Episode 59 - Ted Barrow
Episode 59 with Ted Barrow, skateboarder and art historian from San Francisco, California. Together we discussed him growing up between Texas and Northern California and picking up his first board in the mid to late 80’s, developing early on an interest for art and eventually studying art history in college, spending a few summers connecting with the local skaters in Paris in the late 90’s to early 2000’s, settling down in New York City in 2002 and spending 18 years there skating, bartending, working on his PhD, teaching/lecturing, giving historical walking tours of the city and more, running the famous “Feedback TS” Instagram account for a few years, moving to the Bay Area in February 2020 right at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Tony Vitello pitching him the idea for a show on Thrasher which became “This Old Ledge”, making the first few episodes on the iconic San Francisco spots, where he’d like to shoot the next episodes… (00:13) – Intro (01:13) – Growing up (02:53) – Moving to Texas (06:31) – First mag and first video (08:22) – Interest for art (16:55) – Summers in Paris (23:46) – Moving to New York to find work around art (27:44) – 18 years in NYC, arriving after 9/11 and leaving right before Covid started (31:27) – Favorite place in NYC? (33:03) – Working several different jobs (37:42) – Historical walking tours in New York (44:43) – Leaving New York (49:47) – Back to California (51:45) – Feedback TS Instagram account (01:01:04) – Hosting panel talks at Pushing Boarders and Slow Impact (01:12:08) – Completing his PhD recently (01:24:12) – “This old ledge” for Thrasher Magazine (01:37:50) – Most valuable lesson learned from skating (01:39:53) – Friends questions (02:09:31) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards