| So you’re currently living in Carlsbad, CA but you’re not originally from here, right? Where did you grow up and why did you make the move out to here? |
| I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico but moved to Idaho when I turned 14. I started skating in Idaho and met some new friends around where I moved to which was this Indian Reservation called Fort Hall, Idaho. There’s not much to do out there but one of my friends skated and it looked really fun so I ended up coming around his house a lot. So I went out and bought a new complete. It took off from there… after I bought my first skateboard I never turned back after that. After watching skate videos and seeing skate magazines and hearing more about California, I knew I wanted to be here. And skateboarding did bring me to California. |
| How old are you and how many of those years have you spent skateboarding? |
| I’m now twenty-two years old. I’ve been skating for about 8 years. Eight amazing years of my life. Thank you Skateboarding. |
| What was it like skating El Toro back in the day? Did you do any other tricks besides the front salad that was used for that Goodwood Ad? |
| El Toro… I’ve seen it in so many videos and always wanted to see it in real life. I finally went to it one day and it was big for sure but a perfect rail. I had to skate it. I went back to it a week after with full confidence to skate it. First I 50-50’d it. I landed it a few times and at the time I had front side salads going for me… so I ended up wanting to try that trick on the rail. I went for it, got on the rail, and slid the whole way down. The try before the one I landed, I went into a front blunt and jumped from half way down the rail to flat. It made my feet feel numb for a little bit. Five minutes after, I went back up and knew I was close and had to land it. I got into it and landed on all for wheels and rolled away. It was a big stress relief. |
| What do you prefer to skate the most? Like I know you jump down big rails, but you’re consistent on gaps and can destroy a ledge or manual pad as well. What do you dig the most? |
| I like to try to skate mostly everything. I mostly like to skate gaps and stairs. It depends on how I’m feeling that day. They’re all fun to skate. |
| Tell us something about yourself that none of us know? |
| Well I’m a 100% Native American. I’m Navajo, from New Mexico. A lot of people really don’t know that about me until they ask what my ethnicity is. |