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NOLLIE 180 BLAIR SEQUENCE |
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One time Paul was visiting me in Sacramento and we were giving this girlfriend of mine a ride home. She was talking about her how great her cats are, and Paul just yells from the backseat, “Dogs or frogs, never cats!” What does that say about him, well I don’t really know. I guess it means he’s not down with cats, which is cool with me because I’m not either. But he ended up giving me some good advice that night, because after thinking about it, I ended it with that wack-ass cat lover faster than you can say “meowwww.” | I’ve witnessed your bag of flat ground tricks in front of Pacific Drive so many times, what’s the one trick you can’t do? Name me one baby! That trick is overrated anyway. What’s the best thing about the San Diego Skate Scene? What’s Your Favorite Place to Skate outside of San Diego? Speaking of Chicago, I know you were out there staying at the Toebock House they had a few months back. What was the best thing and what was the worst thing about living in that house? I guess the worst thing was there were a few nights were I didn’t have a blanket! I had to try and sleep with my jacket on! It sucked because Chicago is a very strange place for weather, and the temperature can just drop. It could be all warm and then all of a sudden it could be in the 40’s. How many times do you drink Starbucks in a day? Well you know, I try to brew my own, I try to stay away because I’m definitely a “Baller On A Budget” and that shit can definitely eat into your wallet. Luckily, my girlfriend works there so she hooks me up. The most I ever did was three, when I was in college. Now it’s like 4-5 times a week. But I definitely drink coffee everyday. |
Wait, what did you just say, something about being a budget baller or something? Dude, that’s the raddest thing I’ve eve heard in my life. I think we should use that as the title of the interview. Well I’m going to try keep banging these questions out, but this is going so good already. You’re obviously not one of those dudes that gives two word answers. So what would you be doing if you weren’t a Baller on a Budget, trying to come up in skating? Umm, I don’t know. That’s really tough to answer, because when you got your mind focused on something, that’s all you think about, you just dedicate, so you’re not really thinking about what you would be doing otherwise. I’d say if wasn’t skating I would probably get a master’s degree and just continue to learn and educate myself. |
Maybe you should clarify, I’m not sure if everyone knows you have a college degree. You told me you’ve been working for a company that sets up expensive parties and concerts, did you do that Stone Temple Pilots one yet? Did you see Scott Weiland shooting heroin backstage or anything? That’s it? Besides Dobstaff, who rips Poway Park the hardest? You ever see Dobstaff around? Oh Really? Has Cuong [Lieng, Osiris TM] told you any good stories from when he went to Europe? He was telling me that the distributors in Russia were super funny and cool. They would always come up to him and be like (Russian Accent), “Cuong, very small problem. Do we go to spot, were everything is good and skate, or do spot where it’s not so good.” You know, the dude would say “small problem,” but in reality it’s a no brainer! |
What’s your favorite Smiths/Morrissey song? [Laughter] Well, he’s got a big Latino following here in the states I guess. So what song is it? That’s a great song. So wait, what happened, you were wearing a Morrissey T-shirt at that park and all the kids came up to you and gave you props? Wait, wait, wait, you’re telling me UNIV has a Morrissey tee and you didn’t get me one? You’ve been hanging with Adam Crew a lot, what are some of the funniest things you’ve heard come out of his mouth? Let me just say, that guy’s a fucking genius man, he’s got it, really smart on the computer, just a real witty individual. He’s one the one that came up with all the little slogans ‘Who tha Illa’ ‘Whatchu Thank.’ You know how he came up with the “Who Tha Illa?” I might be wrong on this one. Basically, we’re at the Toebock house in Seattle in ’06, and we had a party. Some random dude was there running his mouth the whole night, and he was getting more and more obnoxious as more beers were drank, obviously. Next thing you know, Adam was playing the guitar, this guy told him to shut up. Adam was like, “naw dude, this is my place”. The guy sucker punches Adam and so Adam hits him with the guitar and started beating the shit out of him, and as he’s punching the guy, he’s yelling, “Who tha Illa??? Who Tha Illa??” [laughter]Another term that’s great is Flowman. I’m considered a flowman. It kind of sucked at first, but now I’m accepting it. |
Oh yeah, so its like saying “Man AM?” I remember this one day in Chicago. Some filmer hit up Adam and was like “You know how to get to that spot where so and so did that trick in the Osiris video?” And after he got done talking to him, Adam turns around and goes, “Dude, that guy is such a fuckin’ flowman, he’s calling me for that spot!” I was just laughing so hard.
Its funny because I’ve kind of got people saying that out here in Sacramento, like my friends and girlfriends that don’t even skate, are all, “whatchu thank” when I roll up or something. What’s the number one thing that bothers you about skateboarding right now? The fact that everyone needs to go out and try whatever they see in videos. I understand you want to be influenced, but I just feel that a lot of people watch videos and they instantly try whatever’s in the videos. And just the lack of people being themselves. always trying to follow a mold. Yes we all need to find our niche, but it seems like people go to drastic measures. |
Where do you see yourself in 2 years? If I’m not skating, then it’s working, just growing as a person. I read a lot. I want to be constantly educating myself, and growing as human to become a better person everyday. Why go through life angry, frustrated, and rude to people, I just don’t get it? We all make mistakes, and I might even blow up at someone, but I don’t want that. I would rather be hyped, here alive and breathing. Well I got like 50 minutes recorded here, let’s wrap it up. Who do you want to thank that’s got your back? Yeah I think you thanked everyone under the sun bro. Oh I forgot to tell you something that Cuong [Lieng] said about his trip to Europe. He’s like, “Paul. Dude, Berlin, It’s like a big North Park!” [laughter]{c} |