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This week we start back in the 80s where Rick takes me through his own creative career as well as the history of the skate scene in Dundee.
He went from college to a full time job as a graphic designer and then on to study Time Based Art at DJCAD. After staying around as a research assistant Rick taught himself how to cope websites and the rest is history really. He started up his own business and after several years running a company with a business partner it became time to go it alone as a freelancer once again.
Skating is such a prominent part of Rick’s life that it’s only just that we dedicate half the episode to it. He takes me through the early days of building ramps in disused warehouses and the misconceptions that come with skate culture. Through the 90s and some terrible pre-fabbed metal skateparks to the early 2000s where we see the rise of concrete skateparks and in Dundee the creation of Dudhope skatepark.
It’s a lovely meandering journey through two prominent elements of Rick’s life.
