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It doesn't feel appropriate to wish everyone a happy International Women's Day when things are so far from over in the ongoing struggle for gender-equality. We are very aware that we, as dudes, are part of that patriarchal system, and will continue to strive to do better.

However, we can point you in the direction of some awesome women, who we've been lucky enough to talk to, about skateboarding, over the last year, all with perspectives far more interesting and important than our own:

Listen to their episodes online : https://anchor.fm/james-gabb

Jasmine Gordon - - UK Vert Skateboarding

Nanja - - Women Skate the World

Dani Abulhawa - - Skateboarding as an expressive movement

Gabby Darriet-Jones - - Creating female spaces in skateboarding

Jane - - Skateboarding as a Mother

Monica - .skates - An Homage to the Randos (Freestyle!)

Life got in the way for a while. Blame babies and weddings.

However, we are not dead.

Just resting.

Keep your eyes and ears peeled, and thanks for standing by.

If anyone fancies coming on the show, to discuss anything close to your heart, please get in touch!

This is, and always has been, just as much your show as it is ours.

Peace and love,
The Crap Skateboarders.

Thanks pals!

Keep it crap!

SURPRISE! WE'RE BACK (AGAIN!) WITH A NEW EPISODE!

Finding Inspiration, with Doric Skateboards.

If this podcast has taught us one thing, it's that skateboarders, for the most part, are intrinsically creative people. But where does inspiration come from? In the case of Gary, 'CEO' of Doric Skateboards (he begged me not to call him that) , inspiration comes from absolutely everywhere. And, frankly, you all deserve to be inspired.

Gary walks us through his inspiration; what motivates him to create hand-pulled, pastel-coloured, movie-esque skateboards from his loft in Aberdeen? He makes an excellent case for skateboarding as a creative act, and offers positive motivation to anyone who has ever wanted to embrace the DIY underbelly of skateboarding. You are only as crap as you feel!

Doric Skateboards are producing truly excellent, hand-painted skateboards from the heights of Gary's loft,  and as such ,deserve to be celebrated. Find them online at www.doricskateboards.com, or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/doricskateboards

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I'm truly heartbroken this evening to learn of the untimely passing of Zane Timpson.

Skateboarding means an awful lot to me, and no one does the DIY thing better than He**in Skateboards. To my mind, Zane embodied the spirit of street skateboarding, constantly challenging popular conceptions about what constitutes 'a spot' (40 seconds into his Earth Goblin part, below, may be the greatest awful spot ever commited to video). This relentless creativity is what I love most about skateboarding and I hope that, through all of the slick influences and increased social funding, the nasty, gravelly underside of what we do never dies. With the passing of Zane, it certainly feels as if street skating, and all of skateboarding, has lost something special.

Shred in peace, Zane Timpson.

Love,
Jack

Hello, Crap Skateboarders. Jack here.

I'm editing the new episode now, late again. It's a corker, with , and it will drop as soon as it's presentable.

However, I am struggling with time constraints at the moment due to a range of factors, including work and two children. It's the editing that takes time, and often the sleeping pattern of my youngest is what determines how long I get to edit an episide.

A thought occurs; If I release the rest of season 2 fortnightly rather than weekly, so that I can return to delivering episodes on a promised date, would people forgive me? How would you feel about it? It would mean we could plan in a festive Christmas special in December! Everyone loves a special.

Thoughts below please.

Pic Relevent.

NEW EPISODE - SKATEBOARDING AND SATAN

Skateboarding and religion have always, for better or for worse, been cosy bedfellows. The vert legends of the 1980s, such as Christian Hosoi and Steve Cab, proudly flew the flag for Christianity in skating, and modern social-media influencers such as Braille Skateboards proudly wear their scientology faith on their sleeves. All of this is well and good, and it's great to see so many religious groups represented in skateboarding. However, if we want skateboarding to be truly pluralistic...then whose going to fly the flag for Satan? Come on, now. Fair is fair.

In comes Rob, founder of DIY street skating 'thing' (not a brand, he would like to stress!) , Detested Skateboards. For everyone who ever felt attracted to the macabre, Detested Skateboards are here to prove to you that skateboarding still can be, and still should be, nasty, bloody and greatly polarising (at least, for those who want it to be so). With great knowledge and passion, Rob walks us through his own inspirations as a skateboarder, from Satanism to hardcore-punk, slasher movies to black-metal.

If you like your skateboarding garb adorned with skulls, occult iconography and screen prints of murderous movie clowns, then this is the skate company for you. It's certainly the company for me.

Sorry Hosoi.

Listen in the browser, or on all of your favourite streaming apps: https://anchor.fm/james-gabb/episodes/Skateboarding-and-Satan---With-Detested-Skateboards-e187ktt

Find Detested Skateboards online at: detestedskateboards.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/detested_skateboards

When any foolhardy person decides to take up skateboarding as a hobby, they must first decide which discipline best suits them. Street? Vert? Pool? I think that's it. No? There's more?

