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John Rattray

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Excerpts from a Zine I haven’t made yet: Flight Response is an ongoing effort to examine the world we live in. It’s shaped by the filter of my skate-dad, Northeast-Scotland-diaspora brain. It’s intended as a slower-paced reflection; rather than the dopamine blasters of our current era. This post is like a Zine for the video. To give it a cover, I had Photoshop expand the left edge of the image which inspires me to imagine… what if the Banchory park was expanded in real life to create some sort of concrete mogul-field track through the trees there and around to the deck of the bowl? It could be slightly elevated on pier posts. What if? What if there were smooth Granite slabs embedded in the hillside such that people could sit, rest, chat, watch, eat a sandwich while observing the session from that elevated vantage point? Maybe the bottom step would be skateable. The subject of the photo is of course a No-Comply. In it physics has led to the exposure of a small section of midlife midriff. These days I am sent adverts suggesting if I do this or that exercise routine then my midriff could become like the abs of Cristiano. For now, I scroll past those adverts. Mainly, I hope this effort brings some joy and/or inspiration in the far-more-challenging-than-advertised activities of life and parenting in the 21st Century. by @ratt_ray
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a month ago
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Link in my bio for the video read-through of the Why So Sad? Comic developed with @jon_horner, @brduncper, @pushtoheal, @chjsorg & @nikesb Please take a few minutes to give it a watch/listen. Please share the link wherever and with whomever you think will find something helpful in the story and the concepts. These ideas have helped me take this thing we call ‘mental health’ and see that 1) It is less mysterious than I thought. It is physical (it’s our brain and nervous system) and, 2) We understand how it works much better than even just a few years ago, which gives us a much better fighting chance at learning to manage and heal. I hope you get something helpful from it ❤️ by @ratt_ray
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4 years ago
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Episode 2 of Flight Response (an audio-element of the Why So Sad? project) is up at link in bio. For this one, I took the text that Alex Irvine and I created for Free Skate Mag last year and made the audio version. @alx_irv_photo @freeskatemag If you take a listen, let me know what you think. Hopefully, I’ll manage to do some more, create new stuff, and post more than once a year 😂 🐌 I included a couple of my favorite photos from that Free Mag article. Original nose manual with book by @shigeophoto Portrait by Oliver @oliverbarton BSNB in Sidney, Australia, by O’Meally @mikeomeally by @ratt_ray
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2 years ago
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Two weeks out from presenting with @ratt_ray at the Pathways to Prevention Symposium in Banff. . Art in the video (and from these comics) by @jon_horner. . Info is still in my bio, tickets are still available, and we definitely still hope to see you there! . #whysosad? #pushtoheal #yourbrainonsport by @ratt_ray
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3 days ago
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@ratt_ray in #dyingtolive 2002 📼✨ @zeroskateboards filmed by @frekleface @jamiethomas 🎥✨ #johnrattray #memoryscreen by @ratt_ray
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a month ago
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@theloadingbayglasgow is built into an old whiskey depot and is run by good people doing great work. It has plenty to keep you rolling and a coffin for a little healthy carpe diem…memento mori. by @ratt_ray
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2 months ago
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I spent July visiting a ton of skateparks in Scotland and England as a dad. I then spent some time editing it into a 20-minute relaxing skatepark Odyssey. It is the third installment in a series called, Flight Response. It’s captured for posterity at the link in my bio. I am not sure if there is a point to it. I think it captures the ways I stay well. The ways I keep my head above water. I hope you are finding ways to be well. This photo is of a Mayday next to Nessie’s head, above water, in Inverness. by @ratt_ray
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2 months ago
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Exploring Scotland and England, considering skateparks, during the Summer of 2026 with my kid. We stopped by more but here’s a few examples of where we went and what happened between our 6 wheels. Sweepers, Scooters, No-Complies, Ollies, Rock-and-rolls, 360s, 360-flips, at Cults, Torry, Bridge of Don, Corby, Glasgow, Oldmeldrum, Banchory, Stonehaven, Aberdeen Beach, Arbroath, Denburn Health Centre, Westburn Park, and Inverness… by @ratt_ray
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2 months ago
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Pure flavor • Transworld - Videoradio, 2001 by @ratt_ray
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4 months ago
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Man. This was never a make. I grinded through the kink to the end twice out of maybe 15 or 20 tries. I had to end the session because my girlfriend had finished her shift at La Stella. She was waiting for me in nearby coffee shop, and by this stage Gary had impressed into me the importance of being punctual. I thought maybe there would be a chance to go back. It’s a lesson. At the coffee shop we made a plan to leave Aberdeen, live in Barcelona for the summer, get married and see where things took us from there. I always reckon if I’d composed myself and gone in a fraction more, got my center of gravity four more inches forward, given it three more tries, I could have popped off the end to the pavement and we’d have got that clip. Qué será será as Diego always says. You say that. Right? @labucha This short essay is titled 55/45. It was made possible by @alx_irv_photo @alexanderdouglascraig @philipparattray @garybrownephotos by @ratt_ray
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5 months ago
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The latest ‘Your Brain On Sport’ is online at the link in my bio. Shared here are a few excerpts. This one is inspired by something Nicole H and I spoke about as part of the Why So Sad? project. In this one we also meet up with Coach Alecia Ivery and get a small glimpse into the thought and care she applies to her work in youth Hoops program, Girls in the Game. Big thanks to @brduncper , @pushtoheal , @chjsorg , @meganbartlettchjs , @coach_a.ivery_ , @girlsinthegame , @nicolehause and @jon_horner for the work that went into it, and @nikesb for hosting the online version. by @ratt_ray
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6 months ago
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The Comic Release Event for our newest Your Brain on Sport comic, Healing Through Hoops, is in the books! . This comic is a partnership with @ratt_ray and Why So Sad? @brduncper @nikesb @meganbartlettchjs @chjsorg @hull_services . The Your Brain on Sport comic series is a learning aid for NM-Sport, which comes out of the work of Dr. Bruce Perry and the Neurosequential Network. . Huge thanks to @nicolehause @coach_a.ivery_ @girlsinthegame for the incredible work you all do and your willingness to be featured in the comic, to @drinktempl for keeping attendees hydrated, to @skatelife.calgary for all you did over the weekend and for the Calgary skate scene more generally, and to @nvrlnd.yyc for hosting us! . Comic art by the amazing @jon_horner and based on that art, comic release curated by @_reagancole_ . Thanks to @rattray for an inspiring and educational presentation and to @mccranker for being a part of this event and the rest of the weekend. . Our hope is that we can keep doing comics and events like this to keep these critical conversations going and help more people in skateboarding, sport, and the broader community understand the power of sport to support regulation, connection, and healing. . 🎥 and edit @ma77allen @flyingfoxproductions . #yourbrainonsport #healingthroughhoops #pushtoheal by @ratt_ray
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7 months ago
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