A year ago, Diego Duran and I wrote an article about SMS skate culture for the Grizzly Gazette. It became the most popular article on the whole site. Over the past weeks, I have interviewed some more skaters as Part II of our investigation of skate culture at SMS. This time, I spoke with Noah Biticon, Angel Zuniga, Jesus Espinoza, and Nicko Cunan. Here’s what they have shared.
Question: What is your favorite skate movie?
N.B: “My favorite skate movie is Street Dreams because of the main character, Paul Rodriguez”.
A.Z: “Street Dreams because it’s more real than the other ones”.
J.E: “My favorite movie is North Hollywood because it is cool and funny”.
N.C: “Street Dreams. Definitely.”
Question: What is your favorite skate trick?
N.B: “A Fakie Tre”.
A.Z: “My favorite skate trick is a Kickflip”.
J.E: “A Nollie Double Kickflip”.
N.C: “My favorite trick is an Impossible”.
Question: What is your best skate trick?
N.B: “My best skate trick is also a Fakie Tre”.
A.Z: “A Kickflip”.
J.E: “My best skate trick is Fakie Shuv”.
N.C: “My best trick is an Ollie”.
Question: What skate deck do you use?
N.B: “A Girl deck.”
A.Z: “I use a Primitive deck.”
J.E: “I use a Girl deck I got on sale.”
N.C: “A Decoder deck.”
Question: What size deck do you use?
N.B: “Size 8.25.”
A.Z: “Same. A size 8.25.”
J.E: “Size 7.75.”
N.C: “I use a size 7.75.”
Click here to read Part 1 of this storyline https://smsgrizzlygazette.com/896/sports/skate-culture-at-sms/ .