Episode 110 - Mike Carroll

Episode 110 - Mike Carroll

From Beyond Boards by Beyond Boards

October 13, 2025 · 3h 11m

About this episode

Mike Carroll discusses his life and career as a professional skateboarder, including his beginnings in San Francisco and the founding of Girl Skateboards.

Episode 110 with Mike Carroll, professional skateboarder from Daly City, California. Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and starting skateboarding in San Francisco in the mid to late 80’s, coming up at Embarcadero in the early 90’s and filming for the Plan B videos, starting Girl Skateboards alongside Rick Howard, Megan Baltimore and Spike Jonze in 1993 which throughout the years has become a staple in skateboarding culture and much more through surprise questions from friends of his. (00:13) – Intro (01:25) – Max Schaaf (09:49) – Sal Barbier (11:08) – Aaron Meza (14:26) – Pat Duffy (23:15) – Tobin Yelland (29:27) – Jacob Rosenberg (34:57) – The importance of style (37:43) – Josh Kalis (41:29) – John Cardiel (44:57) – James Kelch (45:56) – Lance Dawes (01:05:05) – Frank Gerwer (01:07:01) – PJ Ladd (01:08:14) – Sam Smyth (01:13:44) – Ted Barrow (01:37:59) – Greg Hunt (01:41:52) – Charlie Carroll (01:43:07) – Megan Baltimore (01:48:09) – Megan steps into the room (01:48:28) – Rick Howard (01:53:10) – Paulo Diaz (02:10:21) – Alex Olson (02:16:08) – Johannes Gamble (02:19:17) – Joey Tershay (02:20:09) – John Marello (02:23:58) – Jesus Fernandez (02:31:38) –…

People in this episode

Host: Beyond Boards

Guest: Mike Carroll

Topics covered

  • skateboarding
  • career
  • culture
  • friendship
  • style

Keywords

  • skateboarding
  • Mike Carroll
  • Girl Skateboards
  • Plan B
  • California

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Daly City, California, San Francisco

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