A method to the madness of JT Aultz.Let's get this out of the way. When did you decide to get the mohawk, and why do you still have it so many months later? A couple years ago, I guess. I was on a trip and I decided to do it, just for fun. I did it on a Deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. trip. So you've had the mohawk for over two years now? No. I shave shave (shav) 1. to cut at or parallel to the surface of the skin. 2. to remove the beard or other body hair by such a process. 3. to cut thin slices from or to cut into thin slices. it off from time to time, whenever I feel like doing it. How long has the current mohawk been in motion? This one I've had for, like, six months. How's your life different with the 'hawk? 'Cause it's a provocative hairstyle. Yeah, that's why I like it. It gets people to judge you a little bit. So it helps to filter out the assholes. Do you need that kind of filter in your life? Yeah, it helps. What have been some of the best reactions you've gotten? The people at my bank kind of treat me shitty shit·ty adj. shit·ti·er, shit·ti·est Vulgar Slang 1. Of very poor quality; highly inferior. 2. Contemptible; despicable. 3. Unfortunate; unpleasant. 4. . Things like that. But, whatever. What about the ladies? They probably think I'm a scumbag scum·bag n. Slang A person regarded as despicable. scumbag Noun Slang an offensive or despicable person [perhaps from earlier US sense: condom] or something. I don't think it's ever been an issue. What kind of 'hawk maintenance do you have to employ? What do you mean? What do you have to do to the 'hawk to keep it looking good? Uhmm, nothing. You don't have to tend to the sides? You could if you want, I guess. Have you ever gotten any kind of weird sunburn sunburn, inflammation of the skin caused by actinic rays from the sun or artificial sources. Moderate exposure to ultraviolet radiation is followed by a red blush, but severe exposure may result in blisters, pain, and constitutional symptoms. ? No. It's been pretty problem free. Do you use any kind of gels or mousses to keep it stiff? No, no. Fuck that shit. Who are some 'hawk role models of yours? Tim Armstrong. From Rancid ran·cid adj. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats. rancid having a musty, rank taste or smell; applied to fats that have undergone decomposition, with the liberation of fatty acids. ? Yeah. Yeah. He's good. Are there any other outlandish out·land·ish adj. 1. Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Strikingly unfamiliar. 3. Located far from civilized areas. 4. Archaic Of foreign origin; not native. hairstyles that you like? I guess. Dreads dreads pl.n. Informal Dreadlocks. ? Yeah, they're all right. Whatever you're into. Has your mohawk worked itself into any of your obsessive-compulsive rituals? I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . You'd probably know more than me. Like tap the board three times, spin the wheels, hold the trucks, brush the mohawk? Maybe subconsciously sub·con·scious adj. Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious: subconscious perceptions. n. The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception. Often used with the. . I might do it without knowing it, 'cause that's how those things happen. Just to explain to the readers, you have many, many nervous ticks that you have to go through before you try a trick, right? Yeah. I think it's getting worse. When did you first notice you had them? I don't know when I first noticed it. It's gotten worse over the years. Probably when I started trying scarier stuff or when I started filming. What are some of your standard ticks? Touch the ledge, or whatever I'm skating skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating. skating Sport in which bladelike runners or sets of wheels attached to shoes are used for gliding on ice or on surfaces other than ice. , grab the board by the trucks--I always have to do those. Do you do anything with your clothing? Yeah, grab my pants. What would happen if you didn't do them? Probably nothing. It would probably make the trick a lot easier. Is there any time when you skate when you don't have to do them? Yeah. It's only when I'm filming. I'm fine if I'm just cruising around. It's only for stunt work? Yeah, I guess. When you were younger were you ever superstitious su·per·sti·tious adj. 1. Inclined to believe in superstition. 2. Of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition. su about stepping on a crack or having to hold your breath when you went through a door? No, I do that sometimes now, but never when I was a kid. When I skate it's only when I film or try and get photos, so it doesn't affect my life all that much. Do you ever worry you'll get sucked over into that world, where all you have is the ticks and you can't skate? Yeah, a little bit. That would suck. That's why I'm trying to work on it. You know what helps a lot of people with their OCD OCD obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD abbr. obsessive-compulsive disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ? What? Chain-smoking. 