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Where ya’ll from?

East Stroudsburg, PA.

Age?

8,858 days old.

Who got you into skating, and who is your influence currently?

Tech decks, Rocket Power, and a family friend growing up had a Nash board we would mess around on. Currently I’d say my friends and music or something.

Worst day ever skating?

Mostly every time. But fucking my knee up on my birthday tops them all.

Biggest pet peeve in skating?

Mega ramp. Monster hat.

chainslide

So what’s up with you never having a job? You’re like twenty three and just finally got one. Tell us about it.

Everything is terrible. Hahaha I don’t know I just never really need that much money. I’m thrifty, aka cheap. I’d pick up odd jobs or just work in the winter and somehow squeak by during the summer. I’d like to thank my friends for the board donations! Anyways I’ve always been interested in blacksmithing, and randomly one day Jake Baldini sent me a craigslist ad for a blacksmith in search of an apprentice. So here I am a few months in learning the trade from an Austrian dude, Fritz Gruber. Making all types of stuff like balconies, decorative handrails and light fixtures.

Tell us about the Blu Park.

Oh god. Best skatepark around, heaven on earth. Grew up skating there and met all my friends there. It’s got everything you need. It seems to attract the worst non skater druggies though, which keeps it interesting. Other than that, there’s the best curbs you could ask for and they’re inside the skatepark. Slappy central.

taildrop 50-50

What about when it got closed for nearly two years? What happened with that?

Ha, well me and my friend Jayson got a little carried away drawing dicks all over the ground. We covered nearly half of the skatepark. It started off as a small drawing of Tony Hawk, in cock form, skating a vert ramp. “Tony Cawk.” I’m pretty sure it got closed cause we drew the locals cops as dicks. Nobody liked us that summer.

Wow, that’s horseshit. Speaking of horseshit, let’s talk about j3t. Whose part are you looking forward to most?

I’m looking forward to see it as a whole. I wanna see everyone’s parts. Brings back memories from the streets!

What’s one thing you wish you filmed?

Fakie backtail kickflip at some ledge in Princeton.

Favorite skate video?

Inhabitants, that’s a hard question though. But I’ve probably watched that one the most.

Favorite video part?

Anything Jordan Sanchez.

wallie