MISSION VIEJO
AUTOHANDWASH
AND DETAIL
GEREMY KLEIN
PHOTOS BY
SAU TRINH
津
This Page: Jeremy
unleashes a hot
backside Smith on a
virgin ledge.
That Page: Even if he
doesn't make skater of
the year, Jeremy might
still be up for pimp of
the decade.
NDUSTRY BIGWIG BY DAY, JET-SETTING SKATEBOARD STAR BY NIGHT,
international playboy Jeremy Klein has been exciting crowds for over a decade
with his stiff, wooden board. As he once proclaimed in the video Rubbish Heap,
he is not an innovator; all of his tricks have been done before by other people, so
he has no problem hauling out a launch ramp to help him blow his load of maneu-
vers all over a suburban strip mall. It's all in fun, and one of the things that has
given him such staying power is the ability to never take anything too seriously.
When did you first start skating?
That is probably the shittiest first question
I've ever heard. It sucks.
Okay, who do you ride for?
Fuck off.
Do you like people?
People are great!
So you don't like people?
I don't like certain people, and I talk shit
just like everybody else. I think it's super
fun to talk shit about people. Why does
everyone have to be so fuckin' serious?
We're skateboarders-we're supposed to
fuck around.
Where are you from?
What do you mean where am I from?
Like where was I fuckin' born? Who the
fuck cares about that shit? Torrance,
county of Los Angeles, bitch. I've lived
here my whole life.
Do you have any favorite skateboarders?
Tony Hawk, Jesse Martinez, Heath.
Kirchart, Mark Gonzales, Willy Santos, Jim
Greco, Danny Way, Steve Berra, John.
Cardiel, Bam Margera, Dan Rogers, and
Rick McCrank.
it's
What else do you do besides skateboard?
I work at Birdhouse; that takes up a lot of
time. I wish I had more time to skate and
play video games. Playing video games and
eating candy are probably my favorite
things to do. I've got a game copier; it's
fuckin' awesome. But I still totally buy the
good new Nintendo 64 games; I just have
the game copier so can play the shitty
games without buying them. Yes, I fully
support Nintendo as a company. I think
they're the shit. Color Game Boy, Zelda 64,
I love all of their shit. But check this out: I
have every single game system. I don't
I have very much time to play them,
but I got 'em.
What time do you wake up in
the morning?
Hey, shitty question again. Today I
woke up at 6:30 AM and went straight
to the 24-hour McDonald's and
bought a double Big Mac. It was awe-
some! I love eating hamburgers. I also
like eating at this steakhouse by my house
called Ruth's Chris Steakhouse; they have
thirty-dollar steaks, and that's just a steak-
eaks, and mat
none of that other bullshit. A steak and a
Coke for me, and maybe some dessert. Also
I like hot dogs, and hot and spicy pepper-
steak at the Korean BBQ. Slippery Shrimp
and Mooshoo Chicken at Yang Chow is
pretty fuckin' awesome also.
How
do
you feel
feel about contests?
I think they suck cock, and they're a waste
of time and energy, but other than that
they're great! Who the fuck cares if this guy
placed higher than this other guy? Plus it's
the same damn shit every time. The people
who put on all these lame contests just need
jobs. Like there need to be 400 contests a
year. Whatever.
What about demos?
Demos are awesome. I like them because.
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