"The Skin Phillips Story" on Big Rat TV

Originally posted on TransWorld SKATEboarding
By Blair Alley | Last updated Jan 29, 2025 3:05 PM ET

The bossest of bosses, Mr. Skin Phillips sat down and blessed another podcast with an interview. This time it's Big Rat TV, touting itself as "HOME OF “THE HURTS SO GOOD PODCAST” Presented by CESTO ONE featuring interviews and life stories of some of the worlds grittiest personalities." Sure Skin's seen, and photographed, his fair share of grittiness, but his body of work goes far beyond that. Sit down for an hour-long convo amid myriad spray cans and see what these two get into.

"EPISODE TWENTY ONE X @skinphoto

I WAS AT A GALLERY SHOW UP IN BRISTOL RECENTLY ,AMONGST THE GRAFF WRITERS, GALLERY OWNERS ,ARTISTS ECT, ONE GUY STOOD OUT FROM THE CROWD. “WHOS THAT?” I ASKED MY MATE . “OH THATS SKIN!” MY MATE REPLIED, “YOU SHOULD GET HIM ON YOUR PODCAST HE IS A LEGEND!” “WHY , WHO IS HE?” I ASKED! MY MATE JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD AND I INSTANTLY KNEW I WAS A NOB FOR NOT KNOWING !

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS SKIN PHILLIPS

WE TALK HOW THE WORLD FAMOUS SKATE PHOTOGRAPHER LEFT THE ROUGH OL STREETS OF SWANSEA AND WENT TO AMERICA TO CAPTURE SOME ICONIC MOMENTS IN SKATEBOARDING. ALSO HOW THE “ADIDAS SKIN’ TRAINER CAME ABOUT. SKIN TELLS US HOW HE DEALS WITH BI POLAR AND WHAT HES UP TO TODAY. TONY HAWK, BIGGIE SMALLS, HOWARD MARKS, GABRIEL BATISTUTA AND MARADONNA ALSO GET A MENTION, BUT THEYRE NOT THE IMPORTANT ONES HERE. WHATS IMPORTANT IS WE GOT TO HEAR THE LIFE STORY OF ONE OF LIFES REAL ONES!

CHEERS SKIN."

This article first appeared on TransWorld Skateboarding and was syndicated with permission.

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