Javier Sarmiento

Javier Sarmiento
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When did you start skating?
1989.

Who were you skating with at first?
Friends from different hoods.

What terrain were you riding at first?
Street.

Who were some early influences on your skating?
Sean Sheffey.

Do you enjoy skating in contests?
It depends on which contest, but no.

What is good / bad about being a pro?
The life steez.

Name your favorite videos?
Vice Vampire video.

Do you ever skate curbs, parking bumps, vert ramps or backyard pools?
No.

What do you think of all the public concrete skateparks that are opening?
They all suck.

How could they improve the design?
By asking the skaters.

Should skateparks copy real street spots like Love Park and EMB?
They should do it…without coping, too.

How did you get on éS?
My skating, I guess.

What do you like about éS?
The shoes and the team.

Who do you skate with now?
Friends.

Who are your favorite skaters of all time?
Sean Sheffey, Rodrigo Tx.

Is there anything in skateboarding you haven't done that you'd like to accomplish?
No.

What do you enjoy besides skating?
Chillin' at the plaza with my friends.

What music, art and books have you been enjoying lately?
The music of the Kovorkians, the paintings from Mena and the life of Al Capone, good book.

What are your future goals?
To be the owner of Miami.

Huh?

Date of Birth: April 13, 1980.
Hometown: Vitoria, Spain.
Present home: Zalduondo, Spain.
Occupation: Legal hustler.
Sponsors: éS Footwear, Fury, Ricta, Diamond, Volcom, Nixon.
Marital Status: Single.
Children: Not yet.

Magazine Coverage
Two Slap covers
TransWorld Skateboarding, August 2002, interview

Video Coverage
éS éSpecial
The Firm Can't Stop
Volcom Chicagof

Web Coverage
Volcom

Biography

Technical yet super stylish, Javier Sarmiento is simply among the best skateboarders ever to emerge from Europe--Vitoria, Spain, more precisely--or anywhere else, for that matter. Javi puffs a mean cloud of smoke and usually tends to float his boat pretty far under the radar. Find out a little bit more about this mystery man in his interview.