éS Footwear

Rick McCrank Answers More of Your Questions!

Name: P-Reazy
City: Lakewood, California
Question: Man, your latest shoe, the Anti-Social, is nice. Why did you name it that?
Answer: That’s the name of my skate shop and gallery.

Name: Adam C.
City: Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Question: Where can I send you my portfolio / sponsor me tape / resume / application for a job at Anti-Social?
Answer: You have to live in Vancouver and be a cool dude.

Name: Derick S.
City: Marion, Illinois
Question: One of my friends is opening a skate shop. As a skate shop owner yourself, what advice would you give him?
Answer: Don’t expect to get paid, do it for the love and learn what you can.

Name: Drew
City: Boring Durham, Connecticut
Question: How do you break in a shoe to get it ready to skate?
Answer: I twist them around and stomp on ‘em…then skate!

Name: Kevin
City: The Netherlands
Question: How do you get a high-popped Ollie? Do you need muscles, technique or something else?
Answer: Technique, muscles and a little natural ability.

Name: Robert T.
City: Lincoln, Nebraska
Question: Is there a reason you don’t make your music available to the public on a CD?
Answer: I just play music for a hobby.

Name: Kirk H.
City: Huntington Beach, California
Question: Where did you get the inspiration for the Anti-Social? It looks very similar to a shoe I designed and sent in to éS a year or two back. I’m not pointing any fingers. I’m just curious about this coincidence.
Answer: The footwear designers at éS proposed it and I helped design it.

Name: Rick A.
City: Solon, Ohio
Question: What’s your favorite thing to skate when you are warming up?
Answer: Anything but stairs.

Name: Chris
City: Squamish, B.C.
Question: Do you try to help out everyone on the Anti-Social team? Who on the team is coming up?
Answer: All of them.

Name: Jimmy H.
City: Hamilton, Ohio
Question: Hey McCrank, you are my favorite skateboarder. How much would it cost to have you do a demo at Sessions skatepark?
Answer: Free, if I was in the area and not busy.

Name: Sam
City: Stroud, England
Question: Sometimes, I prefer cruising on my board, as opposed to staying at as spot and trying a trick. Do you feel the same?
Answer: Yes, for sure.

Name: Hamish R.
City: Sydney, Australia
Question: What set-up do you ride?
Answer: A Girl McCrank deck, Thunder trucks and Momentum wheels.

Name: Hamish R.
City: Sydney, Australia
Question: Do you like to skate in Australia?
Answer: I love Australia. I like to hang in Melbourne.

Name: Khristian
City: Merrit Island, Florida
Question: What is the latest trick you’ve been working on?
Answer: Muscle regeneration.

Don’t ask any more questions. The interview is over.

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