Sponsors:
Zero Birds and Whills, Elwood Clothing, Thunder trucks, Modus Bear-rings
Where are you from:
The North East of Scotland
Where do you currently reside:
The South West United States
Years on board:
One or two
Current Set Up:
8 not super steep with a wheel range of 52 to 57mm depending on target terrain and the possibility of durometer variance on a case by case basis. I have not been picky on width but am about to enter the world of the skinny wheel so I'll keep you posted on how that goes. The trucks are Thunder Hi 147s generally in a metalic finish and lately I've been favouring the ultra lights with the bored out pins
How often do you skate a week?
I skate until I am in too much pain or have become too frustrated. Then I stop for as much as a week. Then, when I feel refreshed, and equally frustrated at not skating, I skate some more. I work on variations of that general theme
How long does a board tend to last?
Depends what you skate
Favorite Skaters:
John McGuire, Gary Browne, Andy Dobson
Favorite Skate Spots:
Smooth flat, some stairs, ledges, space, fresh air, a 6 to 8 foot mini ramp, some homies
Favorite Travel Spots:
See above
Favorite Music:
Lots of things starting with AC/DC we may well swerve over to Future Sound of London then make a sharp turn to the Clash. Speed bonny boat to Dinosaur Jr making a quick stop by the Minutemen only to return by frigate to the Smiths then get on the tube and visit Iron Maiden. Then we go next door to hang out with David Bowie. At this point we might want to see what Ghostface has to say but that would be confusing so we would instead check out Jeru, Biggie or GZA. We might be a 14 year old kid in the north east of Scotland at this point and we might wonder what on earth is going on in south central. If so we could listen to any of the first 4 ice cube solo albums even though he is a benedict arnold. When we realised it's important to be conscious of ourselves and our effect on society we might calm down and throw in some arrested development but then when they get too preachy and even maybe a bit religious then we could mellow out and throw in some Nick Drake, Iron and Wine, Lavender Diamond or something and then smile at the raging insult that comes out of the speakers when the Tempo of the Damned album by Exodus gets put back on. I could go on
Favorite Movies:
Life of Brian, Blade Runner, Princess Bride, Brazil, Running man, Robocop, Secret of NIHM, Terminator, Flight of Dragons, Girl on the Bridge, Dune, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( I only know the 1978 version of that), Stepford Wives (the 1975 version! What the hell is that shitty remake shit.), Bubba Ho Tep, Evil Dead 2 and 3, the Wicker Man(not the shitty remake), Flash Gordon
Favorite Authors/Books:
Richard Dawkins (the selfish gene), Aldous Huxley, Ian Banks, George Orwell, JG Ballard, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Audrey Niffenegger, Dune by Frank Herbert, etc
Quotes:
"He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy."
- Terry Jones in Monty Pythons Life of Brian
"Are you the Judean peoples front? Fuck off! We're the Peoples front of Judea."
- Graham Chapman and John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian
"I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape."
- Desmond Morris
"Not all the Indians responded to the white officials' common designation of them as "children" and the President as "father." - It was reported that when Tecumseh met with William Henry Harrison. Indian fighter and future President, the interpreter said: "Your father requests you to take a chair." Tecumseh replied: "My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother; I will repose upon her bosom."
- From Chapter 7 of A peoples history of the united states by Howard Zinn
"Hey, single malt scotch. You're 30 years old. When are you going to settle down and get married? To my stomach!"
- Steven Colbert
"It's too bad she won't live but then again, who does?"
- Blade Runner
"It seemed you did more planning in autumn than any other season. This had to do with dying perhaps. You thought of death and you automatically planned."
- Ray Bradbury
"Just because you believe it, doesn't make it true."
- Bill Hicks
Hobbies off board:
Think about found object sculptures I'll never make. Sometimes I'll drink a cup of tea and imagine a story about an obsessive recluse who adorns the inside of the series of interconnected shipping containers that he lives in with fabulously decorated old vacuum cleaners arranged in anthropomorhic configurations. In his mind each vacuum cleaner character plays a part in an oddly familiar story. There is one in particular who recites a poem that goes..
"The word of God,
it sounds enormous
when spoken aloud,
into a vacant aircraft hangar
on a long abandoned airfield.
It breaks the vast silence
with fleeting order,
then dissipates.
Leaving it's speaker...
Alone."
Best Day of your Life:
Get tricks, feel joy
Worst Day of Your Life:
Someone you loved has died
Perfect Day:
Coffee, feel bright and clear, sun is shining, solid friends around, learn a new move. No one died
First thing you do upon waking up?
Feel relief
Last thing you do before going to sleep:
Try to relax
Website you visit everyday:
Youtube. To watch things with titles like, "George Herbert Walker Bush-CONFIRMED reptilian humanoid". That one's actually crap, but the title makes me laugh.
General:
A fierce species of Amazonian ant has been seen building elaborate traps on which hapless prey are stretched like medieval torture victims, before being slowly hacked to pieces.
