What you up to?

Just chilling at the Barrett family house.

You skate today?

Yeah I skated at my aunts house for a little bit. Today is Easter. I was teaching my little cousins how to skate. It’s funny cause that’s where I grew up skating kinda.

You ever teach skating before, at a camp or whatever?

Yeah I did at Princeton skate park one year.

You like it?

Yeah it was alright. You’re around skating and you’re teaching kids. They are the future.

How’d you start skating?

I always had an interest in it. I first got a board when I was like six or something. It was an 80’s type board. I just rode around in a court at my old house. Then I started playing hockey and at the rink they had a skate park. So I quit hockey and became a skateboarder.

Do you miss hockey?

I scored seven goals in one game once. I kinda thought it was fun. Skateboarding is way more fun cause you can create it into your own game.

Why is recycling important?

Well it can help our planet by using less of its natural resources.

Do you like microwaves?

Ha, I don’t have one at my house. I don’t believe they can be good for you. I threw my old one out.

What made you think that?

Cause I could feel it leaking radiation. Every time it turned on I would want to hide from it. People even always say, don’t stand next to the microwave or you will get cancer. I feel that it is poison. I don’t want that in my food or body.

How was the SF trip you went on recently?

It was fun. We got to meet up with you guys. It was sick cause there were a lot of homies from home out there. Mikey got a 15 person van for a day. We were back and forth from Kyle’s in Berkeley. We got to meet Noah who’s giving Skate Jawns out there. Slept on homie Fred’s floor. Met the Phelper out there. I want to thank all them.

Tell me about Kevin Winters? What’s his video gonna be like?

It’s gonna be a mix of all types of skating in all types of places. Kevin is a pretty good filmer. I wonder how it’s gonna be.

What was the last book you read?

Well today I was reading a book called Real Food Fermentation. I started my first couple jars of sauerkraut today. I read a lot of books on food and health. I’m studying raw nutrition.

Where do you learn most things from?

It’s way easier to get a grip if I go through something first hand. I like making mistakes cause I learn from them. Books I use as portals into the universe. There is a lot to be discovered.

If you were lost in the woods how long would you last?

I know a pretty good amount of wild edibles. I don’t know how it would go. It could be good.

What’s an average day working with Mark like?

Bruns. Get up, wait for him to take a bath like a girl. Then go somewhere far away and pick up garbage for a little while and maybe build something. It’s alright cause it’s my dad and I’m helping out.

Any good Big Zachy stories from growing up?

He used to be a pimp back when we were little. He had a 8th grade girlfriend in the 6th grade. He pushed mongo and did big heel flips, all the girls loved him.

What’s yr best memory from Evolve Fest?

I’ve kinda always been a pretty frustrated individual, but going to Evolve helped me free myself from worries. It brought attention to myself. I learned to love myself. It’s like heaven on earth. Yoga, workshops, and good food. The people there are amazing. They are gods in my eyes. Do I have time to tell a story about it?

Yeah, definitely.

Well I went there the last two years. The first year was super emotional. But I will always remember my first few yoga classes. The one teacher from the first year remembered me the seconded year. His name is Alokananda. The second year I wanted an energy healing. I ran into him during my search for an energy healer. I went to the spot called the healing garden. There I saw a woman, and I asked if she was a healer. She gave me a hug and we started walking and talking. Then I had nothing else to say. I was looking for a healer and she wasn’t one. She kept walking in a real mystical, magic way and told me to follow my path. I stopped, turned around, and saw some friends. At this point I’m really tripping and I said I’m looking for a healer. Then there he was practicing some type a qi gong. I went up to him with my hands at my heart asking for help trying to find answers about life. I told him I’m looking for a healer. I told him all about my life, and how I want to change the world. He began to practice some basic yoga postures with me and then started breathing in places there was blocked energy. It was a shamanic healing. I told him how much weed I smoke He said that’s not the problem. He said he was feeding off my energy. And some wise looking elders passed and said “It’s an herbal thing.” We were standing like a warrior and he grabbed behind my spine, what felt like the energy of what was holding my spine up. He pulled it straight back like a bow and arrow. He was singing mantras and I was saying stuff back. I don’t know how, I just was. I’d close my eyes and see sacred geometry, and alien, and habitat symbols. Then I was coming back to my body and opened my eyes and he was gone. I was screaming at the top of my lungs. That’s the fist time I think I had an out of body experience, where I saw my body and aura from bird’s eye view. Then this beautiful girl came up to me after I was screaming. I was so alive. I was going crazy over everything. I was saying how much I love life and how beautiful she was. I saw this light in her eyes, so I kissed her. It wasn’t like me. I thought she was a goddess. We both went to the bathroom then she walked me to a kundalini meditation where the healing continued. I didn’t see her again till the last day. I guess that’s how it was supposed to be. Definitely a life transforming experience.

Let me just thank NJ, Habitat, friends, family, skateboarding, and everything everywhere. Time to sleep. Thanks.