MAT LLOYD

The latest episode of the 'Skateboarder And...' podcast has dropped and I got to sit down with, well talk on the phone with, skateboarder, owner of Freestyle Skate Store, Rad Dad, Martial Arts face kicker, lead singer of the band Cruel Prank, Yeah Buddy Wax CEO, and stalwart of the welsh skate scene Mr. Darran 'Grim' Ward!!! This ones a good’un!!

We talk about the history of Freestyle Skate Store, getting skate parks built properly, motorbikes, first boards, transition skating, the Welsh scene, dogs, tattoos, Zero trucker hats, depression, Carve Wicked, skaters smelling wax, the coronavirus, business rates and all sorts of other random guff!!!

Worth noting we recorded the episode before the government put outs its latest advice on the coronavirus, stay safe people.

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All music is provided with permission by Mr. Brown @westaytrue and is from his album 'Beats for Days 2', available from all good record stores, iTunes, Amazon and direct via www.westaytrue.com"

In these uncertain times I want to spread a little love and positivity.

I sent this hand typed and signed piece to my friend Scott Partington earlier this week and if you’d like your own one of a kind piece (for free!) simply find a lil poem I’ve posted on my Instagram @matlloydpoet either by trawling my feed, by searching the hashtag #notadaywithoutaline, or by sending me the name of the poem from one of my books via instagram DM and I will send it out over the coming weeks for as long as I have stamps and of course the posties are still working.

All I ask is that you do something similar to keep people smiling in these crazy times!  I've seen so much positivity online I really think this may be a real sea change for not only the UK but the whole world.

Afraid it's UK only at the moment due to postage costs.