MAT LLOYD

The 'Skateboarder And...' podcast returns later this month for series four and I'm blessed to be back as the regular host.  Since 2016 the podcast has featured many creatives from the world of skateboarding including; Josh Kalis, Eloise Dorr, Garry Milne, Ben Gore, Mike Blabac,  Mr. Brown, Hannah Bailey, Nick Zorlac, Daryl Dominguez and Leon Switch to name but a few!

In series four we continue to talk to skateboarders bringing a little something extra to the culture from illustrators & film makers to independent skate shop owners & industry heads.  This is going to be the best series so far.

In Vienna on the 7th of October? Come and see the international premier of Kelli Watson's documentary 'We Can Fly' at adhocPAD - creative hub.  Myself and Eloise Dörr are flying over with the filmmaker so come enjoy the movie, art and poetry, all in the name skateboarding!!!

"WeCanFly is a unique collaborative project from the UK, about creativity and skateboarding.

It is a New Form multimedia film project that centres around the artists: Eloise Dorr, Ben Gore, Mat Lloyd and Barry Kay. Also featured in the film are Ed Templeton and Grant Hatfield with short interviews with Rich West and Rohum Pourtahmasbi.

We will host a screening and a small art show of the creatives involved, some of the artists will attend the event!"

On Saturday I caught up with skateboarder, photographer and artist, Ben Gore at his 'I LUV U' exhibition celebrating Grime culture.  If you're not familiar with his work (you should be), he was the subject of the first episode of my podcast 'Skateboarder And...'  Ben is an artist, and photographer from Brighton whose pushing both his art and the culture of skateboarding forward with every project that he gets involved with!

This Sunday the teaser for the next episode of the 'Skateboarder And...' podcast will go out and it'll feature a short chat Ben and I had about the exhibition, current projects and his plans for the future.  Ben's got hustle!

Here's a little taste of the exhibition caught on film by Kelli from We Can Fly.  Look out for this weekends podcast for the full interview.


To find out more about Ben Gore http://bengore.co.uk/
To check out the latest podcast visit https://soundcloud.com/skateboarderandpodcast

I was interviewed last week for an upcoming documentary called 'We Can Fly'.  Currently scheduled for release in August it aims to look at the freedom and creativity embodied in skate culture.  As the project progresses, small 'Snippets' are being released to promote the project and you can see mine below: