What’s Your Deal?
Ever wonder what someones deal was? Well, we sent out an e-mail to a bunch of our team, friends and reps to find out “What’s Your Deal”.
Ben Chibber
Ben Chibber has been running Monke skateboards for 10 years now. He’s had a hand in launching the skate careers of a few people including our own Jordan Bandula.
Ben Chibber, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is Monké Skateboards and everything that makes up the company. From doing sales, working on new product, art direction, team manager, setting up skateboard trips and directing content to our blog www.monkeskateboarding.blogspot.com. I’ve also been skateboarding learning new tricks and once in a while getting behind the camera to catch that new clip on the vx2100. I am also producing 2 tour videos and the new Monké video ‘Surviving the Madness’. Once in a blue moon I will work on a movie set doing background work or skateboard stunts. I was just on a show as an elf for Santa Clause olo..that was fun.
It’s been a fun year traveling with the Monke Team to S.F., L.A, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, London Ontario, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and all over British Colombia. Dame it’s been a big year of traveling. Hope to do the Eastcoast of Canada next year. Lot’s of skating and filming and fun in the sun rep’n Monké.
Mikey Scott
Mikey is the marketing and team manager at No Limits Distribution (Osiris, Vox, Obey, Grenade, Capita, Lifetime, Coal). He also runs a website called bneeth.com and writes a blog for push.ca
From when he gets up in the morning until bedtime he’s surrounded by skateboarding and snowboarding non stop. All the way live from Markham, Mikey Scott, What’s Your Deal?
OK , so I got this email asking me whats my deal and I’m not to sure that if
I can actually explain my deal, so here it goes. For starters, My name is
Mikey Scott and I got a million things on the table right now. Working as
the marketing guy and team guy at No Limits Distribution gives me the chance
to create a budget, and hook up my reps and team riders with as much
opportunity as possible. Once I get home from work, I login to a website
called bneeth.com, which I run with one of my best friends. This community
has blogs from all the photographers and videographers that shoot for the
magazines and videos that you watch and read, so there is always some cool
shi* up on there. Everyone steals our content, but instead of getting mad, I
take it as a compliment. Right before bed, I write up a column for Push.ca,
which is another company that I do some work for. Its basically an online
magazine/community started by SBC Guru, Matt Houghton. He is a smart guy
and our industry owes people like him a lot, straight up. In between doing
all that stuff, I travel around North America for work, but most of all I
love to hang with my family and friends back home in Markham, Ontario
whenever I have the chance.
Yeah , I know that most of that might sound like im bragging or some other
dumb shi*, but the point of me telling you everything that im up to these
days, is because I owe it to my family and friends for helping me have such
a good time skateboarding and snowboarding. That’s it, I guess that’s my
deal. I owe my life to skateboarding and snowboarding. From my first
sticker that I was given to the last bit of work I did before writing this
column, its all been about the two sports that I love. Here’s to everyone
that’s involved in our sports; May you have long years in the industry
filled with nothing but good times and enough money to be happy with.
Jonas Lea
Jonas is co-owner of Airblaster and still loves snowboarding as much as when he started almost 20 years ago. Jonas Lea, What’s Your Deal?
I like snowboarding. Snowboarding has been a big part of my life the
past 19 years. I grew up riding in the mountains of bad ass Utah. My
heroes were Noah Salasnek, Mike Ranquet, John Cardiel, Terje, and Jamie
Lynn. Those were the riders that had the most influence on my
snowboarding in the early nineties.
All I wanted to do was snowboard. I would wash dishes at the local
pizza joint and save all my money so i could get my favorite gear every
year. It was a crazy addiction for sure. I didn’t know how long it
would last, but it just kept getting crazier and crazier every winter.
Before you knew it, 10 years had passed and I was still hooked.
