Jesse Fritsch: "I cut the flop off and grew it into dreads.".Remember when you were vert skating's last hope? Yes. What happened to that? Four straight years at the YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. . For you or the kids? Me and the kids. I started feeling weird about it. What do you mean? When I moved out here I was so excited to skate vert 'cause we never had vert, but then three years of checking in at the YMCA--it got really boring. You got bored of vert? I just got bored of being at the Young Men's Christian Association Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), organization having as its objective the development of values and behaviors that are consistent with Christian principles. with 12-year-old kids. It was lust kind of embarrassing sometimes. It was weird. What do you think of the new generation of vert weirdos? There aren't that many of them, but I feel about them the same way I feel about all the other little kids whose dad is telling them to practice their kickflips. It just seems jacked. Who's the best? 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. . That kid Alex, the mini-Navarrette, he's my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. of the little vert kids. Is there anything the new kids are missing out on? They've never skated a backyard ramp. They're missing out that it's supposed to be about fun, especially in the beginning. They don't have fun? They have fun, but in a different way. They have fun when they're getting ready for a contest or when they're working on a line or something else. We play S-K-A-T-E or add-a-trick every time we go out. I don't think they know what it's like to just have fun with your friends. It's like a training program for them. What were the older vert guys like when you were a little kid? There was Tom Boyle and those guys, but they were three hours away. I'd get to see them twice a year and they were always nice to me 'cause I wanted to skate vert. There were no vert guys where I lived. What was Tom like in those days? The first time I met him he was smash drunk doing frontside ollies. He had me measure them to see how high he was going. I was just happy he was talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to me. Did having dreads dreads pl.n. Informal Dreadlocks. at 12 help you fit in with the older guys? Yeah. Maybe. This guy Steve Coon coon: see raccoon. had 'em and so I had to get 'em. Steve skated vert, so that was the one older guy. How'd you get your head to dread up? I was a dirty 12-year-old. I twisted it and I knotted it. No goop. It was legit le·git adj. Slang Legitimate. dirty dreads. What did your dad think about his 12-year-old son's dreads? He liked it better than the Tony Hawk
Is this a trick question trick question n → pregunta capciosa trick question n → question-piège f trick question trick n → ? Fondest memory? I'm gonna get kicked out. The fondest memory was when I went the very first time. It was a half-hour from my house and they let me go. The weirdest moment was when I first walked in and Sterling Ruby was walking out of his bunk with a wire sticking out Adj. 1. sticking out - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" of his dick and a flower drawn around it. I was 10. Jesus! And then the worst was getting kicked out for sleeping on the job. Worse than when you got caught eating chicken on the toilet at three in the morning? That wasn't even me! That was Harold Hunter! With the benefit of hindsight, was quitting Zoo a good idea? No. It seems like a lot of the vert skaters do pretty good financially, but few of them have board sponsors. How does this work? You'd have to ask one of those guys who makes a bunch of money, 'cause that's not me. How'd you get a guitar sponsor? It was when I went on the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. Fender sponsored Ellis and Mike V and sent them some guitars but they didn't really play them that much. I was the only one that was shown playing them on TV so I guess they were stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. on that. So they hooked me up. You know how some dudes ride for a truck company but always ride Indys or Ventures? Do you ever play other guitars even though Fender sponsors you? In the beginning I played Gibsons still, 'cause they didn't give me that good of guitars. But now I only play Fenders. Do they make a Flying V? No. Damn. Who are some of your musical influences? Drive Like Jehu Drive Like Jehu was an American post-punk/post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1995. Their music combines elements of rock and punk with complex time signature changes and complicated interweaving guitar , Fugazi, Biggie big·gie n. Slang 1. A very important person: "hassles between executive biggies" New York. 2. Smalls, Led Zeppelin--to name a few. What's the name of your band? Operatic. Have you had any groupies yet? Ted went home Saturday night with a girl in a convertible Camaro. Yes! What's your stage show like? I don't know. You tell me. Very high energy. Has there been any talk of wearing makeup on stage? No, never. Costumes? No, but we had a meeting with this attorney dude in LA and he told us to make sure we looked "like a band." Do you ever get stage fright stage fright Performance anxiety, see there ? No, but the fewer people there are the worse it is. I've noticed you've been opening for a karaoke act at some recent shows. Is it a lot of pressure opening for such a heavy hitter heavy hitter n. One that is predominant, as in influence or power: "Especially when a candidate is a challenger, appearances with heavy hitters from the party lend an air of credibility" ? It is. Just 'cause the karaoke guy has a huge following and we know the fans are there for him. So you're the singer? Yes. Do you have to practice? I took like two vocal lessons, but I don't think they helped. I'm pretty hit or miss. What's better, hitting an epic high note or spinning a fat five? They both scare me. I guess it would have to be--what was the second one? Spinning a fat five. Oh yeah. I'd have to go with the fat five. Are you better on the guitar or the board? I'm not that good at either. C'mon! Who's the best skate musician on the circuit? Ray Barbee Ray Barbee is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California and along with Ron Allen and Steve Steadham one of the first famous African-American skaters. He started skateboarding in 1984, when he was in seventh grade. . Tommy Guerrero As a teen, Tommy Guerrero (born September 9, 1966 in San Francisco) was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that dominated the 1980s. is good too. Yeah. What was the first thing you said to Mike Frazier when you met him? I said, "Hey, you skate like Mike McGill." How'd he take it? He was bummed. I was just nervous. He was the first pro I'd ever talked to. I was just trying to think of something to say. I told him that and he said, "I hate Mike McGill," and walked away. Who have been your mentors coming up? Mostly Frazier, Matt Dove and Brian Howard. And Ricky Oyola too. They all really helped me come up. What's wrong with pro vert contests? They're just boring. It's the same ramp and there are no skaters in the crowd over the age of 13. You go and there are people doing the same line they've been doing for the last five years. Have you ever tried to fight a judge over a bad score? No. Have you seen it happen? Yes. I saw Mad Dog get punched once. Who punched him? Gentry. If you were to design a contest what would it be like? We were just talking about this in Tampa. It would be cool if there was a contest where you had to skate everything. Have they ever done that? Not really. Then you'd have to skate street. Like a Master of Boarding? Yeah, but, man, don't call it that. I just think it'd be fun to see guys like Chany and Alphonzo. They ain't coming. Yeah, but have guys like Koston who you know can skate vert. He ain't coming. I know. Who would the judges be? Mike Sinclair, Larry Perkins, Polly Wilson and Wax Phillips. What's your favorite thing to rip besides the vert? Just skating pools and stuff. Who's your favorite Pissdrunk? Reynolds. Would you rather ollie the Leap of Faith or try Bob's loop with the trap door open? Leap of Faith. Who's your favorite mustached pro of all time? SAD. SAD had, by far, the best moustache of them all. |
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