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“I HAD SMOKED BEFORE THAT
BUT NOT BACK TO BACK TO BACK ALL DAY”
at one point.
You’ve been on a tear lately. Are there
any talks of a pro board for Welcome?
They’ve talked to me about designing a shape,
so I guess its definitely a thought out there.
When we first met you were quiet and
humble and then we went to Europe and
you become a full-blown stoner. I heard
Raney was behind that.
It was definitely Raney. We were in Australia
for Park Series. Me and Ronnie were rooming
together and Raney was staying with us too.
Raney had a big bag of kush and was rolling
up the whole time. I had smoked before that
but not back to back to back all day. The
day of the contest it was raining so we were
chilling on the patio smoking and all I was
thinking was, Holy shit, I gotta skate this contest
but I’ve never been so high in my life, just hoping
the contest gets canceled. After that Raney
left so I found some weed and started rolling
up on my own.
So what happened in Copenhagen?
We tried to get into the after party in Malmö
and couldn’t get in. Raney was outside and
asked what we were gonna do. He handed me
a big ball of hash. I didn’t even know what it
was and asked, “What is this?” He said, “It’s
hash. It’s like weed; you just smoke it.”
So how’d you guys smoke it?
Herman Moller showed me this technique
where you roll it up and squash it on a coin
and light it in a cup and it creates smoke in
the cup and you lift it up and suck up all the
smoke.
I remember showing back up to the room
to ten little children in a smoke-filledroom just dead from hash.
That night was sick.
When you and Cedric go home to
Maryland, are you guys the big
hometown heroes now?
Kinda, I guess. That’s what my parents say. It’s
so small there everyone knows each other so
it seems that way. At the skateshop we have
huge window displays.You and Ceddy used to travel nonstop
together but now you guys are kinda
on your own. Is it weird not traveling
together anymore?
It’s definitely weird but it makes it even more
sick when we do get to travel together. We’ve
been traveling a lot more now that he’s on
Park Series.
That first year of Park Series you just
kept saying, “I wish Ceddy was here.
I don’t wanna skate with any of these
people.”
Some stops are still kinda like that. Like,
Ugghh—I gotta go skate the park with these guys.
I got that vibe in China, for sure. HeimanaEggplantPHOTOS: BURNETT