I don't think I had watched the "behind the scenes" video before for the first (second on this thread) Kuma video of Takeshi. If you go to 13:08, there is a long interview of him, with video of his early days skateboarding.
By the way, the Youtube version of the Odly Satisfying video has now over 6 million views. The Facebook version increased a little to 135 million views, with 1.7 million likes/wows/loves.