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month. I had to go to school
barely being able to open
my mouth. It sucked. Of all
the places you've been,
what has the best scene?
Where I live is the best place
I've ever skated, but you just
can't skate there all year. Cali-
fomia's pretty fun to skate. Do
you skate more at home or
on the road? Probably about
the same because I skate
everyday either way. Even if
you're hurt? Lately I haven't
been really dealing with too
much pain. The tricks are
more technical than burly.
What's your advice to your
potential board buyers? I
just want to say something
about how people shoot.
videos. Go ahead. It seems
like, usually, when I skate, 1
don't have fun at all. Easy
tricks that you can do every
time, that's where you get
the fun. But not when you're
trying tricks that are so hard
you can only make them once
in a while. It seems like
videos are almost fake nowa
days because anybody can
make anything in three hun-
dred tries. Then there are
people who are pretty consis-
tent at that. Eric Koston is
one. Rick Howard's pretty
consistent. Yeah, he's pretty
rad, definitely. Who are the
raddest guys in the world?
Bill Wiess is pretty gnarly,
altogether. Mike Frazier is
too. How come you guys
haven't had a video out in a
long time? It's been taking
longer than we had thought.
It'll be out in a couple of
months, by summer for sure.
Can you drink and skate? |
only drink if it's after I've
been skating. I can't really
skate at all when I have any
beer. What's your favorite
beer in Canada? Molson
Canadian. How can you tell
if a guy likes Moosehead? I
don't know, how can you
tell? Antler marks on his
thighs. What size wheels do
you ride? Thirty-nine-and-a-
half. Oh my God, you are a
low rider, completely. Have
you ever rid-continued page 64)
Home for the holidays, Thomas
found himself on familiar
stomping grounds. 180°
kickflips are in whether
they are down or across.