FreestyleXtreme Magazine Issue 24 | Page 25

years ago ... seven years ago. But it was rad. Good times. Any funny stories that you can share? It was just genuinely being there... because I’d just kind of got to the age where I could get into bars and stuff on the New Zealand trip, and we were just getting wasted, and going skating, and not even having hangovers at that point because you’re so young. Just wake up in the morning feeling fine, go out skating all day, get back on it. As soon as you go past 30, it’s just downhill! Yeah, totally. Cool. We’ll end this with some rapid-fire questions, man. Favourite place to skate? Currently, I’d think it’s Stockwell in London. It’s this park, consists of bumps and stuff. You can kind of just carve around. Not really like a place you’d go to do loads of mad tricks. It’s more just like somewhere to chill. Beers with the bros. Yeah. Most overrated place to skate? A very famous spot. It’s called Hollywood High. I mean, I would never have anything for it. And it’s sick when people do this. But there’s the bust factor, you just get kicked out. You could try the craziest trick ever - you’ve ever done - get so close to it, got all this adrenaline, and then police come and they’re like, “No, no, no.” And then you’re just like, “Wow, that was...” and it’s over. Favourite trick to watch at the moment? I like watching people do front side ollies on quarter pipes. Someone like Grant Taylor, they just do a front side ollie on a quarter pipe but they just flow. It just really looks effortless and it’s like really amazing. t @BenRaemers