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Tell me your age
and where you live.
I'm nineteen and I
live in Queens, NY.
When did you first
start skating?
Five years ago.
Who did you look
up to then?
Natas, Gonz and
Hosoi, they're rad.
What kind of obsta-
cles do you like?
I like hips, bumps,
ledges, stairs, etc.
Does New York have an abundant supply?
Yeah, it's rad. They got the banks, they got
some ledges, Time-Life is good.
How is California different from New York?
Different attitudes, New York is crazy, Cali-
fornia is mellow, just chill, relax, skate. It's cool.
Who have you skated with out here?
I skated with Keith and Keenan, Chris Keefe.
Skated around SF and Oakland, had a good
time. EMB guys, they're cool.
Who are your sponsors?
Television and Venture Trucks.
Who do you skate in New York?
I skate with Chris Keefe, Keith and Keenan,
Gino lanucci, Ben Liversedge, so many people,
Giovanni Esevez, Paul Young, those guys are
cool guys to hang out with and skate.
What would you like to end up doing?
Hopefully skate, go around on tour, maybe go
to Europe, whatever comes up, just as long as
I'm skating, having a good time.
Who is skating
rad now?
Mike Carroll
and Jeremy
Wray, he's fat.
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Do you like the way skating's getting all tech-
nical and almost impossible to do?
Yeah, because it pushes you to skate and gets
you stoked. It gets other people bummed, but it
gets me stoked watching a video like that.
What do you like to do when you don't skate?
Hang out with my boy, Orlando Dogado, and
the fellas, and my girlfriend, Monica. She's nice
even though she doesn't like me.
Did you want to say "Hi" to anyone?
Monica, Paul, my brother Ed, my sister Valerie,
Orlando Dogado, the family, the Keefe family,
the Bici family, the whole world, I love you.
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Tell me your age and where you live.
I'm eighteen and I live in Benicia, California.
Do you skate that little skatepark there?
Not very much, every once in awhile.
What type of stuff do you like to skate?
Pretty much everything. Curbs, mini-ramps,
vert when I can.
When did you first start skating?
About eight years ago when I was about nine-
and-a-half or ten.
Who did you look up to back then?
What kind of activities do you like to do when
you're not skating?
I hang out with my girlfriend, Sarah, play gui-
tar sometimes, just hang out with my friends.
What kind of food do you like to eat?
Mexican food, pizza, just anything.
Who do you think is skating rad right now?
I haven't skated with any pros lately. I've just
been underground, but there's a lot of good
people right now. Brian Ferdinand is so ripping.
Julien is bustin', Cardiel, he's sick.
Micke Reyes, Julien, Natas, Tommy, most of What kind of music do you like to listen to?
the pros at that time.
Do you have any sponsors?
Yeah, Santa Cruz and Independent.
Who are some of the people you skate with?
Just my bros, Chris Ferdinand, my brother,
sometimes Chavo and my friend Sean.
Do you like where skating's at right now?
It's cool, but street is made to be a big deal
when there's other shit to skate, Like vert's still
good, it's so fun. Pools are way fun.
All kinds, really. Sometimes some blues music,
sometimes some fast rock.
Do you think that the younger generation of
kids who are just starting to skate should just
jump into technical tricks or what?
No, they should go at a slower pace, just learn
ollies first and not watch all the videos out and
try all the flip tricks and go try shit down hand-
rails and kill themselves.
Ever had any bad handrail experiences?
Yeah, one time I smashed my shin on this
handrail and it swelled up. I had to get it cut
open and they drained all this fluid out of it. I
was in the hospital for about a week.
Did you ever go back?
Yeah.
Did you pull it?
Yeah.
Any last words?
I just want to say
"Hi" to all my family,
my mom and dad.
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