You recently moved from Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, to Vancouver. What sparked that move?
The reason I moved to Vancouver was I had a shit job, shit girlfriend, and was sick of the politics of the Toronto skate scene and decided to join my friends I met in San Francisco on the Wordzine trip. I knew that there was some new and exciting experiences for me out west got the opportunity to move out and just took it.
How’s life been out there so far?
My first impression of Vancouver was the scenery, the mountains, the ocean, it was all beautiful. Now regarding Hasting Street, it’s definitely the opposite end of that spectrum. But between the mountain peaks and the heroin addicts in the streets, living in Vancouver has been an amazing experience and the skate scene is definitely different from Toronto. The “GTA” is more of a laid back session made up of smaller groups, hitting up different spots. Where as Vancouver is like go skate day, but every day, and the parties are better.
Tell me about your love of the late shuv. Can you do them down anything you can ollie?
I accidentally discovered the late shuv goofing around with the homies, It just worked out for me and from then on out it became my go to trick. After I became more comfortable with it I decided to try late big spins and fakie late big spins. Now it’s second nature to me. It’s had mixed reviews, it’s a love it or hate it trick, depending what I’m skating I guess.
Why do they call you Cody Bologna?
Well for starters it rhymes, so that worked out. But I got that nickname at a party one time in Van when I was getting made fun of for my poor eating habits. Anyone who knows me knows I have the diet of a six year old child, chicken fingers and hot dogs. Anyways, as they continued to roast me they said, “You like bologna sandwiches don’t you?” to which I replied, “Yes, of course.” Cody Bologna was born and I immediately made it my own.
What gets you hyped to skate such gnarly spots? Do you have a process to hype yourself up? It honestly all depends on the day. Some days it’s just me a photographer, filmer, and a buddy, and other days we’re rolling with 20 guys. It really doesn’t matter to me who’s at the sesh, it’s generally the energy of the people I’m with that gets me hyped to say fuck it and just go for it. I’d rather just grind a crazy rail that no one else would touch than battle a switch flip nose manny big spin out, that at the end of the day no one is going to remember. I’d rather go big or die trying.
What does the future hold for Cody Beaudry?
I honestly am unsure of what the future holds, all I really know is I am going to continue chomping rails and having fun with my friends. I’m loving the Vancouver lifestyle and I can’t wait for the summer so I can go back to late night seshes, shredding the streets downtown, and beers on the beach.
