“We deliver an early Christmas present in the form of Nils Jansons. The Latvian blading superhero has grown up in front of our very eyes with each new section and his career has gone from strength to strength. He received his second pro skate from Roces this year, won the EFise street event and entertained us in both Got Game and Mizzica. He explains why he made various lifestyle changes for the sake of his skating, hints at a new pro skate in the near future, gives us an insight into the royalties he receives from various companies and more.” - David McNamara
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Platform #14 - Gabriel Hyden
“Gabriel Hyden is one of my favourite European bladers of all time and he was one of the first people I wanted to feature on the podcast. As luck would have it, he also released his first section in over six years a couple of months back...and it was brilliant! We arranged to talk the week it came out, but he got injured on the final day of filming so things got delayed. The Austrian blader offers his thoughts on various aspects of blading, explains why he stepped away from professional skating, what happened with his royalties from his pro skate and 666 part, and his plans for the future.” - David McNamara
Platform is also available on Spotify and iTunes.
Platform #13 - Casey Geraghty
“Casey Geraghty's section is usually one of the highlights of every Black Bandit Media release - check out their YouTube channel for an incredible back catalogue. But in 2020 he has been on a tear, firing out three excellent sections in his Casadilla series, with one more planned to drop very soon. In addition to this, he also edited the Official Sunday Brunch video that dropped this month and was responsible for filming and editing John Bolino's excellent comeback section...with a follow-up on the way. Needless to say, there was a lot to talk about!” - David McNamara
Platform is also available on Spotify and iTunes.
Platform #12 - Gregory Preston
“Greg Preston has got a lot of wild stories, so much so that we soon realised the 1.5 hours we set aside for this episode would not be enough! Unwittingly walking in on a hotel robbery and getting pistol whipped, being harassed by the police, and getting shot at while driving around with Alex Broskow - and we've not even got to the skating part yet. As a result, we had to record this podcast over two separate sessions. As the creative force behind Too Easy, Greg is responsible for a growing catalogue of impressive videos including Software Update, Papas, Boltless Future, Independent, Momentum and the recent Derek Henderson pro skate promo. The brand is turning into an international movement, with popular softgoods, a collaboration with Dead Wheels that sold out in a weekend and the newly announced Them x Too Easy 909 skate. Greg explains how it all started, what it's like to film with Jon Julio and offers some funny stories from working in the new Them storefront in Santa Ana.” - David McNamara
Platform #11 - Josh Glowicki
“Josh Glowicki first came to Europe with Fritz Peitzner back in 2011, hopping from country to country and picking up friends and fans at every stop. Fast forward almost a decade and he's now living permanently in the south of Spain with his wife. For the latest episode of Platform, Josh tells us about the runaway success story that is Blading Camp, climbing Machu Pichu with Richie Eisler and friends, turning down a pro skate from Razors, skating ditches with Bam Margera, the Cayenne Project and much more. As one of the most well-travelled bladers in the world, Josh has got a tonne of interesting stories from his adventures - here are just a few of them.” - David McNamara
Platform #10 - Blake Bird
“Originally meant to be episode four, hence the intro, this was moved back because we had some nice photos of Blake we wanted to use courtesy of Sam Cooper, so we decided to run with the print interview first. For all of you too lazy to read the several thousand words of text, here is the video version!
Blake is one of the most recognisable faces in the UK blading scene, working at the famous Bay 66 Skatepark, building ramps for competitions, judging FISE events and organising yearly gatherings Capital Jam and Capital Rollas LDN Street Jam. He's been skating since pretty much the inception of aggressive blading in the UK and he's still going strong decades later. He recently released a new street part at the tender age of 38, so we decided to find out what he's been up to recently, find out some stories from the booming '90s and see what's going on with FISE in the wake of coronavirus.” - David McNamara
Platform #9 - Jon Fromm
“Jon Fromm talks about where it all went wrong with Razors and why he decided to quit the pro team, how he got picked up by Adapt Brand, realising a childhood dream and working on a video with Videogroove's Dave Paine, and more future projects we can look forward to.” - David McNamara
Platform #8 - Karsten Boysen
“WARNING: Karsten was completely unprepared for the interview, so the first five minutes of our discussion is basically me laughing at him struggling with his iPhone and laptop! Skip to 7:45 if you want to avoid that nonsense and get to the start of our chat. This could be the most fun episode I have done yet, hence why it ended up being unintentionally the longest. Karsten is a really good laugh and doesn't take himself too seriously, so there are many points where we're just poking fun at each other. He talks about latest video Cuadro, the highs and lows of making The Cayenne Project series, the expenses involved in each project, what the money made from each video is spent on, people ripping off their work, interesting and random stories from the various trips and more. If you want to know what it's really like to make travel videos with some of the best skaters in the world, find out here.” - David McNamara