NEIL & PIGPEN
What do you do when you aren't Neil: It's big. I like it. We're waiting for
skating?
Neil: Drink and fuck.
How was your trip to Portland?
Pigpen: Neil had the double action in
the shower with two chicks.
Neil: Pig puked on this girl.
Pigpen: She wanted to hit my
whiskey, and I told her, "Shut the fuck
up and sit down." She got all pissed.
and then she popped me in the face.
She sucker punched me, so I socked
her back, and then she got all
pissed and started wrestling me
around, and then I puked and aimed
for her, but she moved just in time.
Why does everyone have staff
infection?
Pigpen: We got it from the same
pool. But it's airborne. Pig picks at
his scabs and blows them around
the room.
How did you get in with GRAFFIX?
Neil: My dog broke my glass, so I
kept calling.
What do you think of the scene at
the GRAFFIX warehouse?
the vert ramp to get done.
How about that Heidi Duke story?
Pig, didn't you send Kingdom a box
of shit?
Pigpen: No, but I got blamed for it in
Huntington a couple weeks ago, she
was whining, saying she got sent a
box of shit. I just showed up, and she
was fuckin' going cuckoo, shaking her
fake titties and yelling in my face. I
was like, "Were you stoked?" I guess
Palace sent it, but just because I used
to ride for Palace, who else would
have done it?
What about that toilet paper trick?
Pigpen: When you're in a stall taking
a shit, you roll it out like five feet
and wipe your ass with it, then roll it
back up. Then, the next person or
two down the line get the shit.
Where are you guys staying?
Neil: We're doing a couch tour with
the dogs. Mission Beach.
Pigpen: Let's go to the liquor store.
Neil: Yeah, we can't think anymore
without a 40.
STORAGE
236-8298
One look and this frontside 360°
ollie is in the can. Pen at Burnside.
The boys and their dogs.
Neil has an uncanny ability to catch any flip.
This one happens to be a backside 180°.
HUGE
What people are saying about Neil
and Pigpen:
"As little as possible."
They suck."
"I try not to think about 'em."
"No comment."
"They're ugly."
"Fuck those guys. Their dogs killed mine."
From the upper den of the GRAFFIX
warehouse (known as the loaf lounge) in
San Diego, CA, Pigpen and Neil
Heddings sit across from Sage, who's
doing the interview. Two pit bulls have
overtaken the couch. It's too early in
the day for interviewing.
Is there a migration from Portland here?
Neil: No, just the Palace crew. Just down for
the switch. Plenty of pools here.
Do you guys ride for a team?
Neil: I ride for GRAFFIX and Pigpen rides
for Anti-Hero.
Which board do you like the best?
Pigpen: A board is a board is a board. But,
you can't do without Spitfires and
Independents.
Who is your favorite skateboarder?
Neil: There is no one I like. In fact, there's
too many. To even suggest just a few
names, I'd be leaving out about forty people.
Who inspires you the most?
How long have you guys known each other? Pigpen: Brian Ferdinand, Coco Santiago,
Neil: Five years.
When was the last time you shit on
someone?
Pigpen: I only did that once.
Neil Heddings and Matt fuckin' Dike.
What about the dogs?
Pigpen: They like to shit on our clothes.
How long have you guys been skating?
What are you guys doing here in San Diego? Neil: Not long enough.
Neil: Skating.
Pigpen: Getting drunk.
What do you have to say to girls reading this?
Both: "Get in the fuckin' van."
At the Warm Springs pool,
Pen lipslid the face wall.