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Wing it. No \u2013 I\u2019m sure, like me, everyone looks back at things they did and thinks, \u2018What was I thinking?\u2019 But obviously you get influenced by everything day to day. I\u2019ve grown up at my grandparents\u2019 pub in Leicester, so a lot of graphics have been influenced from that.<\/p>\n
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No, no chance. My best friend Darryl does all the designs. Any DVD cover, poster and graphic of any sort has all been him. I\u2019ve always been interesting in filming and editing \u2013 that\u2019s my department. Having him do all the artwork has made me never want to learn anything graphic-wise, as I love everything he comes up with. I feel like, after nine years, bringing something out with art he didn\u2019t design would ruin it as a series, if you can call it that. Extremely grateful for all he\u2019s done.<\/p>\n
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Normally, the approach is go to the pub with Darryl, sit there for ten hours trying out my shit ideas. Next day, realise it was a terrible idea for a cover, he deletes it, finally admits my idea was shit and does his own thing.<\/p>\n
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Callun (right). Photo: Leo Sharp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yeah, Sam is the reason I got into filming. I met Sam in 2008-ish at the Boardroom and used to film little edits with him. He moved to London and sold me his camera, and I\u2019ve been filming ever since. Stoked on all his work for VICE.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Me too, 100 percent. Naturally talented skateboarder. He could mostly be found at Victoria Park cruising about when I was younger. I hadn\u2019t started skating when the old Leicester skate shop Casino\u2019s video was being filmed, so I missed seeing his tricks firsthand. I believe he does something to do with woodwork now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yeah, Paul Alexander was always at the Quay, a popular skate spot in Leicester, when I first started skateboarding. Undoubtedly he has one of the best frontside kickflips of all time. Silly pop and would circle the quay not bailing a flatland trick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Andy and Casino killed it. I grew up dodging college and hanging out in Casino. I ended up working there. They did loads of shop boards and clothes for cheap. My favourite memories were the \u201cKing of Lesta\u201d Competitions they did \u2013 a little fun version of [Thrasher<\/em>\u2018s] King of the Road: loads of stupid challenges and tricks to do at local spots. They would do a premiere to watch everyone\u2019s edits.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I remember my parents dropping me at Boardroom the first week it opened. It was a second home, that place. Most of my friends I met through the boardroom. Dave, who owned it, did so much for the Leicester scene over the years. He moved location, then Chris Straw and Sam North took over for a few years. It closed down earlier this year, which is absolutely gutting. Everyone needs to make sure they don\u2019t take their local park for granted and support it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I don\u2019t really want to give it to him, but most things Eric Thomas has done. Every comp he would go off and do something even more daft than the previous year. He didn\u2019t come off his board much at Boardroom \u2013 was great to watch. Over recent years, Shaz and Shumba started working there, so skated it 24\/7. They destroyed it towards the end. Hopefully we get a new indoor park soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nSo you\u2019re from Leicester \u2013 you must have known Sam Taylor<\/h1>\n
I wanted to chat a bit about the Leicester scene. Where is Luke Walker these days? <\/strong><\/h1>\n
What about Paul Alexander? He\u2019s another Leicester legend, and Bristolian filmmaker Tim Crawley\u2019s documentary about his story and talent on a board touched so many people.<\/h1>\n
Casino was a special, proper skate shop. Did you know Andy \u201cSimps\u201d Simpson and Casino well, or was that before your time?<\/h1>\n
You\u2019ve filmed a lot of footage at the Boardroom Skatepark, which closed its doors recently. What are some of your favourite moments from there?<\/h1>\n
What was your favourite trick done there that you saw\/filmed?<\/h1>\n
When did you start Get Lesta and where can people get a hold of everything you\u2019ve done?<\/h1>\n
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