From what I remember, his parents made sure he knew to always have a career path and education, so he’s always been pretty focussed on that first and foremost and has never really treated skateboarding like it needs to be his way of earning a living.
He was riding for Real and there is a heavy roster and as such, he couldn’t get involved in projects there too easily. Which is why he left for Roger - because he could do cool projects with friends. That meant more to him than turning pro.
adidas was the same story, too.
He just wants fun projects. He’s not here to make money…
That noseslide is outside the City of London Corp building right? I worked there for a bit last year and there’s no way I would even have considered that ledge skateable, in any way!
Tbh is one really stood out for me as well. So many people do the fs board 270 and it can often look stinking. I hadn’t even considered a nollie into it could change it up so much. Really cool move!
Yeah most people make it look pretty bad on rails, definitely some kind of park rat move. I’m sure it feels good and I’ve considered trying it but I don’t want to be seen doing it, hahaha.
Different story on ledges when people do like a switch 180 out (à la JT or Lucas), I like this one.
He looked like he was dancing doing that, very sexy. Coolest trick I’ve seen in a while!
ABP? ‘Creased’ by Nike to pump the ‘new’ AF-1(pretty much the only shoe other than the blazer that I like). Clip is great - lots of Karim Calendar, Casper, Ville and Cyrus.
Antonio D’s stuff on the high ledge at Pulaski is fucked. Who’s the young kid with the multi coloured Afro? He’s sick. Good Poe pinson clips too
