Definitely. So how is California treating you? I know you tried to avoid it before. Do you find it as boring now as you did back in the day? A lot of shit’s changed.
A lot has changed, for sure. But as far as street skating goes, I’m bored out of my mind. Straight up.
But skateboarding isn’t the same anymore. I mean it’s all skating, but the skating that I like isn’t there anymore. I find myself being in the city and it just isn’t working. I go to the spot hoping for a crew of people already there to kick it with but it’s not like that anymore.
It’s funny because my chick has to keep reminding me that I also hated living in Philly those last few years. I’ll catch myself forgetting that at times. The city had changed so much. That Love era with Stevie had come to a close and shit wasn’t the same. I don’t know if it’s due to a lack of spots or what, but it’s real bad now.
I was talking to RB Umali about this a few days ago, trying to get him to bring back that whole New York thing. He had to break it down to me. He was telling me that while Manhattan is fun to skate and you can still there to get some work done, nobody has that same mentality anymore that our generation did. Nobody congregates anymore. Kids go to school now, they’re not hanging out downtown all-day like we used to.
But one good thing about living in California is being so close to everything. You know as much as I do, it’s all about content, content, content. And it seems like a lot of these indoor warehouses will be picking up the slack for those famous spots that either don’t exist or nobody cares about anymore.
I actually get excited to skate a couple of these warehouses now. Going to Black Box and skating is fun. Sean Sheffey and the Kayo guys are always there. The Transworld park is fun, too. Even the Berrics is cool. I just wish it was all outside.
But is there street cred at the skatepark? Strange as it is, that was a large component of it for our generation.
Totally. But for most of the kids I talk to aren’t interested in that. The reality is that you could use some of these free plazas as your hub and set up your little crew there… get little Stoner Park tats and all that. You could really do that.
It’s a different mentality at a skatepark. It’s this weird mindset with underlying rules where you can’t use footage there. It’s strange because I was one of the dudes that helped put these rules into place and here I am now, all these years later, dreaming about going to Stoner and being able to film. I skate those parks with my people and its fun. It’s the same feeling as those other places were but that “skatepark” mindset keeps you from taking full advantage of it… even if those rules are outdated.
Ahorita todo como que se medio regreso a los 70's, en que todo esta basado en un skatepark, y que te haces famoso si te conviertes en un heroe de parque, y ganas la competencia. Veanlo con los ojos de un chamin, tienes 2 opciones: 1 vas a un street spot, lo cual aqui en estados unidos vas a durar 5 minutos maximo, antes de que llamen a la policia, y si puedes, filmar algo, que al final lo mejor qe va a pasar es que va a parar en youtube, para que todo el mundo lo odie, porque alguien ya lo hizo en los 90's... o opción 2: vas al skatepark todos los días, entrenas en esa mierda como un gimnasta, para una competencia que las de ahora son de un millón de dólares, patrocinadas por red bull, monster, mountain dew, etc... you tube video, o un millón de dólares???
ReplyDeleteDiego, si quieres salir a patinar en la calle este fin, Conectate con David Ricardo y DJ pixelot, Y vayan a patinar! simple. emails, unas llamadas, y listo. Ojala los tuviera para llamarlos. Y tomense unas foticos!
Bueno, a estas alturas de mi vida, extraño mucho las calles, las aceras, las escaleras y las peleas con los vigilantes, pero con una hija y esposa, la cosa cambia, y el tiempo lo aprecio mucho mas, pues de vaina puedo patinar o surfear una vez a la semana y los skateparks han salvado mi vida como skater, ahora me meto en esa vaina y sudo como un recluta y he aprendido muchas cosas que siempre quice hacer, como por ejemplo, estudiar los bowls y sacarles las lineas para que la vaina realmente funcione. Pero, estoy abierto siempre a sesiones en calle, es mas, siempre que me bajo con la niña en la plaza de los Palos Grandes bajo la patineta y trato de hacer lo que mas pueda mientras ella juega. Vamos a cuadrar y vamos a lanzarnos un centro de Caracas un domingo, esta de lujo ultimamente, una banda de spots muchachos!
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