Then one day I thought, my job takes my time away from snowboarding, I
need to get a job that keeps my brain on ripping 24/7. Thats when I got
a job at a Snowboard shop. I worked there for 3 years until I got a job
repping. I spent about 4 years repping some skate and snowboard brands
in the Rocky Mountains. I liked it.
This one day in particular I was working at the trade show in Las
Vegas. A friend of mine that I hadn’t seen for a few years walked up
and said hello. It was Jesse Grandkoski, one of the founders of
Airblaster. We said hi for a few minutes and then he said he was
starting a company with Travis and Paul, and it was totally awesome.
He pulled out a sticker and a tee shirt with the mighty AIR PILL on it.
I was like, “holy shit that logo is awesome. I don’t know what it is,
but I love it! ” A little while after, I started repping Airblaster.
Something about it was magical, and it kept pulling me closer and
closer over the past 6 years. Every year I would get rid of a brand I
was representing and get a little more involved with it.
Then jump out of the time machine to today. I am sitting here in our
office writing a letter to the mighty Alcatraz. I am still shredding.
Still hungry for blasting through powder. Still love that same style of
snowboarding. Still love all that beautiful gear. Still love to fly
through the air. Still like pizza.
I am one of the owners of Airblaster. Just a little kid from New
Hampshire that wanted to devote my life to what I loved.
Have a wonderful winter.
Ian Brouwer
Former Alcatraz employee turned Earth wandering Nomad is another one of my B.F.L. He’s got a full part ready to go for TV4-Super Duper, premiering this December.
Ian Brouwer, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is enjoying a delicious breakfast, a good pair of socks, having fun, two
pair, listening to music, catching up, driving on gravel roads, finding a good spot,
savouring the satisfaction of building something to skate then shredding it … and
most especially if it involves shredding whilst enjoying wobbly pops. Hill bombs!
Pirate trash talk, purple woods, italian wedding soup, grille cheese (fancy french,
makes it gooder), chicken parmesan, pistachio ice cream, watching old horror movies
like ‘Re-Animator’, Calvin & Hobbes, green tea, fishing, tubing down a mountain
river with beer chilling in the water because it is so cold, door lock ocd,
remembering the old days, extra, 2manyDJs and aqua teen hunger force. I almost hit a
black bear with my car on my way to my Aunt and Uncle’s in northern Alberta, there I
also learned how to drive a tractor. Recently started skating wide boards, with wide
trucks, my setup is 2/3 ‘that old salty guy at the park’ board. But I keep it
youthful with 51′s or are those too big nowadays? I can’t tell anymore.
Worked for this guy for a bit.
I have been filming for our video ‘Super Duper’ due out December time, peep the
strategy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZotU91Mmj0
I’m going on a trip to Halifax next week and after I get back from that I’m going to
Barcelona to skate paral-lel … all day, everyday.
Jeff, my bros can totally hang with your bros, they can be brahs together.
I grew a beard too.
ib
Jeff McDonald
Sean Mo thought that T.J. Schneider had signed a 1 year contract with Alcatraz so that no one else would have a deal. Not true. It just seems no one else has a deal lately and I sort of have one now so, Jeff McDonald, What’s Your Deal?
Last week I took a week of holidays.
Things started off great when I went to meet Brosang at the food court for lunch.
It was kind of weird though because we both had the same corpse paint on and got into an argument about who had theirs on first.
I skated a few times and hurt my foot jumping off my board on a failed front krook attempt. Sean Malto is half my age and has amazing front krooks, so mine should be twice as good right? Wrong. Yeah, foot bruise.
Bummed that my foot hurt I called up my bros who are the best bros ever in the history of brolitude and was all “Bros. Let’s drink a two four of kegs and party like it’s Wednesday.” Here’s a photo of my righteous bros.
After that I slipped into to an almost comatose state where I just layed in a hammock for a few days recuperating from the weeks events.
When I woke up I went and got a haircut.
