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Photo: Ant
Being an older gentleman myself, how do
you push pass the fear of getting injured?
I’m going to be honest, I’m turning 48 this week and
it does creep into my mind more than it used to. I’ve
been hurt a lot, I’ve had 5 knee surgeries and I need
another one. A lot of different shit but I think I once
I get going I forget about it, you know. I might think
about it once I first show up to the spot but I’m not
going to let it change the way I skate, that’s for sure
Also how proud are you to have a son that
rips just as hard as you?
More proud than words can even describe. Man that
kid, he’s been on skateboards since he was 1-1\2 , 2
years old. He’s been obsessed with it, I never pushed
it on him. He saw it, and he’s been around it and was
obsessed with it ever since. And he is gnarly man,
he’s scares the crap out of me, man he scares the
carp out of me but he is gnarly and he’s done that
all himself. He doesn’t listen to me and I don’t tell
him how to do tricks. I don’t do any of that, he does it,
that’s his deal and I’m extremely proud of not only
the young skater he is but the young man he is. It’s
pretty awesome to skate with him and for him to like
me. You know he’s 17 and we still hang out, so that’s
pretty cool.
Who did the filming when he slammed in
that waterslide?
That was me, and thank god I was looking through
the camera because when I look at it afterwards it
looked like he was dead.
That was a gnarly slam.
I ran down there because I heard it more than I
saw it and he jumped up and was ready to go again
immediately. Like I don’t really think he knew what
really happened and he was already just… cause that
thing is already scary to be in, and its illegal and everything
else and we were hyperventilating already
and he just jumped up took one more fall, a way more
graceful fall and then third time got it. Now that was
the second time he’s done that loop though, he just
wanted to do it front-side. He’s done it backside 2
years ago but he wanted to go back and get it frontside.
But man it was gnarly.
Thank you for the opportunity you have
given us to interview you. Do you have any
last words of wisdom?
Have fun. Find spots, build spots and give back to
skateboarding. Don’t just take, give back. Do whatever
it takes to make it grand, that’s what I think.
PLEASE EXIT THE POOL