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HEADS LOUIE BARLETTA
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talking about.
DRAGGED A COUCH TO THE LIQUOR STORE
HERE ARE YOU
from?
A place that
isn't worth
OK, where do you currently
reside?
I live in San Jose at the Tantau.
Didn't you used to live in the San
Fernando house?
That place was out of control.
For a while we had a little mice.
problem, so one time we took some
of those sticky mice traps and duct-
taped them to our stove. The next.
morning there was this foot-long rat
stuck to it, trying to chew off its
What did the couch end up
drinking?
A case of Bud.
Who do you usually skate with?
Usually just with Warren, Jason,
Ryan...
No, I don't care about those
guys. I mean like what pros do
you hang with?
I don't know. Your mom, I guess.
What was the last trick
you learned?
Trick? What am I going to do,
pull a rabbit out of a hat? Aren't
tricks for magicians?
OK, then, if there was one
"maneuver" you wish you could
Are you trying to say you have fun
falling down?
Where is it written that to have
fun you must land all your tricks?
When I was young I was always
inspired by guys like Lance
Mountain, Lucero, and Neil
Blender... why? Not because they
ever got an intro to 411, but
because every time I saw them on.
a skateboard, they looked like they
were having so much fun.
Who has a sick style now?
Mike Carroll.
What else do you do for fun?
I don't know. I like to draw and
write. Sometimes I'll just go ride
Left to right:
Double-sided curb dancing for
the new millennium: 50-50 to
feeble. Chin fungus. Frontside
bluntslide on a ledge you could
make candles from.
leg because it had stepped in it..
I heard that in a drunken stupor
once you dragged the living room
couch to the liquor store.
I was super wasted and I
thought the couch had told me it
was thirsty and that it wanted
some beer. I offered to go get it
some, but it had no reply, so I
took it to the store so it could get
the beer itself.
So you brought the couch inside
the store?
Yeah, right up to the counter.
Was the cashier freaking out?
He was at first, but then when I
explained the predicament I was in, he
was cool with it. Even to this day
every time I go in that store the
cashier calls me "Couch Man."
do, what would it be?
How about disappear?
What's up with your style?
What do you mean? Like knitted
sweaters and Vespas and stuff?
No, I mean all that goofy shit you
do in the video Tiltmode. What the
hell is that? It looks like all you do
is dork around.
Well, when you break it all down,
all that a video part basically does
is try and depict the way the person
skates. The instant I stand on a
skateboard, I'm having fun. Period.
Regardless of whether it be grind-
ing a gnarly rail or falling down
from hitting a rock, any time I'm
skating I'm having fun. And I think
that's the type of attitude that
shows through in Tiltmode.
around on my scooter. I like hanging
out at my house with all my friends.
Do you have a girlfriend?
Nope, she left me for a waiter.
What types of music are you into?
None. I've been listening to the
same six bands since the seventh
grade. The Smiths, Love and Rockets...
all those lame tragic bands.
So what do you think of beautiful
black-haired girls with pale skin?
That's my one true weakness.
OK, Audrey Hepburn or...
Audrey Hepburn.
Who do you skate for?
Maple skateboards, Krux trucks,
Halos bearings, and NC Board Shop in
Los Gatos.
Louie, say thanks and goodbye.
Thanks and goodbye.
-Danger Dave
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