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No, because I fall too often and I always break stuff. I dont wear watches or anything or skate with Walkmans or minidisc or nothin cos I always end up smashin em and breakin em.
If you could listen to just one tune though before you go out to get psyched up, what would it be?
Well, it doesnt get me psyched up, it just gets me happy and makes me want to skate and not so much concentrating on doing huge stairs or huge handrails but just goin out and rollin, is Louis Armstrong: Wonderful World. Jjust because it was in Questionable Plan B: Rodney Mullens section and its just an amazing section.
Which other skaters and riders do you rate in Scotland?
Everybody that picks up a board. Honestly, theres no whos better than who. There are certain people that you just love to watch like for instance Ben Laden and Stu Graham, theyre brilliant to watch. Slobs in Perth: brilliant to watch. Theres just so many good rippers that have got good style and skate fast and theyve got good tricks and theres just too many to list.
Do you prefer to watch fast skaters or guys with lots of tricks?
Both. Like, for instance, Ian Anderson fae Dundee: he goes pretty fast and tech but, Ben Laden and Stu, theyre all fast and tech. Theyre gnarlers, and Livi breeds gnarlers really. John Anderson too: hes got good style and hes definitely opposed to everything and skates everything. No, sorry! Hes not opposed, hes totally the opposite: I was having a drink with him the other night and hes totally open to everything and theres nothing offends him, nothing at all and he doesnt buy into any of that corporate **** at all. He just skates and I love that.
Is there an obstacle or a trick that youve never conquered that plays on your mind?
Yeah, theres a handrail in Dundee that freaks me right out. I will get round to it before Im too old. I will one day just get a bottle of Bucky up and then hit that handrail at full pelt and see what happens. Somebody will need to pick up the pieces at the bottom like!
Is a bottle of Bucky whats required sometimes?
Well, for hittin handrails for me, cos Im **** scared of handrails, yeah.
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