Episode 36 - Yurii Korotun

2022-11-28

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Episode 36 with Yurii Korotun, skateboarder, producer, skate teacher and mentor from Ukraine. Together we discussed him growing up and picking up a board in Klavdievo near Kyiv, working in film production for a few years aside from his skating career, moving with his family to Hanover, Germany right before the war started in Ukraine in February 2022, giving skate lessons to young kids (among whom are Ukrainian refugees) at the Gleis D Skatehalle, filming for « Pushing Saves », a short documentary about his work by Torsten Frank for Adidas, hi...

Episode 36 with Yurii Korotun, skateboarder, producer, skate teacher and mentor from Ukraine.

Together we discussed him growing up and picking up a board in Klavdievo near Kyiv, working in film production for a few years aside from his skating career, moving with his family to Hanover, Germany right before the war started in Ukraine in February 2022, giving skate lessons to young kids (among whom are Ukrainian refugees) at the Gleis D Skatehalle, filming for « Pushing Saves », a short documentary about his work by Torsten Frank for Adidas, his next projects…

Intro (00:13)
Getting started (01:13)
Working in film production (09:21)
Starting skateboarding (12:02)
Sponsors (17:54)
Leaving Ukraine (22:47)
Arriving in Germany (28:27)
Skate lessons at Gleis D (31:16)
Trip to Berlin to premiere « Pushing Saves » (45:17)
What’s next? (51:08)
How can the listeners help you out, and help Ukraine? (01:00:12)
Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:02:57)
Friends questions (01:04:52)
Conclusion (01:27:57)

For more information and resources (as well as some links to some charities and organizations recommended by Yurii to support Ukraine and Ukrainians): https://linktr.ee/beyondboards

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