T.J. Schneider
Capita Snowboards pro T.J. Schneider came out to ride Dagmar with the Alcatraz snow team and some lucky invited guests on the last day of the season in the pouring rain and it turned out to be the best day of the year.
He got shut down trying to pick up our mannequin.
And he might also be Element Canada team rider Dave Nolans long lost twin.
T.J. Schneider, What’s Your Deal?
huh … i have no idea really . most obvious thing is probably
snowboarding . thats what most people know me from .mostly though id
say my deal is chilling writing drawing tattooing hockey reading
sleeping living , shit i dunno , i do way too much stuff . My deal i
guess is everything .
Jimmy Thomas
Jimmy worked at the shop for years. The way he got a job was one day it was really busy and we looked over and he was just running the cash register. If you’ve met him you know that he rules at life real hard.
Jimmy Thomas, What’s Your Deal?
whats my deal? my deal changes more often than most people change their
underwear, Swaying back and forth like a god damn ship caught in the eye of
a storm raining beer! i’ll give you a break down of “my deal”, as of the
last week, hows that eh?
i spend every day, monday to friday waking up at 4:11am(for some reason
waking up on even numbers is harder for me, wierd i know), pressing the
“snooze” button until 4:30, and racing out of my house to make it to my
shitty job, driving around to strip malls, cleaning up garbage from chinese
food buffet restaurants. This quite possibley has changed my entire outlook
on chinese food. spent last weekend with some “bro’s” from whitby at my new
place in the big smoke, just off the danforth. Got blinding drunk off a 2L
import beer called charles wells, moved onto vodka’s, tried to go to a
canadian music week show at lee’s palace, where all that i can recall
without having witty quotes from innocent by standers, is more vodka’s were
had, i ended up going 90(degrees that is, cause thats the only way i could
walk, bent over at a 90 degree angle), and being poured into a cab, missing
the band we were there to see. Fell asleep in the back of a cab, with
someone driving that was not stoked on me staying the night in the back, i
think i paid, blew through the front door of my apartment, and decided our
bathroom walls needed to be painted with the beer and vodka from my belly.
coles notes: new toronto apartment + friends from whitby + charles wells 2L
beer + vodka+cabs+puke paint = RAD!
this probably sucks, but what can i say? ha
Sam James
Holder of the title for hanging out the longest amount of time in a single day when he didn’t even work here (7 1/2 hours). I’ve seen him stress over a board for days because it was less than an 1/8 of an inch skinnier than he normally skates. Not buy a set of trucks because the bushings were the wrong colour. Don’t even get me started on shoes. He’s one half of Garys parents along with Annie. One of my B.F.L (Bros For Life).
Sam James, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is keeping really busy, like, so busy I developed an eye
twitch, so I had to take a vacation up north to hang out with my
family, make hand rolled smokes, take pictures of white tail deer at
the dump, listen to Patti Smith with my Mom, and then come back to the
city sans stress twitch.
I’m really into family, its a pretty good deal if you ask me.
Sometimes they cost you a little, like at Christmas, or if one of em
lights the towels on the bathroom rack on fire, that costs a little,
but for the most part its free good vibes.
My friends are my family too.
I can skateboard sometimes, but only if the weather conditions are
right, and the moon has to be full, and my shoelaces have to be the
correct length, colour, and be tied properly. I’m kinda scared to try
skating again this spring, its gonna be weird, I haven’t skated, or
thought about skating since last summer, I don’t know if I’ll remember
how things work, its all muscle memory I think, you just gotta keep at
it in regular small doses.
Speaking of “doses”, I am really into getting high.
Ahhhh, almost got you! What I meant was that I get high on coffee,
lots of it, but thats ok, because according to a website about what
white people like, coffee is #1 on the list! Yay!! I’m a white guy!
What are the odds!
Anyways, I’m also into getting other people high on my coffee.
I run Manic Coffee, the best coffee shop in the city.
And I like to make sissy little flower designs in my coffee, but its
actually because I’m hella pro, not cuz I’m a sissy.
