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Provided by explosiveskull
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Oh, street survival.
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Street survival,
that's what it's all about.
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Being a skateboarder
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isn't just about going
skateboarding,
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it's all the other things
around it as well.
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80%, 90% of skateboarding
is not skateboarding,
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generally, most of the time.
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Certain cities
in America and Australia
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have already banned
skateboarding from their streets.
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They are dangerous.
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I think people in the UK
are quite intimidated by
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groups of people in,
you know, hoodies.
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But skaters aren't like that,
you know.
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We're going out to skate
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and use the city
in a different way.
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We're bringing life to the
spaces that are pretty dead.
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A lot of people just
didn't understand it
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because it's not national,
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it's not put in front like
football or rugby.
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Now
skateboarding has been announced
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to make its debut
as an Olympic sport
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at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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The skateboarders they
have chosen on the UK team,
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how different their styles are,
are completely right.
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These are the best
skateboarders in the country right now.
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You skate,
you come home, you eat dinner,
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you go skate at 10 or 11,
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skate till, like,
three in the morning.
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They were like,
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"You can't just skate your way
through life."
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With the Olympic thing,
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they're now, like,
super-ecstatic about that.
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I just think that's funny,
'cause to a skateboarder,
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it's not proper,
it's kind of the reverse.
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The general consensus
right now is that
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the Olympics will have quite a negative
effect on skateboarding as a whole.
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When I found out about
the Olympics,
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I was scared that the Olympics,
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they would, like,
divide skateboarding
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and take the soul out of
skateboarding.
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On a global stage,
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the UK's still
a little bit behind.
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In the UK, skating
definitely has its own identity.
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Skateboarding in the UK
is, like, just very loose,
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very aggressive.
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We don't have athlete
aspects in our skateboarding.
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People were like,
"Oh, you were in California?
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Why... Why would you move back?"
you know?
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If you see
the weather forecast
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and you see it's raining for
the next four days,
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it's like your heart sinks
a little bit
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and you're like, "Oh."
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We are not in California.
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Hello.
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Beckett, cup of tea!
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Changes pitch with
the water as well.
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Brilliant.
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The little things, eh?
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Beckett,
your tea will go cold.
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Poor tea.
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I'll have to drink it.
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When you find skateboarding,
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it just fills you with
excitement.
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Everything, like the smell of
skate stickers and magazines.
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One of the really exciting
things about skateboarding
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is just, like, flow.
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You lose everything.
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It's like you're losing
your ego, you know?
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You're not thinking about
anything,
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you're just doing these things
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and that's, like, a really
beautiful state to be in.
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I don't know that I was the best
at meeting people,
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or just, like, feeling
comfortable in social situations,
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but it's given me, like,
something solid within me
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that makes me able
to deal with those things
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so I can be comfortable.
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I've learned every lesson
in my adult life,
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and most of my childhood,
from skateboarding.
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Yeah, it's weird,
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it's like you're floating,
but it's a bit...
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It's fast as well, it's...
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Especially as a kid,
you just feel invincible
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and then,
as you get a bit older,
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you start to realize, you know,
you're not invincible,
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but then, it's like, you know,
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you can push your body
to crazy limits,
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do insane tricks
and stuff like that,
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and skateboarding is
endlessly creative.
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That's why it never gets boring.
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Skateboarding is definitely
self-love.
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Uh, it's a banjo
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and I've been playing it for,
like, three years, more or less.
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But, yeah, it's really fun.
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It's, kind of, one of the things
I'm glad I discovered,
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'cause it helped me, like, find a
bit of time to spend doing something
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that wasn't skating
and wasn't as physical.
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But still gave you the same
sort of satisfaction and outlet.
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I love skating 'cause it's all
I ever really wanted to do.
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Yeah, when I saw someone on a
skateboard for the first time,
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I was like,
"I really wanna do that."
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And they weren't even
standing on it.
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They were just rolling across
on their belly.
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It just looked really fun.
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When I first moved in here,
I didn't wanna end up, like,
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having to, like, clear up
my brother's shit
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and clear up my own stuff
upstairs.
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So I ended up moving into the
cupboard as a result of that,
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when I was, like,
16 or something.
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And it was quite cozy,
it was really nice.
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This is what it looks like now.
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But now it's just storage again.
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So, yeah, that's that.
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I had, like, a... like,
a Japanese futon mattress.
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it was really... It was, like,
perfect shape for it.
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It had a light as well,
but I, like, kicked it out...
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actually kicked it off the wall
in my sleep at one point.
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It's all fucked now.
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To be fair, I mean, like,
the area I lived in
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was right next to an estate
called Monkwick
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and that place has always been
pretty sketchy.
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Especially, like, skateboarding
down a street like that.
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You can, like,
bump into people
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and they did not like you,
like, skateboarding there,
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even if they were kids,
they'd just heckle you
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or try throw something
at you sometimes.
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Like, how you conduct yourself
in town on a night out
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is very important.
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And you learn that very quickly,
like, growing up skating.
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It's not just drinking,
but loads of other things,
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like judging people's character
and all sorts of different ways
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to avoid getting yourself
into trouble.
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I think the hardest challenge
at first was, like, money.
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Not having the ability to get
a board when you needed it.
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But I'd get one for my birthday
and skate that
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until it was absolutely
not even really recognizable
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as a skateboard anymore.
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Here's Sam Beckett,
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he's sitting in 11th place
trying to best that 48.
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Got the bronze medal
last year,
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so he has been on
the podium...
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I didn't know
that I was gonna be
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a professional skateboarder.
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I guess the dream is that you can
make money doing what you like,
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that you get to skate forever.
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I am part of the Tony Hawk
Pro Skater generation,
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like, those games had blown up.
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- Let's go.
- What?
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I think what really
kicked it off was, like,
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just the UK vert scene.
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There were older dudes
that had, like,
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a really good community
of vert skaters.
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And that is the end of
the session.
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Over to the rollerbladers.
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I didn't feel like I was trying
to go somewhere with it,
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we were just really just
doing it a lot.
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Like, we were just
going skating all the time.
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And there was, like,
certain brands
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that were looking to
sponsor people
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and I was in the right place
at the right time
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and it was, like...
gained momentum like that.
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Did that!
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I was pretty much
18 when I moved to California.
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So, it's, like,
coming up on ten years
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that I've had a base out there
and stuff.
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Basically, I hurt my knee
at a mini-ramp contest
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and I figured if I wasn't gonna be
skating for the next nine months,
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I would want to be
back in the UK,
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like, where I'm from and
my friends and family.
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Because all the people that I
know in California kind of skate,
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and it's, like, if you're not
skating, it's quite hard.
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Like, I've been traveling constantly
for that time, you know, like...
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constantly going to events,
constantly being in the States.
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And, I think,
before I hurt my knee,
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I realized I hadn't been in
one place for more than, like,
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a month or two months at a time.
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The life that
someone like Sam lives is...
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looks quite glorious,
doesn't it?
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And he gets to travel everywhere
all the time
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and skate all these
incredible places.
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I don't really make much money
skating.
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So, I have to have
a normal job.
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But at the same time, like,
I'm still in Nottingham
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'cause I've traveled so much
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and that's made me appreciate
my hometown
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and appreciate that,
you know,
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life is pretty similar
all over the world,
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no matter where you are.
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There's some trophies.
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All crap really.
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Just on the shelves.
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They are, uh...
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Nepalese festival flags.
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We were in Nepal and India.
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We went with a skate charity
called Skate Nepal.
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Went to visit
the skate communities there
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and we helped them out.
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Yeah, they put these up around
Nepal when the festivals are on.
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Guess they're a good omen.
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But, yeah, I'm very grateful
for traveling and having a home
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and being able to
balance the two.
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And, yeah, maintain
a relationship and stuff.
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Like, I love having
my house here with Chloe,
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it's the best thing ever.
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Yeah, all that stuff is very
important... as well.
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Done.
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Now, skateboarding will be making its
first appearance as an Olympic sport.
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Skateboarding today
is a multi-billion dollar sport,
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now headed to
the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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What this is is an opportunity
for the sport of skateboarding
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to grow around the world
and for us to communicate
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and engage with skateboarders
around the world.
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Once skateboarding
was announced in Tokyo,
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we spoke with UK Sport
and they said,
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"What do we have out there,
what do we have?"
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And all we really kind of had
at the time was the knowledge
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that Sam Beckett had won
an X-Games gold in vert
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and he had skills and
the ability to do really well.
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We looked at Alex deCunha,
who had been traveling Europe,
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skating in all these different
skate comps
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and getting really good results.
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The other two that were really
noticeably traveling
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and going to events
and doing really amazing tricks
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were Alex and Jordan,
Alex Hallford and Jordan Thackeray.
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Of course,
with Skateboard GB,
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we were able to
get them some money
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to help them travel to
the events
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and also their own team manager
to help deliver that.
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Whoa!
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So, the role as team manager,
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it was quite unknown
what it would mean.
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When you get to this level
of skateboarding,
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like, mentorship and
guidance and support
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and looking after your people
is just a massive part of it.
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Sam Beckett was
an interesting character
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to try and, like,
be involved with.
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He'd done so much in
skateboarding, I thought,
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how can I help somebody who's
won a gold medal at the X-Games,
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or had basically been the first
person to do a 540 in the country,
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how do you help someone
like that?
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Like, it's not about...
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it's not just about
technical things,
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it's not just about,
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like, say, data or
spreadsheets or...
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or trying to teach somebody
how to do a trick,
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it's just by caring,
just be there for them
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in the way they need you to be.
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Can we get Alex or Sam or Jordan
better physio support,
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can we get them better
mental health support
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and how will that actually
enable their lifestyles
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and actually how will it
help them grow as people,
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not just as
Olympic skateboarders.
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We're just trying to get
a bit more funding
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to help us with practicing
for the events,
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'cause, you know, there's not
really any bowls in the country
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that are of that level,
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so, it does make it
a bit difficult
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for keeping up with some of
the other dudes,
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'cause they go home and they've
got ten bowls to choose from
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that are as big and as gnarly
as the qualifying events.
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The only reason me and Alex and Sam
have got anywhere with skateboarding
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is 'cause we've left the UK and
traveled around to other places.
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Where did skateboarding
come from?
264
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When did skateboarding
arrive in England? How?
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Skateboarding, you know,
really started out in California
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on the back of surfing.
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It was this thing
that was created
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because a lot of the surfers
were waiting for waves.
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Someone had the brilliant idea
of, like,
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trying to emulate the surf moves
on the street.
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People that were out there
visiting
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would then bring skateboards
back to families
273
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and then, like, certain kids
would get these skateboards
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and try and skate.
275
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That was the beginning of
skateboards coming into England.
276
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So, it was like this new thing,
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everybody was investing in
skateboarding.
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Like, the UK,
like, Sports England,
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or whatever it was at the time,
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it became this huge,
you know, like, craze.
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And then the BBC got hold of it.
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The Southbank,
with its worldwide reputation
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for pioneering in the arts,
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introduces a new kind of
art form,
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but one definitely more suited
to the outside rather than in.
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They called it skateboarding,
287
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and it's the nation's fastest
growing craze amongst the youngsters.
288
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And then it was crazy.
289
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It ended up in
all kinds of shops.
290
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Booths were selling skateboards.
291
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Any little shop was cashing in
on this skateboarding,
292
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you know, fad thing.
293
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Skate parks were built in
the '70s here in the UK,
294
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off the back of, you know,
having this huge explosion in the media
295
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and it being really popular.
296
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The skateboarders
of Luton queued for hours today,
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all keen to be the first to
demonstrate the latest attraction of
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an open-air swimming pool
in winter.
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The pool manager
said to me that they'd been
300
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racking their brains for years
301
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to think of a way
of using the pool in winter.
302
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And what do you all think of it?
303
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- It's fantastic.
- Really good.
304
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It's gonna improve
our skateboarding a lot.
305
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To give you an idea
306
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of how big skateboarding was
in those days,
307
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you could afford
a five-story building
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that was dedicated to
skateboarding
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opposite Harrods.
310
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So, I got a job there.
311
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On a more ambitious note,
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promoters from America
have been here too.
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They're anxious to encourage
skateboarding
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in as many countries
as possible
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so that it'll become
an Olympic sport.
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A consideration which could help put
pressure on the British sports promoter
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to provide facilities
and training
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for our obvious
skateboarding talent.
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We're at
Spit and Sawdust in Cardiff.
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And we're having a little session
on the brand-new vert ramp.
321
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They did a
fundraiser on the ramp, like, uh...
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about a month or two ago,
to try and get it built,
323
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and people chipped in really,
really quickly, got it built.
324
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Come up out of nowhere,
more or less.
325
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Yeah, it's gotta be like
the quickest, I've seen,
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like, from when
they were like,
327
00:17:23,018 --> 00:17:25,419
"Oh, we want to get
a vert ramp,"
328
00:17:25,452 --> 00:17:28,857
to having all the money for it,
and it being up.
329
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Only took them, like,
ten days to put it up, so...
330
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This is the closest I've ever
lived to a vert ramp in the UK.
331
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Which is pretty good.
332
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It's still about five hours away
from where I live.
333
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Yeah, I do miss the
lifestyle that I was living in America.
334
00:17:48,409 --> 00:17:51,245
We've got a good crew
that do skate here.
335
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Seeing, like, how stoked they
are on seeing their improvement
336
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has actually give me loads of
motivation and energy,
337
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although the level's quite
different to being in the States.
338
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Going to the States,
where people do it every day,
339
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and then you can skate with people
every day on, like, amazing ramps,
340
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it's really much easier to
get to a level, you know?
341
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Whereas, then here,
if you're like...
342
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if you don't have a good crew
343
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and you're waiting for people
to finish work
344
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and they go, like, once a week,
or twice a week,
345
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it's, like, you're not really
gonna improve so much, you know?
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And I've probably, like,
lost a load of stuff as well,
347
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from living in the UK,
like, not skating every day.
348
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But now, it's like...
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I feel like it's
coming back a bit.
350
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For sure, bruv.
351
00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,127
- Yeah.
- Sam's back with it.
352
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It's coming back
a little bit, yeah.
353
00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:43,163
Yeah, definitely.
354
00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:47,468
It's like, you've just got to
remember, yeah,
355
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these are the best skateboarders
in the country right now.
356
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When I got asked
to be part of the team
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and travel to all these events,
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and see these places,
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00:19:00,081 --> 00:19:02,216
and hopefully try and
inspire people,
360
00:19:02,249 --> 00:19:04,686
I couldn't really say no,
when the...
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Yeah.
362
00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:08,556
Yeah, it's just, uh...
just got to happen,
363
00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:10,525
so you've got to go with
the flow, haven't you?
364
00:19:10,558 --> 00:19:13,494
And, uh...
Oof, playing the guitar?
365
00:19:13,528 --> 00:19:15,597
It's just like a "why not?"
kind of thing.
366
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You know, like,
the opportunity's there,
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and especially with
the crew of people
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that are doing it right now,
369
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like, Alex, Jordan, myself,
they're, like, my friends,
370
00:19:27,474 --> 00:19:31,178
and to get to go and travel
with those guys
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was kind of
the biggest draw for me.
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Next up,
we've got Alex Hallford, his magic.
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Skateboarders
from across the world
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will go through
a qualification process,
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travel around the world
to different countries,
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try and secure points,
basically,
377
00:19:46,161 --> 00:19:48,596
so they can get to
the Olympic Games.
378
00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:51,331
Yeah,
he is one of the funded skateboarders
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by UK Sport's
Aspiration Fund.
380
00:19:54,301 --> 00:19:57,706
He is really looking to try
and qualify for Tokyo.
381
00:19:57,739 --> 00:20:00,842
Oh, my word,
that was incredible.
382
00:20:01,375 --> 00:20:04,546
The qualifying
process is pretty nuts.
383
00:20:04,579 --> 00:20:05,914
They've just got...
384
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yeah, as many events
as they can squeeze in
385
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and they're kind of all
getting ranked on the Olympic...
386
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on the Olympic...
387
00:20:13,287 --> 00:20:16,891
What would you call, like,
scoreboard, shall we call it?
388
00:20:16,925 --> 00:20:19,060
- Oh, he's...
- That was amazing.
389
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He is stoked on that.
390
00:20:21,029 --> 00:20:24,298
So, 80 people can qualify
for the Olympic Games in Tokyo,
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40 women and 40 men,
across two disciplines.
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So, we've got park and street.
393
00:20:28,737 --> 00:20:32,207
I mean,
we did just see there, Ben, 347 points.
394
00:20:32,239 --> 00:20:34,509
Oh, damn, a clear leader.
395
00:20:37,679 --> 00:20:40,815
So, for it to be
in the Olympics is kind of, like,
396
00:20:40,849 --> 00:20:42,884
it's a question mark
in my mind.
