Photos by Ben Hull
What’s goin on?
Nothing much man just living the life of a normal person for the last half a year ha. But I think I can start skating again. My physical therapist told me I can.
Damn what’s it like being a normal person?
It’s terrible. I don’t do anything besides work all the time.
Are you working now?
Yup, I’m a waiter at this restaurant like five minutes away from my house.
Well we gotta do a Skate Jawn interview so go take a dump or something.
Haha alright cool.
So what happened to you? How did you get hurt?
Just got hurt a couple times and didn’t take care of the injuries so they all got worse. I have tendonitis in my right knee, I have this soft tissue problem in my left ankle where the tissue restricts me from pointing my foot all the way down. Got that from landing primo really hard down the euro gap at x-park. Plus I
So you are doing physical therapy for your knee? How long have you been doing that?
Yeah I’m doing physical therapy for everything. I’ve been doing it for like two months probably. My physical therapist said I only have a couple more appointments left till I’m all done. Hopefully I’m all healed up by then.
Yes hopefully. So what’s going on with your video part buddy?
I don’t know when Steindl plans on putting the video out. Haha I’m not in the loop of things anymore.
How much footage do you have saved up for his video?
I think I have a couple minutes. I have some stuff I’m hyped on but the rest is doo doo by now.
Are you still riding for anyone or did they bail on you? Or do they not need to know you haven’t been skating?
I told them what was going on and that I couldn’t skate for a while. I’ve talked to Jerome at Birdhouse somewhat recently but that’s about it. I hope no one bailed on me but if they did, I completely understand.
What are the chances we could squeeze a last minute mini part for Sabotage 4?
I hope we can. That would be awesome, even if I had a couple clips I’d be hyped. All depends how long it takes me to get back into the groove of things.
You got time. Who are you hyped on right now? Skater or non skater.
Joey O’Brien, Tore Bevivino, Julien Heller, Matt Militano, Clint Walker, Riley Hawk.
Obama?
What is Obama?
It’s a president type thing. We gotta wrap this up. Any last words?
Yeah I would like to thank my parents, friends, family, everyone at Ambler Skateshop, Jerome at Birdhouse, Vern at Bones, Brad at DLX. Thanks Marcus and Skate Jawn for making this interview happen. Thank you to Penny for always dealing with my shit when we skate!!
