It’s down to this guy, Marcus Jurgenson.
I’m off surfing now, in a rush, gotta catch the tide right, someone else take it from here…
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I managed to find this on Slap - Extract from a Woody interview, who was actually in the room:
You were also present at the birth of the now legendary ‘check me out and chill’ phrase – what’s the story there?
– (Laughing), I love the fact that I was there! I hear that phrase used everywhere these days! It was Chez, Howard Cooke, Pete Hellicar, Rodney Clarke, Dave Allen, Leo Sharpe and me. We drove from Manchester, picked everyone up along the way and drove to Marseille via various places in France. The first stop was at a big Etnies skate comp in Nantes. Now, the UK has always had a different attitude to skate competitions than the Europeans and every time I’ve been away to a Euro comp it’s been first and foremost to have a bloody good time and then second to try and skate in the comp. Most of the Euro’s at the time were so serious so we basically just took the piss. On this particular occasion there was one guy call Marcus Juergensen who was probably a nice guy but he had such an arrogance about him: the way he skated, and the way he looked – he was just asking for it.
He’d grab his crotch after landing every trick for fucks sake! Anyhow, he was so sure he’d won that he’d gone back to the hotel to put a brand spanking new outfit on before coming back to get the results. Anyhow, everyone else who placed was quite humble and sprayed their champagne and handed their prizes out to less fortunate kids etc. Old Marcus however went to collect 1st place, looking like a Brian Harvey from East 17 with a Euro twist, and proceeded to posture about the stage like a god, drank his champagne, grabbed his crotch, kept his prizes gave a speech over the mic… it was hilarious and all the UK guys were in fucking stitches rolling around on the floor crying with laughter. None of the Euro’s knew what was going on. Later on we were all chilling out in one of the hotel rooms when Juergensen knocked on the door to ask for Rizlas, still wearing the same ridiculous outfit – we didn’t have any so he just gave us a wink and uttered the eternal, “it’s ok guys, just check me out and chill” and then trotted himself back down the corridor like some kind of crazy Euro hip hop enigma. Needless to say we were f*cking crying! The rest is history, check me out and chill, never has anyone said anything so perfect…
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lol. I conducted that interview on Canal St in MCR on Valentine’s Day. Great memories.
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Showed it to Mike yesterday - he was stoked.
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I might be wrong here but after he won the comp, didn’t Marcus keep everyone waiting before he got his prizes etc so he could change out of the sweaty clothes he’d skated his runs in into another ‘chilling’ outfit he had with him?
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Almost. He left to get changed assuming he’d won (he had). He also used to go out with an extremely rich underwear model/underwear empire owners daughter. He’d roll up in sports cars and whatnot. German Muska clone kind of but he was really good for a period.
I heard he went through some hard times mentally and ended up in jail/hospital for a while too. I think he’s out and about again now.
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I hope that when he was discharged from hospital, the ward staff checked him out and chilled.
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Just went down a YouTube hunt to check out how shiny his trousers really were.
https://youtu.be/L_GXq_NUWBI?si=9kPBIlW3x_ycEdVv
2:43 he pops up in an old Puzzle.
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Synchronicity
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Thats well coincimental
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Lots of memory lane stoke in those recent posts. Cara Mac’s and Juergen Chill.
Personal stoke: Passed 2nd year modules with grade 2 pass and distinction. One year left to go…
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I just MC’d an OffWhite launch at Selfridges on Oxford street with Jensen, Jason Caines, Will Miles and Amy Ram.
Explaining how gnarly Guy Mariano’s 28 year old Mouse part is to shoe neeks was different.
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Narcotic addiction according to a magazine interview I read (in German) back in 2013.
Thanks so much @jimvo
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Fuck that was quick! Only ordered it yesterday. No worries man just a “nice one” for the mag years
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Looks like it came out alright i wasn’t sure how to size it, went for the wrap
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I’d happily pay for one of those. Mug or fridge magnet. Maybe a crisp white tee.
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£6 via PayPal posted
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Who are you ordering them from?
Ebay shop called Southern bell. No particular reason they were cheap and looked pretty good
