Kyle Walker’s Top 5 reasons to go “Down Unda” for his SOTY trip.
1. Too many good beaches.
2. Elijah joked about me getting SOTY for a few weeks and said we were going to Australia for the trip, and somehow it actually happened. Plus its one of my favorite places so it had to be done.
3. So many spots and people are so laid back, You can drink beers anywhere you please. Cops aren’t even trippin’ most of the time like what?
4. Chima, Dustin, Beau, Sammy and the whole Sydney squad.
5. Shakey Chicken Parm.
Andrew Brophy’s Top 5 things he says the just completely confuses americans.
1. Mate.
2. G’day.
3. Muffin.
4. Whenever I tell anyone at Starbucks my name? But its Andrew and that’s nothing crazy right?
5. If I accidentally say “cunt” people kinda trip, but that’s a heavy Australian thing.
We say it meaning buddy you know, like fuck yeah cunt translation to american means – hell yeah buddy
Nora’s Top 5 things about being a skate nanny.
1. Always having someone to skate with.
2. Learning new tricks from Logan (Frank)
3. Capri Suns.
4. Mini humans have endless energy.
5. Reliving being a kid.
Andrew Peters Top 5 things that are “Chat”
1. Blue Balls are chat.
2. Group texts are chat.
3. Australian Beer prices are chat, that’s why I moved.
4. Skating Switch is chat.
5. Girls under 25 are chat…But kinda awesome
Andrew Peters Top 5 things that are “Chat”
1. Realizing there’s no toilet paper when you are taking a shit is chat.
2. Carrying camera bags is chat.
3. Having to ask a skater to do a trick again is chat, but having to do it is probably more chatter.
4. Vaping is so chat.
5. Waiting for Wheatley is chat, but getting him to drive is not.
Top 5 things Justin Eldridge is better* at Rickk than:
1. Skating, obviously
2. Social Media
3. Basketball
4. Drinking. He always blames me for how bad he feels the next day
5. Calling your friends back
*according to Justin
Mike Carroll’s Top 5 things he loved about skating in the ’90s:
1. You didn’t realize it was the “90s”
2. The raves
3. Watching Henry Sanchez invent tricks
4. Duh, 1994 Skater of the Year
5. Cops were older than me
Daniel Castillo’s Top 5 things he loved about Phife Dawg
1. We’re both 5-foot
2. I also like ’em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian
3. I love Dr Pepper
4. He inspired me to throw on a jersey
5. “I grew up as a Christian so to Jah I give thanks/Collect my banks, listen to Shabba Ranks/I sing, and chat, I do all of that/It’s 1991 and I refuse to come wack” was one of the first verses I ever memorized…RIP Phife
Big Wheat’s Top 5 reasons why Florida has contributed more to skateboarding than any other state, outside of California, of course…
1. For pure history’s sake: Rodney Mullen and Alan Gelfand. The tricks you do everyday came from Floridians- you’re welcome
2. Andrew Reynolds: Easily the top 5 greatest skaters ever. Still wears a University of Florida shirt all the time. From THPS to his Instagram today he is probably responsible for tens of thousands of kids starting to skate
3. Danny Renaud: he was a huge dick to us as kids and we still worshiped him. His Mosaic part is one of the best gifts to skateboarding ever. Falls off 9 stories and can still switch back tail
4. Brad Cromer: Probably the best export since Reynolds. For those who know, he’s probably one of the best skaters ever, and he’s been that good since he was about 14. He stayed living in Florida until he turned pro because he wanted to prove to himself you didn’t have to move out west to go pro. He probably would have been pro like 5 years earlier had he moved sooner, but he did stuck it out. Major respect
5. Elissa Steamer: I don’t think she was the first female pro, but she is the most stylish female skater ever. There hasn’t been a girl as stylish ever since
Top 5 things Bill Strobeck hates about skateboarding:
1. I hate carrying a skateboard around when I’m not filming. They’re hard to stash and it automatically becomes a nuisance. It don’t look cool like it did in the 90’s, sorry. I also hate carrying it around in the airport. I kinda feel like I’m too old to walk around with one
2. I hate that if you skateboard, no matter what, you get characterized as a skateboarder. It’s all part of the big picture for me. Something I do, but like if I was never to work in skating anymore and was shooting photos and making films, I’m still “William Strobeck the skate filmer.” Stoops!
3. I hate half the companies out there. It’s over saturated. Every ones trying to get a piece. Get the hell outta here with Bike Skateboards. Fuck a trade show, too. Mad kooks there
4. I hate how cheap skateboarding is. It’s like do a job for Chanel for 20 minutes and get paid 20 times more. Skate companies are notorious for being cheap. Gotta be good at business. I’d say if your just starting out, get into another profession
5. I hate people that hate on skateboarding. Sorry you don’t speak our language
