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Episode 54 with Aaron Meza, skateboarder, filmer and producer from San Francisco, CA. Together we discussed him growing up in South San Francisco and picking up his first board in the 80's, filming his friends skating at EMB and crossing paths with a young James Kelch who asked if he could film him, making the iconic videos "Finally" and "Penal Code 100A" for FTC, connecting with some of the World Industries and Plan B guys who eventually left to start Girl Skateboards in 1993, working on the first Girl and Chocolate videos with Spike Jonze, Tim Dowling and Rick Howard (among other people), being the editor of Skateboarder Magazine for a few years, coming back to Girl to work on digital content for Crailtap as well as tour videos (among other things), going to Vice to work on the production of Epicly Later'd and King Of The Road, assisting Jonah Hill in the making of his first film "Mid 90's", his current role at Nike SB... Intro (00:13) Getting started (01:13) Picking up his first camera (04:18) Studying filmmaking in college (09:26) Intro song in Penal Code 100A (15:21) Starting to film/work for Girl (19:24) Filming for Mouse (26:10) Working with Tim Dowling (26:31) Music rights (27:41) Who did you enjoy filming with the most in those early days? (29:11) JB Gillet almost getting on Girl or Chocolate (33:33) Worst things you and Mike Carroll said to one another (36:25) Being the content and tour video guy at Girl (39:03) Moving over to Skateboarder to become their editor (41:32) Leaving Girl (45:56) Making Jaime Owens stay at work at Skateboarder instead of going to film for Jackass, true of false? (49:13) Going back to Girl after Skateboarder (50:46) Vice (56:56) Working with Michael Burnett and Patrick O'Dell (01:03:55) Working on Mid 90's with Jonah Hill (01:07:58) Nerdiest question you ever asked Tim Anderson? (01:15:34) Working for Nike SB (01:17:15) What's in the works right now? (01:22:48) 20 years of Yeah Right, 30 years of Girl: key ingredient to their success? (01:24:51) San Francisco today and GX1000 (01:30:12) Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:33:18) Friends questions (01:35:26) Conclusion (02:04:34) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards
Episode 50 with Jaime Owens, skateboarder, journalist, photographer, founder of Closer Skateboarding Magazine. Together we discussed him growing up skating in Florence, South Carolina, studying art and photography in college, moving to California in 1999, connecting with Aaron Meza and Mike Ballard at Skateboarder Magazine, filming for Jackass for a little bit, climbing up the ladder at Skateboarder until it closed down in 2013, moving over to Transworld to become the editor-in-chief, leaving in 2021 with no set plans, deciding to launch a new print skate mag in 2022 and calling it Closer, releasing issue number 4 in the Spring of 2023, his vision of the future of skateboarding media, skating better than ever in his late 40's... Intro (00:13) Getting started (01:13) First video/magazine (03:01) Studying art and photography (06:01) Moving to California in 1999 (10:08) Connecting with the Jackass crew (13:43) Working at Skateboarder (24:05) Moving towards more digital content (34:35) Leaving Transworld, developing the idea for a new print mag (38:04) Secret to skating a lot in his late 40's (45:18) The beginning of Closer (48:59) Connecting with Farran Golding (56:47) Dealing with print quantities (57:40) Decision to do a quarterly magazine (01:01:37) Printing the mag locally (01:04:49) Scheduling (01:08:23) Doing more digital stuff in the near future (01:10:33) The future of skateboarding media (01:13:07) Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:15:13) Friends questions (01:16:30) Conclusion (01:53:23) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards
Jaime Owens discusses growing up in South Carolina, coming out to California to shoot photos, becoming associate producer of Jackass, leaving Jackass to become the photo editor of Skateboarder Magazine, his first cover of Andrew Reynolds frontside flipping Wilshire 15, shooting the Videos Days 20 year anniversary photo, leaving Skateboarder Magazine to be editor In Chief of Transworld Magazine, seeing the decline of magazines, creating his own magazine “Closer” blending new and old skateboarding and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 15 with Jonathan Mehring, photographer & film director from Richmond, Virginia. Together we talked about him growing up skating in Virginia, picking up a camera and shooting his friends skating, studying photography in college, his first photography gigs for Slap and Skateboarder Magazine, traveling around the world shooting photos with some of the best skaters