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Beyond Boards | Amy Ellington

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Episode 82 with Amy Ellington, founder of KCDC Skateshop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Together they discussed her life and career, from growing up in Long Island, going to punk and hardcore shows as a teenager in the late 80’s/early 90’s, working as a party promoter for a few years until opening KCDC skateshop in 2001 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, running the shop for the last 23 years which has become a staple in NYC skate culture, and much more through surprise questions from friends of hers: Waylon Bone, Jaime Reyes, Eli Gesner, RB Umali, Jeremy Fish and Dylan Goldberger, Steve Rodriguez, Andre Razo, Anthony Pappalardo, Haylynn Conrad, Dave Waite from 35th Avenue Skateshop (Federal Way, WA), Dennis McNett, Jacob Sawyer from Slam City Skates (London), Andy Katz, Kelly Bird, Pat Smith, Alexis Papadopoulos, Vanessa Chiu, Borja Santiago and Pablo Garcia from Welcome Skateshop (Madrid), Brian Siswojo from 8FIVE2 shop (Hong Kong), Esteban Gomez, Abi Teixeira, Jake Keenan, Elisa Martini, Lindsey Byrnes, Erik Ellington and Benoit Gonsolin from Wall Street Skateshop (Lyon, France).

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