397
00:20:42,917 --> 00:20:47,354
It's about how are you gonna go
about judging something properly
398
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with a category and a criteria
for skateboarders?
399
00:20:50,759 --> 00:20:53,128
It's, uh...
it's something that's, uh...
400
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it's basically putting
skateboarding into a box.
401
00:20:55,964 --> 00:21:00,434
It's not like a race, or like,
a point scoring competition, like that,
402
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,270
not on its own actual nature
anyway,
403
00:21:03,303 --> 00:21:06,608
it's not like football or basketball
or pool or anything like that.
404
00:21:06,641 --> 00:21:08,743
You don't go to a skate park
and say,
405
00:21:08,777 --> 00:21:10,745
"Oh, yeah, this is
the winner of today.
406
00:21:10,779 --> 00:21:12,647
This is the winner of
the session."
407
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,882
It's not like that.
408
00:21:13,915 --> 00:21:15,683
It's like, who's having
the most fun,
409
00:21:15,717 --> 00:21:17,619
is pretty much the winner
at the end of the day.
410
00:21:26,426 --> 00:21:28,630
Pretty much everything
that I've seen come out of it
411
00:21:28,663 --> 00:21:29,931
with me involved, is like,
412
00:21:29,964 --> 00:21:32,100
"This guy's dream
to be in the Olympics."
413
00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:34,869
And it's like, people want a good
story, you know, they want, like,
414
00:21:34,903 --> 00:21:39,507
the struggle of some kid from
wherever to do this thing, and...
415
00:21:40,041 --> 00:21:43,310
From my point of view, it's never been
something I really took seriously.
416
00:21:43,945 --> 00:21:46,380
And even when it was, like,
becoming a real thing,
417
00:21:46,413 --> 00:21:47,916
I still didn't take it
seriously.
418
00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:51,753
'Cause I'd been skating vert
my whole life, really.
419
00:21:51,786 --> 00:21:54,122
It wasn't vert that was
gonna be in the Olympics,
420
00:21:54,155 --> 00:21:56,958
so, even now, I'm, like,
421
00:21:56,991 --> 00:21:59,227
trying to do these contests
for park,
422
00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:02,096
which is cool,
'cause I like skating that stuff,
423
00:22:02,130 --> 00:22:03,965
but I've never competed in it,
really.
424
00:22:03,998 --> 00:22:08,102
Although Sam can do some of the
biggest tricks on a vert ramp,
425
00:22:08,136 --> 00:22:12,106
or he can do some of the best
spins or flips or whatever he does,
426
00:22:12,140 --> 00:22:13,975
he just knows how to
ride transitions,
427
00:22:14,008 --> 00:22:16,644
he knows how to move around
a park or a ramp.
428
00:22:17,846 --> 00:22:22,584
He had skills that were
very transferable to park,
429
00:22:22,617 --> 00:22:26,386
because in the bowl,
there would be a vert aspect to it.
430
00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:28,923
Vert skateboarding's
when you're skateboarding a ramp
431
00:22:28,957 --> 00:22:30,592
the size of your house,
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00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:34,494
park skateboarding is, like,
skating, like, wavy transitions
433
00:22:34,529 --> 00:22:36,965
and just, kind of trying
to maintain a flow.
434
00:22:36,998 --> 00:22:39,567
It's more like a navigational
sort of skateboarding,
435
00:22:39,601 --> 00:22:42,604
trying to find your way around
different obstacles.
436
00:22:44,639 --> 00:22:45,940
Over the, sort of,
different eras,
437
00:22:45,974 --> 00:22:47,474
skateboarding has changed
quite a bit.
438
00:22:47,508 --> 00:22:50,245
Because that first one,
439
00:22:50,278 --> 00:22:52,547
was very much still surf based.
440
00:22:54,282 --> 00:22:56,184
Was sidewalk surfing,
441
00:22:56,217 --> 00:23:00,688
and pools and skate park
simulating pools.
442
00:23:03,124 --> 00:23:05,392
Within the world of
organized skateboarding,
443
00:23:05,425 --> 00:23:08,596
there were these, you know,
attempts to introduce into skateboarding
444
00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:11,398
or layer onto it,
things that could be measured.
445
00:23:12,432 --> 00:23:14,936
Slalom was quite a thing
at first.
446
00:23:14,969 --> 00:23:18,606
It tended to go down a bit
and become a lot more niche.
447
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,108
And then there was freestyle
448
00:23:20,909 --> 00:23:24,478
which in that era
tended to be regarded as,
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00:23:24,512 --> 00:23:26,748
I don't know, quite fiddly.
450
00:23:29,284 --> 00:23:31,886
But, it's
like, more using the flat ground
451
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,057
and doing various tricks
and turns and spins, you know,
452
00:23:36,090 --> 00:23:38,293
a lot of people used to spin,
you know, like crazy.
453
00:23:38,326 --> 00:23:40,728
And then there
were some very strange anomalies,
454
00:23:40,762 --> 00:23:42,063
like high jump.
455
00:23:42,096 --> 00:23:43,798
Which was very Olympic.
456
00:23:43,831 --> 00:23:47,302
And then you'd jump off your
board and jump over this thing,
457
00:23:47,335 --> 00:23:48,703
and land back on your board.
458
00:23:50,004 --> 00:23:51,973
And then there was this
downhill skating.
459
00:23:52,006 --> 00:23:55,410
People that used to ride down
really steep hills in parks,
460
00:23:55,442 --> 00:23:57,979
and they had these big gloves
and they would do, sort of,
461
00:23:58,012 --> 00:24:00,782
S-slides around corners and stuff
like that with the gloves on.
462
00:24:01,683 --> 00:24:04,451
And then you've got
your full pipe skateboarding.
463
00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,660
So, it's lots of kick, turn,
kick, turn, kick, turn.
464
00:24:12,694 --> 00:24:15,096
And little airs,
little early grab airs and things.
465
00:24:15,129 --> 00:24:16,631
And in the '80s,
the full pipe
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00:24:16,664 --> 00:24:19,167
then started to become
half pipe with flat ground
467
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,336
because it was too quick,
so someone decided
468
00:24:21,369 --> 00:24:23,338
it's too quick to just keep
going like that,
469
00:24:23,371 --> 00:24:26,808
so let's extend the flat bottom
and it gave you time
470
00:24:26,841 --> 00:24:29,476
to, you know,
catch your breath,
471
00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:32,313
you know, relax your muscle for
a moment and then pump.
472
00:24:32,347 --> 00:24:33,915
You know, so then that
changed everything,
473
00:24:33,948 --> 00:24:36,483
and that, sort of,
then became vert skateboarding.
474
00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:39,053
And then
we see another transition
475
00:24:39,087 --> 00:24:42,223
which is the vert stuff starts
to change a little bit,
476
00:24:42,256 --> 00:24:43,825
as in mini-ramps appeared.
477
00:24:47,962 --> 00:24:51,466
Which suddenly make the whole
thing much more accessible
478
00:24:51,498 --> 00:24:53,434
and this very much
coincides with
479
00:24:53,468 --> 00:24:55,269
the beginning of
the new boom.
480
00:24:56,371 --> 00:24:57,839
When ollies started to happen,
481
00:24:57,872 --> 00:24:59,874
that then changed everything,
you know?
482
00:24:59,907 --> 00:25:02,377
Because it was, like,
doing things without using your hands.
483
00:25:02,410 --> 00:25:04,812
You could just use your feet
to get off the ground,
484
00:25:04,846 --> 00:25:07,148
whereas before you'd
grab the board and you'd hop,
485
00:25:07,181 --> 00:25:09,751
you know, if you could find
any kind of kick,
486
00:25:09,784 --> 00:25:13,087
you know, any kind of bank or
anything like that, you'd get air.
487
00:25:13,121 --> 00:25:15,456
Then street skating, sort of,
blew up from there.
488
00:25:16,624 --> 00:25:18,826
Street, for
me, was just absolutely magical,
489
00:25:18,860 --> 00:25:21,562
because that really
blew it all wide-open,
490
00:25:21,596 --> 00:25:24,132
that everybody could do it,
everywhere.
491
00:25:24,165 --> 00:25:26,067
I think it became
a bit diverse, I think,
492
00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:27,935
certainly geographically.
493
00:25:27,969 --> 00:25:29,804
Still not gender-diverse,
494
00:25:29,837 --> 00:25:32,907
it was still
largely male at that point.
495
00:25:34,876 --> 00:25:37,478
Skateboarding is now
a part of the Olympics.
496
00:25:38,346 --> 00:25:40,148
And we never ever thought
it would be.
497
00:25:41,349 --> 00:25:42,650
I don't know how
it's gonna work,
498
00:25:42,683 --> 00:25:44,786
you know, in terms of skating
for countries,
499
00:25:44,819 --> 00:25:46,821
uniforms and all these things.
500
00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:50,158
This is a whole weird world
that we've stepped into.
501
00:25:50,925 --> 00:25:53,961
Some of the other
countries, they have pretty strict, like,
502
00:25:54,929 --> 00:25:56,731
regimes as to what
the kids are doing
503
00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:57,965
and how they're training
504
00:25:57,999 --> 00:25:59,667
and how they're treated,
you know,
505
00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:03,137
by their managers and stuff
at these events
506
00:26:03,171 --> 00:26:05,673
which is, like,
quite a hard thing to see.
507
00:26:05,706 --> 00:26:09,911
But you can see, like, how that would
happen in gymnastics or whatever.
508
00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:12,847
It's
crazy that a lot of the teams
509
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,917
show up in uniforms already
at hotels and stuff like that.
510
00:26:15,950 --> 00:26:20,188
You see them all fully rock up
with, like, Chile or USA
511
00:26:20,221 --> 00:26:21,789
or something written on there.
512
00:26:22,256 --> 00:26:24,425
Yeah, it's crazy.
513
00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:26,060
You see a lot of team managers
that have, like,
514
00:26:26,094 --> 00:26:27,529
flags with them
and stuff like this.
515
00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:33,334
In those early days,
516
00:26:33,367 --> 00:26:35,203
it was not
a healthy lifestyle thing.
517
00:26:35,636 --> 00:26:38,039
And the competition aspect
of it,
518
00:26:38,739 --> 00:26:41,543
I feel, although there were
lots of events and contests,
519
00:26:41,577 --> 00:26:46,214
which were actually just more seen as
a way of focus, semi-social, almost,
520
00:26:47,014 --> 00:26:51,285
you know, the notion that
somebody would actively train
521
00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:54,755
or weight train or do
something of that type
522
00:26:54,789 --> 00:26:57,325
didn't sit well
with that culture.
523
00:26:58,126 --> 00:27:00,628
Like, not taking
care of your body was almost, like,
524
00:27:00,661 --> 00:27:03,498
promoted to a skateboarder
for a long time.
525
00:27:03,532 --> 00:27:06,767
Some of the lifestyles people
lead are definitely not...
526
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:10,004
don't have longevity to them,
you know?
527
00:27:11,507 --> 00:27:13,509
A lot of the time when you
stood on top of a ramp,
528
00:27:13,542 --> 00:27:15,243
even though you're having fun
with all your mates,
529
00:27:15,276 --> 00:27:18,246
you're having some sort of internal
mental battle with yourself
530
00:27:18,279 --> 00:27:20,047
about how to get yourself
to do a trick
531
00:27:20,081 --> 00:27:21,415
that you haven't done before.
532
00:27:21,449 --> 00:27:23,585
And it takes a long time
to be able to learn
533
00:27:23,619 --> 00:27:25,521
how to zone your head out
completely.
534
00:27:25,554 --> 00:27:27,054
I still can't do it every time,
535
00:27:27,088 --> 00:27:29,090
it takes a lot for me
to be able to do it.
536
00:27:29,123 --> 00:27:30,925
That's why I used to drink
and skate a lot,
537
00:27:30,958 --> 00:27:33,661
because your brain turns off
when you drink.
538
00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:37,098
So, I'm skating
and I've got more confidence
539
00:27:37,131 --> 00:27:38,833
because I'm not
thinking as much,
540
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,101
but through not thinking,
541
00:27:40,134 --> 00:27:42,036
I'm able to do stuff
I can't even do.
542
00:27:42,538 --> 00:27:45,006
But then also, you're drunk,
so when it goes wrong,
543
00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:47,708
you're not aware
that it's gone wrong,
544
00:27:47,742 --> 00:27:49,877
so your reflexes aren't up,
545
00:27:49,911 --> 00:27:51,479
so you'll just wipe yourself
on the floor
546
00:27:51,513 --> 00:27:52,914
and won't protect yourself
properly,
547
00:27:52,947 --> 00:27:56,184
so I had to stop doing that
as regularly.
548
00:27:56,217 --> 00:27:59,387
I mean, we all know there's benefits
of, like, being healthy and fit.
549
00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:01,789
Like, it doesn't matter
what part of life...
550
00:28:01,822 --> 00:28:04,526
whatever you do, whatever sport
or just general day to day...
551
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,596
the healthier you are, the better off
you're gonna be, we all know that.
552
00:28:07,629 --> 00:28:09,797
I think the thing with
skateboarding is that
553
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:11,899
we haven't ever
really trained on the side,
554
00:28:11,933 --> 00:28:13,935
your skateboarding
is your training.
555
00:28:13,968 --> 00:28:18,472
I don't know, for me, I couldn't just
be an athlete or something like that,
556
00:28:18,507 --> 00:28:19,707
I need more in my life.
557
00:28:21,008 --> 00:28:24,412
I actually have never really
taken my body seriously.
558
00:28:26,347 --> 00:28:29,083
I eat pretty good,
and I'm quite into, like,
559
00:28:29,116 --> 00:28:33,988
trying to stay healthy and
looking after my body, but really,
560
00:28:34,021 --> 00:28:37,758
like, there's people that are,
like, athletes,
561
00:28:37,792 --> 00:28:40,361
they're actually doing that
all the time, you know?
562
00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:43,431
Like,
it's becoming very, very athletic,
563
00:28:43,464 --> 00:28:45,800
the way people are doing
their tricks now.
564
00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:47,603
Everyone's going
as high as they can,
565
00:28:47,636 --> 00:28:49,270
as long as they can
on the grind,
566
00:28:49,303 --> 00:28:50,871
and as fast as they can.
567
00:28:50,905 --> 00:28:53,407
And jumping, like,
as far as they can on the gaps.
568
00:28:54,175 --> 00:28:58,279
Yeah, it's becoming more taxing
on your body as a result of that.
569
00:29:00,014 --> 00:29:01,650
All right, man.
570
00:29:01,683 --> 00:29:03,851
They've not had people telling
them what they needed to do,
571
00:29:03,884 --> 00:29:05,853
or having to be part of a club
572
00:29:05,886 --> 00:29:07,088
or had to do
any of these things.
573
00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:11,092
I'm also conscious that they're
adults, I don't want to...
574
00:29:11,125 --> 00:29:12,661
I'm not gonna try and
call them every day
575
00:29:12,694 --> 00:29:14,095
to make sure
everyone's all right.
576
00:29:14,128 --> 00:29:17,064
It really is about everybody's
personal journey.
577
00:29:18,766 --> 00:29:22,403
Whatever they want to achieve,
it's up to them.
578
00:29:23,070 --> 00:29:24,640
I have a role where
sometimes you have to
579
00:29:24,673 --> 00:29:26,207
try and make
those sort of things happen
580
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,075
and, like say, hopefully,
581
00:29:28,843 --> 00:29:30,712
if I can add value
to their journey,
582
00:29:31,379 --> 00:29:33,814
then they can help add
some value to mine.
583
00:29:36,017 --> 00:29:39,120
Sometimes, you can feel
quite lonely in the role,
584
00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:41,989
and that presents challenges.
585
00:29:43,424 --> 00:29:45,926
We don't have much money,
that is the truth of it.
586
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,596
I personally feel
a sense of guilt,
587
00:29:47,629 --> 00:29:49,731
even though maybe it shouldn't
come from me,
588
00:29:49,765 --> 00:29:53,267
in a sense that I want to do
everything I can to help these guys,
589
00:29:53,301 --> 00:29:55,269
and I don't mean
just to reach the Olympics,
590
00:29:55,303 --> 00:29:59,974
but to have a good, positive
skateboarding experience along the road.
591
00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:02,544
And that's difficult when you've
not got much to work with.
592
00:30:02,778 --> 00:30:06,414
I wasn't quite sure what the best
way of supporting the team was
593
00:30:06,447 --> 00:30:08,550
with not much resource.
594
00:30:08,583 --> 00:30:10,686
It kind of comes back to trying
to be a good person,
595
00:30:10,719 --> 00:30:12,688
and just caring about
the people you work with.
