Episode 37 - Ben McQueen

Episode 37 with Ben McQueen, skateboarder and tattoo artist from San Francisco, California. Together we discussed him growing up and picking up a skateboard in Indianapolis, getting into tattoos, moving to San Francisco, the process of tattooing and the many links that can be found with skateboarding, starting his book project "Let it kill you" dedicated to that very subject, meeting with and interviewing iconic people from both worlds such as Jamie Thomas, Eric Dressen, Tyler Bledsoe, Cheyenne Sawyer or Andrew Allen to name a few, working on a second volume...  Intro (00:13)  Getting started (01:14)  Getting into tattoos (06:12)  Moving to San Francisco (12:49)  A few nerdy questions about tattooing (15:13)  « Let it kill you » book project (33:07)  Selecting the guests for the first volume (37:31)  Reference to Bukowski (42:17)  Premieres/release parties (49:18)  Second volume (51:45)  Dream guests (52:41)  Influence of Instagram on skating vs. tattooing (54:31)  Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (57:50)  Friends questions (59:28) Conclusion (01:19:38)   For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards