Hi and welcome back to the skate creative podcast I’m Joel curtis and I’m a musician and skateboarder
Joining me on the podcast this week is Paul “Skin” Phillips
Skin is one of the godfathers of modern British skate photography and journalism with a career spanning nearly forty years.
Hailing from Swansea in South Wales Skins career started in the late eighties and took him all over the world working for uk magazines until settling in California in the early nineties working for Transworld when it was at the peak of its powers.
I talk to Skin about starting skateboarding in Swansea, His first trips to the US and Australia,
Early UK tours with John Cardeil
Moving to the us to work for Tansworld
Playing golf with Steve Rocco
Working on early video projects for Transworld
His time Working for Adidas
Being diagnosed with bi polar
Remembering hid friend Marc Johnson
His recent show in Swansea Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
The Swansea scene today
And leaving His archive to the national museum of Wales
Skin is a true gentleman and a raconteur it was a pleasure to have him in person to do this interview the first episode I’ve done live so I do hope you enjoy it
Links !
Skin on instagram
https://www.instagram.com/skinphoto/?hl=en-gb
Transworld wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transworld_Skateboarding
The Dreams of Children
https://youtu.be/G8CZ9iCxpIE?si=wgqA8wjp_PUNNZDc
Sight Unseen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsEGLV28Jo0
Skin interview on North Skate mag
https://www.northskatemag.com/blogs/north-latest/skin-phillips-intervie
Coconut records west coast
https://youtu.be/mTzEp4CeWT8?si=pxAIVPyMtD8XLilC