596
00:30:12,721 --> 00:30:15,089
And if you do that well,
I think you earn their respect.
597
00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:18,627
There's a new generation of
skateboarders
598
00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:21,630
that may approach it slightly
different to the ones before.
599
00:30:23,497 --> 00:30:25,333
Yeah,
Olympics has definitely changed, like,
600
00:30:25,366 --> 00:30:27,703
how skateboarders are thinking
of themselves.
601
00:30:27,736 --> 00:30:31,138
So now we actually have
these opportunities to...
602
00:30:31,172 --> 00:30:32,940
to be called athletes.
603
00:30:36,110 --> 00:30:37,813
It's the essential part.
604
00:30:38,245 --> 00:30:39,648
The stretch!
605
00:30:40,214 --> 00:30:42,517
Just, like, stretch your back
a little bit more.
606
00:30:42,551 --> 00:30:43,585
Yeah, that's it, that's it,
607
00:30:43,618 --> 00:30:44,919
I think that's it,
you've got it.
608
00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:47,421
And that's why he's the TM.
609
00:30:49,558 --> 00:30:51,125
You can stretch anywhere.
610
00:30:51,158 --> 00:30:52,393
You can stretch at home,
611
00:30:52,426 --> 00:30:54,161
you can stretch at
the skate park.
612
00:30:54,830 --> 00:30:56,063
Stretch in the shower.
613
00:30:57,699 --> 00:30:59,967
- Stretching's for everybody.
- Everybody.
614
00:31:03,371 --> 00:31:06,173
I do want to keep
myself in the best shape I can
615
00:31:06,207 --> 00:31:09,076
so I can be at my peak
when I'm skateboarding.
616
00:31:10,111 --> 00:31:11,580
So, there's a lot of training.
617
00:31:13,414 --> 00:31:15,049
But, as far as it goes
right now,
618
00:31:15,082 --> 00:31:18,252
it's kind of just based on me
trying to eat a bit healthier,
619
00:31:18,285 --> 00:31:20,054
go for runs every now and then.
620
00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:23,424
I've never drank or done
any stuff like that anyway.
621
00:31:23,457 --> 00:31:26,227
So, that stuff is not
a problem for me whatsoever.
622
00:31:28,162 --> 00:31:29,997
The other skateboarders on
Instagram, you see, like,
623
00:31:30,030 --> 00:31:32,166
their countries have
provided them with, like,
624
00:31:32,199 --> 00:31:34,101
personal trainers
and things like that.
625
00:31:34,135 --> 00:31:36,103
Right now, it's kind of just
all on me,
626
00:31:36,137 --> 00:31:37,271
if I want to do that.
627
00:31:58,259 --> 00:32:00,394
So, I am a street skateboarder.
628
00:32:00,428 --> 00:32:02,664
I like all the technical
sort of skateboarding
629
00:32:02,697 --> 00:32:04,800
with, like, the flip tricks,
and, like, the spins.
630
00:32:04,833 --> 00:32:07,101
Stairs and rails
and things like that.
631
00:32:11,038 --> 00:32:13,542
I like to try do tricks
that happen
632
00:32:13,575 --> 00:32:15,644
almost as quick as possible,
633
00:32:15,677 --> 00:32:18,713
like, I like to try and
give myself fast feet
634
00:32:18,747 --> 00:32:20,682
so I can land
and do a trick
635
00:32:20,715 --> 00:32:23,585
or do a trick into a trick and
do something else straightaway
636
00:32:23,618 --> 00:32:26,621
and just kind of mess about
a bit like that, I suppose,
637
00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:29,256
rather than, like,
the bowl skaters
638
00:32:29,290 --> 00:32:31,292
where they'll do the high airs
and things like that,
639
00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:32,993
which looks amazingly fun,
640
00:32:33,027 --> 00:32:34,729
but I can't do any of
that stuff, really.
641
00:32:42,504 --> 00:32:44,639
I've been skateboarding
since I was six years old,
642
00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:47,007
so it's always been
a part of my life,
643
00:32:47,041 --> 00:32:50,044
like, I don't really remember
anything before skateboarding.
644
00:32:50,377 --> 00:32:51,979
Even, like, going to school,
645
00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:54,081
everyone always knew
I was that skater kid.
646
00:32:58,419 --> 00:33:00,454
It used to be a thing, like
finish school,
647
00:33:00,488 --> 00:33:03,592
run home, quick time, get changed
and, like, straight out skating
648
00:33:03,625 --> 00:33:04,992
to the Buszy,
meet all my friends there.
649
00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:07,629
And we'd just be out for hours
every single day.
650
00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:17,973
Growing up in Milton Keynes,
has definitely affected, like,
651
00:33:18,005 --> 00:33:21,342
the way I skate because
my local place to skate
652
00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:24,913
is ledges
and nothing but ledges.
653
00:33:24,946 --> 00:33:27,314
So, not only do we have
the Buszy for that,
654
00:33:27,348 --> 00:33:30,752
all of our street spots,
more ledges.
655
00:33:30,785 --> 00:33:33,688
We have stairs, and, like,
handrails too, just not as many,
656
00:33:33,722 --> 00:33:35,590
and some of them, like,
are a bit sketchy,
657
00:33:35,624 --> 00:33:37,592
so they're not, like,
the best to learn at.
658
00:33:39,828 --> 00:33:41,763
The guy who got me into
skateboarding,
659
00:33:41,796 --> 00:33:43,163
his name's Lee Blackwell.
660
00:33:46,835 --> 00:33:47,903
Ooh!
661
00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:51,873
Little Alex,
as I still call him,
662
00:33:51,907 --> 00:33:53,107
he'll always be little Alex,
663
00:33:53,140 --> 00:33:54,943
I don't think he'll grow
anymore.
664
00:33:54,976 --> 00:33:58,479
I first met him, we were on one
of the Eastpak Transition tours
665
00:33:58,513 --> 00:33:59,981
with the Death guys.
666
00:34:00,015 --> 00:34:02,751
And we stopped off in a place
called Milton Keynes.
667
00:34:02,784 --> 00:34:04,686
In the city center
in Milton Keynes,
668
00:34:04,719 --> 00:34:07,388
they had, like, a ramp set up,
like, a half-pipe.
669
00:34:07,421 --> 00:34:10,391
Him and his dad, just so happens
they were walking through,
670
00:34:10,424 --> 00:34:12,426
and I was trying to launch
out of the barrier,
671
00:34:12,459 --> 00:34:14,495
do, like,
my attention-seeking bit,
672
00:34:14,529 --> 00:34:17,264
and, out of the mini-ramp
over the barrier,
673
00:34:17,298 --> 00:34:18,934
and they just walked past,
674
00:34:18,967 --> 00:34:21,002
and I pretty much nearly killed
him, nearly squashed him.
675
00:34:21,036 --> 00:34:24,806
And I just remember, like,
being six-year-old me was like,
676
00:34:24,839 --> 00:34:26,007
"I wanna do that."
677
00:34:26,875 --> 00:34:30,045
And Alex was so taken back by it
that him and his dad
678
00:34:30,077 --> 00:34:32,981
decided to start following us
around the tour.
679
00:34:33,882 --> 00:34:35,482
They met us at
some of the spots.
680
00:34:35,517 --> 00:34:38,720
And we put him on the ramp,
got him on a board,
681
00:34:38,753 --> 00:34:40,555
and that was it,
he just took off from there.
682
00:34:40,589 --> 00:34:42,456
Alex hasn't put a board down
since,
683
00:34:42,489 --> 00:34:45,092
he was the most quietest little
boy in the world as well,
684
00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:47,127
you couldn't say anything
to him.
685
00:34:47,161 --> 00:34:49,296
He was just... Yeah,
he was so timid.
686
00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:51,131
And now he's just turned into,
687
00:34:51,165 --> 00:34:53,367
not only an incredible
skateboarder,
688
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,504
but, just a great human being.
Like, he's a real cool kid.
689
00:34:56,538 --> 00:34:59,340
Yeah, so, we have
some certificates
690
00:34:59,373 --> 00:35:02,877
for when I did
Guinness World Record shows.
691
00:35:02,911 --> 00:35:07,314
Alex is the youngest individual
to attempt a record
692
00:35:07,348 --> 00:35:10,384
here on Guinness World Records
Smashed.
693
00:35:10,417 --> 00:35:13,555
In three, two, one...
694
00:35:13,588 --> 00:35:14,789
Go!
695
00:35:15,422 --> 00:35:19,226
So the one on the left is the
most no comply flips in a minute,
696
00:35:19,259 --> 00:35:21,596
which is, like, a trick I used
to do a lot when I was younger.
697
00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:23,965
It's like, you flick the board
into your hand
698
00:35:23,999 --> 00:35:26,001
and literally flip it with
your hand.
699
00:35:26,601 --> 00:35:29,004
I got 56 in a minute, somehow.
700
00:35:29,037 --> 00:35:31,171
Which I was pretty surprised
with myself.
701
00:35:31,205 --> 00:35:34,576
Tonight, Alex, you did 56.
702
00:35:36,011 --> 00:35:37,378
A new Guinness World Record.
703
00:35:41,181 --> 00:35:43,217
The other two are
the most for...
704
00:35:43,718 --> 00:35:45,452
the most kick flips
in 30 seconds,
705
00:35:45,486 --> 00:35:47,689
and then the most kick flips
in a minute.
706
00:35:47,722 --> 00:35:49,691
You know, they're just
super random things,
707
00:35:49,724 --> 00:35:53,128
like, got an email, like, "Yo,
do you want to come be on our show again?
708
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,229
Come to China,
come to some place,"
709
00:35:55,262 --> 00:35:56,831
I was like, "Let's do it."
710
00:35:57,431 --> 00:35:59,801
So, I think, right now,
I'm ranked...
711
00:35:59,834 --> 00:36:01,903
I think I'm 30th in the world.
712
00:36:02,804 --> 00:36:04,939
But then there's also a thing
of each country
713
00:36:04,973 --> 00:36:07,609
can have a maximum of
three people,
714
00:36:07,642 --> 00:36:08,943
so say there's...
715
00:36:10,512 --> 00:36:12,047
I don't know, say there's, like,
716
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,915
seven Americans above me
in the list,
717
00:36:13,948 --> 00:36:16,017
only three of them
actually count.
718
00:36:16,051 --> 00:36:19,386
So, on that list,
I think I'm 22nd or something like that,
719
00:36:19,420 --> 00:36:22,157
so, I need to step it up
a little bit
720
00:36:22,189 --> 00:36:25,560
and, hopefully, there's a good
chance of making it through.
721
00:36:27,962 --> 00:36:29,664
Oh, yeah,
Jordan, where are we going?
722
00:36:29,698 --> 00:36:31,132
Oh, we're going Brazil, baby.
723
00:36:47,082 --> 00:36:51,086
Yeah! The boys in Brazil!
724
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:52,520
It was all very last minute.
725
00:36:52,554 --> 00:36:54,656
We were all, kind of,
thrown in to the deep-end.
726
00:36:54,689 --> 00:36:57,391
Not through anybody's fault,
that's just how it played out.
727
00:36:57,424 --> 00:37:00,028
We've got the funding and we've
gone ahead and done what we can.
728
00:37:09,470 --> 00:37:12,540
I really enjoy
traveling with Jordan and Alex.
729
00:37:12,574 --> 00:37:15,877
And, actually,
this trip was the first time
730
00:37:15,910 --> 00:37:18,146
I actually spent time with
Alex deCunha.
731
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:20,515
And he was super sound.
732
00:37:20,548 --> 00:37:21,649
Everyone was super sound.
733
00:37:21,683 --> 00:37:23,118
Everyone was grateful
to be there.
734
00:38:11,032 --> 00:38:12,066
Smile, Jordan.
735
00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:13,535
Hello, mate.
736
00:38:13,968 --> 00:38:16,538
Nobody's skated it yet,
not a lick.
737
00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:20,775
Checking the coping,
seems to be in order.
738
00:38:21,375 --> 00:38:22,544
Go on, go on.
739
00:38:27,515 --> 00:38:29,150
Top of the world, Jordan!
740
00:38:41,495 --> 00:38:42,564
Come on, brah.
741
00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:48,169
I think that,
from a lot of people I talk to,
742
00:38:48,203 --> 00:38:50,271
they think, you must be going to
these Olympic qualification events,
743
00:38:50,305 --> 00:38:52,640
they're probably not very much
like skateboarding.
744
00:38:52,674 --> 00:38:54,374
And, actually,
it's not really the case.
745
00:38:54,408 --> 00:38:56,376
Obviously, there's got to be
a certain level
746
00:38:56,410 --> 00:38:58,345
of infrastructure and
process in place
747
00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:01,348
because you're trying to get through
a lot of people in a competition.
748
00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:04,018
There's sometimes over a hundred
people entering a competition.
749
00:39:04,052 --> 00:39:06,254
They've got a lot of work
to do to make sure
750
00:39:06,287 --> 00:39:08,289
that that can happen
over a small period of time.
751
00:39:08,990 --> 00:39:10,291
But, the reality of it is,
752
00:39:10,325 --> 00:39:12,927
is that it's still just
a bunch of skateboarders
753
00:39:12,961 --> 00:39:15,763
at a skateboard event
going skateboarding.
754
00:39:15,797 --> 00:39:18,432
Next up,
from Great Britain, run number two,
755
00:39:18,465 --> 00:39:19,868
we got Sam Beckett.
756
00:39:21,202 --> 00:39:22,804
You know,
I'm going to these events,
757
00:39:22,837 --> 00:39:25,607
I want to be true to me,
but I also want to do my best.
758
00:39:27,041 --> 00:39:30,078
I'm gonna take an international
plane ride across the world,
759
00:39:30,111 --> 00:39:32,714
I'm not going just to,
like, waste it.
760
00:39:34,883 --> 00:39:38,720
Adjusting to
the 45 seconds has been tricky.
761
00:39:38,753 --> 00:39:42,690
For most of the qualifying events,
we've had two 45 second runs
762
00:39:42,724 --> 00:39:46,361
and a minute and a half is not
very long to express yourself.
763
00:39:46,961 --> 00:39:50,098
Your individuality
needs to be part of it,
764
00:39:50,131 --> 00:39:52,967
'cause that is part of
skateboarding.
765
00:39:53,301 --> 00:39:55,336
If you're just doing the
same thing as everybody else,
766
00:39:55,370 --> 00:39:58,006
you lose your kind of
creative flair
767
00:39:58,039 --> 00:40:00,275
and your own direction with it.
768
00:40:00,308 --> 00:40:04,279
I wouldn't want Olympic
qualifying to do that to me.
769
00:40:05,580 --> 00:40:08,316
From Great Britain,
Jordan Thackeray.
770
00:40:08,349 --> 00:40:11,185
I always have,
like, an idea of what I want to do.
771
00:40:11,219 --> 00:40:13,187
And then the moment my name
gets called out,
772
00:40:13,221 --> 00:40:14,756
everything just
falls out of my head.
773
00:40:15,790 --> 00:40:19,127
The majority of the people that
make it to the semis and the finals,
774
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,830
they can all do 540s but then it's
for an audience to watch that,
775
00:40:22,864 --> 00:40:25,432
they're being desensitized
to, like, the harder shit,
776
00:40:25,465 --> 00:40:27,001
just because
everyone's doing it.
777
00:40:27,035 --> 00:40:29,537
It's more impressive to me
because I know what it entails,
778
00:40:29,570 --> 00:40:32,307
but I'll do something that's
not even that hard,
779
00:40:32,340 --> 00:40:34,509
but something that no one's
really seen before
780
00:40:34,542 --> 00:40:37,178
and that will get me
a similar sort of mark
781
00:40:37,211 --> 00:40:40,447
to something that's, like,
physically way more demanding.
782
00:40:44,819 --> 00:40:48,022
The stuff I do,
it's more like precision sort of things,
783
00:40:48,056 --> 00:40:50,692
so my foot needs to be in
the complete right position,
784
00:40:50,725 --> 00:40:53,828
I need to, as I pop,
I need to flick the board right
785
00:40:53,861 --> 00:40:55,630
to then catch it
with my other foot
786
00:40:55,663 --> 00:40:59,466
and have my other foot ready
to land exactly how I want it.
787
00:41:00,134 --> 00:41:01,669
There's a lot to think about.
788
00:41:03,805 --> 00:41:05,940
In all honesty,
I don't think my style of skating
789
00:41:05,974 --> 00:41:07,709
really fits into the format.
790
00:41:07,742 --> 00:41:10,511
I don't necessarily think
I'm well adapted
791
00:41:10,545 --> 00:41:13,214
to just doing loads and loads
of tricks and runs
792
00:41:13,247 --> 00:41:14,481
to get better scores.
