Episode 51 - Joel Curtis

Episode 51 with Joel Curtis, skateboarder, musician and podcast host from Sheffield, England.  Together we discussed him growing up and picking up his first board in Sheffield in the mid-80’s, developing an interest for music at an early age, getting flowed Zero boards and Circa shoes for a bit, moving over to Landscape Skateboards when the brand was started, filming for the classic video « Portraits » by Chris Massey (RIP), retiring from pro skateboarding and settling down in Bath in 2009, transitioning into making music for various brands and projects, starting the Skate Creative Podcast in 2021 and interviewing iconic creative skateboarders from the UK scene of the last 40 years…    Intro (00:13)  First video/magazine (03:55)  Interest for music (05:39)  Sponsors (11:01)  Zero and Circa distributor flow (12:45)  Getting on Landscape (15:47)  Skating for Nike SB (21:15)  Favorite skater/music combo in a part (27:38)  Working on « Portraits » part with Chris Massey (33:23)  Retiring from pro skating (41:32)  Transitioning into making music (48:30)  The Skate Creative Podcast (58:51)  Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:09:17)  Friends questions (01:11:52)  Conclusion (01:38:13)   For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards