Episode 69 - Julien Januszkiewicz
Episode 69 with Julien Januszkiewicz, skateboarder, pharmaceutical engineer and filmmaker from Bordeaux, France. Together we discussed him growing up and picking up his first board in Millau in the South of France in the late 80’s, studying chemistry between Pau and Evry and moving to Bordeaux in 2007 to start his career in the pharmaceutical industry, connecting with the Bordeaux skate scene and making his first video “Days and Nights” in 2011 for his brother Ben’s Montpellier-based skateshop Popular, the following year putting out the first installment of his “Bordeaux Exposure” videos, starting a new job in Switzerland in 2013 and going back and forth between Bordeaux and Switzerland while still working on his next two “Bordeaux Exposure” videos, releasing early 2023 the first volume of the “Bordeaux Exposure" series which are slightly shorter edits, his involvement with skate urbanism projects in the city of Bordeaux, his recent trip to Japan and upcoming projects... (00:13) – Intro(01:13) – Getting started(06:15) – First skate videos(09:14) – Starting to film skateboarding(13:06) – First full-length “Days and nights”(15:20) – Starting “Bordeaux Exposure”(17:21) – Starting a new job in Switzerland(18:21) – Going back and forth between Bordeaux and Switzerland and doing the next "Bordeaux Exposure" videos(20:52) – Tom Penny clips in “Bordeaux Exposure 3”(22:21) – Filming the DC team in Bordeaux(23:46) – Music in Julien’s videos(25:54) – Credits inspired by Girl videos(26:38) – Favorite skater to film with(28:50) – A skater that really surprised you?(30:50) – Alexis Greusard shoutout(31:42) – Bordeaux Exposure series: did you approach this project differently?(33:19) – Episode 2 coming soon(33:51) – About skate videos in general(38:24) – Videos to take on a desert island(39:09) – Work experience in the pharmaceutical industry(42:10) – Do your work colleagues know about your skateboarding activities?(43:44) – Skate urbanism projects in Bordeaux(47:18) – Working on permanent skateable sculptures in Bordeaux(51:29) – Traveling to Japan for the first time in 2023(53:30) – Dream destination to film skateboarding?(54:50) – Upcoming projects(55:37) – Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding(56:48) – Friends questions(01:16:37) - ConclusionFor more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards