Felix Weatherall makes music as Ross From Friends For me, there has always been an important relationship between skateboarding and music. Not only in a directly audio-visual sense, which you see often in a skaters’ music choice in their video part that often epitomises their personality and tastes but you also see it …
Alisdair Smith is a skater and artist from Birmingham As skateboarders we all understand that we have an ability to read architecture in a different way to other people. It’s a uniquely creative skill. But its not just seeing a rail or a ledge as a skateable object, it’s the fact we consider …
Helena is a pro skater, illustrator and musician My name is Helena Long. I skate a lot, drum a lot, work a lot and enjoying illustrating things here and there. I think skateboarding and the other artistic,creative things that you do always overlap and feed off each other. What I particularly enjoy …
Ozzie is a skater and director It’s that age old thing that everyone kind of knows and understands, skateboarding and filmmaking go hand in hand. I know quite a few people who started making films through skateboarding and then gradually moved on to other avenues. Skateboarding generally has no set way of …
George is a skateboarder and film-maker based in London I guess when I’m filming I try to make everything look as interesting and captivating as possible. For me that means getting super close to the person I’m filming and in front of them too if possible. I like to create a lot of …
Phil is a skater and filmmaker who lives in Malmo Sweden I wish I could be more creative on my skateboard but I’m pretty rubbish… So, I guess the creative opportunity for me comes when I get to live vicariously through people I skate with who are better or more original than me …
Dan is a skateboarder and illustrator from London A lot of my inspiration for drawings and paintings come from my roots in skateboarding. My everyday observation of space and architecture is influenced by searching for skate spots in my early days of skating. This perspective has found its way into my illustration, …
Arran Gregory is an artist and skateboarder I think art and skateboarding go hand in hand, I think they both come from a place of playfulness. It’s a very self disciplined form of playfulness. I think a lot of people who skate grow up with creative outlets and work in creative industries because they’ve …
Felix is a skateboarder and bootmaker from London I think that skateboarding has taught me to be patient, which I apply daily to making boots and shoes. I mainly use skateboarding to clear my head when I have to much boot on my mind. Also you look at most things slightly differently …
Nick is a pro skater and artist who runs Isle Skateboards Skateboarding and making art both inspire me. I started skating because I saw some cool looking kids doing trick on a park bench and from then on I knew I had to do it too. It’s the same with painting. I would …
Jerome is a pro skater and photographer I really feel that skateboarding and photography, although, obviously incredibly different, share heaps of similarities. I guess the most fundamental connection between the two is creative vision. In both you’re always constantly searching for that one image, or spot, or that one line. or sequence …
Jean-Charles is a skater who runs Hotel Radio Paris I used to work as an international banker but after 10 years away from France, I’m back in Paris working on Hotel Radio Paris. As a kid, I mainly discovered new music from skate videos. Skateboarding is such a large culture you can discover …
Neil is a skateboarder and artist who illustrates and paints When I think about it, I picture the origin of true skateboard graphics as the time when skateboarders started too design their own pro board graphics and put their personality in the mix like Neil Blender did. The graphics that he and others …
Kyan is a skateboarder and musician from London England Skateboarding is the reason I ended up making music. My first proper job came from skating on the street and meeting a director who got me a job at a studio in Soho, this led to me making music for adverts and releasing Drum …
Zin is a skater and painter from Lithuania living in London My full name is Zilvinas Vaitiekunas but everyone knows me as Zin. I skate and make paintings and also experiment with other forms of visual art, like film-making. In my experience art and skateboarding are very related. When I take a …
Tom is a skateboarder and photographer I don’t know why visual arts have such a great tie with skateboarding – I mean, many have commented on the natural creativity that comes with skateboarding; creativity in terms of movement, style and adaptability. Skateboarding is at times as intricate and elegant as any form of …
