Julian Lewis discusses being born in Korea and adopted into a family in Connecticut, moving to Long Beach to skate with his friends, cold-emailing random skate company’s as a kid, paying a filmer $60 for his first sponsor-me part, how Mike Sinclair and his Analog part got him on Foundation, finding out he got on Foundation from an Instagram post, Corey Glick calling him “kind of weird,” getting on Etnies through Aiden Campbell, recording skate sounds for EA Skate, working at Long Beach Skate and much more!
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Julian Lewis
00:00:19 Long Beach, Cherry Park, and the Belmont pool ledges
00:02:17 Born in Korea, adopted, raised in Connecticut
00:06:03 How he got on Foundation Skateboards
00:06:16 Cold-emailing random skate company’s as a kid
00:07:48 Paid $60 for his first sponsor-me part
00:10:05 First board sponsor: Frontyard Funk
00:11:15 Enjoy → Expedition → hopping to Birdhouse
00:14:25 Birdhouse cuts flow → Foundation
00:16:16 The Analog part that made Mike Sinclair bite
00:16:47 Moves to Long Beach, works at Staples, overthinks skating with his heroes
00:18:00 Quits the job, lives on the stimmy check, films through COVID
00:20:42 Finds out he’s on Foundation from an Instagram post
00:24:18 50-50 in Stars and Moon
00:27:05 Why he didn’t mesh with the team at first
00:28:49 Corey Glick thought “He’s kind of weird”
00:31:00 How Aiden Campbell got him on Etnies
00:32:01 Kelly and Julian talk touring together
00:34:40 Second-story drop 50-50 first try
00:37:47 Lisbon wallride nollie flip (Brad Cromer inspiration)
00:41:05 Untouched Lisbon rail
00:45:57 Part ender: 10-gap-9, security in the run-up
00:57:59 He recorded the skate sounds for EA Skate
01:05:53 Working at Long Beach Skate
01:06:50 Fingerboarding deep dive: DIY parks, Flatface, Mike Schneider
01:13:35 What’s next: Etnies full-length + Foundation project
01:21:13 Merch swap, LB Skate gifts, and wrap
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