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DELAMINATORS
WOODS
How old are
you and where
are you from?
Twenty-one,
and I'm from
Daly City.
Who do you
usually like to
skate with?
Whoever I'm
with, Embarca-
dero people.
Sponsors?
Venture and
New School.
What'd you like
to change in
skating?
Just the atti-
tudes of some
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"He threw my baseball hat in the fountain,
remember that?"-Colin McKay
Tell me your age
and where you live.
I'm seventeen and
"He's cleaning up his act."-Jeppy Hansen
"Little big man."-Sluggo
people wanting Why does everybody call Have you seen a lot for What do you hate about
to go pro and
not even skate.
What makes
you stoked on
skating?
Old videos.
The Blind video.
Have you ever
been harassed
for skating?
Always. At Em-
barcadero there
were a bunch
of police
that
came
down for
a straight
week, this posse
of cycles swoop-
ing everybody up,
arresting little kids
and taking their
boards. I never got
caught, though.
Do you travel?
To Sacramento
or San Diego, just
wherever. Just
pitch in gas money
and just go.
Any words of ad-
vice for the next
generation?
Yeah, just don't
get big-headed.
Don't worry about
the next man, just
worry about you.
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you Mega?
It started when I moved i
to Vancouver and skat
ed the Ranch with skin
tight Megadeth t-shirts.
How long have you been
smoking cigs?
Since I was eleven.
seventeen?
Yeah, I've seen some
really crazy stuff for my
age. But the more I see,
the more I learn.
Do you have a girlfriend?
Her name is Nicole and
she's nineteen.
Where do you like
to skate most?
In downtown
Vancouver mostly
There are a lot of
places to skate;
Ben Tall's, Gallery,
401 and Ranch. I
skate mostly with
my friend Jet, but
I also hang with
all the DT guys like
Ben, Mose, Colin,
Jeppy, Tony and
Sebastian.
skating the most?
People who sit around
and whine all day and
don't even skate.
Are the cops cracking
down on the skaters in
Vancouver?
They've assigned ten
local cops to all the new
spots and they chase us
around and treat us like
we're hardened criminals.
If they catch you, they
force us to focus our
boards then they give you
a ticket and take the
two pieces as evidence.
But I always get away, only
dorks get caught.
What your first board?
It was a Zellar's Headless
Horseman model, I main-
ly just cruised
I live in Santa Rosa.
When did you start
skateboarding?
In sixth grade I had
a Kevin Staab and I
started skating with
my brother. Now I
skate with just who
ever, my friends,
John, Brent, Scott
and Charlie.
Sponsors?
Alien Workshop
and Surf Plus.
Who did you first
look up to?
Hiked Mark Gonz-
ales and Natas, that's
pretty much it.
What kind of terrain
do you like?
I skate street
everyday, but I like
skating mini-ramps
or anything when I
get the chance.
What's your favorite
food and music?
I like Mexican
food, burritos, pizza,
rap, punk and heavy
metal. I like NOFX.
Where do you see
yourself two years
from now?
Still skating for fun
I heard you were
once accosted by a
man with a gun.
Yeah, I was skating
down the street and
Isaid, "What's up?"
to this guy at two
in the morning and
he's all, "Oh, what's
up? Do you want to
get smoked?" I'm
all, "No, that's cool."
Then he pulled out
this gun and he's all,
"Oh yeah, you bet
ter hop on your
skateboard and go
as fast as you can.
ing as fast as I could.
hit a crack and hella
fell, and he was
laughing, and I
thought I was going
to get shot, but I
think he was just
fucking with me.
Any final words?
What's up to my
friends John and
Justin, they're in jail.
And my friend, Sha-
And I started skat leena, that's it.
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Do you have a girlfriend?
No.
Have you ever been engaged
with a girlfriend before?
Have I had a girlfriend before?
Yeah, I've had a girlfriend before.
How long have you been riding?
It's been six years this sum-
mer. I started in the summer
before seventh
grade. Now, it's the
summer before my
college career.
What do you think
is happening with skate-
boarding right now?
Skating is going to get
more technical, it's
going to get more.
clean, it's just going
to progress fast
A lot of kids are
skating now.
and it's getting
to be more of
a trend now
because of the
clothes skaters
wear and now-
adays, just a lot of more people.
are skating. They don't think it's
stupid anymore. They realize that
it's a sport
What does it takes to be a pro
these days?
Nothing, it doesn't take any-
thing. I guess that you need to be
sponsored and
guess you need to
skate and a team
willing to invest in
you and that's it. I
mean, anybody can
turn pro now. When
I was a little kid, it
was such a gnarly
thing to turn pro,
that's why I never
thought about it
because it was too
big of a deal. They
were like celebrities
and now they're just
skaters just like
everybody else. It's
like everybody just
fits together now.
Do you have any-
thing that you want
to say to people?
I can tell them
about Jesus Christ
and what he's done
and just witness to
them, just tell them
about the gospel,
the good news.
Now, I can offer
them life. Before, I
would talk to them,
small talk, whatev
er, but now I can just
tell them what's real
ly going on. I can tell
them something
that I've learned
from the bible and
that is true, I could
share that with other
people and that's
the only thing worth-
while in this world
right now. I mean,
there's things that
you have to do, you
have to work, and
you have to make
money, but when it
all comes down
to it, you're either
going to go to heav
en or hell, and I
choose heaven and
I want other people
to go there too so
tell them about the
good news.
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