Freestyle? What's that? Never heard of it. Oh, wait...Is that the thing from that Bones Bridage video, with that Johnny Rad guy at that party? 

Okay. So it's clear that I know next to nothing about Freestyle. I'm going to need some help from a professional. 

Enter professional Freestyle skateboarder Tony Gale, to figuritely slap my wrist and correct all of the misconceptions I have about freestyle skateboarding. Tony speaks with great knowledge and passion about the definition of freestlye, its rise to prominance, its subsequent downfall and, through social media, its recent re-emergence. Not only that, but, in doing so, he takes down the all-too-comfortable skateboarding elite, discusses the perceived pros and cons of gatekeeping and recounts many lovely stories of days gone by. 

Oh! And James is still buking off on his honeymoon, so the brilliant Monica .skates (our resident third crap skateboarder and tee-shirt designer) takes on co-hosting duties. The whole thing was a blast!

Check out Tony Gale on Instagram: www.instagram.com/coldkennels 

Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/FreestyleTricktips

JAMES GOT MARRIED LAST WEEKEND!

Yep, that's right! Our very own went from being a crap skater to a Crap husband.

Show him some love!

NEW EPISODE!

Hey! Crap Skateboarders! Have you ever tried skating vert? No? Us neither.

However, not all skateboarders are as old, frail, or cowardly as we are, and one of those on the brave end of our skateboarding spectrum is the wonderful Jasmine Gordon () , a sponsored vert skater who rides for Artemis Clothing, Was That Switch Skateboards and Altar Skateshop.

In this week's episode, Jasmine (herself a skateboarder of only two years, despite her clear talent!) makes the case for more newcomers, particularly women, to get involved in vert skateboarding in order to keep it alive. Expertly, she squashes our fears with real, tangible advice for anyone who has ever wanted to give vert a go, but just couldn't quite pluck up the courage. Jasmine also delves into the world of Vert Skating in the UK, singing the praises of the UK competitive circuit which she has recently become involved in.

Listen to the episode on all of your favourite platforms, or in the browser, at https://anchor.fm/james-gabb/episodes/UK-Vert-Skating---With-Jasmine-Gordon-e16r4k8

Find Jasmine on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jazzzgordon

Follow her board sponsor, previous guests 'Was That Switch', at www.instagram.com/was.thatswitch .thatswitch

Find her clothing sponsor, previous guests 'Artemis Skate Co', at www.instagram.com/artemisskateco

Jasmine is also sponsored by Alter Skate Shop. Find them online at www.instagram.com/altar_skate_shop

PUBLIC APOLOGY INCOMING!

NEW EPISODE TOMORROW!

Last week, due to various sound issues with recieving James' sound files for the episode featuring thr wonderful , our episode failed to deliver on time. I've still been unable to resolve these issues, so it looks like James will have to re-record some of his questions and responses, meaning that this episode will need to be delayed yet again. Partly because is getting married this week, so I don't want to pester Groomzilla with my Crap Skateboarding homework. I apologise to Rob for this inconvenience, as we recorded it about a month ago!

However, never fear. I will be bringing forward the following episode, featuring the super talented , which will release tomorrow instead. Trust me; it's a great one.

GET HYPED!

Talented friend of the podcast, honorary 3rd Crap Skateboarder and resident t-shirt designer .skates has amazing work featured in the fantastic new Freestyle Zine from .

It also features work from some of our most vocal and lovely supporters, including a cover by and some well nice pictures by .

To order, check out the deals on the last slide, follow the instructions, or message Charley at .

Go oooooooob. Do it.

NEW EPISODE!

Once upon a time in Amsterdam, a large public skatepark was built. Everyone who loved skateboarding was delighted. Upon realising that, like all good sports facilities, the skatepark would do well for having toilets included, the local council set to work building a urinal for the comfort of male skateboarders everywhere. Job done...
..or not. Enter Nanja Van Rijsse of Women Skate the World, who vowed to 'SMASH THE PEE-TRIARCHY' and stand up for female, non-binary and LGBTQ+ skateboarders everywhere, who experience barriers to skateboarding on a daily basis (such as this incredibly blatant one). 

If ever you've experienced barriers to skating as a result of your gender/sexual identity, Women Skate the World have your back. This week, Nanja sits down to explain all of the great work that her non-profit organisation are doing to make skateboarding more inclusive: gaining representation from a range of skaters during council consultations, building actively inclusive skateparks and reaching out to members of the inclusive community which they have been busy fostering. She's even kind enough to offer suggestions for those of us who exist inside the 'old-guard' of skateboarding, providing tangible steps to ensure that you are part of the solution; not part of the problem!

Ultimately, to paraphrase Nanja herself, "We don't simply want women and LGBTQ+ people to accept that we will tolerate them in skateboarding. We want them to know that we will fight for them."

