In this episode I revisit a conversation I had with, photographer, journalist and trainee clinical psychologist, Alex Irvine. The conversation was to accompany a skate career retrospective (my skate career) in Free Skate Mag. Rather than a standard Q and A, I sent Alex a couple of thought starters and then we let the conversation […]
Tag Archives: Aberdeen
The Gulls of Aberdeen
The rooftops of Aberdeen are rarely silent. Quiet moments here and there are soon broken by that crucial call to action.
Storytime Part 1
The Predatory Bird comic is the result of a troubling social media exchange between a morose, desperate, aging pro skater and a bright, talented, young artist. The benevolent souls over at Thrasher Magazine have been kind enough to publish the print version each month
The ramp in the park
Aberdeen is on the North East coast of Scotland. The harbour there, at the mouth of the river Dee, has been in commercial use since 1136 according to records, but the Dee estuary was probably utilised as a port for many moons preceding that. For a long time Aberdeen’s economy was centered around fishing, textiles, […]