Shaped by Skateboarding. Interviews with folks in the skateboard industry, bands, artists and more that have taken the lessons they&#39;ve learned from skateboarding and applied them to different pursuits in life.

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Dan Santovin is truly one of the great people in this world. Dan is a skateboard industry vet for over 20 years who has been battling stage 4 colorectal cancer for the last 18 months. In this interview he shares the lessons he&#39;s learned in facing the realities of life and death, why Cleveland is one of the raddest skate cities and how important it is to truly know yourself in this world. If you can, send a little bit of good energy out there in the universe for Dan. I love you my friend.

Shaped by Skateboarding

Dan Santovin on battling stage 4 colorectal cancer, growing up skateboarding in Cleveland and being kind to people

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Today’s guest is Floris Gierman. One of the co-founders of Path Projects, host of the Ultramilest podcast and author of the book “Running Breakthroughs” that is out now and available on Amazon. This is episode is full of good inspiring nuggets for anyone looking that is waiting for the sign to go for it and find your way into whatever it is you’ve been trying to crack. For more on Floris see the links below: Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/florisgierman/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/florisgierman/</a> Extramilest podcast:<a href="https://extramilest.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow">https://extramilest.com/podcast/</a> Running Breakthroughs book:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Running-Breakthroughs-Transform-World-Class-Recreational/dp/B0FWB8B2CM" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Running-Breakthroughs-Transform-World-Class-Recreational/dp/B0FWB8B2CM</a> Path Projects:<a href="https://pathprojects.com/" rel="nofollow">https://pathprojects.com/</a>

Today’s guest is Floris Gierman. One of the co-founders of Path Projects, host of the Extramilest podcast and author of the book “Running Breakthroughs” that is out now and available on Amazon. This is episode is full of good inspiring nuggets for anyone looking that is waiting for the sign to go for it and find your way into whatever it is you’ve been trying to crack.

Floris Gierman on breaking into the skating industry from Holland, running 100 miles and non transactional relationships

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In this episode Chris and I talk about his upbringing in Canada, moving to Singapore and finding skateboarding, getting sponsored by Decca on a whim, the legendary cheese and crackers video and much more. If you are not familiar with Chris, he has been a professional skateboarder for the past 20 years. After his breakout part in Almost Skateboards&#39; 2004 video Round 3 Chris went on to make Cheese and Crackers with Daewon Song and it solidified his place in skateboard History. Over his time in skateboarding Chris has traveled the world seeking the best and most unique spots to film on and has made friends along the way. Almost Round 3:https://youtu.be/U8qH4y0PPCM?si=yfFcoAfT3z-yY_AL Cheese and Crackers:https://youtu.be/ukqBz4CjPu0?si=6Zq7wvE15iOtQkNe Chris Haslams Independent Video Part:https://youtu.be/nzBhEyX0zeI?si=ADrBoDW5_BP--QLM Thank you for checking this out and please let me know in the comments below who you would like to see on the podcast next!

In this episode Chris and I talk about his upbringing in Canada, moving to Singapore and finding skateboarding, getting sponsored by Decca on a whim, the legendary cheese and crackers video and much more. If you are not familiar with Chris, he has been a professional skateboarder for the past 20 years. After his breakout part in Almost Skateboards&#39; 2004 video Round 3 Chris went on to make Cheese and Crackers with Daewon Song and it solidified his place in skateboard History. Over his time in skateboarding Chris has traveled the world seeking the best and most unique spots to film on and has made friends along the way.

Chris Haslam on Starting Skating in Singapore, Cheese and Crackers, Mental Health and Persistence

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Mirko Mangum is one of the raddest people you&#39;ll ever meet and the man behind Opus Footwear. In this episode of Relatively Positive Things we sit down and talk about him finding skating, turning pro and then discuss his journey working from some of the biggest skateboard companies including Planet Earth, Circa, Blackbox, Zoo York and more. There are some great stories in this one.

Mirko Mangum is one of the raddest people you&#39;ll ever meet and the man behind Opus Footwear. In this episode of Relatively Positive Things we sit down and talk about him finding skating, turning pro and then discuss his journey working from some of the biggest skateboard companies including Planet Earth, Circa, Blackbox, Zoo York and more. There are some great stories in this one.

Mirko Mangum on starting Opus footwear and the lessons he's learned along the way

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I met Adam a handful of years ago while working for Santa Cruz Skateboards. We were looking to get some animations done for the upcoming Full Length we had been working on called, Right to Exist. Joe Perrin and I ended up talking to Ira Ingram who told us he had a friend that could help and that friend worked for Adult Swim, which we thought was incredibly cool. Enter the world of Lilfuchs. Since then Adam and I have shared over a decade of friendship and worked together on most of the bigger core SC projects throughout the years. Today I am excited to share this conversation where we discuss how he found his love for animation, working through a decade of grief over the tragic loss of his brother and why being an individual will always be the way to go. See more from Adam:https://lilfuchs.com/https://www.instagram.com/lilfuchs/

I met Adam a handful of years ago while working for Santa Cruz Skateboards. We were looking to get some animations done for the upcoming Full Length we had been working on called, Right to Exist. Joe Perrin and I ended up talking to Ira Ingram who told us he had a friend that could help and that friend worked for Adult Swim, which we thought was incredibly cool. Enter the world of Lilfuchs. Since then Adam and I have shared over a decade of friendship and worked together on most of the bigger core SC projects throughout the years. Today I am excited to share this conversation where we discuss how he found his love for animation, working through a decade of grief over the tragic loss of his brother and why being an individual will always be the way to go.

See more from Adam:
https://lilfuchs.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lilfuchs/

Adam Fuchs aka LilFuchs on being an animator, overcoming grief and the importance of individuality

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Ive had the pleasure of working along side Kelly Hart in some capacity for the last handful of years.We in skating know him as the guy who did the fakie three flip fakie manny on the courthouse and has the best laugh on the Nine Club but how he got to this point is a different story entirely. With two decades of skateboard industry experience Kelly breaks down how he started skating, battling big injuries and gives some great advice to folks trying to make it in this world. I hope you enjoy!

Ive had the pleasure of working along side Kelly Hart in some capacity for the last handful of years.We in skating know him as the guy who did the fakie three flip fakie manny on the courthouse and has the best laugh on the Nine Club but how he got to this point is a different story entirely. With two decades of skateboard industry experience Kelly breaks down how he started skating, battling big injuries and gives some great advice to folks trying to make it in this world. I hope you enjoy!

Kelly Hart on being pro, working in the industry and how one trick changed his life

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Alex White is a true queen within the skateboard world. Helping pioneer what women&#39;s skateboarding has become she navigated a whole hell of a lot to get there. From connecting with other female skaters in the mid 90&#39;s, coming out post divorce and pushing hard for the LGBTQ Community even when the rest of skating wasn&#39;t truly ready to embrace it Alex will always forge forward.

Alex White has worked to push women and queer skateboarding for over 20 years.

Alex White on finding herself and her community in skateboarding

Interviews with folks in the skateboard industry, bands, artists and more that have taken the lessons they've learned from skateboarding and applied them to different pursuits in life.