HEADS PAT WASHINGTONI
PROP
KNOW YOU'RE FROM DETROIT
originally. Talk about the old days, and
what it was like coming up out there.
Detroit is just a crazy city. There is a lot
of violence and a lot of black people. Growing up
there was cool; all my family is from there. When
I was younger my mom moved out to Frisco and
that's how I started my skate career here.
So all the skating's from Frisco. Let's talk about
Midwest vs. West Coast, Detroit vs. Frisco. How
old were you when you came out here, and what
was it like?
I came here when I was a baby, but it was off
and on for years. I lived with my grandma from
when I was seven till I was like 12. The difference
is the mentality of everybody out here; the West
Coast is laid back. Detroit is more like "what's up
"LIFE IS A CONSTANT HUSTLE"
clothing company; it's universal. I'm mar-
keting it that way.
Do you feel like you need to be a role model,
since you're a father, and all these kids are going
to be looking up to you as a professional?
Image is just whatever. I ain't out here to
impress nobody. If people look up to me and it's
something that can benefit them and make
them a better person, I don't mind that. But as
far as me going out and trying to be one, that's
not me. I got a lot of faults. I looked up to peo-
ple when I was young and now they're not even
skating anymore. Whatever motivates you at the
time is all good.
A lot of people out there don't know that you're
a talented rapper and have an album, The
Unseen Hand, coming out. Talk about the music
Who are some of your favorite skaters of all time?
For manuals and stuff like that, what really got
me motivated was Jovontae Turner back in the
Planet Earth days doing those ill ones. As far as
technical, what really got me pumped was Mike
Carroll, obviously. His style is just unbelievable,
and I like that type of shit. Nowadays my real
motivation is my boy Stevie Williams. He's one of
those cats who's doing it to the utmost and
taught me just to go out there and do it even if it
takes you all day. Those are the top three. Oh
yeah, Guy Mariano too.
Do you feel like you're paying your dues, with
rap and with skating, or have you paid already
and you're now seeing the fruits?
I pay dues, and. I'm gonna keep paying them.
Right now everything is coming together one step
A
Left to right: Switch crooks, you
thought it wasn't when it was? I'm
clockin' Benjis while your bills got
Washington's face. Pat takes an
OG SF spot to the next level with a
precarious noseslide.
nig," you know, thugged out, you can't really
smile too much or they think you're a punk.
Everything else is pretty much the same.
Who was your first sponsor?
My first sponsor was Experience skateboards.
So that was back in the Embarcadero days, right?
Yeah. That was when Drake Jones and those
guys were fucking it up. Jamie Thomas and all
those dudes.
What is Affiliate?
It's a Midwest company, but they don't want to
consider themselves just a Midwest company. It's
small and kinda reminds me of the old Blind
team. We're trying to keep it tight and consistent
with everything.
What's up with Avenetti, the clothing company?
I know you're coming out with your own line.
Avenetti is geared towards the upper class
skater who's not dressing all in T-shirts and
jeans. It's something that you can skate and
go out in. It's versatile, not just a skate
side of things.
I've been doing that since even before I was
skateboarding. That's my second hobby. It's been
about 11 years now. I produced before I started
rapping, producing all my friends around the
neighborhood. They got me into rapping, so
that's when I started doing it. Now everything is
getting to a big boiling point. I'm just getting
better at it. Things are opening up for me, so it's
tight; rapping is fun. It's another thing to do to
keep me sane.
What's a normal day for Pat Washington?
Shit, waking up hearing hella kids asking for
cereal. Photographers are calling me trying to get
these photos. Niggaz wanna do albums. It's just
constant work. It's all about balance. Since I'm
getting older, I gotta figure out how to balance
everything, so it's like wake up, get the kids
straight, or gotta get this money, or whatever. Life
is a constant hustle, trying to make a better day
out of every day.
at a time, and I'm making sure I get business done
that needs to get done.
Any shout outs?
Shout out to my boy Leland for doing the inter-
view, Mike York, Stevie Williams, Karl Watson, my
boy Stephen, my roommate, Marcus McBride, Lavar
McBride, Spencer Fujimoto, 7th Generation, which
is my rap click, everybody from Embarcadero,
everybody in Philly, New York, Europe, wherever.
Everybody who kept it real with me, Dave from
Civilian, Lee Smith, I the heads. My brain is blank.
Lennie Kirk, my boy Serge, Brad, Henry, and Jason.
My boy Rich. Everybody at Affiliate, Vachi, Vinnie,
my boy Ben, Johnny Fonseca. FTC, what's up Kent,
thanks for that tight-ass video, bangin. God, G-O-
D, I would not be here if it wasn't for my man
upstairs. I can't forget my wife Jileena, and the
kids, Olainka and Zairi, they my heart, it's all good.
Oh my sister too, Tamika where you at, come over
for dinner, I live in the city now. That's pretty
much it. Buy my shit. -Leland Ware
SF. P.D
POLICE LINE
DO NOT CROSS