BOARD TO DEATH - A Scottish Skateboarding Podcast

The Factory was quite literally - a factory. An unused building were in the 80s a group of skateboarders from the city of Dundee made their home away or home or in some cases by the sounds of it, just their home. The Factory would go on to become one of the most iconic locations in Scottish skateboarding and went through four different versions all the way through to today. We're joined by OGs Rick Curran and Ray Dower who are telling some of their favourite stories from the era thirty years later. For more on The Factory check out the links below. Thanks to Rick Curran for sharing and keeping all of this for so long: DHSS Video - Extended version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnhU8TKrGo Factory 1 footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loKX5NjapXo John Rattray at Factory 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPgRVez_cB0 Much, much more on Rick's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RickCurran Opening Song: Grace by Bran Van 3000. This song is used for entertainment purposes only and belongs strictly to Les Disques Audiogramme inc. Closing Song Song: You by Bran Van 3000. This song is used for entertainment purposes only and belongs strictly to Les Disques Audiogramme inc. The Skateboarder’s Companion: ⁠⁠https://www.theskateboarderscompanion...⁠⁠ Vague Mag: ⁠https://www.vaguemag.com/⁠ Set Products Liquid Death: ⁠⁠https://liquiddeath.com/⁠⁠ Focus Skate Shop: ⁠⁠https://focuspocus.co.uk/⁠⁠ Knatchbull: ⁠⁠https://www.knatchbulluk.com/⁠⁠ Instagram - @imboardtodeath / @supjonty / @rickcurran / @skateboardscotland Board To Death – Songs of the week Playlist: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5LG...

A real slice of Scottish skateboarding history this week with Sam and Toby Paterson talking us through the first part of their skate story from 1984 through to 1993. The duo are talking everything in this one and we really mean everything! From Kelvingrove skatepark, their first skateboards, working at Clan skates, getting mugged, hit by cars and becoming teenagers in the scene during this time. It's a wild ride.

We'll be chatting with Sam and Toby again later this summer for a 1993 - 2024 volume so please don't worry - a part two is on the way!

Episode mentions:

Clan Skates: https://www.clanskates.co.uk/

Skateboard Scotland: https://skateboardscotland.com/

Opening Song: Grace by Bran Van 3000. This song is used for entertainment purposes only and belongs strictly to Les Disques Audiogramme inc.

Closing Song Song: You by Bran Van 3000. This song is used for entertainment purposes only and belongs strictly to Les Disques Audiogramme inc.

The Skateboarder’s Companion: ⁠⁠https://www.theskateboarderscompanion...⁠⁠

Vague Mag: ⁠https://www.vaguemag.com/⁠

Set Products

Liquid Death: ⁠⁠https://liquiddeath.com/⁠⁠

Focus Skate Shop: ⁠⁠https://focuspocus.co.uk/⁠⁠

Knatchbull: ⁠⁠https://www.knatchbulluk.com/⁠⁠

Instagram -

@imboardtodeath / @supjonty / @perfidiousalbion / @tobypatersonstudio_redux / @skateboardscotland

Board To Death –

Songs of the week Playlist: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5LG...

Thanks again to Doric Skatebards for collabing with us for the limited run of t-shirts and hoodies. Head over to www.dorciskateboards.com for them as well as their other sick designs and merch.

We're joined by Hugh, Evan and Jake at Glasgow Skates. These 3 guys all skated before moving from England up to Bonnie Scotland for Uni. We get into their skate stories as well as what Glasgow Uni Skates do.

Enjoy these sessions from this summer. Board To Death returns for Season 2 in 2024.

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A dream combo on the pod for a long time has finally happened - Lara Lyns.

The duo met through skating and are chatting their travels, travel plans as well as the standard Board To Death request - their back stories. We're also discussing fashion and fashion within skating from Chad Muska and Paris Hilton?. Try not to slay for an entire minute challenge on this episode.

Find Lara here: @princess.j0bby_

and Lynds here: @lyn_slay

Enjoy these sessions from this summer. Board To Death returns for Season 2 in 2024.

@imboardtodeath

We've finally got Paul and Mark from Glasgow renowned FAKIE SB. The guys are talking through not only their personal skate stories, but, the entire evolution of FAKIE. It's a name that everyone in the Scottish skate scene knows and for the right reasons - these guys have been through it for quite some time.

We're talking everything on the struggles of setting up and branding your own brand, to where the guys plan on taking the business in the future.

Head over to www.fakie.co.uk for more information and their store. As well as @fakiesb on Instagram.

Board To Death returns for Season 2 in 2024.

Instagram: @imboardtodeath

Kingston DIY is one of Scotland’s most popular DIY parks. Based under a motorway, the project has grown in popularity each month, with the pandemic spearheading it on social media. Three of the people behind it join us today for an in-depth look at how Kingston came to be. Roan, Tam and Stu talk about the project's beginnings and the project's future, and we’re asking all of your questions about the DIY and getting the full story of how it came to be the place we all recognise and love to skate today. Remember that DIY projects are not funded and rely on grants (where possible - and that’s rare these days) or donations. If you can help out in any way, no matter how big or small, then head of to the Kingston Instagram and do what you can. Here’s to a great year. The question is - can we outdo last year? 

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 Board To Death - A Scottish Skateboarding Podcast - Episode 17: Kingston

 Recorded at TEN10 Podcasts' studio in Glasgow in 2022.

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