Robert Brink - Writer

Best quotes of '08: Jason Adams

January 6, 2009 | Skip To The Comments (1)

Jason Adams gave me an interview like a seasoned veteran would. He talked, made fun of himself, told personal stories and didn't hold back... in other words, he's secure with himself and doesn't really give a fuck what anyone thinks. At the same time, there's really nothing you'd think bad of him for in the first place.

Typically, when I do an interview, I end up with a 30-page transcript that usually gets cut down to about seven or eight pages for the final piece. I remember sitting on a plane back to Cali from NJ having a really hard time deciding what to cut out as I got to the last few pages with Jason because so much of what he said was awesome. I really wanted everyone to be able to read it. Jason Adams fans would really appreciate it I think. I always mean to get all my unedited interviews up here on the site but cleaning up the entire transcripts a second time is really tedious. It takes hours per interview. Sometimes days. I'll do it eventually, I swear.

Looking back, two things Jason said stood out to me as really funny. First, the harsh reality of a 35-year-old man alone on a skateboarding in public as the outside world looks in... and second, a his feelings on his "old nose."

RB: "Do you ever get on your board, skating all alone, hit a rock and eat shit?"
JA: "I hate that… you slam so hard on the sidewalk. When I was a kid I was in my own little world and it didn’t matter. There’s so many times now, I’ll go out and skate and it’s like I’m a grown-ass man in a schoolyard by myself feeling real weird. I eat shit on a rock now and I’m like 'Shit the mailman’s right there and saw that.' It sucks."

"What's with your nose? I heard you regret fixing it?"
"I was never self-conscious about my crooked nose, but I was after I got my surgery. I was worried that people thought I got a nose job, which I basically... did. I kind of miss my old nose. It was such a part of me."

See the earlier "Best quotes of '08!"