REVOLUTION DAILY

Photo by Rudi Jeggle.

How many years have you been skating and how did you get into it?
14 years. My older brother Gantry got me into skating. He got a board when he was 12 and I was 10. I wanted to do whatever he was into so I got one too and we’ve been skating ever since.

What has been the best part of your skate career so far?
Everyday is an accomplishment for me. I still to this day get to say that I’ve gotten to live out my dream since I was a kid. As hard as it is being a professional skateboarder my biggest accomplishment is getting to say that I’m still here doing what I love and what I was meant to do… And I’m not even close to being done.

How do you keep your cool during a skate comp?
The only thing you can really do is try and relax, block out all the pressure of the crowd and the cameras and other skaters and just try to do what you came there to do, and that’s skate as well as you can.

How was your time in SA?
Every Fallen tour has been amazing so far. I was overwhelmed at the hospitality we received in SA. The kids out there were just different. They had such a pure drive and passion for skating. Those were the most rewarding demos we’ve done so far I think.

Any good parties on the trip?
Everyday with the Fallen boys is a party to me.

How different is skate scene here compared to the States?
It really reminds me of how I started skating, in it’s most primitive form. It’s like finding a broken brick in the road and trying to learn flip tricks over it or trying to grind it. It’s making the best out of what you got out there and that’s the rawest kind of skating there is. They don’t have the luxury of going to perfect, smooth outdoor parks like we do in the States. Those kids skate the grit and the grime and love it  and I respect them for that and can only hope they know how much motivation that’s brought to me.

Do you see any great local skateboarding while you were here?
I can honestly say that there’s so many rough diamonds out there that I’d be shocked if soon people from SA don’t make it into major U.S. skate magazines.

Check out a full Fallen SA Tour feature in the upcoming Session Magazine and AV Skateboarding DVD, dropping soon! Thanks to Rudi Jeggle for the photo.