of the last two decades, publishing "Skate the world" with National Geographic, getting into more commercial work for brands like Vans, Nike or Converse to name a few, his latest documentary "Walls cannot keep us from flying" about skateboarding at youth empowerment program SkateQilya in Palestine... and as usual a few bonus questions from friends! Intro (00:12) Growing up in VA (01:07) Studying photography (10:46) First photography jobs after college (22:59) First few years in NYC (34:50) Starting to travel (36:25) Most memorable trips (48:33) Vietnam trip with Visual Traveling: “the killing season” (50:32) National Geographic book “Skate the world” (53:19) Favorite photos (01:01:04) Favorite people to shoot with (01:03:13) "Walls cannot keep us from flying" documentary (01:08:38) Questions from friends (01:14:40) Conclusion (01:35:04)
Jim Muir is a friend, a good customer (we print all the Dogtown stickers at Inkgenda), and a level headed hard working dude who has learned a lot in his many years around skateboarding. He's one of the few skaters who has been around skateboarding and the skateboard business for over 40 years. He's skated some awesome stuff, been part of some legendary brands like G&S, Sims, and the Original Zephyr team. He started and has managed to keep Dogtown Skateboards flowing through version 1.0, 2.0 and beyond, through many different relationships, and attempts to hijack the brand etc, and he's still going strong.He's the first guy to ever get a published sequential picture in Skateboarder Magazine, shot by the elusive mysterious Craig Stecyk AKA C.R. Stecyk III. Those pics were shot on a fighter pilot camera no less.He learned how to make skateboards through trial and error, research, success and failure. I think you are going to enjoy hearing his story of the path he's taken to get to where he is today.
Desiree welcomed Sean Mortimer at the Dash Radio studios on May 14, 2019 for The Desiree Show and quick hits on Chargers Rookie Camp and OTA's. Powell Peralta days, co authoring 3 dynamic men’s biographies Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen and Joe Namath, all whom were the top of their respective sports and oddly or actually telling that none have trophy rooms. Sean also has roots to Skateboarder Magazine as editor, RDS, and shares an event that changed his life and the man whom has impacted him the most. The skate historian, which he is referred to as, granted he doesn't take credit for, shares a wealth of insight. “Sean knows everything and anything about skateboarding and has a mean frontside rock n roll.” - Grant Brittain Big thanks to Colin Mckay, Steve Caballero, Miki Vuckovich, J Grant Brittain and Lance Mountain for your words! The Desiree SHOW broadcasts at Dash Radio HQs and airs on Dash Wednesdays 4-5 PM PST and Fridays 7-8 AM PST. And best follow her on IG @TheDesireeSHOW and @Desiree_Astorga for BTS on in studio guests, Chargers locker room and practice fields along with all kinds of events. .
Christian sits down with Jaime Owens to discuss his background, coming out to California and landing jobs at Skateboarder Magazine, filming the first season of MTV's Jackass, and the odd twists and turns that eventually landed him the job as Editor-In-Chief at Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. Intro and outro music provided by Caulk. https://soundcloud.com/caulk
Aaron Smith - On today's podcast I speak with photographer Aaron Smith. Aaron is a photographer based in Los Angeles specializing in lifestyle,fashion,and portrait photography. Aaron got his start in photography as a staff photographer for Skateboarder Magazine where he photographed some of the best skateboarders in the world. In this interview I speak to Aaron about how he go into photography, some of his first assignments , as well as his approach to motion work. Aaron has shot commercially for clients such as Apple,Google.Netflix,Disney,and Bud Light to name a few. This interview was a real pleasure to do so I hope you enjoy! Thanks for listening! www.asmith.photography Instagram - @asmithphotos
Aaron Meza discusses growing up in South San Francisco CA, skating at EMB for the first time, James Kelch randomly asking him to film a line, making the fist FTC video “Finally An FTC Video”, filming for videos like “Questionable” and “Love Child”, making the second FTC video “Penal Code”, working for Girl Skateboards, getting hired as the editor of Skateboarder Magazine, working for Vice and much more!
Steve Olson discusses getting his first board for Christmas in 1966, turning pro at age 16 for Santa Cruz, making up tricks in his contest runs, winning Skateboarder Magazine's skater of the year, how skating died in the early 80's, playing a Dagger in the movie Thrashin' and much more...