'Cause it gives their hands something to do at all times. Yeah, I don't want to do that. I don't want you to either. How long have you ridden for Real now? A long time, five years now. How old are you? Twenty-two. So since you were in high school? Yeah, since my sophomore year. Now that you're pro, what advice would you give to an am who's been an am on the same team for five years? Just try and skate as hard as you can. Try and push yourself. A lot of time it's just because you're not skating enough. You have to get out there and try stuff every chance you get. Did you get to the point where you had to tell yourself to try harder stuff? No. I've always been pretty good about wanting to get better. Ever since I was a kid I've always been motivated to try stuff and keep improving. I've always had that mind-set. How's your life going to change now that you're a professional athlete? I don't think it's gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. change. I'll still do the same things. Nothing different? Well, I might be able to buy a new car someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. , 'cause my truck right now is dying. What kind of car do you want to get? An older Cadillac. Those are only a couple thousand bucks. What color? Black. That's a rough car for desert commuting. Yeah. We'll see. What do you and Julien Stranger talk about when it's just the two of you? I don't know if it's ever been just the two of us. What about you and the Gonz? That dude's awesome. I went to a Green Day show with him, Jim, and Max. Afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. Gonz and I were taking the BART back to The City by ourselves and we were just singing Green Day songs the whole way. Mark was all, "I really like this one!" And telling me about tagging on walls. It was fun. Has Mic-E Reyes mellowed mel·low adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est 1. a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit. b. out? I haven't heard of him punching anyone in years. I don't know if he's mellowed out. He just doesn't go on as many trips and so you don't get to see him getting wild very often. He's still around. What's your favorite story that Real team manager Jasin Phares has told you? There're lots of good ones. He's definitely one of the world's best storytellers. I guess it would have to be the one about when he was a kid and got in trouble at his friend's house messing with the family's bulldog bulldog, breed of thick-set nonsporting dog developed in the British Isles many centuries ago. It stands from 13 to 15 in. (33–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 50 lb (18.1–22.7 kg). . Yeah. I think I've heard that one. It's the kind of story that's not as good when someone else tells it. Yeah. Compare and contrast the Real team manager, Jasin Phares, with 88 team manager Lance Conklin. They're both rad. It's cool to have dudes Dudes may refer to:
But who would win in a drinking contest? That's a tough one. They should try it. Conklin, probably. How would you describe Conklin's skin tone? Red. More in the red and pink area. Having spent so much time around drinkers, do you feel like you kind of have an idea of what being drunk must feel like? Yeah. A little bit. But I've drank a little bit, too. What? Since when? I drank two Guinnesses on my 22nd birthday. What pushed you over the edge? I wasn't hardcore about it. I just gave it a try. Did it make you feel funky funky - Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. ? No. Well, yeah. A little bit. I was about to ask if you're going to be one of those dudes that starts drinking and smoking at 28. Yeah. That's weird when they go from one extreme to another. What are the chances of you finding the Lord in the near future? The Lord? Kind of low, I guess. Are you worried about Ramondetta's King of the Road 666 tattoo tattoo, the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau [to mark]. The term is sometimes extended to scarification, which consists of skin incisions into which irritants may be rubbed to produce ? Yeah. I didn't even know if that was real or not. That's huge! I'm not too worried, though. Peter can handle it. It looks bad ass. As a largely non-drinker, do you ever have to be the voice of reason when you're around people who are getting wasted and making bad decisions? Yeah. I've got one. In Tampa I was with Lance and he was getting wasted. We were at some goth club and he started yelling yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. at everyone. There was a kid with a bandana, and he's all, "What's up Tupac!" just trying to rile everyone, basically. Then this cop comes up. I'm just sitting there and the cop says, "Man, if you don't get your friend out of here right now I'm gonna take him straight down to jail!" I look over and Lance is flipping the cop off from 10-feet away and calling him a faggot. Are you motivated more by positive or negative factors? I think negative. I bet a lot on tricks, and I think the thought of losing money pushes me way more than the thought of making money. I think, "Fuck, if I don't do "I Don't Do" was the debut single by glamour model Michelle Marsh, released on 6 November 2006. The single reached 27 in the UK in its first week, selling only 9,000 copies and over 16,000 copies as of January 2007. The single spend a total of four weeks in the Top 75. this I owe 100 bucks!" What else will push you over the edge to work through your nervous ticks and try the maneuver? The best thing is probably when a cop shows up. As weird as that sounds, I sometimes can't try a trick until I know I absolutely have to. So the other night I should have had someone in a cop outfit come around the corner every so often? Yeah. That's what Ed Dominick always says--he's going to hire a security guard to follow us to spots. What do you call that noseblunt slide lapover trick? I don't know. A noseblunt transfer maybe? May I suggest the Aultz Slide? No. Have you seen anyone else do it before you started busting out with it? Yeah. I'd seen people do them on ledges. I'm pretty sure Daewon did one. At the same time, I think we could safely call it the Aultz Slide if you like. I could work on that. All right, done deal. Did it hurt your feeling when Markovich quit 88? He didn't quit. He got kicked off. I heard he wrote some hurtful hurt·ful adj. Causing injury or suffering; damaging. hurt  ful·ly adv.hurt things on the Internet. Did you take it personally? It was lame lame (lam) incapable of normal locomotion; deviating from normal gait. lame adj. 1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible. 2. . Ed