Biko is a skater and artist from London I’ve never really thought about the connection between skateboarding and making art too much. Although, there’s definitely a similarity in the thought process. In the same way that you might imagine how a skate trick will look and feel, you can visualise how a piece …
Mikey is a skater and artist who’s living in Tokyo, Japan I’ve always had respect for technical ability in art and skateboarding although this alone has never held my interest for very long. When I look at skating and art, I’m drawn quite naturally to things I feel connected to, so I get …
Chewy is a pro skater sponsored by Palace and adidas Basically I see skating as recreating what you see in the vision of your mind. You see. You imagine. You create. Like any art really. A lot of my influence comes from the people and places around me and also music can help …
Ash is a skateboarder and artist from Birmingham, England There’s a strong connection between skateboarding and illustration. On virtually every skate product there’s a rich, diverse range of illustrations. Every skater knows different skate brand styles. As skaters we’re all connected to the range of visual identities, brands and artists within skate culture. …
Chris is a skater who runs Science Skateboards Skateboarding and creativity go hand in hand. The very nature of skateboarding is to be creative since we utilise the streets and architecture in ways that they were never intended to be used. Ideas, experience and thoughts combine to create a style, flow and a …
Jonnie is a skateboarder and photographer based in London I think the connection between skateboarding, photography and film is harmonious. Growing up skateboarding, I think there is the natural urge to record what you’re doing and that ultimately develops and becomes more creative and then sometimes becomes a career. That’s pretty much how …
Fos is a skateboarder and artist who runs Heroin Skateboards My urge to skate, paint, design, film tricks and edit videos all come from the same place. I think skateboarding, making art and my creative process are all related. That was my problem with art school – they’re so quick to pigeonhole you …
Si Peplow is a skater and artist from Birmingham Skateboarding and art are inextricably linked – one informs the other & vice versa. Both are legit lifestyle pursuits which require boundless energy, creativity, imagination, contemplation, integrity and heart. Skateboarding did and still does underpin the decisions I make, the path I’m on …
Neil is a skater and musician from Birmingham I like playing in bands and there’s so many aspects of skating that you can take in to your music, and I am liable to bend your ears about that, especially when I’ve had a drink or two. I think the most important thing I take …
Joe Gavin is a pro skater, artist and filmmaker I think I’m one of those people who always wants to make something. Whether it’s skateboarding, film, art or whatever! I just need to keep busy and all those things tie into my life perfectly. Skateboarding influences everything to me not just film. …
Kyle is a skater and illustrator based in London My name is Kyle Platts, I grew up in Sheffield and I’ve been living in South East London since 2008. I think the key to making art and to skateboarding is that you have to enjoy them in the first place. Both of those …
Eloise is a skater and artist What do you think about skateboarding, making art and your creative process I’ve always seen art and skateboarding as very similar creative outlets – that’s why the two fields cross over in so many areas. You’re creating something out of nothing in both art and skateboarding, putting a thought …
SENDAWG is a skateboarder and hiphop musician “I MAKE MUSIC AND SKATE BECAUSE I ENJOY TO CREATE”
Grant is a skater and photographer based in London If it wasn’t for skateboarding, I probably wouldn’t be doing any of the things that I do right now. Becoming a photographer was simply a byproduct of me being a skateboarder and spending time in the streets and seeing things that needed to be …
Alice is a music writer and skate culture fan based in London I write mostly for Wax Poetics and have interviewed hip hop artists such as Prince Paul, Shock G, Souls of Mischief, and Bishop Nehru. In Wax Poetics issue 61, I wrote the front cover feature on Bishop Nehru and also a …
Jack is a skater and filmer for Palace Skateboards Generally my creative process when I film skateboarding is that I try to make the spot that I’m filming at look good and get the best angles. Usually I attempt to get the front of the skater in shot because I think it looks better …
Rob shoots photos, skates and runs Eastern Skate Mag I’m a skateboarder first and foremost but I’m also a photographer and I film sometimes. I run a skate mag called Eastern. I also work a 9-5 for an engineering company who make recovery trucks. Skateboarding was probably one of the main reasons I …
