![]() Well, my dad owns a skateshop, but my first real sponsor was Hurley clothing, then Termite skateboards. You started skateboarding at a really young age, and you’ve been sponsored pretty much all your life. But no, I don’t think I can be a pro surfer, I just camp out, catch waves, and enjoy it. I don’t think so, I mean, I didn’t grow up focusing on surfing, I grew up focusing on skateboarding, and surfing is just a thing that I do for fun. So, yes, it’s my escape! No pressure at all, just fun.ĭo you think you can be a pro surfer someday? When I’m surfing, I’m not worried about anything, I just charge the waves and have fun and relax. There are definitely times when I have nothing to do, but I don’t wanna go home, so surfing definitely helps me not to get bored. Do you think that surfing is your outlet or escape from skateboarding when things get too hectic?įor sure, I see it the same way. I know you surf too, and I know that surfing is a big influence on the way you skate. Actually, I was skating during practice for sure. I was doing fs airs on that big vert ramp. Yeah, I was like 7 years old, I was riding for Termite (a company that during the late 90s and early 2000s supported really small kids…they made a couple videos too, search for them), they shot the photo in the Volcom park during the Damn AM contest. You got your very first coverage during those years: you had a picture in Thrasher in the Something Else column. They drive me to the skateparks all over California, take me to all the contests and stuff like that… very supportive. Well, my father is a pro surfer, they’re very supportive for sure. ![]() Were your parents supportive of your passion for skateboarding? So it doesn’t really matter where you live, maybe you’ll start skateboarding anyway. My parents didn’t put me on a skateboard, I chose to skateboard. Well, I think that at some point or another I would have started skating. I played in the “minor league” when I was younger. I really can’t imagine it, maybe if I had been raised in Ohio I’d be playing baseball right now. Well, so you have more time for this interview, hahaha!Ĭan we skip the “California kid” question? You were born in Ohio, can you imagine what your life would be like if you had been raised in Ohio? Yeah…I wanna skate this park, but I can’t. I’m good, I can’t skate ‘cause I landed with my foot on a stair…I don’t know if it’s dislocated or broken. From the mag_Issue 38_A conversation with Curren Caples.
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