793
00:41:14,515 --> 00:41:15,683
If I want to do better,
794
00:41:15,717 --> 00:41:17,484
I should probably
switch that up.
795
00:41:20,254 --> 00:41:22,890
To be honest, I don't know
what my chances are like.
796
00:41:22,924 --> 00:41:25,126
If I do well in
the next few events,
797
00:41:25,159 --> 00:41:27,695
then it's possible.
Anything's possible.
798
00:41:30,798 --> 00:41:33,434
My first reaction to skateboarding
going into the Olympics
799
00:41:33,468 --> 00:41:35,470
was like, "Oh, great,
here we go again,
800
00:41:35,503 --> 00:41:39,040
it's another thing that skateboarding's
gonna sell out to and sell off to."
801
00:41:39,073 --> 00:41:42,143
And I thought it was gonna be
a really bad thing.
802
00:41:42,176 --> 00:41:43,644
The general consensus right now
803
00:41:43,678 --> 00:41:46,481
is that the Olympics will have
quite a negative effect
804
00:41:46,514 --> 00:41:47,882
on skateboarding as a whole.
805
00:41:47,915 --> 00:41:49,717
I have my discrepancies
about it.
806
00:41:49,751 --> 00:41:53,321
I think it's gonna struggle
with so many rules, regulations.
807
00:41:54,389 --> 00:41:56,858
And also, there's gonna be
a lot more pressure.
808
00:41:56,891 --> 00:41:58,926
It's not just about
the act of skateboarding.
809
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,763
Like, we all love going
skateboarding and doing it,
810
00:42:01,796 --> 00:42:03,631
but it's so much more than that.
811
00:42:03,664 --> 00:42:05,666
If we can find
a balance between
812
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:08,102
being included
in this Olympic world,
813
00:42:08,136 --> 00:42:10,104
but also retain our integrity,
814
00:42:10,138 --> 00:42:12,607
our culture,
our values, our beliefs.
815
00:42:13,141 --> 00:42:15,843
There's just so many beautiful
things about skating that...
816
00:42:15,877 --> 00:42:17,412
Yeah, normal people
wouldn't know,
817
00:42:17,445 --> 00:42:19,347
like all the community stuff,
like, you know,
818
00:42:19,380 --> 00:42:21,649
I can take my board to
any country in the world
819
00:42:21,682 --> 00:42:24,385
and meet a skater
and we're best mates.
820
00:42:24,419 --> 00:42:26,687
He'll show me his city
just like if he was...
821
00:42:26,721 --> 00:42:29,057
I bumped into someone here,
and, you know,
822
00:42:29,090 --> 00:42:31,559
it's like that kind of thing
that, you know,
823
00:42:31,592 --> 00:42:34,796
when you find out about when
you're properly a part of it.
824
00:42:34,829 --> 00:42:37,465
It's like a universal
understanding between each other,
825
00:42:37,498 --> 00:42:39,834
that, like, you're a
skateboarder, I'm a skateboarder,
826
00:42:39,867 --> 00:42:41,769
I've got your back and
you've got my back.
827
00:42:49,877 --> 00:42:51,145
I am slightly worried about
828
00:42:51,179 --> 00:42:52,880
this new generation of
skateboarders
829
00:42:52,914 --> 00:42:54,816
being exposed to enough
skateboard culture.
830
00:42:56,918 --> 00:42:59,987
Boxing Day, 1977, is the day
skateboarding died.
831
00:43:00,988 --> 00:43:04,225
Nobody was buying skateboards
in the run-up to that,
832
00:43:04,258 --> 00:43:05,793
it wasn't a Christmas present.
833
00:43:05,827 --> 00:43:08,729
But as soon as it, sort of,
died out in the public eye,
834
00:43:08,763 --> 00:43:11,165
and then it wasn't in
all those shops
835
00:43:11,199 --> 00:43:12,568
and it wasn't, like, on TV
836
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,702
and it wasn't in
the newspapers anymore,
837
00:43:14,735 --> 00:43:19,373
people just had this, like,
negative response to skateboarding.
838
00:43:27,415 --> 00:43:28,983
It's the same old story.
839
00:43:29,450 --> 00:43:31,119
People are always
scared of things
840
00:43:31,152 --> 00:43:33,187
they don't really
understand or know.
841
00:43:33,221 --> 00:43:37,291
There was this period which a lot
of us refer to as the Dark Ages,
842
00:43:37,325 --> 00:43:40,228
there was no funding available
for the one thing
843
00:43:40,261 --> 00:43:42,063
we believed we really needed,
844
00:43:42,697 --> 00:43:44,465
which was places to skate.
845
00:43:44,499 --> 00:43:46,834
The British skate scene,
at that point,
846
00:43:46,868 --> 00:43:48,504
was very, sort of...
847
00:43:49,470 --> 00:43:52,640
very gritty,
very sort of homemade,
848
00:43:52,673 --> 00:43:56,277
very much cobbled together out
of everything that you could buy.
849
00:43:57,411 --> 00:43:59,213
The passion was so strong
850
00:43:59,247 --> 00:44:01,749
that we would do anything
to skate.
851
00:44:01,782 --> 00:44:03,417
You know, like,
literally do anything.
852
00:44:03,451 --> 00:44:06,754
The amount of times that we'd
set fire to the floor,
853
00:44:06,787 --> 00:44:08,557
'cause we'd worked that one out,
854
00:44:08,590 --> 00:44:10,925
like, this is the way
to dry out a skate park,
855
00:44:10,958 --> 00:44:13,928
is to get some petrol
and sprinkle it everywhere
856
00:44:13,961 --> 00:44:17,064
and set fire to it, literally,
it will burn all the water out.
857
00:44:17,098 --> 00:44:18,666
So, we had all these
techniques,
858
00:44:18,699 --> 00:44:21,570
but to the outside world,
it looked like chaos.
859
00:44:29,210 --> 00:44:31,012
So, the Southbank
is located in, like,
860
00:44:31,045 --> 00:44:34,583
the center of London,
by the Royal Festival Pier.
861
00:44:34,616 --> 00:44:37,519
And somewhere in the '70s,
people discovered it.
862
00:44:37,553 --> 00:44:40,688
'Cause, as skateboarders,
we're always looking for the perfect spot.
863
00:44:40,721 --> 00:44:42,089
Do the five again.
864
00:44:44,959 --> 00:44:47,161
And when you went to Southbank,
it had it all.
865
00:44:47,195 --> 00:44:48,796
Because it's full of banks,
866
00:44:48,829 --> 00:44:50,765
just like,
perfect angled banks,
867
00:44:50,798 --> 00:44:52,568
super smooth,
'cause it's undercover.
868
00:44:54,068 --> 00:44:56,270
For some reason,
they really started to
869
00:44:56,304 --> 00:44:58,172
discourage us from
skating there.
870
00:44:58,507 --> 00:45:01,677
And, a lot of the times,
you'd turn up on the Saturday,
871
00:45:01,709 --> 00:45:02,843
and it's a sunny day,
872
00:45:02,877 --> 00:45:05,146
and you'd turn up there,
and it'd be wet.
873
00:45:05,179 --> 00:45:07,715
I think they worked out,
by watching us,
874
00:45:07,748 --> 00:45:10,718
that, like, when it's wet,
it's not good for us to skate,
875
00:45:10,751 --> 00:45:12,753
and we'd slip out and fall.
876
00:45:12,787 --> 00:45:17,258
So, there's always been a sort of,
ongoing battle, really, us and them.
877
00:45:18,993 --> 00:45:23,331
The punks and the skateboarders shared
the same kind of, like, you know,
878
00:45:23,364 --> 00:45:24,865
animosity from the public.
879
00:45:25,466 --> 00:45:27,235
As did people of color.
880
00:45:28,202 --> 00:45:29,671
In terms of the public
881
00:45:29,705 --> 00:45:33,007
and what the government thought
of all of these people.
882
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,042
We were all in the same group.
883
00:45:35,076 --> 00:45:37,011
I remember, Waterloo Bridge
we'd get chased,
884
00:45:37,044 --> 00:45:39,347
you'd have to be really careful
when you got off the bus
885
00:45:39,380 --> 00:45:42,750
to get down into the skate area
because they were like,
886
00:45:42,783 --> 00:45:45,086
"Oh, skateboarders," and they'd
start chasing you with bats.
887
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:48,189
With skateboarding at that time,
it was like do or die.
888
00:45:48,222 --> 00:45:52,326
It was like, either you were gonna
dedicate your life to skateboarding
889
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,796
and deal with all the stick
that you get from everyone,
890
00:45:55,830 --> 00:45:57,999
or you're gonna give into it
and stop skating.
891
00:45:58,032 --> 00:45:59,635
And you're pressured,
because everyone's like,
892
00:45:59,668 --> 00:46:01,135
"You should be
playing football,"
893
00:46:01,168 --> 00:46:03,204
you know, you should be doing
all these other sports
894
00:46:03,237 --> 00:46:04,805
that they understand,
and it's like,
895
00:46:04,839 --> 00:46:07,441
you have to really decide
for yourself what you wanna do.
896
00:46:26,762 --> 00:46:28,664
Yeah,
beautiful day, you could actually
897
00:46:28,697 --> 00:46:29,930
take your clothes off
and sunbathe
898
00:46:29,964 --> 00:46:31,132
if you wanted to.
899
00:46:31,667 --> 00:46:33,100
It's that warm.
900
00:46:33,134 --> 00:46:34,368
We're close to the sun,
aren't we?
901
00:46:34,402 --> 00:46:36,505
This is my first time on
the mountain.
902
00:46:36,538 --> 00:46:37,773
- Is it?
- No.
903
00:46:40,207 --> 00:46:42,310
Beautiful, we've done
a bit of snowboarding.
904
00:46:42,343 --> 00:46:45,880
Jordan has learned to snowboard,
which is awesome.
905
00:46:45,913 --> 00:46:48,517
Picked it up pretty quick,
a few slams along the way.
906
00:46:48,550 --> 00:46:50,951
Skateboarding event,
not snowboarding event.
907
00:46:50,985 --> 00:46:52,453
Don't be fooled.
908
00:46:52,486 --> 00:46:55,990
Air is a bit thin. We just did,
uh, 700 push-ups.
909
00:46:56,023 --> 00:46:57,759
Just a bit of altitude training.
910
00:46:57,793 --> 00:47:00,629
I literally just ran up to
the top of the mountain
911
00:47:00,662 --> 00:47:02,930
and then kind of
skipped back down.
912
00:47:02,963 --> 00:47:04,365
Yeah, just altitude training.
913
00:47:04,999 --> 00:47:06,901
You can tell a lot by...
about, like,
914
00:47:07,835 --> 00:47:11,172
conditions of forests
and conditions of mountains
915
00:47:11,205 --> 00:47:14,141
and air conditions by
different lichens that grow.
916
00:47:14,175 --> 00:47:16,877
This fungi is growing nicely
on this rock.
917
00:47:17,512 --> 00:47:18,979
And there's usually two parts.
918
00:47:19,548 --> 00:47:20,582
And they, uh...
919
00:47:21,349 --> 00:47:22,450
Snowball.
920
00:47:23,050 --> 00:47:25,019
When they reproduce,
they reproduce...
921
00:47:26,053 --> 00:47:27,556
they don't reproduce
more lichens,
922
00:47:27,589 --> 00:47:29,591
they reproduce fungi
and algae.
923
00:47:29,624 --> 00:47:30,692
Get him!
924
00:47:31,593 --> 00:47:33,227
So, uh, you know,
925
00:47:33,260 --> 00:47:35,162
then they have to
find each other out and then...
926
00:47:36,665 --> 00:47:37,932
form something else...
927
00:47:37,965 --> 00:47:39,333
Basically.
928
00:47:50,945 --> 00:47:53,314
We are in the middle of
the Swiss Alps.
929
00:47:53,347 --> 00:47:56,050
But, yeah, the format's
really good, team contest,
930
00:47:56,083 --> 00:47:58,754
it's a bit more social,
it's a bit more, uh...
931
00:47:58,787 --> 00:48:00,187
a bit more, I dunno,
932
00:48:00,221 --> 00:48:03,157
just fun, I guess.
Not so serious.
933
00:48:03,190 --> 00:48:06,661
This is definitely kind of
an adult contest, shall we say.
934
00:48:06,695 --> 00:48:10,398
There's a fair bit of drinking
and a fair bit of camaraderie.
935
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:13,635
Hello.
936
00:48:13,668 --> 00:48:17,037
I mean, this thing is
just about getting everyone together
937
00:48:17,071 --> 00:48:20,007
and the team thing is meant to,
like, take some pressure off
938
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,209
it being a contest type thing,
939
00:48:22,243 --> 00:48:26,046
and it's much more about
being with your friends,
940
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,082
having fun, doing stuff
together.
941
00:48:30,084 --> 00:48:32,386
The Lovenskate crew
got a fancy apartment.
942
00:48:32,420 --> 00:48:34,890
Our friend Skinny had
a fight with the lamp
943
00:48:34,922 --> 00:48:37,324
that was hanging a bit too low
for his liking.
944
00:48:38,092 --> 00:48:39,160
So...
945
00:48:40,127 --> 00:48:42,531
I don't know. People just get
drunk, don't they, and...
946
00:48:43,598 --> 00:48:46,167
piss on each other
and that kind of weird stuff.
947
00:48:47,569 --> 00:48:49,838
He literally picked up
Nico's board
948
00:48:49,871 --> 00:48:52,641
and fucking threw it at
the window with aggression.
949
00:48:52,674 --> 00:48:54,609
And then he was like,
"Do you think it'll smash?"
950
00:48:54,643 --> 00:48:57,344
I think we've confirmed
that it will not.
951
00:48:57,378 --> 00:48:59,881
See, that's why
I'm in that hotel, 'cause...
952
00:48:59,915 --> 00:49:01,917
my team's loose.
953
00:49:02,784 --> 00:49:04,318
They throw boards at windows.
954
00:49:06,086 --> 00:49:07,789
Uh, yeah, I'm gonna actually
go and skate.
955
00:49:43,257 --> 00:49:45,794
LAAX, are you ready
956
00:49:45,827 --> 00:49:51,633
for Lovenskate?
957
00:49:56,638 --> 00:49:58,773
Skateboarding's
heavily psychological.
958
00:49:58,807 --> 00:50:00,509
Makes me anxious,
though, skating in front of people,
959
00:50:00,542 --> 00:50:02,209
you know,
like when it's time to rip.
960
00:50:02,243 --> 00:50:04,144
I think for
me, it's more the microphone.
961
00:50:04,178 --> 00:50:06,380
Soon as your hear someone say your
name on the microphone, like, "uh!"
962
00:50:06,413 --> 00:50:10,084
You know, the crowd wants
to watch people going nuts and showing off.
963
00:50:10,117 --> 00:50:11,853
Weird situation,
because you're, like,
964
00:50:11,887 --> 00:50:13,187
you wouldn't skate like that,
965
00:50:13,220 --> 00:50:15,055
you know, if you were
just having a session.
966
00:50:15,089 --> 00:50:16,625
I think it's
'cause if you go to a skate park
967
00:50:16,658 --> 00:50:18,125
and start showing off instantly,
968
00:50:18,158 --> 00:50:19,828
it's gonna bum out the people
that are around
969
00:50:19,861 --> 00:50:22,096
that aren't the same ability
as you.
970
00:50:22,129 --> 00:50:23,464
Like,
I've definitely had sessions with people
971
00:50:23,497 --> 00:50:24,666
where you're really
vibing on it,
972
00:50:24,699 --> 00:50:26,166
and then you have sessions
with people
973
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:27,969
when they're trying to
show you something
974
00:50:28,003 --> 00:50:30,539
and you're, like,
couldn't care less, you know?
975
00:50:30,572 --> 00:50:33,040
And there's a difference between
sharing a session with someone
976
00:50:33,073 --> 00:50:35,710
or making them watch you do
your shit.
977
00:50:35,744 --> 00:50:38,547
You've got to kill it
without showing that you're killing it.
978
00:50:43,050 --> 00:50:45,887
Judging skateboarding is, um...
979
00:50:45,921 --> 00:50:47,354
is pretty hard,
980
00:50:47,388 --> 00:50:50,025
because it's a personal thing.
981
00:50:50,090 --> 00:50:52,493
'Cause skateboarding
is for everybody different.
982
00:50:52,527 --> 00:50:55,630
So, I like more the funny
tricks, you know, like,
983
00:50:55,664 --> 00:50:59,400
I'd say more playing around
and original things.
984
00:50:59,433 --> 00:51:01,002
Maybe other guys more like,
985
00:51:01,036 --> 00:51:03,270
"Yeah, I like these
big, high airs."
986
00:51:29,664 --> 00:51:32,499
Alex, Alex, Alex!
