Poet Olly Todd Joins Palace Skateboards' Creative Universe

Olly Todd, a former professional skateboarder turned poet, is featured as part of Palace Skateboards' creative universe in a recent interview. Todd, whose poetry collections include 'Out for Air' (Penned in the Margins, 2022) and 'Good Ground' (Broken Sleep Books, 2026), discusses his dual identity as a skater and writer, noting that 'poems are where I live and skating is who I am.' He cites inspiration from poets such as Kleinzahler, Seidel, Lowell, Glück, Hofmann, Hughes, Berryman, Olds, Laird, and Siobhan Walker, as well as music figures like Jim Morrison, who led him to Beat literature. Todd is currently finishing a third collection and beginning a new book that may become a novel in verse. The interview also includes his favorite restaurant, Philippe's in Los Angeles. Palace Skateboards, founded in 2009 by Lev Tanju and Gareth Skewis, has Stuart Hammond as lead creative, a founding member of the Palace Wayward Boys Choir. The feature is part of a series highlighting the diverse talents within Palace's creative network.