Episode 64 - Jesus Fernandez
Episode 64 with Jesus Fernandez, professional skateboarder from Madrid, Spain. Together we discussed him growing up in Madrid and picking up his first board in the late 80’s, traveling to the US for the first time at 16 years old with Enrique Lorenzo and staying at Lance Mountain’s home, going back a few years later with his brother Alphonso and his good friend Dani Lebron, getting on Neighborhood skateboards and filming for the “Lala land” video, meeting with Chico Brenes at Lockwood and getting flowed Chocolate boards, filming for “Yeah Right”, getting banned from the US because of visa issues and quitting Chocolate, coming back to Madrid and getting on Nomad Skateboards, reconnecting with the Lakai team in Málaga and meeting with Federico Vitetta with whom he filmed most of his iconic “Fully Flared” part, getting back on Chocolate and turning pro, moving to Copenhagen with his wife and 2 kids in 2018 and getting adjusted to their new life over there, his upcoming projects… (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Getting started (04:03) – First mag, first video (07:41) – Spanish tech skating (10:09) – Meeting with Javier Sarmiento and Dani Lebron (14:08) – Skate scene in Madrid back in the days (20:38) – Going to the states for the first time (22:48) – Staying with Lance Mountain (26:47) – Meeting with Richald Mulder (27:06) – Going to the “Nueve vidas de Paco” premiere (32:52) – Moving to the states with Alphonso and Dani to find sponsors (44:53) – Getting on Neighborhood (47:12) – Filming for “Lala land” (48:29) – Meeting with Socrates Leal (51:29) – After "Lalaland", Neighborhood was kind of done (54:12) – Meeting Chico Brenes at Lockwood and getting on Chocolate flow (01:07:58) – Filming for “Yeah Right” (01:10:25) – Getting banned from coming to the US for 5 years and quitting Chocolate (01:19:19) – Back to Spain, skating for Nomad (01:26:02) – Moving from Madrid to Barcelona (01:30:49) – Lakai team coming to Spain to film for "Fully Flared" (01:43:41) – Fakie treflip switch crook ender in "Fully Flared" (01:46:08) – Getting back on Chocolate (01:57:05) – Turning pro for Chocolate (02:01:37) – Gnarliest trick witnessed during the filming of “Fully Flared” (02:04:14) – Moving to Copenhagen (02:09:23) – What are you up to these days? (02:13:44) – Upcoming projects? (02:15:53) – Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (02:18:06) – Friends questions (03:02:52) – Conclusion For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards