How and when did you start skating?
Fourth grade.
Who were you skating with at first?
Friends from Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
What terrain were you riding at first?
Curbs.
Who were some early influences on your skating?
Some old videos.
Do you enjoy skating in contests?
No.
How could contests be improved?
I guess the new skate jams.
What is good / bad about being amski?
You can do a trick if you try long enough, but it's dangerous.
What do you think of skate videos?
Videos are cool.
Which are your favorites?
Girl videos.
Do you enjoy shooting video parts?
Sure, it's more like going skating every day and then thinking of a trick, instead of planning on going to a spot and doing a certain trick.
Do you skate small stuff like curbs and parking bumps?
Sure, skating through the city to different spots.
Do you skate vert ramps?
I skated the Woodward vert ramp, scary.
Do you ever session backyard pools much?
I've never shredded a backyard pool.
What do you think of public concrete skateparks?
The no-helmet shit is tight. I wanna go back to Kettering.
Stairs is for chillin'. Photo by foxxyz
How could they improve the design?
They're tight.
Should skateparks copy real street spots like Love Park and EMB?
Yup, and they are. Do it marble.
How did you get on éS?
I was on etnies flow from Craig Metzger, then he started sending me éS flow when he moved to éS. I didn't care about getting on, as long as I skated my favorite shoes.
What do you like about éS?
Best shoes.
Who do you skate with now?
Everyone in DC.
Who are your favorite skaters of all time?
K-Frost.
What have been the highlights of your skateboarding career?
I don't know.
Is there anything in skateboarding you haven't done that you'd like to accomplish?
Manuals.
What do you enjoy besides skating?
Fixed gear.
What music, art, books have you been enjoying lately?
Every kind of music, the radio.
What are your future goals?
Land tricks fast.
Stats
Date of Birth: May 16, 1986
Hometown: Germantown, Maryland
Present home: Washington DC
Occupation: Skateboarder
Sponsors: éS Footwear, éS Apparel, Krooked, Thunder, Spitfire, Pitcrew, Roughneck
Marital Status: Married
Children: Are you kidding me?
Video Coverage
Krooked Krooked Kronichles
Chris Hall Get Familiar
éS Footwear éSpecial
Magazine Coverage
Skateboarder April 2005: six-page interview
The Skateboard Mag April 2005: eight-page New Jack article
TransWorld Skateboarding April 2005: one-page Check Out
Numerous Krooked ads
Web Coverage
Ask the éS Team Vol. 1
Coors Lite
Don't Mess With éS Gallery
Get Familiar
Inside the Actor's Studio
Lodown
Pitcrew
Thrasher
TransWorld Skateboarding
YouTube