Sissies don’t have moustaches.
Ok, well except for all those stereotypes of gays with assless chaps
and moustaches, but I think that was kind of a 90′s things, its passe
for gays to do that shit now.
Uhhhhh, well I dont really know what else I deal in.
Large exotic cats, small emaciated ally cats, any cats.
Im a good “no sweetie, don’t get a pizza watch tattoo” convincer.
I’m still a wicked hater when I need to be.
Daniel Day Lewis.
Telling bums to “hit the road” when they come in the shop.
Riding my speedybike along College street before dawn.
Sitting crosslegged in the park with my friends, and passin the
dutchie to the left hand side.
90′s skate videos.
Gettin crazy like Travis Bickle.
Thats all I got.
Joe Sud
Joe has been successfully running his shop SudSkates for twenty years this year.
On top of running Sud, Joe is also the Ontario rep for Emerica and Etnies and still somehow has time to organize a lowrider show every summer called Scrape By The Lake. Oh yeah, both those cars are his. And yeah, that’s a gold plated trunk.
Joe Sud, What’s Your Deal?
Cadillacs + Crown Royal…that’s it.
Rob Mad-Ill
Rob used to be the head of Atomic Snowboards in Canada. Then, some stuff went down and now he’s the Sales & Marketing guy at SBC Snowboard Magazine.
Rob Madill, What’s Your Deal?
When I first got this email, I was like wow, in all CAPS excited!! My very own “What’s Your Deal.” Sure it wasn’t a signature boot or deck, but its probably still using up 14 of my 15 minutes of fame. Immediately, I started thinking “What is My Deal?” and that’s where the OCD kicked in! It didn’t matter what I was doing, I couldn’t quit thinking “What is My Deal”. Sitting in traffic “What’s My Deal?, comparative poutine sampling at different hills “What’s My Deal?” (by the way the search is still on for best ski hill poutine), riding the chairlift “What¹s my Deal?”, waking up with cold sweats from a dream/nightmare/anxiety attack “What’s my deal?”, actually that never happened, but you get the idea, this whole process was starting to get way too complicated! Especially, since the holy grail of my deal is about having fun and laughing with other people who like to laugh and have fun doing things that are fun and make you laugh. Take for instance competitive Jenga with the Benoit, although I actually have a cheap imitation that was purchased at a yard sale on a surf trip just outside of Halifax. Or laughing hysterically at a moose on its way through downtown
Montreal. Or hiking five minutes from the lift and having bluebird pow days! Actually, snowboarding in general, anywhere from waist deep at Baker, to in the rain at Hood to slushy spring Ontario days, to early season at the epic Mt. Hydro, to talking about snowboarding. Snowboarding, I guess is a big part of my deal. Oh and being outside in general, especially at the cottage, and fishing. Nothing like sitting in the boat with a few fun sodas. And hanging out with guys like Chris Roach…we go way back. Ohh I
almost forgot bacon. Yeah, fun I guess that sums up my deal, with music of course. Or I could have just said I wanna tell you a little story, that makes me warm inside. It’s about friends growing up and all the things they tried…..
GH3
Glencoe is 1 of 3 Glencoe Hogles that exist in the world. You could say he’s limited edition. He’s been spending more time in San Fransisco and Montreal then he has at home in the past 2 years.
Glencoe Hogle, What’s Your Deal?
