboarding Collective. At least, we do to a point. We also, in true crap fashion, go wildly off-topic and start describing our favourite...
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Jane - Freestyle Skate Mum
This week, the crap skateboarders talk freestyle-skateboarding, motherhood, the importance of female communities and different perspectives on skateboarding culture with Jane of the Freestyle Coven. Jane is a mother of two boys (one being a teenager!) and a keen skateboarder, who found her route...
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Skateboarding in Cinema - Skinny Pete / Bonxai Skate Shop
Crap skateboarders ; we hope you love movies as much as you love skateboarding badly. It's time for.. THE FIRST ANNUAL CRAP-SKATEBOARDING MOVIE AWARDS - 2021. That's right. You are witnessing (crap) history, right here, right now. This week, we are joined by self-proclaimed cinephile, Skinny Pete...
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Skateboarding and Punk-Rock, with Brad Sherman
The Crap Skateboarders are delighted this week (Jack in particular) to be joined by television producer and punk musician Brad Sherman, to discuss the longstanding relationship between two things that we love; skateboarding and punk music. The crap skateboarders dive into the many parallels…
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Procrastiskate - With Poet 'Tony Wood'
This week, the crap skateboarders are joined by the celebrated poet, fellow crap-skateboarder and published author Mr Tony Wood, as they explore the highs and lows of skateboarding towards middle-age, all through the medium of poetry. If you're interested in skateboarding, poetry, art, or all of...
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Starting a Skateboarding Brand - Onda Skateboards
Every crap skateboarder since the dawn of time has fantasised about starting their own brand. That wasn't just us, right? Right? This week, we sit down and chat with David, the co-founder of London-based skateboarding brand 'ONDA Skateboards', and Faze, an integral member of the North-London...
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My First Year of Skateboarding - Rowan Edition
This week, two jaded thirty-something skateboarders interview a new skateboarder, Rowan Vincent, in order to revisit their favourite hobby from the perspective of fresh, doughy, puppy-dog eyes. The Crap skateboarders grill Rowan about his best and worst moments, things he loves about…
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Skateboarding in Video Games
This week, the crap skateboarders dive into the representation of skateboarding in video games; who got it right, who got it wrong, and who got it just....weird. We are joined this week by our first ever guest, Tom Majski from Happy Hour Gaming; a network of podcasts and Youtube shows covering...
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Styles of Skateboarding
What's your favourite style of skateboarding? Street? Vert? Park? Freestyle? This week, the crap skateboarders discuss which terrain they are the...least crap? Yeah. That'll do; They'll be discussing the terrain that they are the least crap on.
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Barriers to Skateboarding
This week, the crap skateboarders discuss potential barriers to skateboarding: crap spots, crap skills and crap fitness. Enjoy!
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Skateboarding in a Pandemic
The crap skateboarders discuss the pandemic's impact on skateboarding, both good and crap.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Grab your deck! Skateboarding for the average-to-mediocre skater! A breezy conversation about skateboarding for those who love it, but aren't really that great.
HOSTED BY
James Gabb
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Grab your deck! Skateboarding for the average-to-mediocre skater! A breezy conversation about skateboarding for those who love it, but aren't really that great.
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Crap Skateboarding is created and hosted by James Gabb.
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