How did the two of you connect to found Clown Skateboards?
Boardman: We knew each other from the music and art scenes in London.
Malik: So this guy I didn’t know had been asking around about me and we just become mates.

Can you each describe your roles in the company, both in its initial run and now?

We both did everything as it was just the two of us at the start, So Jeff was building the team, I ‘d be
phoning the shops, we’d both be putting stuff into boxes and going to the post office for dispatch. We’d
both share the load of driving to jams, setting up Jeff would connect with the local skaters and our team,
I’d be on the decks or driving for supplies. We were both sharing our worlds and networks as you’d
probably call it today (scenes really) but if there was any steering it was Jeff leading on skate and art and
Vikas leading on music. But we were just too busy doing it to think about it too much.