Posts tagged with “etnies”

A year ago… more to come…

But you can see the new etnies Japan Tour film and lots of other stuff at the new etnies.com…

From the perspective of a writer, it’s nice to know you can always count on the enjoi guys to give amazing interviews. In my experience, most of the dudes in the Baker crew fall into that category as well.

Interviewing skateboarders, celebrities, or anyone for that matter, is probably harder than most people think, not because interviewing is like rocket science or anything, but because a good interview relies on many variables. It relies heavily on the subject being relaxed and uninhibited and engaging… in addition to the interviewer keeping the subject interested in talking and making them want to be all those things.

Sometimes, no matter what you do or ask, it’s like pulling teeth. The dreaded and abrupt “yes,” “no,” “I don’t know” answers stack up and you’re left with an hour of personality-less tape. Ughhhh. I’ve had many an interview where I couldn’t believe the person I was speaking to really didn’t give a shit how he was going to come off in print, with thousands or even hundreds of thousands people all across the world reading. Like, it’s your interview, dude! How many of these are you going to get in your career? Make it count! Even if you’re kind of shy, I mean, like, maybe it sucks talking about yourself for an hour with some dude like me asking you a million questions or whatever, but seriously, it’s not that bad. Life could be worse. You could be working at McDonalds instead of travelling the world for free and skateboarding. Thank God editing makes things a little more exciting (hopefully) for the reader at times.

Anyway, long story longer, my point is… Jose Rojo gives a lovely interview. Parts one and two of three are here.