Aaron Fotheringham Interview!
September 3, 2006
Fom Gene via comment:
I want to let you know that we have an interview with Aaron, plus photos and links to other videos on our website.
Check it out if you can!
Heather Christensen Unedited!
September 1, 2006
Here's the entire raw interview from my Heather Christensen Stance piece a few years back!
How long have you been skating?
About three years or so.
How did you get started in that?
Actually, my ex-boyfriend. His friends all skated, and I used to go with them to the skatepark in Cleveland every now and then, and I thought, “Ya know, I'm pretty athletic and I am not really scared of things. I should try this; it would give me something to do in the wintertime, because it is so cold." So I went to the skatepark everyday by myself. Sometimes I would go with them—I just kept skating and then one day I learned to drop in on this little mini ramp at Changa World and I got so excited that I just kept going, learning other little things.
An Essay About Poop!
September 1, 2006
I wrote this in May of 1997 for my Pope, Dryden and Swift literature class in college. Just found it on the hard drive recently and thought it was pretty funny I got an A on a critical paper by writing about shit. Yes shit, as in "feces." Well, shit and comparing Jonathan Swift to Howard Stern, Tool, Irvine Welsh and Beavis and Butthead. Amazing huh?
This was my junior year of college I believe. If you can seriously get through reading this thing, more power to you. Not that it is bad, just like, kinda bland. It was for class, what can I say? But entertaining to read almost 10 years later nonetheless. But more importantly, about poop! Also, seeing me trying to sound all scholarly with hints of total bullshitting injected throughout is a bit of a trip...kind of embarrassing right about now. I forget the title of the piece, so here ya go:
Quote of the Week #2
September 1, 2006
"If you don't currently know how to ollie down stairs, I believe you probably aren't qualified to speak on behalf of street skaters."
A lot of you "industry" dudes who claim you are still "skateboarders," but don't skate more than once a month (or skate at all for that matter) are reading that quote and might be thinking right now:
"Whatever man, I could go ollie down some stairs right now if I tried!"
And therein lies part of the problem...