987
00:51:51,586 --> 00:51:54,522
It was super
quick, caught me off guard.
988
00:51:55,389 --> 00:51:57,592
I knew instantly that
I'd done something.
989
00:51:57,626 --> 00:51:59,393
Like, I just felt it snap,
you know?
990
00:52:03,497 --> 00:52:06,635
Uh, came home, had, like,
two days chilling at home
991
00:52:06,668 --> 00:52:09,436
and I was, like, I'm 100% sure
something's broken,
992
00:52:09,470 --> 00:52:10,805
'cause I was, like,
playing with my leg
993
00:52:10,839 --> 00:52:12,607
and it was, like, crunching,
you know? So...
994
00:52:13,207 --> 00:52:14,709
That was the color of my foot.
995
00:52:15,910 --> 00:52:17,545
Pretty impressive color.
996
00:52:18,212 --> 00:52:21,850
Went to hospital, got an X-ray,
obvious fracture in my fibula,
997
00:52:21,883 --> 00:52:24,019
and I'd torn some ligaments.
998
00:52:24,052 --> 00:52:26,387
Got my MRI checked out
and then they were like,
999
00:52:26,420 --> 00:52:28,123
yeah, you definitely need
surgery,
1000
00:52:28,155 --> 00:52:30,125
had surgery the next day.
1001
00:52:30,190 --> 00:52:33,028
I was in a boot for,
like, five, six weeks.
1002
00:52:37,197 --> 00:52:41,468
So, we're here at Bath
University in the Sports Village.
1003
00:52:41,502 --> 00:52:44,839
The EIS, has got a center here,
English Institute of Sport.
1004
00:52:46,675 --> 00:52:48,910
I just got out of the boot
last week
1005
00:52:48,943 --> 00:52:52,413
and Skateboard GB have
kind of, like, helped me out
1006
00:52:52,446 --> 00:52:54,415
with getting in with these guys
1007
00:52:54,448 --> 00:52:57,085
to rehab from this injury
that I've had.
1008
00:52:58,218 --> 00:53:02,891
I mean, this is a completely new
thing for me as a skateboarder.
1009
00:53:02,924 --> 00:53:06,493
And for, I think,
with Skateboard GB,
1010
00:53:06,528 --> 00:53:08,395
they want to, um...
1011
00:53:10,665 --> 00:53:13,467
give us the opportunity,
you know, to get...
1012
00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:16,004
to get healthy and learn,
you know,
1013
00:53:16,037 --> 00:53:17,672
and to recover from an injury,
1014
00:53:17,706 --> 00:53:20,340
so although, like,
it was a bad time to have an injury...
1015
00:53:21,076 --> 00:53:22,777
terrible timing, um...
1016
00:53:23,778 --> 00:53:27,749
Like, this whole process has been
a really interesting learning curve
1017
00:53:27,782 --> 00:53:32,352
and I think, for them, it's been
important too, to, kind of, like,
1018
00:53:33,088 --> 00:53:38,727
make these connections with, like,
these kind of things that aren't...
1019
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,528
we don't normally associate
skateboarding with.
1020
00:53:41,596 --> 00:53:44,799
It's so much easier when you've got
a little distance to go to, like,
1021
00:53:45,432 --> 00:53:47,769
have the crutches, you know?
1022
00:53:47,802 --> 00:53:50,437
Like, I can go pretty fast
on these things.
1023
00:53:50,739 --> 00:53:52,107
Um...
1024
00:53:52,674 --> 00:53:56,111
But, yeah, like,
my walking speed is...
1025
00:53:57,377 --> 00:53:59,180
is pretty slow,
you what I mean?
1026
00:53:59,214 --> 00:54:00,615
Makes you, um...
1027
00:54:02,751 --> 00:54:05,186
think about your steps,
you know,
1028
00:54:05,220 --> 00:54:08,757
like, there's a mindful... ness
required
1029
00:54:08,790 --> 00:54:10,491
like, just to walk,
which is quite nice.
1030
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:12,827
I mean, it's...
1031
00:54:13,595 --> 00:54:16,064
it's not nice, but I'm seeing
the positive side to it.
1032
00:54:22,036 --> 00:54:24,773
I've been sitting around for
two months over Christmas,
1033
00:54:24,806 --> 00:54:28,442
and I'm kind of like, "Shit, there's
a lot of work to do if you wanna be...
1034
00:54:29,711 --> 00:54:32,781
healthy, or, you know,
an athlete or whatever.
1035
00:54:34,281 --> 00:54:37,185
I don't know.
There's a lot to be done.
1036
00:54:37,218 --> 00:54:39,788
And I think, like, seeing these
people working at this kind of level
1037
00:54:39,821 --> 00:54:41,022
makes me realize, like,
1038
00:54:42,123 --> 00:54:44,192
you know, how much
you can be doing
1039
00:54:44,225 --> 00:54:45,459
as opposed to, like...
1040
00:54:46,594 --> 00:54:49,798
how much I have been doing,
maybe. I don't know.
1041
00:54:50,532 --> 00:54:52,299
They've been really helpful
and friendly.
1042
00:54:54,536 --> 00:54:57,105
Which isn't always, like,
the kind of treatment
1043
00:54:57,138 --> 00:54:59,274
that you get as
a skateboarder.
1044
00:54:59,741 --> 00:55:01,543
Yeah, obviously,
we wouldn't be getting
1045
00:55:01,576 --> 00:55:03,645
this kind of help and treatment
1046
00:55:03,678 --> 00:55:06,380
if we weren't trying to qualify
for the Olympics.
1047
00:55:09,017 --> 00:55:12,520
The last year and a half,
I was chatting about it before,
1048
00:55:12,554 --> 00:55:14,856
have been, like,
really difficult for me,
1049
00:55:14,889 --> 00:55:16,791
like injuries and
personal stuff.
1050
00:55:19,459 --> 00:55:23,463
Just been focusing on my, like,
mental health and wellbeing
1051
00:55:23,497 --> 00:55:27,434
and fitness and stuff,
and it's been really positive.
1052
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:33,775
Here we go.
How's it going?
1053
00:55:40,882 --> 00:55:43,117
Yeah, it's like a big
playground, I guess.
1054
00:55:46,321 --> 00:55:48,189
Yeah, we just started
setting up this space
1055
00:55:48,223 --> 00:55:52,359
as a place to do whatever creative
thing it is that I want to do.
1056
00:55:53,294 --> 00:55:57,799
When I'm not skating or when the
weather's not good or whatever,
1057
00:55:57,832 --> 00:56:00,101
it's quite hard to have
a bit of a purpose,
1058
00:56:00,134 --> 00:56:01,536
so it's nice to have,
like, a space.
1059
00:56:04,539 --> 00:56:07,208
There's a bunch of different stuff
that I can, like, do at home,
1060
00:56:07,242 --> 00:56:09,143
you know, I'm, like, working on
range of motion stuff.
1061
00:56:09,177 --> 00:56:11,579
Like, I can pretty much do it
anywhere, like, I've got, like...
1062
00:56:13,081 --> 00:56:14,916
'cause I don't have much
range of motion in my ankles,
1063
00:56:14,949 --> 00:56:17,919
so it's just, like,
increasing that motion.
1064
00:56:18,753 --> 00:56:22,624
I've basically got this list of
things that I've got to do.
1065
00:56:23,091 --> 00:56:24,458
Some of them are pretty
like, basic,
1066
00:56:24,491 --> 00:56:26,393
so I've just got to do them
throughout the day,
1067
00:56:26,426 --> 00:56:28,263
like standing on one leg.
1068
00:56:28,296 --> 00:56:34,135
'Cause, like, I've got no muscle,
like, control firing in my leg,
1069
00:56:34,168 --> 00:56:35,770
so, I'm like...
1070
00:56:35,803 --> 00:56:37,739
Just standing on one leg is
quite difficult at the minute.
1071
00:56:39,473 --> 00:56:42,277
Everyone's injured.
Like, that's just how it is.
1072
00:56:43,278 --> 00:56:46,814
Being a skateboarder,
you subject yourself to
1073
00:56:46,848 --> 00:56:50,018
living with pain for,
pretty much, forever.
1074
00:56:50,051 --> 00:56:53,922
Over the years, I've managed
to fracture my wrists and...
1075
00:56:54,555 --> 00:56:56,691
like, my knee went really weird
this year,
1076
00:56:56,724 --> 00:56:59,661
like, it just stopped working
and took months and months
1077
00:56:59,694 --> 00:57:02,130
to put the strength back on it
to be able to pump again.
1078
00:57:04,098 --> 00:57:05,800
My hips are pretty bust,
actually,
1079
00:57:05,833 --> 00:57:08,536
I've got, like,
these horrible lumps everywhere now,
1080
00:57:08,569 --> 00:57:11,339
where I've, like,
repeatedly hit the...
1081
00:57:11,372 --> 00:57:13,174
the flesh until it's, like,
1082
00:57:13,207 --> 00:57:15,810
turned into a swollen ball
that's gone solid.
1083
00:57:16,377 --> 00:57:17,912
And because of that,
I've got, like,
1084
00:57:17,946 --> 00:57:19,479
bone fragments missing
in my hips,
1085
00:57:19,514 --> 00:57:21,816
that's what they said
when they X-rayed me.
1086
00:57:21,849 --> 00:57:24,218
A lot of skaters end up
changing their tricks
1087
00:57:24,252 --> 00:57:26,120
based around how
injured they are.
1088
00:57:26,154 --> 00:57:28,923
People are skating in completely
different ways to the ways they did
1089
00:57:28,957 --> 00:57:31,259
just simply because they can't
afford to slam in that way
1090
00:57:31,292 --> 00:57:33,227
by trying those sorts of tricks,
1091
00:57:33,261 --> 00:57:36,064
so they learn different stuff that
doesn't put them in the same danger.
1092
00:57:36,097 --> 00:57:37,665
Still puts them in danger
though,
1093
00:57:37,699 --> 00:57:39,801
so eventually they get wrecked
and have to change it again.
1094
00:57:40,467 --> 00:57:42,469
There's not really ever been,
like...
1095
00:57:42,502 --> 00:57:47,775
thought of as necessary for skaters
to be given medical care and stuff
1096
00:57:47,809 --> 00:57:50,144
by their sponsors,
that's not normally a requirement.
1097
00:57:50,778 --> 00:57:53,581
Well, in anything
I've experienced, anyway.
1098
00:57:57,785 --> 00:57:59,887
Skateboarding
is getting into the Olympics,
1099
00:57:59,921 --> 00:58:01,956
and we don't necessarily know
what it is
1100
00:58:01,990 --> 00:58:03,257
that we're getting into,
you know?
1101
00:58:03,291 --> 00:58:04,692
It's all new for
everyone involved.
1102
00:58:05,426 --> 00:58:07,161
It'll be interesting to know,
like,
1103
00:58:07,195 --> 00:58:08,963
who is benefiting from it?
1104
00:58:08,997 --> 00:58:11,766
Like, who's making the money off
skating being in the Olympics?
1105
00:58:11,799 --> 00:58:14,002
'Cause there's all kinds of
people coming into skating
1106
00:58:14,035 --> 00:58:15,436
that weren't there
a few years ago.
1107
00:58:16,637 --> 00:58:18,039
I've not
thought too much about it.
1108
00:58:18,072 --> 00:58:19,440
Not that I don't care, but...
1109
00:58:20,475 --> 00:58:21,776
it just is, isn't it?
1110
00:58:23,211 --> 00:58:25,246
Where does the money come from?
1111
00:58:26,381 --> 00:58:28,983
Where does it go?
I don't see any of it.
1112
00:58:29,017 --> 00:58:31,586
Skaters are completely
replaceable
1113
00:58:31,619 --> 00:58:33,621
in this industry, as well.
1114
00:58:33,654 --> 00:58:37,892
It's, like, if you don't want
to jump down that thing,
1115
00:58:37,925 --> 00:58:40,161
or you don't want to do,
like, kill yourself
1116
00:58:40,194 --> 00:58:41,462
trying to do something,
1117
00:58:41,496 --> 00:58:43,398
some kid will do it for free.
1118
00:58:43,431 --> 00:58:45,900
Like, some kid will do it for
some shoes, you know?
1119
00:58:45,933 --> 00:58:49,037
If you're not skating
to your 100% ability,
1120
00:58:49,070 --> 00:58:50,772
you know some little kid
down the street
1121
00:58:50,805 --> 00:58:53,541
is gonna be, like,
chasing your tails behind you,
1122
00:58:53,574 --> 00:58:57,412
wanting that sponsor, wanting the
money, and wanting that pressure.
1123
00:58:57,445 --> 00:59:00,681
It changes over time,
for sure, like what people expect of you,
1124
00:59:00,715 --> 00:59:02,884
and especially if you're getting
paid more money by someone,
1125
00:59:02,917 --> 00:59:04,585
then they expect certain things
from you.
1126
00:59:04,619 --> 00:59:07,188
All of that stuff comes
internally, I think.
1127
00:59:07,221 --> 00:59:10,958
You know, it's very rare
that there's some guy
1128
00:59:10,992 --> 00:59:14,629
at one of your sponsors, like,
your team manager's, like,
1129
00:59:14,662 --> 00:59:17,498
"You're just not doing enough,
you're just not, like...
1130
00:59:17,533 --> 00:59:19,267
we haven't had enough pictures
of you."
1131
00:59:19,300 --> 00:59:21,369
Like, yeah, it happens.
1132
00:59:21,402 --> 00:59:24,338
But now you've got these big brands
involved, it all becomes very political,
1133
00:59:24,372 --> 00:59:27,008
and becomes really serious,
and it's like, wait a minute,
1134
00:59:27,041 --> 00:59:29,410
we're talking about the act
of riding a skateboard,
1135
00:59:29,444 --> 00:59:34,582
there's no agency that
represents skateboarders,
1136
00:59:34,615 --> 00:59:38,753
in terms of dealing with contracts
from massive corporations.
1137
00:59:38,786 --> 00:59:40,688
We don't want this
added pressure, you know?
1138
00:59:40,721 --> 00:59:43,091
But it feels like
getting sponsored now
1139
00:59:43,124 --> 00:59:44,826
is quite a lot of pressure.
1140
00:59:45,493 --> 00:59:48,396
Um, but, yeah, many brands
have come and gone, you know,
1141
00:59:48,429 --> 00:59:51,165
and got involved with
skateboarding and then got out.
1142
00:59:51,199 --> 00:59:53,301
And then in the Dark Ages,
1143
00:59:53,334 --> 00:59:55,269
skateboarding was so uncool,
it was unreal.
1144
00:59:55,303 --> 00:59:58,540
It was the definition of
something that went out.
1145
01:00:06,347 --> 01:00:09,250
If you somebody wearing Vans,
you looked up
1146
01:00:09,283 --> 01:00:13,187
and knew that you would...
Expected to recognize the face,
1147
01:00:13,221 --> 01:00:15,756
because they were into skating,
nobody else was.
1148
01:00:15,790 --> 01:00:18,626
The re-emergence of
skateboarding
1149
01:00:18,659 --> 01:00:22,130
was beginning before
Back to the Future.
1150
01:00:31,472 --> 01:00:34,142
It gets popular, you know,
all the waves,
1151
01:00:34,175 --> 01:00:36,210
you know, every single wave,
it's always the same.
1152
01:00:36,244 --> 01:00:38,312
It gets popular and then
certain other brands
1153
01:00:38,346 --> 01:00:39,847
outside of skateboarding,
1154
01:00:39,881 --> 01:00:42,150
that don't understand it,
try and get involved in it.
1155
01:00:42,183 --> 01:00:44,218
Try to make a bit of money,
you know?
1156
01:00:44,252 --> 01:00:47,255
Like, the resurgence of like
Puma States, for instance,
1157
01:00:47,288 --> 01:00:48,422
and Adidas Gazelles,
1158
01:00:48,456 --> 01:00:50,391
it was because of
skateboarders.
1159
01:00:50,424 --> 01:00:52,660
They cost nothing. That was why we
bought them, because they were cheap.
1160
01:00:52,693 --> 01:00:55,329
And then the brand saw, like,
how everyone was wearing them.
1161
01:00:55,363 --> 01:00:58,634
And then they were like, "Oh,
let's sponsor some skaters."
1162
01:00:58,666 --> 01:01:01,302
Then Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
is going around
1163
01:01:01,335 --> 01:01:03,104
and it's blowing up the spot,
1164
01:01:03,137 --> 01:01:04,872
and everybody's looking
at skateboarding again,
1165
01:01:04,906 --> 01:01:06,174
and then X-Games started,
1166
01:01:06,207 --> 01:01:08,209
and then that blew up
the spot as well.
1167
01:01:08,242 --> 01:01:11,547
The whole skate look and all
this stuff became very cool.
