In episode 18 Adam has a very heart opening conversation with professional skateboarder and psychedelic advocate Ryan Reyes. They discuss childhood trauma and what it was like growing up in troubled and drug addicted families. The discuss the overwhelming amount of skateboarders living with childhood trauma and how skateboarding has become the ultimate escape for them. Ryan talks about his path of healing through psychedelics, what it is like to be a modern professional skateboarder, and the challenges of dealing with the "old school" type thinking of many skateboarders and company owners. They also discuss the problem with discrimination, racism, and homophobia in skateboarding, and many other issues you wont want to miss.
Unfortunately there is still a very unhealthy old school mentality within the industry, its an unorganized and cut throat business with no room for anything that is not "cool" in their eyes. We really hope this podcast can begin to shed light on these issues and start to open up the doors for more people and companies to enter skateboarding in a positive light. We would love to see younger and older career skateboarders be respected and valued as people, not just the latest trend with a marketable look and dollar sign on their back. We hope you enjoy.
Links- cookecollective.com
Ryans Reyes Social - @ryrey
Cooke Social - @cookecollective @adamtcooke @funknastycooke
Intro Music - Evan Hatfield @evan_hatfield.mp3 & https://soundcloud.com/evan-hatfield
