Photo GEOFF CLIFFORD
If you had no sponsors would you skate any differently? Do you skate certain things to stoke your sponsors? I like skating big stuff. It’s fun to get yourself scared sometimes. It’s hard to say if I would still try gnarly stuff if I wasn’t sponsored; I definitely wouldn’t jump on glory-handrails in the streets. But all my sponsors are good people, so I don’t feel stressed about that.
Who are you riding for right now?
I ride for Supra, KR3W, Deathwish, Pig Wheels through Tum Yeto, Independent through Centre, and Ultimate Boardshop. It’s really overwhelming to think that everything is going super good.
What’s a JS hobby besides listening to the same five songs everyday? While you’re at it, which songs are they?
I don’t know [laughs]. I don’t do anything besides skating. Music is a good way to hype yourself up, and I do listen to the same songs often. The first one would be “God Must Hate Me” by Simple Plan. Just kidding [laughs]. I’m really stoked on “Megalomania” by Black Sabbath – any Sabbath song is obviously amazing. I like “Sinister” by Pentagram, “Sailin’ On” by Bad Brains, “I Can’t Stand It” by Velvet underground and “Reverberation” by the 13th Floor Elevators.
Do you want to do the “thanks” thing?
Yeah, I want to thank my parents and sister for always being there for me. Thanks to Raj Mehra, Sam Perrault at Mehrathon and Erik Ellington, Jim Greco and Doughnut at Deathwish. Also, Pete (Nicolas Peterson), James Kolbjornsen, Chris Brown and Dennis Martin at KR3W and Supra. Mike Sinclair at Tum Yeto, Danny Marshall at
Independent, everyone at Ultimate Boardshop, and Josh Clark – thanks for everything. Bshans (Brian Shannon), Phil Lavoie, Antoine Asselin, Adam Green, Hugo Balek, Eric Riedl, Bob LaSalle, David Prevost, Kyle MacDonald, Charles Rivard, Ryan Decenzo, Mick Roy, Chris St-Cyr, Gab Ekoe and everyone from Dimestore. Jo and Sam Guay, and anyone who I filmed or shot with, anyone who let me sleep at their place, and all the homies from Montréal. Roch Lanoue, Carl Provost, Simon Porlier, Julien Lebeau, and anyone I forgot – thanks a lot.