Wats my deal eh? Well Couple of months back I started a trek from Toronto to Las Vegas to Los Angeles and ending for a month stay in the hill bomb covered wonderland known as San Francisco. Frisco’s dope! I had to leave for a month and found myself back in Montreal drunk and interviewing heads with my trusted broomstick microphone, good times! Christmas came and went and a quick strip search at the airport and back in SF my mugs enjoying the sunshine. Every morning id basically walk a block, grab a ‘smoothie of the day’ and a shot of wheat grass then decide where the crew was going to assemble and then bomb the hill in the necessary direction. The infamous EMB is always a good spot to warm up, those giant balls are defiantly fun to play on, but watch out for business men in high heels.. That might throw your game off for a hot minute lol. Hubba Hideout has been officially ruined my hateful government officials. I guess they decided drug abuse is a way better art form then skateboarding, good work douchbags. But hey at least bumper stickers can read my mind ; ) Of course 3rd and Army is a great no kick out spot just keep an eye for dirt bike cops when in mid burn nahimeen. Anyway I’m back in Orono biding my time in this shite weather while looking ever fresh on my golden crutches, ya injuries suck but smiles always heal you quicker. I’ve since upgraded my belt from a shoe lace to a piece of rope, and I washed my hair the other day lol. So keep your heads up cats ill see ya’ll on the lurk. Peace, and tell all the ladies that it’s my duty to please that booty. I’m out, ONE.
ANNIE LAM
Annie is totally going steady with our friend Sam. They live together with their cat Gary who has a part time job at Blockbuster.
She also happens to be the team manager for Adidas Skateboarding, Canada.
Annie Lam, What’s Your Deal?
I just got back from Montreal where I broke off half my tooth eating. It made me feel real trailer park trashy. Other than that, I was in America a while ago where I went to Danzig’s house (see below) and got some new tattoos that my parents would be real proud of. Lately, I’ve been thinking of getting a watch tattooed on my wrist, but instead of a clock face, it would be a pizza. So whenever people ask me what time it is, I can look at my wrist and say “IT’S PIZZA TIME.” Maybe that’s a bit over board though?
BRIAN VINCE
Brian is the owner/proprietor of the “Harmony House Home For Delinquent Hockey Fans.” Numerous times a week they gather in the bar there (garage) and get rowdy and watch hockey.
He’s also the warehouse manager at Center East. Home of Alien Workshop, Habitat, Mystery, Zero, $lave, Fallen, Plan B and RDS.
Brian Vince, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is that sometimes ya’ jus gotta be your self at work and not hide
under the traditional uniform. I say down to the uniform and down with
conforming to the norm…….
WILL HUEBERT
Will is tall.
Like he’s almost as tall as Shaq.
I don’t know if he could Shaq a backboard though.
Will Huebert, What’s Your Deal?
If you had of asked what my deal was before last thursday it would have been callin
Krezignarsky trying to skate his ramp, but he is commonly getting Krezinasty so
Polson Pier was my outlet, where I rolled my back ankle severely.
Now I am just playing a whole butt-load of Mortal Kombat on Super Nintendo, and
watching the original Mortal Kombat movie that i bought for 7.99.
SCOTT SMITH
Scott used to work at the shop for a couple of years. Now he spends his time hunting biker Werewolves (they’re real),
Listening To Phil Collins.
And for some reason he likes to get on stage when bands are playing and take his shirt off.
Scott Smith, What’s Your Deal?
I was looking at rings the other day in a jewelry catalog, not because I
like that sort of thing, I was just bored, anyway, I noticed that most of
the diamonds are from Canada. At least that’s what they are claiming, and I
don’t know about you, but if I was going to buy a diamond it wouldn’t be
from Canada. It just seems to easy to get to me. Sure they are supposed to
be better quality and all ¬_________, but for my money I want a diamond ____
______. A _____________ if you will, why? because _____________________ put
so much effort into getting that diamond, _____________________________,
that’s _______ hard work and dedication.