1168
01:01:12,446 --> 01:01:13,814
We've always been doing this.
1169
01:01:13,848 --> 01:01:16,184
Like, you know, we're here,
we're the skaters.
1170
01:01:16,217 --> 01:01:19,187
You know, the ones that you
spat on when we were skating,
1171
01:01:19,220 --> 01:01:21,956
you know, the ones that you chased,
the ones that you'd swear at.
1172
01:01:21,989 --> 01:01:23,625
The ones that you'd
call the police on.
1173
01:01:23,659 --> 01:01:25,793
You know what I mean,
the ones you'd try and beat up on.
1174
01:01:25,826 --> 01:01:28,095
We're the same people,
you know, but now, it's like,
1175
01:01:28,129 --> 01:01:29,363
"Oh, skateboarding's cool."
1176
01:01:30,331 --> 01:01:33,669
The idea of being a pro skater
seems wicked, you know?
1177
01:01:33,701 --> 01:01:36,804
You get to skate all your life
and you get paid,
1178
01:01:36,837 --> 01:01:37,872
and that's cool.
1179
01:01:37,905 --> 01:01:40,074
But then, that's not...
1180
01:01:41,209 --> 01:01:45,146
realistically what it is,
it's like, you get paid because
1181
01:01:45,179 --> 01:01:47,782
the company can market you
to other people.
1182
01:01:49,884 --> 01:01:52,119
Like, realistically,
skaters that are sponsored,
1183
01:01:52,153 --> 01:01:54,121
they just advertise
for a company.
1184
01:01:54,755 --> 01:01:56,857
Like, the skate industry
is a cool game,
1185
01:01:56,891 --> 01:01:58,125
you know,
it's about who's cool,
1186
01:01:58,159 --> 01:02:00,394
who do people
want to be like,
1187
01:02:00,428 --> 01:02:03,297
who can companies
parcel up their image
1188
01:02:03,331 --> 01:02:05,601
and sell it to younger people?
1189
01:02:05,634 --> 01:02:09,503
You can be a really good skateboarder
and win lots of competitions,
1190
01:02:09,538 --> 01:02:11,772
or make the best video parts,
1191
01:02:11,806 --> 01:02:14,610
but it's, like, if people don't
wanna be like that person,
1192
01:02:14,643 --> 01:02:17,311
then it doesn't really work,
you know, for companies.
1193
01:02:18,547 --> 01:02:20,649
I think that has been
one of the hardest things
1194
01:02:20,682 --> 01:02:24,620
for me to come to terms with
in skating, is that, like,
1195
01:02:24,653 --> 01:02:25,753
uh...
1196
01:02:29,290 --> 01:02:30,592
I guess, like...
1197
01:02:31,792 --> 01:02:34,061
Maybe it's this thing
that I've created in my head.
1198
01:02:34,095 --> 01:02:39,066
But, it does feel like
I'm not someone that, uh...
1199
01:02:40,501 --> 01:02:42,303
is cool, necessarily.
1200
01:02:42,336 --> 01:02:44,038
Like, I'm not someone
that is, like...
1201
01:02:45,339 --> 01:02:48,009
maybe setting trends
or anything like that, I just...
1202
01:02:49,076 --> 01:02:51,680
spent a lot of time skating,
you know?
1203
01:02:57,418 --> 01:02:59,887
I've definitely
had some anxieties of, like,
1204
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:03,824
whether I'm still relevant
or good enough to do this stuff.
1205
01:03:04,492 --> 01:03:06,595
When skateboarding consumes you,
1206
01:03:06,628 --> 01:03:09,430
or, like, is such
a big part of your life,
1207
01:03:09,463 --> 01:03:13,901
it's kind of hard to realize that
there's more to life than skateboarding.
1208
01:03:14,636 --> 01:03:18,873
And that there are certain things
that don't necessarily get into,
1209
01:03:18,906 --> 01:03:20,776
when you're not in one place
for long enough,
1210
01:03:20,808 --> 01:03:23,545
like building up a community
or relationships
1211
01:03:23,578 --> 01:03:26,147
and that kind of stuff
that comes in too,
1212
01:03:26,180 --> 01:03:27,749
and I think, realistically,
like,
1213
01:03:27,783 --> 01:03:30,585
if you're gonna do this
sponsored skating thing,
1214
01:03:30,619 --> 01:03:32,386
it's at the time when
you would have been
1215
01:03:32,420 --> 01:03:34,188
going to university and
finishing school
1216
01:03:34,221 --> 01:03:37,124
and that stuff, so that stuff
kind of goes out the window.
1217
01:03:37,158 --> 01:03:38,859
The option is either you, like,
1218
01:03:38,893 --> 01:03:40,928
kill it so hard that you're
set for life from skating,
1219
01:03:40,961 --> 01:03:42,396
which is, like,
not a good option,
1220
01:03:42,430 --> 01:03:44,231
'cause skating doesn't owe you
anything,
1221
01:03:44,265 --> 01:03:46,167
I think people really
have to realize that.
1222
01:03:47,168 --> 01:03:49,970
Skateboarding isn't everything,
and one day,
1223
01:03:50,004 --> 01:03:54,475
you might actually end up on
the back end of skateboarding.
1224
01:03:54,509 --> 01:03:56,678
You might just end up
skateboarding for fun.
1225
01:03:56,712 --> 01:03:58,245
And you've got to realize
after that,
1226
01:03:59,213 --> 01:04:02,183
if you don't make it as big as
what you expect to in the world,
1227
01:04:02,216 --> 01:04:04,085
you might have to take up
a normal job.
1228
01:04:04,118 --> 01:04:06,954
Face, like, everyday life,
like normal people.
1229
01:04:08,155 --> 01:04:10,925
Not just, like,
skateboarders, but young men in general,
1230
01:04:10,958 --> 01:04:12,627
like, I know people know...
1231
01:04:13,194 --> 01:04:16,430
Yeah, there is an awareness
that young men have, like, a...
1232
01:04:16,464 --> 01:04:18,332
uh, particularly,
have a hard time.
1233
01:04:20,067 --> 01:04:23,137
Yeah, I guess the pressures aren't
just there in skateboarding either.
1234
01:04:23,170 --> 01:04:27,108
I think they're there in, like,
a lot of the more extreme sports
1235
01:04:27,141 --> 01:04:28,844
as they're now calling them.
1236
01:04:28,876 --> 01:04:31,546
Obviously, we've recently lost
one of the best skateboarders,
1237
01:04:31,580 --> 01:04:33,715
as far as I'm concerned,
1238
01:04:33,749 --> 01:04:35,483
and who was like
a little brother for me,
1239
01:04:35,517 --> 01:04:36,951
and a son and a brother
to many others.
1240
01:04:49,130 --> 01:04:50,766
It was weird,
'cause I don't think
1241
01:04:50,799 --> 01:04:51,966
either of us were
particularly, like,
1242
01:04:51,999 --> 01:04:55,436
felt, like, very solid
at that time.
1243
01:04:57,338 --> 01:05:01,442
Meet up in the morning, just, like,
go to Wetherspoons for breakfast,
1244
01:05:01,475 --> 01:05:02,744
like, a cheap breakfast.
1245
01:05:03,779 --> 01:05:06,648
I could definitely feel
what he was feeling, you know,
1246
01:05:06,681 --> 01:05:09,016
like, I heard him say it
multiple times.
1247
01:05:09,049 --> 01:05:10,217
He was just like,
1248
01:05:10,251 --> 01:05:12,253
"I wish I had a...
just a regular job.
1249
01:05:12,286 --> 01:05:13,889
'Cause all my mates that work,
1250
01:05:13,921 --> 01:05:16,290
they seem to really enjoy,
like, skating."
1251
01:05:17,659 --> 01:05:21,061
He sort of felt like being
a sponsored skateboarder
1252
01:05:21,095 --> 01:05:22,831
had taken certain things
away from him,
1253
01:05:22,864 --> 01:05:26,133
like, just the ability to have,
like, a girlfriend or something,
1254
01:05:26,167 --> 01:05:27,968
or, like, that kind of stuff,
1255
01:05:28,002 --> 01:05:30,806
because it's really hard for
a lot of people
1256
01:05:30,839 --> 01:05:34,041
to deal with a relationship
that the person's, like,
1257
01:05:34,074 --> 01:05:35,476
away every other week.
1258
01:05:38,012 --> 01:05:40,181
Depends who you've got
around you as well, doesn't it?
1259
01:05:40,214 --> 01:05:43,718
Like, if you're... you know,
for me, I'm in my hometown now,
1260
01:05:43,752 --> 01:05:47,789
and I've got all my friends
and lovely people around,
1261
01:05:47,823 --> 01:05:50,124
but, you know, when you've
moved to London
1262
01:05:50,157 --> 01:05:52,561
or something like that
and you're... you know,
1263
01:05:52,594 --> 01:05:57,064
you might not have people around
that you can really talk to,
1264
01:05:57,097 --> 01:05:59,634
'cause you don't know them
that well.
1265
01:06:01,001 --> 01:06:02,436
I realized that, like,
1266
01:06:02,470 --> 01:06:04,004
the people that mean
the most to you,
1267
01:06:04,038 --> 01:06:06,140
just to see them
twice a year is, like,
1268
01:06:06,173 --> 01:06:08,375
for brief interactions,
isn't really...
1269
01:06:09,376 --> 01:06:11,746
You know, there's something
missing there.
1270
01:06:12,581 --> 01:06:14,348
This is the first, like,
solid place
1271
01:06:14,381 --> 01:06:17,117
I've had to live in
a really long time.
1272
01:06:19,220 --> 01:06:20,689
I think in the back of
your mind,
1273
01:06:20,722 --> 01:06:22,490
you just think
everything's all right.
1274
01:06:23,057 --> 01:06:25,125
You don't think of things
like that at all.
1275
01:06:25,159 --> 01:06:26,795
Like, we're just going
skateboarding,
1276
01:06:26,828 --> 01:06:28,563
everything's cool,
everything's good.
1277
01:06:28,597 --> 01:06:30,231
All right,
we have our bad days and...
1278
01:06:30,264 --> 01:06:32,601
Where you can't skate
and you might go home
1279
01:06:32,634 --> 01:06:35,069
and that's it,
you leave it at that.
1280
01:06:35,704 --> 01:06:39,139
But, uh, we just don't
communicate in that sort of sense.
1281
01:06:39,173 --> 01:06:41,710
As much as we're close
as skateboarders,
1282
01:06:41,743 --> 01:06:44,345
that's it, we're close
as skateboarders.
1283
01:06:44,378 --> 01:06:46,380
We don't really talk about
each other's lives
1284
01:06:46,413 --> 01:06:47,816
outside of that
and everything,
1285
01:06:47,849 --> 01:06:49,250
you just don't think to.
1286
01:06:49,283 --> 01:06:51,352
You know, I think that's where
it needs to change,
1287
01:06:51,385 --> 01:06:52,787
we need to look in on
each other more.
1288
01:06:53,487 --> 01:06:55,524
Yeah, it's hard for anyone to
tell someone...
1289
01:06:56,457 --> 01:06:59,761
how to live their life, though,
isn't it?
1290
01:06:59,794 --> 01:07:02,329
It's, like, you have to kind of
realize these things for yourself,
1291
01:07:02,363 --> 01:07:05,332
otherwise, you know, you're
not gonna respond to someone
1292
01:07:05,366 --> 01:07:08,770
ordering you to do
something different or...
1293
01:07:08,803 --> 01:07:12,306
But, yeah, you have to be open
yourself as well, isn't it?
1294
01:07:12,339 --> 01:07:16,143
I think, with skateboarding
being in the Olympics now,
1295
01:07:16,778 --> 01:07:18,980
if they're gonna make it
so mainstream,
1296
01:07:19,014 --> 01:07:22,316
and I think this goes for a lot
of skateboard brands now as well,
1297
01:07:22,349 --> 01:07:24,586
you need to start looking
at your skateboarders...
1298
01:07:25,386 --> 01:07:27,087
off of the board,
not just on the board.
1299
01:07:27,121 --> 01:07:28,790
You need to start
looking after them.
1300
01:07:29,624 --> 01:07:32,694
Seeing how they are, calling up,
you know, "How are you?
1301
01:07:32,727 --> 01:07:35,095
How's your day going?"
and everything like that.
1302
01:07:35,129 --> 01:07:38,800
Just check in. Make sure that
they're in a mentally stable place.
1303
01:07:38,833 --> 01:07:41,836
Because if they're not, like,
we've seen over the years,
1304
01:07:41,870 --> 01:07:43,237
we're losing good skateboarders.
1305
01:07:43,905 --> 01:07:47,842
Um, and I think all of that
sort of thing can be avoided.
1306
01:07:49,544 --> 01:07:52,279
If we just... Yeah.
We've just gotta talk to each other.
1307
01:08:01,088 --> 01:08:03,424
As our
breaking story this evening,
1308
01:08:03,457 --> 01:08:07,662
a third person has tested positive
in the UK for corona virus.
1309
01:08:07,696 --> 01:08:09,998
Experts
say they are now not optimistic
1310
01:08:10,031 --> 01:08:11,666
that the virus
can be contained.
1311
01:08:11,700 --> 01:08:13,868
The
number people who have died
1312
01:08:13,902 --> 01:08:16,337
now stands at almost 4,000.
1313
01:08:16,370 --> 01:08:18,607
From
tonight, you can go outside
1314
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:21,342
for only one form
of exercise a day.
1315
01:08:21,375 --> 01:08:24,345
All gatherings of more than
two people are banned.
1316
01:08:24,378 --> 01:08:26,514
In light
of the ongoing pandemic,
1317
01:08:26,548 --> 01:08:30,752
the IOC has announced the postponement
of the 2020 Olympic Games.
1318
01:08:30,785 --> 01:08:32,754
The
government's advice is clear:
1319
01:08:32,787 --> 01:08:34,321
you must stay at home.
1320
01:08:35,422 --> 01:08:37,859
The camera on there,
is it good quality?
1321
01:08:37,892 --> 01:08:39,561
It doesn't look that great.
1322
01:08:39,594 --> 01:08:42,496
Let me just make a cup of tea.
1323
01:08:43,364 --> 01:08:45,499
Fucking virus stuff,
yeah, it's really strange.
1324
01:08:45,533 --> 01:08:48,536
When the virus thing started,
I, uh,
1325
01:08:48,570 --> 01:08:51,106
I moved to Flo, spent my time
at the park,
1326
01:08:51,138 --> 01:08:54,174
living on my own,
which has been very strange as well.
1327
01:08:54,208 --> 01:08:57,579
You know, I've lived in house shares
with friends and all that jazz
1328
01:08:57,612 --> 01:09:00,982
and never ever lived, like,
fully on my own.
1329
01:09:01,016 --> 01:09:04,418
Yeah, me and Chloe have kind of
stopped seeing each other for a bit.
1330
01:09:04,451 --> 01:09:06,286
We're still mates,
but it's like,
1331
01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:08,590
yeah, we're giving each other
some space, but...
1332
01:09:08,623 --> 01:09:10,692
Uh, it's all so much happened.
1333
01:09:10,725 --> 01:09:13,460
Like, the days before lockdown,
it was mad.
1334
01:09:13,494 --> 01:09:15,897
Yeah, I moved into my mate
Nick's house,
1335
01:09:15,930 --> 01:09:18,432
and at this point, like,
I was pretty fucking depressed.
1336
01:09:18,465 --> 01:09:21,036
I'd been like, you know,
didn't have my home,
1337
01:09:21,069 --> 01:09:24,171
I didn't have, you know,
I wasn't with Chloe.
1338
01:09:24,204 --> 01:09:28,643
Fucking half eight, I wake up
and I'm just instantly crying.
1339
01:09:28,677 --> 01:09:30,578
Like, fucking tripping.
1340
01:09:30,612 --> 01:09:32,647
Brush the tears off, right,
let's go to
1341
01:09:32,681 --> 01:09:34,849
the fucking gnarly spot
to shoot a photo.
1342
01:09:34,883 --> 01:09:36,483
Can you see it at all?
1343
01:09:36,518 --> 01:09:39,754
It's like a fucking
Victorian lock on a canal.
1344
01:09:40,588 --> 01:09:42,356
Sorry, I should stop swearing.
1345
01:09:42,389 --> 01:09:45,660
Crazy place. Anyway, I'm at the
top, I'm looking down, I'm like,
1346
01:09:45,694 --> 01:09:48,129
"Right, okay, fuckin'...
it's gonna be gnarly,
1347
01:09:48,163 --> 01:09:50,899
but you can... you've got this,
no problem.
1348
01:09:50,932 --> 01:09:53,467
Just don't hit the little
fucking thing at the bottom
1349
01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:56,303
that's tie... that you tie
the bloody boats to."