Dominick is one of the coolest dudes you'll ever meet, and I guess he wrote a bunch of lame stuff about Ed. It sucked. Does it ever effect your friendships when a dude quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin a team? Yeah, I guess. Sometimes you're friends, but not good enough friends where you'd hang out if you weren't on the same team. I didn't really know Markovich that well. He was cool every time I met him, but I probably won't see him very often now. Have you ever gotten on the Internet to talk about a problem? No, I don't really know how to work computers that well. I have an old Mac G3 that I bought off my friend for 100 bucks. Is the new 88 video going to be more like a Questionable or more like a Logic 4? Definitely not a Questionable, but definitely not a Logic 4. C'mon, you're supposed to say, "The 88 video is going to make Questionable look like Logic 4!" Oh, okay. Yeah. What part are you most excited to see? I've seen a lot of the parts. Corey's and Hewitt's parts are insane! Those two dudes are the only ones I've seen that are mostly done. People are gonna freak out freak out Substance abuse A verb, popularized in the US in the '60s–to experience nightmarish hallucinations including by LSD or a similar drug. See 'Bad trip.', Flashback. . What's your song for the video? "Civilization's Dying," by Zero Boys. Sweet. Were skaters known as the cool kids when you were in high school? No, it was never like that. There were probably three skaters at my school. The cool kids were probably the jocks. Fucking jocks, man. The Real program really seems to be heating up. What's your assessment of the present roster? It's fucking awesome. The team's really good with Peter, Darrell and Ernie and shit. Pound for pound, who's the baddest dude on the team? Pound for pound it's gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. be Dennis. Why is he so mysterious? I know him, so he doesn't seem too mysterious to me. I think the reason why people may not know how good he is is because he doesn't like to film and shoot photos. He wakes up at like eight and goes and skates by himself. By the time everybody wakes up he's over it 'cause he's already been skating all day. He's not the kind of guy that always has a camera on him. What makes Ernie Torres tick? I don't know. The kid's just gnarly (jargon) gnarly - /nar'lee/ Both obscure and hairy. "Yow! - the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang. . He's awesome to skate with. Is there any dude on the team who's intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. to skate with? It's not like that at all. It's not competitive. We make bets to hype each other up and just try and have a good time. Are there any companies you like besides Real? Yeah. Anti-Hero anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace, his weaknesses and confusion, often reflect modern man's ambivalence toward and Krooked and Plan B. Oh, and Skatemafia. They're sick. Yeah. Those guys are good. Do you get to skate with Smolik very much? Not as much as I'd like. I've got a wild story for you. We were hanging out at my friend Jimmy's house with a bunch of the Skatemafia and we hear this fight outside; a bunch of commotion. We look out and see all these big Samoan guys, but we figure it's not our deal and go back inside. Ten minutes later Smolik comes in all beat up and bloody. He's running around the house going, "Ah homie homie Noun Slang, chiefly US short for homeboy ! Ah homie! Fuckin' out-of-towners!" The dudes he got in a fight with were from La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , which is, like, five minutes away, but because they weren't from Clairemont he was calling them out-of-towners. "Fuckin' out-of-towners, homie!" We were 15-feet away the whole time he was getting beat up, but didn't know it was him. Wow. OK, you're forced to get one tattoo and your choices are Garfield, a tribal armband arm·band n. A band worn around the upper arm, often as identification or as a symbol of mourning or protest. Noun 1. armband - worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning or the Hang Ten feet. What do you get? The Hang Ten feet for sure! Why would you pick those? 'Cause Ed Dominick has those on his chest! Did you know that? Yeah. That's why I wrote that question. Yeah, Ed has those. It'd be sick if we both had 'em. Hobbies? I like playing guitar. I've been doing it for a few years, but I'm not too good at it. What are your favorite movies of all time? The Back to the Future boxed set. The Stoned Age. The Princess Bride, that's a good one. What are the top three SD skate spots? Webb Park! Hasn't that been skate-proofed since '93? Yeah, but it's still the best. What are the other two? Serra school and in back of Sav-On. Other people may not like it, but I do. Should a girl turn pro just because she's good for a girl? No. You should be a good skater. You should be as good as the other pros, not just good for a girl. Should a pro step down when they've stopped progressing? Yeah. Maybe. But I'm not going to tell someone to stop skating. That's stupid. If people like them they should keep doing what they're doing. Who's your favorite pro over 30? Matt Hensley. What about under 18? Nick Dompierre. Have you wet your pants as an adult? No. That's messed up. What band would you want to be in, past or present? Rancid. What should a lady know if she wants to get all up with you? If she's hot, fuck it. Are you voting for George Bush or the incumbent? I'm not voting for either. That was a trick question trick question n → pregunta capciosa trick question n → question-piège f trick question trick n → . George Bush is the incumbent. Yeah. Shows how much I know. I don't really know anything about politics so I probably shouldn't say anything about it. I'm not voting. |
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