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I think that skateboarding has taught me to be patient, which I apply daily to making boots and shoes.<\/p>\n
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I mainly use skateboarding to clear my head when I have to much boot on my mind.<\/p>\n
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Also you look at most things slightly differently being a skateboarder, Like for example, where most people see a bench to sit on, a skateboarder sees a ledge to grind. I think this helps with my creative process for making boots.<\/p>\n
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I feel very inspired by Max Schaff. He builds some cool looking bikes. Motorcycles and that culture influence a lot of my work. I hope he will want a pair of my boots one day!<\/p>\n
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The No Comply Network is a very good idea to help the community.<\/p>\n
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I’m currently establishing my own brand of boots which will have its own website soon. I am also doing courses on how to make shoes, so that I can teach others how to make there own shoes and help them to understand just how much work goes into making them.<\/p>\n
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With Felix Jouanneau boots I am attempting to make an extremely hard wearing product that could potentially last you a life time if looked after properly and trying to stay way from the throw away fashion that sadly is very prevalent today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Felix is a skateboarder and bootmaker from London I …<\/p>\n