Gina Gardiner & Friends with Michael Brooke on The Power of Reflection Part 1

Brushwood Media Network · Aug 18, 2026 · 50m

Meet Michael Brooke Born in Leeds, England, Michael Brooke moved to Canada in 1972 and took his first skateboard ride three years later and never really stopped. Over the next four decades, he built platforms across publishing, music, Xerox, television, nonprofit work, and systems thinking. In 1999, his book The Concrete Wave sold more than 42,000 copies and helped revive global interest in skateboarding history and longboarding culture. That work later led to Concrete Wave Magazine, which reached more than 100,000 readers worldwide and became one of the most recognized voices in the…