1350
01:09:56,336 --> 01:09:58,238
Pretty focused, I'm on it.
1351
01:09:58,973 --> 01:10:01,275
Sort of channeling
all this fucking sorrow.
1352
01:10:01,308 --> 01:10:04,012
So, anyway, hit the thing,
fly through the air, bounce,
1353
01:10:04,045 --> 01:10:05,547
I'm falling into the lock,
1354
01:10:05,580 --> 01:10:07,982
so I basically...
I nearly fucking die...
1355
01:10:09,117 --> 01:10:10,451
horrendously bad,
1356
01:10:10,484 --> 01:10:12,453
and I'm just like,
adrenaline's on a mad high,
1357
01:10:12,486 --> 01:10:15,757
and then I, sort of, like, start
realizing my hand's absolutely fucked,
1358
01:10:15,790 --> 01:10:18,960
like, covered in blood,
cut up everywhere.
1359
01:10:18,993 --> 01:10:20,829
I'm kind of losing it a bit
after that,
1360
01:10:20,862 --> 01:10:22,931
like, for the next, sort of,
15 minutes
1361
01:10:22,964 --> 01:10:26,266
I'm lying around at the lock
just fucking in pain,
1362
01:10:26,300 --> 01:10:29,003
sort of trying to refocus
and think about,
1363
01:10:29,037 --> 01:10:31,840
yeah, if it's worth it,
kind of losing it,
1364
01:10:31,873 --> 01:10:34,341
and, basically, I don't think
I'm gonna do it,
1365
01:10:34,374 --> 01:10:36,711
it's fuckin'... you know,
I'm destroyed.
1366
01:10:36,745 --> 01:10:38,213
So, then, uh...
1367
01:10:39,379 --> 01:10:42,817
then, a fucking boat ends up
pulling into the lock,
1368
01:10:42,851 --> 01:10:45,186
if I'm gonna do it,
it's now or never,
1369
01:10:45,220 --> 01:10:48,523
like, it has to be now,
'cause, yeah, it's do or die.
1370
01:10:48,556 --> 01:10:52,627
And, yeah, I fuckin' just pull it
in, and ride it out and survive.
1371
01:10:52,660 --> 01:10:55,395
They showed me the footage
and then I just burst into tears
1372
01:10:55,429 --> 01:10:57,732
at the side of the canal
for an hour.
1373
01:10:58,666 --> 01:11:01,970
Unfortunately, what's happened
is that Covid's come around
1374
01:11:02,003 --> 01:11:03,437
and it's affected skateboarding
1375
01:11:03,470 --> 01:11:05,305
the same way as it's
affected everyone.
1376
01:11:05,339 --> 01:11:08,342
I suppose, once everything
started to be canceled,
1377
01:11:08,375 --> 01:11:11,179
there was a lot of discussion
on whether Tokyo would happen.
1378
01:11:11,212 --> 01:11:15,382
And then, yeah, looking out for the
guys, working out for the team,
1379
01:11:15,415 --> 01:11:18,953
where... where they
might go next.
1380
01:11:22,389 --> 01:11:25,126
So, pretty much every skate
event for the year has been canceled.
1381
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:28,395
'Cause I was still recovering
from my ankle surgery,
1382
01:11:28,428 --> 01:11:29,998
it was exactly what I needed.
1383
01:11:31,966 --> 01:11:34,334
I guess I was worried about
a lot of peoples' mental health.
1384
01:11:36,403 --> 01:11:38,006
There's a lot of people
out there
1385
01:11:38,039 --> 01:11:39,507
that are spending
a lot more time by themselves
1386
01:11:39,541 --> 01:11:40,975
than they're used to.
1387
01:11:41,009 --> 01:11:43,645
One of my favorite parts about
living in the van
1388
01:11:43,678 --> 01:11:45,246
has to be
the bed situation.
1389
01:11:45,780 --> 01:11:49,449
Because I'm currently parked
facing the, uh...
1390
01:11:50,285 --> 01:11:53,021
facing the east, yeah,
of course, it's the east.
1391
01:11:54,222 --> 01:11:56,224
I'm currently parked
facing the east,
1392
01:11:56,257 --> 01:11:58,827
the sun rises
directly behind me.
1393
01:11:58,860 --> 01:12:00,662
And, yeah, it's beautiful.
1394
01:12:00,695 --> 01:12:04,999
Some nights, I sleep with the doors
open and get woken by the sun,
1395
01:12:05,033 --> 01:12:08,636
and just... Yeah, it's just lovely
chillin' in here with the doors open,
1396
01:12:08,670 --> 01:12:12,173
and, yeah, it's amazing, yeah.
1397
01:12:12,207 --> 01:12:13,975
Get to go to sleep with
the stars
1398
01:12:14,008 --> 01:12:17,612
and, yeah, it's pretty, uh...
pretty surreal sometimes.
1399
01:12:19,781 --> 01:12:22,917
The kind of design feature
that I was most proud of
1400
01:12:22,951 --> 01:12:26,353
being able to move the bed
all the way into a sofa,
1401
01:12:26,386 --> 01:12:29,858
a single bed all the way to
here, and be a double,
1402
01:12:29,891 --> 01:12:32,260
and then, just means
in the daytime,
1403
01:12:32,293 --> 01:12:34,963
I've got all this space
to run around, I can...
1404
01:12:34,996 --> 01:12:37,065
If it's raining I can do yoga.
1405
01:12:38,498 --> 01:12:42,402
You do worry that it's all gonna
burn to the ground.
1406
01:12:43,137 --> 01:12:44,205
Then you'll have nothing.
1407
01:12:45,006 --> 01:12:46,774
Bedroom, living room, kitchen.
1408
01:12:47,909 --> 01:12:49,244
In a small space.
1409
01:12:50,078 --> 01:12:52,914
Where are my teabags?
Ah, there.
1410
01:12:57,719 --> 01:13:00,420
Having one arm is annoying.
1411
01:13:01,623 --> 01:13:04,525
It's just so easy
living in a space like this.
1412
01:13:04,559 --> 01:13:07,328
You just don't have to worry
about anything.
1413
01:13:09,197 --> 01:13:10,231
Yeah.
1414
01:13:11,532 --> 01:13:16,237
In a general sense, it's been
a roller coaster of emotions.
1415
01:13:17,639 --> 01:13:20,642
Yeah, I was very excited at
the idea of
1416
01:13:20,675 --> 01:13:23,711
living on the road
and stuff like that.
1417
01:13:23,745 --> 01:13:25,479
My hand was forced a little bit,
1418
01:13:25,513 --> 01:13:27,815
but, yeah, it has been
incredible.
1419
01:13:29,117 --> 01:13:34,088
When the lockdown started, um,
the park needed looking after
1420
01:13:34,122 --> 01:13:36,791
and, yeah, I just thought that,
you know,
1421
01:13:36,824 --> 01:13:39,227
it was safe place to park my van
on private land,
1422
01:13:39,260 --> 01:13:41,162
I wouldn't get hassled
from the police.
1423
01:13:41,195 --> 01:13:43,398
I do love this place,
and I figured
1424
01:13:43,430 --> 01:13:45,499
while I'm not doing
anything else,
1425
01:13:45,533 --> 01:13:48,236
it'd be nice to put some time in here.
It has been very nice.
1426
01:13:49,304 --> 01:13:53,107
But when you're locked down
trying to go through...
1427
01:13:53,141 --> 01:13:54,776
all this other shit,
1428
01:13:54,809 --> 01:13:58,546
just relationships
and house troubles, and...
1429
01:14:00,048 --> 01:14:02,449
yeah, the whole world stopping,
and...
1430
01:14:04,385 --> 01:14:05,853
A bit too much to handle.
1431
01:14:06,721 --> 01:14:08,957
- Morning.
- Hello.
1432
01:14:13,194 --> 01:14:14,362
Here you go, mate.
1433
01:14:15,196 --> 01:14:16,764
Nice knife. Ooh, Minirig.
1434
01:14:16,798 --> 01:14:19,167
Minirig, bro. Should we get
some tunes on?
1435
01:14:23,171 --> 01:14:24,505
That's the wrong hand for that.
1436
01:14:24,539 --> 01:14:27,108
Um, yeah, there's
still lots of stuff to do.
1437
01:14:27,141 --> 01:14:30,845
Still got to tile around the,
uh... round the hob there.
1438
01:14:30,878 --> 01:14:33,414
Fix the little holes
and have a...
1439
01:14:33,448 --> 01:14:35,984
There's another bench that goes
along the back wall there
1440
01:14:36,017 --> 01:14:37,552
where all the shoes are.
1441
01:14:37,585 --> 01:14:40,688
And that's... I'm currently
building a toilet in that.
1442
01:14:41,422 --> 01:14:43,024
A compost toilet.
1443
01:14:43,057 --> 01:14:44,692
So, might sound a bit gross,
1444
01:14:44,726 --> 01:14:46,728
but there's no smell with them
in there.
1445
01:14:46,761 --> 01:14:48,329
Yeah, they're really,
really good.
1446
01:14:48,363 --> 01:14:52,734
Why everybody is not composting
their feces, I do not know,
1447
01:14:52,767 --> 01:14:56,838
because, yeah, we wouldn't
need fertilizer, you know,
1448
01:14:56,871 --> 01:14:58,940
chemical fertilizers anymore.
1449
01:14:58,973 --> 01:15:01,376
There's definitely enough shit
to go around.
1450
01:15:02,844 --> 01:15:04,145
Am I right, Beckett?
1451
01:15:06,714 --> 01:15:07,782
No opinion.
1452
01:15:09,917 --> 01:15:12,754
I think it's amazing
that Alex has got his place.
1453
01:15:12,787 --> 01:15:15,790
Like, he lives here and
he works here and stuff.
1454
01:15:15,823 --> 01:15:17,291
But then I was kind of
thinking,
1455
01:15:17,325 --> 01:15:19,427
he did just spend
two months here by himself.
1456
01:15:19,460 --> 01:15:22,363
Skating's not that much fun if you
can't share it with other people, so...
1457
01:15:23,131 --> 01:15:26,067
probably wasn't as idyllic
as it seemed.
1458
01:15:29,404 --> 01:15:31,773
I have some lovely friends
1459
01:15:31,806 --> 01:15:36,477
who are prepared to help me
with my emotions.
1460
01:15:51,993 --> 01:15:54,162
Yeah, he's all
right, I'd say I'd put him up there.
1461
01:15:54,530 --> 01:15:58,232
Top, uh... yeah, top friend of
the month, for sure.
1462
01:15:58,633 --> 01:15:59,834
Friend of the month?
1463
01:16:00,635 --> 01:16:01,803
No, I'm joking.
1464
01:16:01,836 --> 01:16:03,104
No, yeah, he's a good mate.
1465
01:16:04,639 --> 01:16:06,207
Comrade in arms.
1466
01:16:08,943 --> 01:16:12,046
With the
whole deal with the Olympics,
1467
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,315
everything became
a lot more relaxed
1468
01:16:14,348 --> 01:16:16,951
and you could just skate
because you wanted to,
1469
01:16:16,984 --> 01:16:19,854
there was nothing to gain from anything
you were doing other than, like,
1470
01:16:19,887 --> 01:16:22,123
the feeling of landing it,
or, like, just doing it.
1471
01:16:22,156 --> 01:16:24,192
Hanging out with your mates.
1472
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:27,862
And it made me realize how much
stress it puts on your mind.
1473
01:16:28,963 --> 01:16:32,700
It is definitely not as relaxed
as I was trying to make it.
1474
01:16:33,701 --> 01:16:37,371
Even though I, like,
convinced myself that there's no pressure
1475
01:16:37,405 --> 01:16:39,440
and I don't care about
really what happens.
1476
01:16:39,474 --> 01:16:41,742
Don't even care
if I do well or not.
1477
01:16:42,276 --> 01:16:44,378
You still have, like,
a pressure underneath.
1478
01:16:45,913 --> 01:16:49,250
I've talked about it
with Jordan, it's, like, this summer
1479
01:16:49,283 --> 01:16:51,953
skateboarding's been more for me
than it ever has been.
1480
01:16:52,954 --> 01:16:54,789
I haven't had to
go to events, or...
1481
01:16:54,822 --> 01:16:57,593
There's been a lot less pressure
to do certain things.
1482
01:16:57,625 --> 01:17:02,130
The motivation is just the fact that
it's completely, like... my thing.
1483
01:17:03,998 --> 01:17:07,668
I think going back to how it
feels when you're a child,
1484
01:17:07,702 --> 01:17:09,637
and you're just skating
just to do it,
1485
01:17:09,670 --> 01:17:13,341
just to, like, connect with
the activity of just doing it.
1486
01:17:13,374 --> 01:17:17,245
And I realize that there's only
the moment that you're doing it
1487
01:17:17,278 --> 01:17:19,413
that really is important.
1488
01:17:20,414 --> 01:17:22,483
Skating just seems to be
1489
01:17:22,518 --> 01:17:24,852
the thing that makes me feel
most alive, I guess.
1490
01:17:24,886 --> 01:17:27,688
It's a good internal battle
with yourself.
1491
01:17:32,793 --> 01:17:34,896
Oh, skateboarding clothes.
1492
01:17:38,466 --> 01:17:41,502
I've been filming
for the next Lovenskate video,
1493
01:17:41,537 --> 01:17:43,938
and we also spent
a month filming
1494
01:17:43,971 --> 01:17:46,240
a homage to
Cheese & Crackers,
1495
01:17:46,274 --> 01:17:48,042
called Tea and Biscuits.
1496
01:17:48,075 --> 01:17:50,646
Over decade later,
and they are still paying homage
1497
01:17:50,678 --> 01:17:52,146
to Cheese & Crackers.
1498
01:17:52,180 --> 01:17:53,981
That's how heavy that shit was.
1499
01:17:54,015 --> 01:17:55,383
Two of the lightest item snacks
1500
01:17:55,416 --> 01:17:57,118
carry that much weight
for this long
1501
01:17:57,151 --> 01:17:58,786
that they're still trying
to compete with it.
1502
01:17:58,819 --> 01:18:01,422
Jordan Thackeray made a mockery
of that closet to Narnia ramp
1503
01:18:01,455 --> 01:18:02,957
that they have in
the middle of somewhere.
1504
01:18:02,990 --> 01:18:04,959
I don't know if there's
LSD in that tea, boy,
1505
01:18:04,992 --> 01:18:07,328
but these boys' brains is open.
I love it.
1506
01:18:07,929 --> 01:18:10,164
That was, uh...
that was an adventure.
1507
01:18:10,198 --> 01:18:12,900
We were... Jordan stayed
at my house for a month,
1508
01:18:12,934 --> 01:18:14,168
and we, uh...
1509
01:18:14,969 --> 01:18:17,004
Yeah, we came
and did night shifts
1510
01:18:17,038 --> 01:18:19,508
in this very bowl
that I'm sat in now.
1511
01:18:20,509 --> 01:18:22,678
Yeah, it all worked out
really well, actually.
1512
01:18:22,710 --> 01:18:24,412
It starts off with
a little intro
1513
01:18:24,445 --> 01:18:27,715
and there's a portal through
into the magic world of
1514
01:18:27,748 --> 01:18:29,551
mini-ramp skating,
you know?
1515
01:18:43,798 --> 01:18:45,333
Yeah, when times get hard,
1516
01:18:45,366 --> 01:18:47,368
skateboarding is a great escape.
1517
01:18:48,402 --> 01:18:52,006
I just, uh, definitely use it
to switch off, sometimes,
1518
01:18:52,039 --> 01:18:53,207
from the rest of the world.
1519
01:18:56,612 --> 01:18:59,681
So, you're
completely, like, in that one moment.
1520
01:18:59,715 --> 01:19:04,051
And it's, like, not something
that many things bring out of you.
1521
01:19:04,085 --> 01:19:07,088
That sort of ability,
to be away from reality completely,
1522
01:19:07,121 --> 01:19:10,024
'cause you're so focused on what
you're doing in the present time.
1523
01:19:11,859 --> 01:19:13,528
It was intense, you know,
1524
01:19:13,562 --> 01:19:15,296
night shifts, working at
the shop in the day,
1525
01:19:15,329 --> 01:19:16,897
and then going home for dinner
1526
01:19:16,931 --> 01:19:19,300
and then coming straight here
till three in the morning.
1527
01:19:21,369 --> 01:19:23,838
Yeah, every night,
we'd go to Flo at about ten o'clock,
1528
01:19:23,871 --> 01:19:27,108
and set up the little world
that we made.
1529
01:19:29,210 --> 01:19:32,046
It was grueling,
the cold, you know?
