Interview Thread

[judithpriest]

Such a great interview.

[Londonskater]

“Well that first video I saw, Hook Ups’ Asian Goddess, still has for me the best music in any skate video. You’ve got Lush, Frank Black, Pale Saints, Curve… So many good ‘90s indie bands from that time. That introduced me to so much shit.”

Fuck YES. I bought a bunch of the albums off the back of that video.

Great interview!

[buildafire]

@anon83623327

Can you ask him how he feels about listening to The Smiths since Morrissey turned out to be such a weapon?

“Not into any rock star that loses touch with society. Billy corgan is much like it. Billy Bragg aa well. Money makes ya distant from your fans but I’ll still enjoy the music”

[buildafire]

For sure. With music where the person turned into a twat, I think it’s easy enough to still like any pre-twat material.

I do remember feeling a bit let down when I realised that Jim Reid an Robert Smith probably actually got loads of girls and had a pretty good time. Kinda felt like those sad songs had been lying to me.

Is it easier to still appreciate a skateboarder when you realise they’re a dickhead, because there’s nothing actually spoken?

[ciaran]

@buildafire

One time he was going through his DMs and there was one from a kid who’d been paralysed from the neck down, but he sent a photo of himself with Corey’s new board on him, saying how he was still a fan so would still buy the boards. I asked him if he’d send him something in the post and he just went, “Nah, I’ll go visit. He’s only a couple of hours away”, and then after he got back he sent me a photo of him with the most stoked paraplegic you’ve ever seen in your life.

That’s serious Make A Wish Foundation level of awesomeness, what a guy.

[anon90826813]

Really enjoy Cory Duffel. He’s a real person. I wonder if he thinks that his near career ending interview has been integral to how amazing he’s turned out? I believe it could be a huge factor.

[ciaran]

@anon90826813

Really enjoy Cory Duffel. He’s a real person. I wonder if he thinks that his near career ending interview has been integral to how amazing he’s turned out? I believe it could be a huge factor.

Definitely, I got the impression it still weighs heavily on him.

Would love to see him on DGK, even if it’s just a guest board or something.

Great interview @buildafire, he comes across as an interesting character all the time.

[ihatethegeneralpublic]

@ciaran

Would love to see him on DGK, even if it’s just a guest board or something.

That is a great idea!

I’d forgotten all about his pro shoes and 88 in general, this doesn’t look too bad though:

Can’t imagine a vulc Osiris looking very nice though

[anon90826813]

I can still enjoy the smiths because I just really like Marr’s upbeat jangles against morrisey’s barely tonal drivel. It’s still unique. But Morrisey has not done anything close to ok since Vauxhall and I so I just imagine this is the point he turned his corner into cuntyness.
I can still listen to Smashing Pumpkins, even the pretentious Machina is a great album but anything after that not including Zwan is utter wank. There are plenty of other examples. I guess it depends on the crime. Luckily i’m too old to have ever been into numetal and Lost prophets.

[buildafire]

That isn’t too bad. A modem version of that would be pretty inoffensive. Got a touch of the OG Duffs about it.

[anon90826813]

I had a few 88s and they were really good standard skate shoes.

[buildafire]

The 88 video was good. Free with Sidewalk, as I recall. And in a proper box too.

https://youtu.be/1mPTMw1EdF0

[anon90826813]

Strubing yeah!

[Mark]

Still amazes me how they chose ‘88’ above all else, did they not have a clue the associations with it?!?

[buildafire]

Different times, innit, even though it wasn’t that long ago… Nobody would really make that associate then, I don’t think. I don’t remember it ever being a thing.

Like Antihero using 18 all the time.

[voodoo]

TWS - So why 88? The answer is surprisingly simple, and telling. Dominick explains, “We (Markovich and Dominick) came up with the name based upon our favourite and most influential year in skateboarding-1988.”

[buildafire]

There was November around that time too. The worst month for skateboarding.

[voodoo]

Which shoe company was the one that sponsored the whole of the Death team for a minute around that time (if they didn’t have a shoe hook up already)?

[Londonskater]

Vox, maybe?

[Londonskater]

Crazy how many independent shoe brands there were in skateboarding up until a out ten years ago - and how many start up ones there were, too…88, Vox, Nadia, Sheep, Aeon, Gravis, Axion, Adio, Vita.