Signature Sacto slash,
Rick Winsor, hands
down with style.
RICK WINSOR "An easier reason to stay alive."
What does punk rock, old cars, ashtrays and
pegged Levi's have to do with skateboarding?
A hell of a lot if you ask Ricky Winsor. Since
his years of sleeping on the streets, skating
and traveling with friends and providing hours
of laughs at parties, Ricky Winsor looks back
to his salad days as a pro. -Bryce Kanights
What have you been up to lately?
Just building hot rod cars. Lowriders.
Do you have your own business?
Well, as long as the EPA isn't listening, yeah,
I've got a business now. Basically restoration or
fabrication or customization of old cars. Pretty
much try to stick to '65, '64 and under. I like
working on 50s, 40s and 30s stuff the best. I've
been skating at the Sacto park, that bowl is rad.
How old are you?
Twenty-nine.
How long did you stay away from skating?
You never really stay away from it. You always
think about it. Everyday you get up, you always
think, "It would be rad to skate. I'll be ready to
do that. But by the time you're done working.
all that adrenaline in your brain that was going
towards skating while you were working is
gone. You just want to sit on the couch and go.
"That would've been nice. Maybe tomorrow."
Then it goes on for two years. But that bowl,
it's close, all my friends that I skated with a long
66 THRASHER
time ago are skating again out there, so it
makes it fun to show up there.
What has skateboarding meant to you?
Everything. Seriously anything I do in life or
anything I think about, it's always got some-
thing to do with skateboarding. Maybe just
confidence or just an easier reason to stay alive
when you get pissed off.
Like if you had a bad day at work.
Yeah, whether it's girls or whatever. You just
get all, "Fuck I'm bummed. This sucks." Then
after skating you're like, "Fuck, that was rad.
BOB
JUST
Your average teenager, Bob Just is
a guy who skates because it's fun.
Sure, he's taken a few slams and
has been kicked out of spots, but
Bob isn't prepared to give up that
easily. He'd prefer to roll with the
world beneath his wheels.
-Bryce Kanights
Where are you from?
I'm originally from Orange County
but moved up to Santa Rosa when I
was six years old.
How old are you and how long
have you been skating?
I'm fourteen and I've been skating
for a little bit over a year.
How did you start?
One of my friends in sixth grade
had a cheap Nash skateboard and I
would roll around on it. In the begin-
ning of seventh grade I got a board.
Are your parents pretty support.
ive of your skating?
My mom doesn't want me to
break my head open but other than
that she likes it.
What other interests do you have?
I like to watch movies and some-
times I draw but I usually skate all
the time. I like to come here to the
skatepark after school everyday and
on the weekends I like to come early
to skate before it gets too crowded.
Who's skating impresses you?
I like Jeremy Wray, Eric Koston
and all of the locals here at the
skatepark.
What do you feel
the future will hold
for skateboarding?
It's getting a lot
better. More cities
are building parks
and there's a lot
of younger kids get-
ting into skating
right now.
Have you ever been
busted for skate-
boarding?
Not arrested but
I've been kicked out
of several places.
Schools, shopping
centers, malls and
just about every
where here in town.
One principal of a
school made me
repaint his curbs
since I got caught
waxing them and
that's about the
only thing.
A Santa Rosa local, Bob
Just shows his stuff.