Looking Sideways: 10 Things

Here are ten things I thought were worth sharing this week.

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1. Paid subscribers! I’ll be sitting down with Lauren MacCallum and Jon Weaver to record the latest episode of Roundtable this coming weekend.

As you’ll know if you listened to the first instalment, Roundtable is a paid subscriber only - well - roundtable discussion about the action sports and other related endeavours topics du jour.

I’d love to know what you’d like to hear us discuss, so let me know in the comments below:

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2. I probably wouldn’t usually post this, but it’s been great to see all friend-of-the-show Mikey Corker’s hard work pay off these last two years. Mikey was one of the filmers on The Kangs trip, and if you listened to our spring 2022 conversation, you’ll know this and his other successful projects are the result of decades plugging away and ‘sitting in the chair’, as last week’s guest Thomas Campbell would put it.

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3. John Rattray is the latest person to be profiled for The Ben Raemers Foundations’s excellent SMiLE series. Watch it above, and listen to my November 2019 episode with John, in which we explored similar themes, here.

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4. Yes, I know I posted the first part of this the other week, but I’m posting the second part of Yuval Noah Hariri’s Leading interview because he’s so interesting and thought-provoking on the topic of AI. Listen above.

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5. I’m proud of the small part I played in establishing Opening Up The Outdoors, so I’m really glad to see that the organisation are now taking applications for a new Changemaker programme. Previous recipients of the award include friends-of-the-show Wave Wahines and All The Elements. If you run a grassroots programme that aims to increase diversity in the outdoors, it’s a brilliant way of getting funding and mentoring. Find out more and apply here.

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6. I went to London Calling last week and it was great, so I thought I’d share details of another UK skate get-together - Mon’s Jam, an SS20 reunion taking place in September. Details here.

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7. Hannah Bailey on Pack Heavy Chase Light!

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8. ‘Did anybody ever have their mind changed by a Marina Hyde article?’ is my usual line when it comes to the left’s favourite acidulous columnist, but this piece on the depressing Mason Greenwood saga is worth a read.

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9. Mike Hatchett teams up with TGR and takes it back to the annual-shred-flick-old-school with this forthcoming release. Friend-of-the-show John Rodosky is involved, which is about all I need to know. Watch the trailer above.

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10. Finally, my Tour de Test Valley x Vans Europe in association with CALM event at the Vans store in London on Thursday September 7th is coming up fast!

I’ll be conducting a live chat with Schoph, Helena Long and Andrew Cotton on the topic of mental health, which I’ll be recording and releasing as a future episode of the podcast.

Spaces are limited but I’ve snagged a couple of freebie exclusively for paid subscribers. If you want one, hit me up - first come, first served.

Ride on Nelly. We miss you brother X

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