Skateboard King's guest appearances

Skateboard King

Sporting Witness

Talk to Me

Wayne Gretzky

Paul Simon

John Daly

Malcolm Gladwell

Chris Voss

Charlie Plumb

Chris Brogan

Ben Johnson

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Sanborn

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Jackie Robinson

Billy Mills

Ashley Fiolek

Emil Zatopek

OwlTail

Garold Vallie

Episode 40 of the "Talk To Me" podcast is an interview with R.J. King, the author of Detroit: Engine of America.  Episode 41 is a chat with Skateboard King, Garold Vallie.  When Garold Vallie was born he only weighed four pounds.  Then things really got hard.    Born with his feet facing each other, Garold had to wear painful Gatlin splints on his legs for the first two years of his life--and then he became The Skateboard King. Garold's become a kind of elder statesman for what is now a $4.8 billion industry with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. Skateboarding is now an Olympic event! So, Garold "Life Maverick" Vallie now does public speaking. He's a role model for the young skateboarders, especially in his town of Wyandotte, Michigan, where he's helping build a skate park for the sport he loves so much. You have to admire his zest for life and "can do" spirit. Check out Garold's red hot podcast and website for more info.

Episode 40 of the "Talk To Me" podcast is an interview with R.J. King, the author of Detroit: Engine of America.  Episode 41 is a chat with Skateboard King, Garold Vallie.  When Garold Vallie was born he only weighed four pounds.  Then things really got hard.    Born with his feet facing each other, Garold had to wear painful Gatlin splints on his legs for the first two years of his life--and then he became The Skateboard King. Garold's become a kind of elder statesman for what is now a $4.8 billion industry with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. Skateboarding is now an Olympic event! So, Garold "Life Maverick" Vallie now does public speaking. He's a role model for the young skateboarders, especially in his town of Wyandotte, Michigan, where he's helping build a skate park for the sport he loves so much. You have to admire his zest for life and "can do" spirit. Check out Garold's red hot podcast and <a href="https://garoldvallie.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> for more info.

E41: Garold Vallie, Skateboard King

In June 1999, the US skateboarder Tony Hawk made history by becoming the first person to perform a trick that was thought to be virtually impossible. At the X Games in San Francisco, Hawk successfully completed a “900” – flipping round two-and-half times before landing safely back on his board. Hawk’s feat was followed by the massively successful computer game Tony Hawk: Pro Skater, and is credited with sparking a boom in the sport. He talks to Freddy Chick. The programme is a Made-in-Manchester Production

Tony Hawk, skateboard king