Elijah Akerley Interview

bs ollie, p-Tadashi

So where are you in the world, Jah Jah? Last I heard you were broken down in Lincoln City?

We’re doing this now? Yeah, I’ve been broken down in Lincoln City the last seven weeks. I’m on 2% by the way.

Aight we can go until your phone die! We always running on empty anyway.

For real.

What’s up with the bus, though? Tell the good people about your big away with Renette and the doggos!

My girlfriend, two dogs, and I bought a short bus and started living in it. We are just trying to travel as much as possible. About a year in, the bus shit the bed and we’ve been working on it since. Luckily we broke down in the parking lot of the most insane skatepark in the country.

fs wallride, p-Stelly

That sounds about right—Doesn’t seem like the worst place in the world to break down! Looks like you’ve been making the best of it, skating Red’s bowl & Kowalski’s yard and shit.

Yeah, Mark and Kevin live near here and have been really kind to me. We have a car rental and have been going up to Burnside & shit. Everyone’s been hooking us up since we’ve been stuck in this bummer situation. Staying in the lot I’ve seen so many people passing through town who rip.

So rad! Skateboarders look out for skateboarders. Think you’ll be able to get the bus goin’ soon?

Hopefully, I’m not really stressing it though. Everyday’s been a new adventure and I’ve been having a blast.

bs blunt, p-Stelly

So now, I think it’s time to get to the nitty gritty cause I’m your friend and if i didn’t ask these questions I’d be doing the world a disservice. Why did you want to get Push for Cheese and Push for Chili tattooed over each nipple?

Woah, heavy throwback! I was very poor at the time and living o 7-11. Everything I bought there I would cover in push for cheese, push for chili. I would bring my own bread in there & put that shit on it. They got salsa and chopped onions I would go crazy (laughs).

Yeah, it’s safe to say the x-ins at 7-11 and Loop have kept you alive. Any- thing else you’d like to pass along to the Skate Jawn audience? Advice? Wis- dom? Quotes? Math equations? Cake recipes? Shoutouts?

PABLO RAMIREZ.

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