Roberto Aleman: Parties in Camelot. (Heads).Where were you born? Elche, near Alicante in Spain. How was it learning a new language? I'm still learning. I'm trying to speak good English, but little by little. I have a lot of people helping me and I'm also giving my part. Hopefully I'll learn it all soon. Where are you staying? I'm going to be here three months and stay at Consolidated, my second home, most of the time. I'll also probably be staying at Diego's and Karma's as well. Wherever I can. Pretty much at my friends' houses and Consolidated. What do you miss most about Spain? The parties in Camelot "In Camelot" is the fifty-ninth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the seventh of the show's fifth season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Steve Buscemi and originally aired on April 19 2004. , my family, friends; a skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, bmxers and aggressive skaters to ride and develop their sport and technique. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs, in my city. Mainly my friends and the parties. What do you do in your typical day? I wake up late, around lunchtime. I eat and listen to music, go to my friend's house until 4pm or 5pm and we go get something to drink, a coffee or something, and just hang out for a while. Then we go skate until 2am. In California it's basically the same; I wake up a little earlier, though. Leticia: Because you're forced to? Yeah, I wake up when everyone comes to work at Consolidated. And then I go to the Bagelry to eat breakfast and I help out here where I can, and then go to the skatepark down the street. Then eat, and then go skating with whoever--a photographer, Nik Freitas or Clint Peterson. I just go skate, always. What type of music do you listen to? I like all types: Modest Mouse, Get Up Kids, Flamenco flamenco, Spanish music and dance typical of the Gypsy, or gitano. Flamenco dancing is characterized by colorful costumes, intense and erotic movements, stamping of the feet (zapateado), and clapping of the hands (palmada , Triana, Camaron. Who influenced you in skateboarding? Since I started skateboarding it was Sergio Bernabeo (Nano). He's always been 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. , but he doesn't skate anymore. Here it was Ethan Fowler. What percentage of time do you travel? The last couple of years, I'm never home--always traveling. Do you have a favorite spot in Spain? I have many: Barcelona, Elche where I live, Alicante, Madrid--everywhere in Spain. In California, I'm seeing new spots all the time but it's all new to me. I like the schools. We went to one in Monterey that I liked. I also like San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and now I'm going to LA to see what I can find. Describe your dream session. To skate with the Consolidated team and with my friends from Spain and here--Diego, Jaya, Ruben Garcia Ruben Garcia (born April 1, 1946) is an American NASCAR racer from South El Monte, California. He started out in the Winston West Series. He is best remembered for hitting the wall at the Riverside International Raceway on June 12, 1988, when he came off turn 9 and hit the wall . To spend the day in my local skatepark with these people. Who are your sponsors? Consolidated skateboards, Independent, Spitfire Spitfire or Supermarine Spitfire British fighter aircraft in World War II. A low-wing monoplane first flown in 1936, it was adopted by the RAF in 1938. , Reef, Volcom, Nixon, and North Cal Distribution. Who is North Cal Distribution? It's the company that I've been riding for since I first started skating. Luis Matesanz is who has helped me out since the beginning and is still helping me. He pays for my flights to come out here to be able to skate. Any shout outs? Consolidated, North Cal Distribution, Joey from Independent, Spitfire, Diego Bucchieri Diego Alejandro "The Butcher" Bucchieri was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 23, 1977. However, he currently resides in Barcelona, Spain. He received his first skateboard when he was 10, and began skateboarding in 1987, looking up to legendary skateboarding figures like who has helped me out a lot, the people from Reef and Volcom in Spain, all my family and friends in Spain: Bonji, Pakito, Adrian, and the STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. crew. |
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