Origin Story with David McIntosh Jr11 Mai

#153 Andy Macdonald: X-Games Champ & Olympic Skateboarder on Failure, Discipline & Joy

Andy Macdonald is a skateboarding legend, Team GB Olympian, 23-time X Games medallist and officially the oldest Olympic skateboarder in history.

In this episode of Origin Story, Andy Macdonald sits down with David McIntosh Jr for a funny, thoughtful and surprisingly inspiring conversation about Scottish roots, skateboarding culture, vert skating, Team GB, the Olympics, X Games, fatherhood, risk, discipline, Livingston Skatepark, making money as a pro skater, and how on earth he is still flying around ramps at 51 years old.

From growing up skating in New England and Boston, to discovering his family connection to Dumfries, getting British citizenship, representing Team GB at the Paris Olympics, and becoming one of the most decorated skateboarders of all time, Andy explains what it takes to stay world-class across multiple generations of skateboarding.

This is a conversation about longevity, identity, counterculture, fatherhood, clean living, Scottish pride, Olympic history, and what skateboarding can teach you that school never could.

Or, to put it more simply: a poor Scottish podcaster asks a 51-year-old skateboarding icon how he’s still less scared of halfpipes than most of us are of sending an email.

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