1530
01:19:32,079 --> 01:19:34,382
It's like a refrigerator
in here in the winter,
1531
01:19:34,415 --> 01:19:36,951
so, you know, having, uh...
1532
01:19:36,984 --> 01:19:38,919
having Jordan live at
my house for a month...
1533
01:19:40,221 --> 01:19:41,856
pretty intense,
probably didn't help
1534
01:19:41,889 --> 01:19:43,525
my relationship with Chloe,
either.
1535
01:19:53,401 --> 01:19:55,369
Yeah, it's good.
I like that fact that
1536
01:19:55,403 --> 01:19:57,204
it's got cooler and
everyone's stoked on that now.
1537
01:19:57,238 --> 01:20:00,575
And, uh, it's nice to see
the progress with it.
1538
01:20:01,242 --> 01:20:04,211
But yeah, there's definitely something
to be said about the connection you have
1539
01:20:04,245 --> 01:20:07,181
when you're like, well,
back when I was a kid anyway,
1540
01:20:07,214 --> 01:20:09,016
with, like, the other people
that did skate,
1541
01:20:09,050 --> 01:20:11,185
'cause it was just such
a rare, special thing.
1542
01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:13,120
Oh, hello, darling.
1543
01:20:13,154 --> 01:20:15,590
I'm good, man, nice to see you.
1544
01:20:15,624 --> 01:20:17,091
I just walked past your house,
I was like,
1545
01:20:17,124 --> 01:20:18,426
"This is where I used to fucking..."
1546
01:20:18,459 --> 01:20:20,762
Nah, I didn't say hello.
Just talked shit about...
1547
01:20:20,796 --> 01:20:21,929
Georgia, Jordan.
1548
01:20:21,962 --> 01:20:23,732
- Hi, lovely to meet you.
- Hiya.
1549
01:20:23,765 --> 01:20:25,701
She is excited,
she's heard all about you.
1550
01:20:26,300 --> 01:20:29,103
I'll come over for a tea, probably,
later on, or something, if you want.
1551
01:20:29,136 --> 01:20:31,339
- It'd be fucking lovely to say hello.
- Pop over.
1552
01:20:31,372 --> 01:20:33,709
Later, bro. Take care.
1553
01:20:33,742 --> 01:20:35,309
- Good to see you.
- Yeah, you too.
1554
01:20:35,343 --> 01:20:36,877
- Take care, guys.
- Lovely to see you as well.
1555
01:20:36,911 --> 01:20:38,145
Have a good one.
1556
01:20:38,179 --> 01:20:40,214
That's my mate Callum.
1557
01:20:40,247 --> 01:20:42,049
We used to walk to school
together, like, every day
1558
01:20:42,083 --> 01:20:44,686
or scooter slash skateboard
and all that shit.
1559
01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,688
But, yeah, he'd always let me
keep my board in his house
1560
01:20:46,722 --> 01:20:48,489
when I wasn't allowed to skate
by Mum.
1561
01:20:49,457 --> 01:20:53,361
My mum was just worried for my
health and safety, really, I think.
1562
01:20:53,394 --> 01:20:56,230
Didn't want me getting
influenced by, like, drugs and,
1563
01:20:56,263 --> 01:20:58,734
like, just the bad stigma that
came with skating
1564
01:20:58,767 --> 01:21:00,501
when I was a kid,
it wasn't cool.
1565
01:21:04,639 --> 01:21:07,141
Like, everything
that I've done over my life
1566
01:21:07,174 --> 01:21:09,243
that's been kind of
reckless with my body,
1567
01:21:09,276 --> 01:21:11,912
I've been like, I know this is
bad, but I'm gonna, like,
1568
01:21:11,946 --> 01:21:15,182
wait until later on
to experience the consequences
1569
01:21:15,216 --> 01:21:17,385
and it doesn't matter
'cause I'm having fun.
1570
01:21:17,418 --> 01:21:19,920
That's all decided to come
and bite me in the ass
1571
01:21:19,954 --> 01:21:23,090
all at the same time,
in the same period of time.
1572
01:21:23,124 --> 01:21:25,794
Which is weird, but, like, I didn't
realize that that was how it went.
1573
01:21:25,827 --> 01:21:28,095
But apparently,
that's how it goes for me.
1574
01:21:28,129 --> 01:21:29,564
So, yeah, this year,
I've had to deal with
1575
01:21:29,598 --> 01:21:32,133
a lot of different shit going on
1576
01:21:32,166 --> 01:21:35,169
that's not really
as fun as it was.
1577
01:21:35,202 --> 01:21:37,773
And it's funny how
it can just suddenly switch.
1578
01:21:37,806 --> 01:21:40,307
And you're like, "Oh,
gotta fuckin' deal with this now.
1579
01:21:40,341 --> 01:21:43,010
Shit. Probably should have
chilled out on that thing
1580
01:21:43,043 --> 01:21:44,880
that my friends told me to
chill out on."
1581
01:21:44,912 --> 01:21:49,818
So, they pulled five of these
calcified pearls out of my hip,
1582
01:21:49,851 --> 01:21:52,953
that was this one here,
1583
01:21:52,987 --> 01:21:55,222
that's the bit that they
pulled it out of.
1584
01:21:55,256 --> 01:21:58,727
And then this bit here,
they sliced it open
1585
01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:01,663
and they... they got rid of
some scar tissue
1586
01:22:01,696 --> 01:22:04,633
and they punched tiny little
holes in the actual muscle
1587
01:22:04,666 --> 01:22:06,668
that runs from your ass
round there,
1588
01:22:06,701 --> 01:22:08,969
down to your leg to
release the pressure
1589
01:22:09,003 --> 01:22:10,839
that was caused by them.
1590
01:22:10,872 --> 01:22:13,542
So, basically, it's your body
saying, like, "Stop, I need a break."
1591
01:22:17,913 --> 01:22:19,881
I've got to do
a lot of exercise,
1592
01:22:19,915 --> 01:22:24,452
I've got like, fuckin', 18 exercises
I've got to do, more or less every day.
1593
01:22:24,485 --> 01:22:27,421
And as you can see,
today I have done none of them.
1594
01:22:27,455 --> 01:22:30,124
And then a couple of them
are stretches.
1595
01:22:30,157 --> 01:22:32,326
I have to do this weird crab
walk as well,
1596
01:22:32,359 --> 01:22:33,961
which I'm not gonna show you.
1597
01:22:34,995 --> 01:22:37,566
The sponsors have been a big
help with getting me fixed,
1598
01:22:37,599 --> 01:22:39,467
I literally wouldn't have been
able to do it without them.
1599
01:23:14,669 --> 01:23:15,704
Welcome!
1600
01:23:18,038 --> 01:23:20,407
This is my little house.
1601
01:23:20,842 --> 01:23:22,978
My humble little house.
1602
01:23:26,447 --> 01:23:27,782
Morning, Chloe.
1603
01:23:31,720 --> 01:23:34,321
Oh, it's such a beautiful day,
we're so lucky.
1604
01:23:38,860 --> 01:23:40,327
Yeah, there it is.
1605
01:23:41,663 --> 01:23:42,731
Three mugs.
1606
01:23:44,164 --> 01:23:46,500
In the last week, maybe,
1607
01:23:46,535 --> 01:23:49,838
we've smashed, oh,
loads of mugs.
1608
01:23:50,204 --> 01:23:51,272
Loads of plates.
1609
01:23:52,007 --> 01:23:53,107
That can't be binned.
1610
01:24:00,715 --> 01:24:04,184
We should pull the curtain
for dramatic effect right now.
1611
01:24:04,218 --> 01:24:06,888
This is our separation barrier.
1612
01:24:06,922 --> 01:24:08,590
This stops us from fighting.
1613
01:24:09,558 --> 01:24:10,959
It is chilly.
1614
01:24:11,593 --> 01:24:12,894
Are you gonna hold my hand?
1615
01:24:13,862 --> 01:24:15,362
Hold my hand.
1616
01:24:16,031 --> 01:24:17,666
Yeah, we spent a lot of time
together this year.
1617
01:24:17,699 --> 01:24:19,734
This like the most, yeah.
1618
01:24:19,768 --> 01:24:21,335
The most time ever.
1619
01:24:22,169 --> 01:24:23,605
Yeah, it's been nice.
1620
01:24:23,972 --> 01:24:26,575
And there's definitely no looking
back at the moment, is there?
1621
01:24:27,308 --> 01:24:28,877
Yeah, lots of new adventures.
1622
01:24:31,046 --> 01:24:33,180
It's kind of like getting
to know each other again,
1623
01:24:33,213 --> 01:24:35,382
getting to know how to
live together again.
1624
01:24:36,518 --> 01:24:40,254
Yeah, true. Yeah, that's definitely
a good way of looking at it.
1625
01:24:40,989 --> 01:24:42,924
So much time for each other.
1626
01:24:44,059 --> 01:24:45,292
I cuddle too tight.
1627
01:25:00,976 --> 01:25:03,210
I don't normally get
to see the seasons, to be honest,
1628
01:25:03,243 --> 01:25:05,046
like, when I'm traveling
or away.
1629
01:25:15,890 --> 01:25:18,893
I just found these little,
like, little waxcaps,
1630
01:25:18,927 --> 01:25:20,461
orange waxcaps of sorts.
1631
01:25:21,763 --> 01:25:24,331
But, like, in this zone,
I dunno, there's just...
1632
01:25:25,466 --> 01:25:27,468
the forest floor's like
covered in mushrooms,
1633
01:25:27,501 --> 01:25:29,470
everywhere you go, like,
there's fungi,
1634
01:25:29,503 --> 01:25:32,841
there's tiny little guys,
like just down here.
1635
01:25:33,808 --> 01:25:34,876
And then...
1636
01:25:37,579 --> 01:25:40,615
It's kind of like, I don't know,
the more you, like...
1637
01:25:41,916 --> 01:25:43,852
stop and look around, like...
1638
01:25:45,252 --> 01:25:47,187
it's mind-blowing how much
stuff there is.
1639
01:25:55,864 --> 01:25:57,932
But, you know, they're like...
1640
01:25:57,966 --> 01:26:00,635
they're just like
tiny little fungi,
1641
01:26:00,669 --> 01:26:02,070
breaking down, like...
1642
01:26:03,071 --> 01:26:06,007
breaking down all the leaf
litter and twigs that fall
1643
01:26:06,041 --> 01:26:09,077
and, yeah, so it, like,
rots everything down
1644
01:26:09,110 --> 01:26:12,547
and then you have, like,
a really fertile topsoil.
1645
01:26:18,820 --> 01:26:22,691
Little signs in nature to what's
going on and it's like a little puzzle
1646
01:26:22,724 --> 01:26:24,693
to piece together
what's happening
1647
01:26:24,726 --> 01:26:26,427
and the more you look at stuff,
1648
01:26:26,460 --> 01:26:28,863
you realize the more there is
to look at.
1649
01:26:29,363 --> 01:26:32,067
And I kind of like that,
you know,
1650
01:26:32,100 --> 01:26:34,102
you've been walking around,
I don't know,
1651
01:26:34,135 --> 01:26:37,972
in forests and out in
the countryside forever
1652
01:26:38,006 --> 01:26:40,041
and just then you realize, like,
1653
01:26:40,075 --> 01:26:42,744
under your feet, like,
everything's happening.
1654
01:26:42,777 --> 01:26:45,312
The more you learn, like,
you realize there's so much to learn
1655
01:26:45,345 --> 01:26:49,017
and you can, like, spend your
whole life learning about stuff,
1656
01:26:49,050 --> 01:26:50,518
and I would like to,
you know?
1657
01:26:53,655 --> 01:26:55,757
Especially after being injured,
1658
01:26:55,790 --> 01:26:59,226
the act of skating has become,
like, richer to me.
1659
01:26:59,259 --> 01:27:01,395
Like, when I'm doing it,
it means a lot more to me.
1660
01:27:02,797 --> 01:27:04,799
Skateboarding has given me
everything,
1661
01:27:04,833 --> 01:27:09,704
and it has given me the opportunity
to become who I am, you know?
1662
01:27:09,738 --> 01:27:11,940
And I'm grateful for that.
1663
01:27:13,074 --> 01:27:14,676
It's such a positive thing.
1664
01:27:15,342 --> 01:27:17,178
It's fun, it's there for you
and your friends,
1665
01:27:17,212 --> 01:27:18,580
like, keep it like that.
1666
01:27:18,613 --> 01:27:21,850
Just go out and skate and
that's enough, you know?
1667
01:27:28,089 --> 01:27:29,157
Whoa.
1668
01:27:29,924 --> 01:27:31,025
Check this place out.
1669
01:27:33,260 --> 01:27:36,097
This shot that you get
at living, or whatever,
1670
01:27:36,131 --> 01:27:39,134
it's, like, the most important
thing wherever that kind of leads
1671
01:27:39,167 --> 01:27:41,603
might not be the same
as where I've come from,
1672
01:27:41,636 --> 01:27:44,438
but I think, like,
I'm just following
1673
01:27:44,471 --> 01:27:47,041
what's gonna be
enjoyable for me.
1674
01:27:47,075 --> 01:27:50,612
Life's an adventure and
it feels good to just be out.
1675
01:27:58,553 --> 01:28:00,088
I think
skateboarding's in good hands
1676
01:28:00,121 --> 01:28:03,124
because the core
is still very much involved.
1677
01:28:03,158 --> 01:28:04,526
No matter what happens
1678
01:28:04,559 --> 01:28:05,894
with the Olympics
and all that sort of stuff,
1679
01:28:05,927 --> 01:28:07,595
the underground of
skateboarding,
1680
01:28:07,629 --> 01:28:09,164
that's still gonna be
the same.
1681
01:28:09,197 --> 01:28:11,132
I wouldn't
even say it divides people
1682
01:28:11,166 --> 01:28:12,600
because once you're
actually skating,
1683
01:28:12,634 --> 01:28:14,434
everyone has their different
lifestyles,
1684
01:28:14,468 --> 01:28:17,138
but if you're at the skate park,
everyone's together, just skating.
1685
01:28:17,172 --> 01:28:21,743
People just don't like
change and people are always afraid
1686
01:28:21,776 --> 01:28:24,478
that something's gonna be
taken away from them.
1687
01:28:24,512 --> 01:28:27,347
I don't think anyone's taking
skating away from anyone, you know?
1688
01:28:27,381 --> 01:28:29,717
We are pretty fluid,
you know, and things do change
1689
01:28:29,751 --> 01:28:32,554
and, like, we've all got
our own version of it.
1690
01:28:32,587 --> 01:28:36,691
It's fine, like, as long as
you get to pass that on,
1691
01:28:36,724 --> 01:28:38,893
or show other people that,
or share it with other people.
1692
01:28:39,493 --> 01:28:41,262
What we've seen is
1693
01:28:41,296 --> 01:28:43,298
a huge rise in participation
in skateboarding,
1694
01:28:43,330 --> 01:28:45,332
with a huge part of that
being girls.
1695
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:48,136
The wave of popularity
this time round
1696
01:28:48,169 --> 01:28:49,604
could differ from before,
1697
01:28:49,637 --> 01:28:51,471
it could, potentially,
be more sustainable.
1698
01:28:51,506 --> 01:28:53,141
I think we've got
more facilities,
1699
01:28:53,174 --> 01:28:54,676
we've got more infrastructure.
1700
01:28:54,709 --> 01:28:57,846
There is more accessibility
for kids now.
1701
01:28:57,879 --> 01:29:00,682
Some of those stereotypes around
skateboarding that were there before,
1702
01:29:00,715 --> 01:29:02,650
with those barriers coming down
a little bit.
1703
01:29:07,255 --> 01:29:09,123
Oh, thank God
you've got a helmet on!
1704
01:29:11,793 --> 01:29:13,895
If you agree
with the Olympics or not,
1705
01:29:13,928 --> 01:29:15,964
I don't think it's gonna really
affect your day-to-day.
1706
01:29:15,997 --> 01:29:17,899
You're the guy skating
the curb down the road,
1707
01:29:17,932 --> 01:29:19,399
that's not gonna affect you.
1708
01:29:19,433 --> 01:29:21,468
We're trying to do more
than just go to the Olympics.
1709
01:29:21,501 --> 01:29:23,605
This is about inspiring people
to go skateboarding
1710
01:29:23,638 --> 01:29:27,275
or to maybe find something that they
didn't have or know about before.
1711
01:29:27,642 --> 01:29:30,211
The opportunity to be able
to pick something up,
1712
01:29:30,245 --> 01:29:33,982
a bit of wood and leave your
house and basically go and explore
1713
01:29:34,015 --> 01:29:37,185
wherever you're gonna go
and skate, is incredible.
1714
01:29:45,193 --> 01:29:46,694
Well, there you go, man.
1715
01:30:14,371 --> 01:30:16,937
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