Anyone can go into a mine with the proper equipment and get a diamond, that’s
____________ challenging. What’s challenging is __________________________
______ with a diamond ______________________________________________________
____…. Of course if you get caught you get __________________________….
but hey, I get one hell of a diamond, ______________ I will pay top dollar
for. I’m not paying 5 grand to have some _________________ from the North
West Territories with all the right equipment climb effortlessly down a mine
and dig one out, that’s not worth it to me. I want my diamond ________________,
_____ and _____…._____________, _______________________.
How about you e-mail that question to Rachel Ray and ask her what her
_______ deal is. Making up her own words and abbreviations ________ like
sammies and e.v.o.o.(sandwiches and extra virgin olive oil) I could, however
___________________ if she was _______________. Not only would it be more
enjoyable to watch, but it would add some action to the show as well….like
if she was cooking with hot oil and it ________________________….action/comedy all in one.
hja jklas ksd’fsd………that was the cats deal, she just walked across my
keyboard.
p.s. I like pictures, shralping, cats, tattoos, cooking, and not shoveling
the drive way so I can hear people complain about walking through the snow
when they get to my door.
JASON KING
When he’s not freaking out because the original Van Halen are touring. Well 3/4 of the original Van Halen.
He’s totally hanging out with his friend Steve Harris up in the Ganny, where they ride “The Sleds” with no trail passes and a two four of kegs strapped to their backs.
Also, at the Christmas party last year when I was “Pirate Drunk” he made sure I got home safe. It’s a good thing too because I probably would have got a BUI charge. (Breathing Under The Influenece)
Jason King, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is always subject to change. That’s generally been good though.
My deal is pretty much being The Alcatraz Guy for about 12 years now, but
there are some who call me daddy. I live in Blackstock and I’m waiting
for the old lady to turn her back long enough for me to go and get matching
snowmobile suits, mullets and Oakley Blades for my sons and I. I don’t get
why farting is so scandalous. I think I’m just getting over an extended
bout of analysis paralysis. I literally like long walks on the beach.
Literally. Preferably in Costa Rica. I like drinking tall boys while
jamming at my friend’s wackadoodle cabin in the woods. I’m totally into
the love, good times and high fives. Maybe even non-ironic ones. Maybe.
CLEMENT LUSH
He didn’t skate much last year because he was a new dad.
But this year, he swears he’s back in Ripper mode.
Clement Lush, What’s Your Deal?
I had a baby! No kidding, I’m that old! Ruby Elizabeth Lush, born on October 12th
2006 at 10:56 a.m. She’s 16 months old now and absolutely the most incredible thing
to ever happen to me. She landed a three flip the other day that was off the hook;
the new board must have made the difference. I’d go skating with her right now
but…
TODAY IT SNOWS!
more to come…
JAY REVELLE
The first time I ever met Jay was probably 17 years ago. I saw him do a varial heel off a curb cut and had no idea what I’d just witnessed.
Now, when he isn’t busy getting beat up by Tony Little,
or training for Wimbledon,
or meeting The Gonz,
he’s writing for Color (a Canadian magazine) while living in Japan.
Jay Revelle, What’s Your Deal?
What’s my deal? I’m not sure what the hell my deal is. Someone should smack me because I keep ending up in other corners of globe and I need to learn to just stay in one place. I’m always skating though. I am currently in Tokyo, Japan a place I have lived in since 2002. I can’t seem to stay away. Although often times recently, I am in Canada more, which is nice. But basically, I think I should figure out my deal because not having a deal is bad. I need a deal. It would keep me in one place, so I hope to get a deal soon. In the meantime, I guess I’m just gonna keep popping up randomly in random places, so don’t be surprised if you see me somewhere. If you do see me, just come up to me and say, “konnichiwa”. It means “hello”.
JORDAN BANDULA
Jordans been skating for the shop since he was 12 years old. He’s 22 now so I guess we owe him his 10 year wall clock. 10 years of loyalty to one sponsor is nothing to scoff at.
Jordan Bandula, What’s Your Deal?
