Episode 55 - Farran Golding
Episode 55 with Farran Golding, skateboarder and journalist from Leeds, England. Together we discussed him growing up in Wakefield, reading Chromeball and Jenkem and developing an interest for writing aside from skating, asking Ben Powell if he could contribute in any way to Sidewalk Magazine, studying journalism in Manchester for a few years, writing for Leeds-based skateshop Welcome’s blog and Slam City Skates, things really taking off after the first favorite spot series for Quartersnacks on Gilbert Crockett skating the Suntrust spot in Richmond VA, Jaime Owens taking him on board as contributing editor for Closer Skateboarding Magazine, developing the digital side of the mag, his recent pieces for GQ about Tyshawn Jones and Bill Strobeck’s work relationship and Alexis Sablone’s Converse pro-model shoe, his upcoming projects… Intro (00:13) Starting skateboarding (01:25) Meeting with Ben Powell (06:30) Asking Ben to work for Sidewalk (13:04) First interviews with Shane O’Neill and Brian Anderson (15:12) Writing for Welcome shop’s blog (16:06) Journalism degree at Manchester University (20:41) Collaboration with Slam City Skates (24:38) Quartersnacks (26:10) First favorite spot piece for QS (28:23) AVE green bench favorite spot piece (30:40) Editing the favorite spot pieces (36:03) Greg Hunt interview for Speedway (38:46) Working for Closer (44:22) Silas and wallrides in issue 4 (50:53) Work relationship with Jaime (53:41) Developing the digital side of Closer (57:15) GQ (59:10) Alexis Sablone article (01:02:22) Other pieces for non skate media (01:05:55) Favorite things to do while working on a piece (01:08:22) Time dedicated to research (01:10:01) Motivation to keep writing about skateboarding (01:13:28) Living in Leeds, ever wanted to move elsewhere? (01:18:34) Advice on how to get into skate media (01:20:54) What’s left on your bucket list? (01:25:56) Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:29:14) Friends questions (01:30:55) Conclusion (02:01:33) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards