{"id":316187,"date":"2021-04-27T10:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T10:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/?page_id=316187"},"modified":"2023-06-28T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:02:54","slug":"josh-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/josh-simpson\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"
@bbillyyy<\/a><\/p>\n Josh Simpson is a skater and filmmaker based in South London.<\/strong><\/p>\n His artistic skate edits capture the lines and bangers of his crew at a series of well-known and lesser seen South London skate spots from the viewpoint of his lens. From watching them you see he’s crafted a solid creative standpoint and a strong perspective on how he presents his films and passion for visual aesthetic.<\/strong><\/p>\n But one of the main things you’ll notice from them is that Josh rips on a skateboard. He can seriously shred street and transition. He’s got an all-round knowledge of great skating – from documenting his talented friends tricks to fully throwing it down himself – so we had to find more about him, his films, creative process and skateboarding. <\/strong><\/p>\n So on the day of the release of his latest edit Cold we caught up with him to chat about <\/strong>the video but then we had a longer conversation about his previous releases. <\/strong>We were hyped on his films and opinions on skating and creativity, so we asked him to join The No Comply Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are stoked Josh is now a member and are looking forward to see the films he will create in the future. <\/strong><\/p>\n Read his member interview to discover how he first got into filmmaking, the stories behind producing his edits – Endless Blue, Perseverance 2020 and Cold, why he likes shooting on Super 8, the meaning behind his abstract series Life as I Know It, the hardest thing about filming skating in South London, Southbank, Kyle Wilson, Zach and Adam Delarue, Mile End, passing time over Lockdown, his thoughts on creativity and skateboarding, Billy Wells, photography, The Gravesend Crew, shredding ledges, his favourite skaters, spots, videos and photos of all-time and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read The Josh Simpson Interview below to find out for yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joshua Martin Simpson<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was originally born in London but moved to Medway in Kent when I was 7 with my mother and brother.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now I currently live in Brockley in South London.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My first time seeing skating was through the Tony Hawk’s games; I used to skate when I was really young, around Year 4-5 in school, on a shitty Argos board. My friend’s mother used to take us to the local indoor skate park unit 1, but then I stopped and didn\u2019t get back into it till I was about 15.<\/p>\n I was at a party and my friend Max Watson, who I didn\u2019t know at the time, outed me for wearing some Osiris snakeskin Hi-Tops when I didn’t skate at the time – I got the typical \u201cwhy are you wearing those shoes when you don\u2019t skate?\u201d. I swear the very next day I started skating again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My first proper skateboard was from my best friend at the time, George Read.<\/p>\n He had this The Firm deck which was water logged and really bust up but it worked and I was stoked.<\/p>\n I then remember driving all the way down to SS20 from London with my dad to get my first fresh setup.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I had a Soy Panday Landscape deck, black and yellow Ventures, Bones wheels and Bones bearings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
What\u2019s your full name?<\/h1>\n
So where did you grow up?<\/h1>\n
Right. Where do you live now?<\/h1>\n
So when did you first see skateboarding?<\/h1>\n
When did you first get a skateboard?<\/h1>\n
What setup did you get?<\/h1>\n