SHAWN MANDOLI
WORDS BY MAX SCHAAF PHOTOS BY GABE MORFORD
Shawn's that kid in school with the kick me sign on
his back, only he put it there. -Tommy Guerrero
What did you have for dinner last night?
I had a burrito. I went to The Burrito Factory with my friend.
What did you get in it?
Everything, steak.
Do you hang out with other skaters most of the time?
At home in San Jose, I hang out with
skaters, and just my friends, like girls, but
mostly Christians. Then when I go on tour,
anybody from the Real team. Or when I
come to SF, I usually stay at Keith's and
hang out with him, Drake, and Ben, and
whoever else is around.
Didn't you just go to the senior prom?
Yeah. Well, it wasn't my senior prom, it
was this girl, Ellen's, senior prom. She
asked me to go, so I went.
How was it?
It was pretty fun. I felt a little awkward
because it wasn't my high school, and I
Clockwise, from top left: The little guy ponders the meaning of life from
behind scratchless lenses. One San Jose spot that has seen three genera
tions of skating is known by the old timers as Del's wall. High on the
sketchy cement of this infamous one-hit, Shawn is frozen in mid-rotation
above a fakie heelflip. Halfway through the interview, Max Schoof and
our bespectacled subject were caught in the act of dorking.
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