Listen online at: https://anchor.fm/james-gabb/episodes/Women-Skate-the-World---with-Nanja-Van-Rijsse-e165js0

WARNING: There are some sound issues with this episode, as some of Nanja's audio was recorded on the go. Bear with it; it's worth it!

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Without feeling the need to comment on a skateboarding podcast, I think we can all agree that what is happening in Afghanistan right now is beyond tragic, and spells disaster for so many vulnerable people.

For that reason, FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, ALL PROCEEDS FROM T SHIRT SALES WILL BE DONATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, in order to help them in responding to the humanitatian crisis in Afghanistan.

Buy a Crap Skateboarding T-shirt online at:
https://thecrapskateboardingpodcast.bigcartel.com/

You can't skate Chester. 

This was the challenge offered to the Bonxai Skate Company ( ) prior to shooting their new feature edit, 'Old Deva; a challenge they accepted with open arms and an extended middle finger. A challenge that they not only rose to, but one that they completely destroyed. With nothing more than a few scrapes and bruises to show for it. 

Can you skate a canal lock? How about fibreboard construction barriers? Roman architecture? Of course, Skiny Pete () of the Bonxai skate company, with the help of cinematographer Ben ( ) , show us that if you have the will, the lack of self-preservation and the imagination, you can skate anything. Just so long as you can hack being yelled at by the mad locals.

Through 'Old Deva', Bonxai aim to inspire others to really make the most of the city's in which they live. Just because a spot is crap, doesn't mean your output needs to be. 'The spot is only as crap as your mindset'. 

Watch Old Deva for free here: https://youtu.be/-PSKt2eg5-o

Listen online, on all of your favourite platforms: https://anchor.fm/james-gabb/episodes/Old-Deva---With-Ben-and-Skinny-Pete-e15rg7d

Jasmine Gordon on The Crap Skateboarding Podcast.

THE Jasmine Gordon! Who was mentioned several times by Gabby on the
Episode of the show.

Jasmine, who is also sponsored by previous guests .thatswitch.

Coming soon(ish. Probably three weeks or so. We've got a few more first!)

You gotta raise 'em right.

NEW EPISODE TOMORROW!

It's so awesome to see photos of you lovely people wearing our shirts; this photo was sent to us by , all the way over in Australia!

If you bought one of our shirts, consider sending us the photographic evidence. It really does put a big smile on our faces!

NEW EPISODE - SEASON PREMIERE!

Ahead of this season premiere, we feel the need for the following disclaimer; Joe Hinson, team rider for Darkstar Skateboards, is NOT a crap skateboarder.

This makes him perfect for us to live vicariously through him. James and Jack grew up as country bumpkins who miraculously  stumbled upon skateboarding, as did Joe. James and Jack love skateboarding unconditionally, as does Joe. The fork in the road is the part where Joe got good...like, really, really good. Good enough, in fact, to catch the eye of American Industry leaders, Darkstar Skateboards.

In this episode, Joe kindly takes time out of his busy schedule to walk a couple of fanboys through the journey of becoming a sponsored skateboarder, from humble beginnings, to making a name in the UK scene, to attending video premieres in California. 

Oh, what could (never) have been.

Check out Joe Hinson's insane, merciless approach to big-rail skating on his instagram , or through his board sponsor . Failing that, hit up Youtube and check out his parts for Autotelic, Rugged Kingdom and, most recently, Britannia! You won't regret it.

A relatable classic from previous podcast guest, children's author, illustrator and skateboarder Dan Bryant.

Find him on instagram at .

Check out his episode of the show, 'Six Year Old Sidney the Skateboarding Boy'. It's a goodun!

Crap Skateboarding - Season Two.

Coming soon...

Thrashy skate-punk being played at the Olympics? Yes please.

During Dani's episode of the show, we discussed that, as much as the Olympics are a great thing, it's important that skateboarding as a culture doesn't entirely clean itself up in order to be perceived as reputable.

This nasty-ass punk song being blared over the speakers fills me with hope.

In other news, I've started tentatively editing again in between hospital and childcare! If all goes well...

NEW EPISODE THIS FRIDAY!

Previous guests 'Was That Switch' skateboards ( .thatswitch ), a fantastic UK based company who have put so much back into the national skateboarding community this year, have new wood n' wheels for sale.

My (Jack) current deck is a Was That Switch 8.5, and I can clarify that it's stiff (matron!) , poppy and a dream come true.

Head over to their page, or find them at www.wasthatswitch.com, to grab yourself an absolute bargain.

Is your child crap?
.. At skateboarding?

Then why not plaster the fact on their chests with this beautiful, child-friendly design?

Either that, or get yourself a nice, adult shirt.

The minimal profits will be used to send poetry books and tee shirts to , who blessed us with this design.

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