I just got back from the City of Toronto and I’m sooo stoked! On Wednesday while I was there, I checked out the “Vans” shred central mini ramp contest which was off the hook, enough good skating went down. I saw a nose pick indy grab to hop back into the mini by Mark Bajar. Not to mention who won the contest on Friday! I had the chance to skateboard with Dallas Ives and Ryan Decenzo at the Urban Rail skateboard contest. Ryan was a judge picking and choosing best tricks like switch front big spin board slides down rails. Our main man of the contest “Dallas Ives” (not to mention again who won the contest) Plus the other 3 before this one…That means Dally Boy won all four contests! Go Dallas. After the skate session with the homie’s, Chris Quick, Aaron Gallas, and Bow digga and I went to the “Gza” Concert, which was AMAZING! GZA rocked the mic hard for the city of Toronto.
On Saturday, I went back to the Urban Rail skate park for the Globe demo! It was seperated into two demo’s. Each one was 45mins long and had 20 min breaks in between for Scotty Macdonald to get his voice back because he was yelling out too many insane skatebaord tricks. Like Ryan Decenzo’s frontside flip’s to flat over the big table top and kick flip crooks down the rail. Other skaters who skated in the demo were Will Marshall, Tj Rogers, Matt Ross, Bobby de Keyzer, myself and the Globe (flow) riders. When the demo was over, there was a huge product toss! Everybody walked away with something.
So everyone went home happy including myself!
SEAN MO
He once held Mike Carrolls “Thrasher Skater Of The Year” Trophy.
Sent me a picture of Guy Mariano sitting less than 10 feet away to make me jealous.
He is the owner of the second best dog named after a character from a Wes Anderson movie.
He’s also the guy who runs Lakai, Girl, Chocolate, Cliche, Fourstar, Matix and DVS for Ontario.
Sean Mo, What’s Your Deal?
my deal is I saw Arget, he showed me the tattoo he got.
its the graphic from his first board ever, it was a walmart board called The
Wrestler. hes still got it in his room.
thats my deal.
CHASE FURMAN
If Chico Brenes didn’t already skate to Sade’s Smooth Operator years ago then Chase would probably skate to it in the next Alcatraz video. His skating is very easy on the eyes.
Chase Furman, What’s Your Deal?
an overnight painting on a piece of wood. pretty big deal eh.
BRIAN HO SANG
Brian is one half of the design team known as Monsterpilot. Him and Liz have done all our board and t-shirt graphics for the past 3 years now. Brian is also responsible for this website and loves the hell out of a bottle of 50.
Brian Ho Sang What’s Your Deal?
My deal is lately I haven’t been living, I’ve just been killing time.
It’s winter and most of it I spent locked away and tied to my
computer, which is good because if I work hard all winter I can play
even harder this summer, ain’t that right brothers!!
Speaking of this summer I plan on it being totally rad / bad (bad
meaning good). I’m looking forward to taking to the streets / parks
and sweating out a few hours of failed kickflip attempts.
The question I have been asking myself though is: “What trucks will I
be on” when I’m trying kickflips and landing rocket flips this
summer? I’ve been considering going back to Indy (that’s right going
back, meaning I did ride them at one point but stopped, I was too
young for them at the time I was only 18!! And I thought Indys were
for white people), I am considering this mainly because I just got my
B.O.S.S.N.A.T.A.T (Benevolent Order of Street Skaters Near or Above
The Age of Thirty) membership card in the mail with strong suggestion
to get with it and get some Indys. I dunno we’ll see.
Pu**y and paper is poetry, power and pistols.
See you in the streets.
JON GONSALVES
Alcatraz’s youngest team rider Jon Gonsalves has turned into a hermit this winter. Someone let us know if you see him.
Jon Gonsalves What’s Your Deal?
uhhmmm, my deal is…recently trying to get some money to afford a board and waiting
for my vx2k, just chillen with people and sleeping as much as possible
CHRIS RITCHIE
Other than being the sales rep for Fallen shoes Chris Ritchie could throw you in a rear naked choke hold and make you tap out in 5 seconds.
So, Chris Ritchie, What’s Your Deal?
My deal is I love being badass, listening to Young Buck, mackin’ on bikini babes, and eating bison !!!
Does that work?
