Thrasher – August 2019

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am always looking at ways to make this more

interesting and I could jump down some shit

no problem. I want to film a whole part that

showcases my full repertoire, even the things

no one knows I can do.

A magnum opus.

Is a magnum opus only once in your career?

I believe so.

Well, I don’t want that. Not the single greatest

thing I’ll ever do, but I want to show myself

doing everything that I can do. For that, I’ve

been reviewing everything I’ve filmed. Say I

don’t have a switch tré, since I love that trick,

I want to go out and do one for this part.

Through talking with other people, I saw the

box they put around me and I’ve been taking

it apart little by little. With what I was saying

about the ollie, I didn’t have to do it and

because of that mentality I didn’t get stressed

out doing it. I don’t feel like a skate career

requires me to throw my body off of buildings.

I am not promising people a future where I

only get gnarly, it’s just that I’ve stepped into

a space where there’s a possibility of multiple

personas to coexists with my own and I can

step into them and not take everything so

seriously. It’s not as personal.

It almost sounds like you’ve finally begun

skating truly for yourself. You don’t have

to do something, but you’re gonna do it

anyway because you want to do it.

It’s hard to say but I feel like I’ve always skated

for myself.

There is that but let me put it in

perspective: I always wanted to be a pro

skater but at some point I realized that it

Taking apart the box with a back lip.

Mind that crossbar, Mr. Suciu

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