Dan is a skater and artist Well firstly, I feel that if it wasn’t for skateboarding, I wouldn’t have ended up getting into drawing and design. The designs and illustrations in skateboarding are part of what drew me to it in the first place. I think that my approach to skateboarding and design …
Jamie is a skateboarder and artist based in London Painting and design are becoming more and more the focus of my life after I finally realised what I want to pursue and I’ve got skateboarding to thank for that! I did a fine art degree at Brighton University for 3 years which was …
Leo is a skater and a prolific UK skate photographer I’ve ridden a skateboard since about the age of 10 years old. I got my first camera at aged 7 and have enjoyed photography ever since. I never really took it that seriously until I started to document my friends riding skateboards. This …
James Harris is a skater and filmer from Bristol Most people know me as a skateboard videographer, which is something I’m extremely passionate about. I’ve worked on many skateboard company videos and a few independent projects. My day job consists of creating cancer and science based videos. These are used in a …
Nev is a skater and designer from Manchester In my eyes skateboarding and design are at one. They go hand in hand. It’s the same process. For example when I design a logo, I draw a load of rough ones, pick one and digitalise it. When I skate I tend to mess …
Sophia is a photographer who works at CERN in Geneva When I shot photographs for LLSB I met a bunch of creative people and skateboarding really pushed my photography. There’s a strong relationship between skateboarding and photography. The best part of photographing skaters is being able to share the photos with them and …
Jon is a skater and musician based in London I’ve played with Notorious Hi-fi Killers, Joeyfat, Unhome and produced music with Duke Garwood, Alexander Tucker and Part Chimp. My music’s been used by the BBC and I’ve composed music for fringe theatre productions. It’s a real stoker to join The No Comply Network. …
Joe is a skater and artist I ride my skateboard and make pictures and I owe a lot, if not all of my interest in illustration and art in general to skateboarding. Skateboarding opened me up to a whole world of art and music which I would have otherwise would probably never have …
Joel is a skateboarder and photographer based in Berlin My initial intrigue in photography was a direct result of skateboarding and specifically seeing Leo Sharp shooting at the MK Buszy when I was a kid and soon after seeing the resulting photo on the cover of Sidewalk Magazine. I was completely blown away. …
Rogie is a skater and photographer-filmmaker I’m a photographer and filmmaker, mostly working in the documentary world at the moment, and I’m also pro for Heroin Skateboards when my stupid chalk knees permit. I think skateboarding, photography and film are inseparable. Skateboarding is completely visual, whether in real life or after the …
Glen Fox is a skater and artist who’s Pro for Magenta Skateboards The paintings that I make are often quite detailed and hectic. I like them to be concentrated so it takes the observer a while to look at them. They are very abstract filled with facial features linked all around the painting …
Leon is a skater and designer living in Stockholm, Sweden Street beers with homies, drifting from spot to spot, making connections with new people, places and immediate surroundings whilst sonic treats are delivered to you eardrums. It’s even better when you view some unknown crew’s latest video offering or watch your friend land …
Darren is a skateboarder and illustrator My work often promotes off-kilter character-driven concepts and it has been exhibited in galleries nationwide and internationally. I’ve worked occasionally within the skateboard industry and on commercial projects. I dedicate all my time to creating new works and the search for undiscovered walls to paint and …
Jim is a skater and filmmaker from Manchester For me, skateboarding is intrinsically linked with the need to document the act itself. I got into filming skateboarding because as a kid the ‘filmer guy’ in my crew gave it up, but I felt strongly that somebody needed to be capturing all of the …
Trav is a skateboarder and artist based in Devon, England The No Comply Network will bring creative people who are enthused and guided in some way by skateboarding together. Skateboarding offers so much in opening minds to so many other ways of thinking, at least it has to me.
Jeremy is a skater and artist sponsored by Magenta Skateboards Skateboarding and painting go hand in hand. I feel like some of the abstract shapes I create on a canvas mirror the act of skating sometimes; The spontaneous flicks, adjustments feel like instinctive movements, like the spacial awareness you have in the moment when …
