Random blips from Transworld Skateboarding and The Skateboard Mag

3. HOW DOES IT FEEL to be done with
the Zero video?
It feels good, man. I'm stoked it's over
with. Definitely didn't even think about
getting the last part when we first
started filming.
Who had your favorite part?
Brockman. I was feeling it more when
he skated to Sabbath in that earlier
edit, but it worked out good the way
it was.
I know your part was pretty much
completed last May and focus had
shifted primarily onto the Emerica
video. How did you choose the last
couple tricks you filmed over the final
days before deadline?
Well, yeah urn... pretty much ... I
wanted to can you ask me the ques-
tion again? I thought I was done. I
knew I had to do a couple more things,
but I thought Jamie [Thomas] wanted
more lines or something. So, he
brought it up and asked me to do the
back overcrook at Rincon. It turns out
that it just replaced a trick in my part,
so I still needed to fill the same gap that
was there in the first place. So, I went
and got that heelflip over the [thirteen
stair] rail in Vista. I've been psyched on
those lately, so that was my idea.
When's Stay Gold set to come out?
Are you supposed to have another full
part in that? .
I've got eight months, I believe. And
yeah, I'm trying to get a part together.
I remember getting your texts while on
the last summer tour. You were party-
ing on a yacht in Paris, and we were
driving through Texas in the dead
of summer. I didn't realize that you
guys were staying on a boat at that.
point, and I thought Sale Tech had just
hooked up a booze cruise for all you
dudes. Needless to say, the entire van
was jealous of your situation.
Yeah, it was f-king hilarious. I guess
it was cheaper than getting a hotel or
whatever, so it actually worked out to
their advantage. I like to leave that part
out, though, 'cause a boat just sounds
way more bailer. Emerica Paris on a
yacht.
Emerica Atlantis via submarine, think
about it. Why does everyone north of
Orange County call you Little F-kie,
and everyone south of Orange County
call you Baby Jamie?
I dunno, dude. I have no idea. It was
always just kinda separate, you know?
Ever since the beginning I would either
chill with the Emerica guys or you guys.
Everyone always just had a different
name for me. I think Baby J had to do
with Big Jamie-I was the little one.
Did the two nicknames correspond
with two alter egos? Like a boy band.
But instead of, "He's the mysterious
one and that one's the bad boy," it was
more like, "Oh F-kie is Emerica and
Baby J is Zero"?
Like a schizo? No, definitely not schizo.
Just Jamie.
So you went from skating with rela-
tively no pressure to all of a sudden
dealing with two deadlines simultane-
ously?
Yeah, it's been pretty awesome actu-
ally. I kinda like it. Always busy, always
going on trips and stuff. The schedule
is definitely better than just sitting
around all the time. That's when people
tend to pile out.
Is Emerica on the same kind of
program as Zero? Up at nine, out by
ten, and oftentimes back when the sun
comes up?
Not quite as intense, but yeah, pretty
much the same deal in different places.
Sole Tech keeps us traveling a bit
more. A bit more exotic.
How was staying on a boat? Did
anything crazy go down?
Nothing too crazy, man. There were a
lot of spiders, and a bike got locked to
the railing on the bow. That's about it
though, [ guess.
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Your life has changed dramatically
over the past year. How's your first
place treating you thus far? -
Pretty stoked on it. I've got a bed,
a [amp, a dresser, some hangers, a
bunch of clothes and sh-t, You know,
just the regular room stuff.
Did you take a trip to Ikea?
Not yet. [ lost my passport, and I can't
cash my checks without my passport.
So [ can't buy anything.
You're on an impromptu savings plan?
Pretty much, dude-monetary cutoff.
lt sucks pretty hard. [ might be able to
get Sole Tech or Black Box to sign 'em
over for me, but [ haven't even talked to
anyone about it yet.
I know you've had issues getting back
and forth across the border before, so
do you think this will raise a sh-t storm?
[ think it'll go over all right. Getting into
Canada as a citizen is mellow, and then
once I have a fresh passport, it'll look
way less suspect than one covered in
stamps. [ talked to a lady today, and she
said that once I'm back in Vancouver,
my mum can fax me a birth certificate,
and [ should be able to get the ball
rolling.
If your struggle at the border persists,
you could always just marry an Ameri-
can for that dual-citizenship status.
I've got a lady now, so that's not an
option. I'm pretty stoked on lady life
right now.
Have you become domesticated yet?
Did you go through girlfriend training?
Toilet seat up or down?
I've kinda mellowed on drinking a bit, [
guess, but actually, [ just pretty much
do the same thing. Toilet seat down.
What was your final inspiration for get-
ting off [Tony] Tave's couch and getting
into a spot of your own?
[ think [ finally realized [ could pay for a
place on my own. That and [ was tired
of sleeping on the couch.
A good chunk of the Tave posse has
recently transplanted to Long Beach,
correct? What's your current house
roster looking like?
David [Reyes] and Neen [Williams]
share a room, [Nick] Trapasso's got a
room, [Pat] Pasquale sleeps wherever,
and, well that's the official list, [ guess.
There're always a couple extras. Abdias
[Riviera] and Angel [Ramirez] just got
a place right down the street from
here too.
Certain parts of Long Beach have quite
a seedy reputation. Have you' seen
anything sketchy go down since you've
lived there? .
Nah, I haven't really seen anything too
crazy thus far. [ think our whole crew
has been relatively lucky.
So no Snoop sightings, I reckon?
Unfortunately, no. I think those days
have come and gone. Someone said
he's not allowed back in Long Beach or
something. I don't know.
Why was it always so hard to keep you
in the Black Box zone?
There's just nothing ever going on
down there. [ need to be doing stuff
other than just skating. Like, when you
sit there all day, and all you've got to do
is skate the park, it kind of just takes
away from the fun of skating. Just
overkill. Sore all the time.
Do you think Mar [Marissa Del Santo]
and Elissa [Steamer] will ever start
an all-girl skate company out of Black
Box? They could call it "She-re."
[ dunno, [ think there needs to be more
girls involved in skateboarding for that
one to fly. [ don't even think they could
get a squad going right now.
You could help' em out, though. You
could be the first dude-pro on She-roo
I think it would sell, man. It's a big
market out there and times are a
changin',
Yeah, I don't know about that one.

5. How was AC/DC?
F-king crazy-it was so sick. The greatest show I've
ever been to by far.
What went down?
They played "Thunderstruck," and then after they
finished it started raining and there was a big thun-
derstorm. So, then everyone in the crowd just took off
their shirts and sh-t and started partying in the rain.
Super hammered.
Divine intervention.
Yeah, and then they just kept on shredding in the rain,
dude-it was so sick.
I'm just gonna lay this one out there, and tell me how
you feel about it: As a whole, Canadians love AC/DC
as much or more than anyone else loves AC/DC.
Yeah, that's my sh-t. That's my favorite band. Top five
for sure. They're in FUBAR, dude. That's pretty f-kin'
Canada.
Are you ever going to get that Trans Am going?
I hope so. I'm actually gonna try and get my learner's
permit when I get back to the States next time. I think
you have to have that for a year and then I can get my
license. And then I can get the Trans Am going.
What's your fondest memory of these twenty years
so far?
Dang. That's a tough one, man. Probably coming down
to California for the first time, the time before you
and I met. It was like a plush trip with Suggit and the
homeys-all new experiences. I had always wanted to
come down to California, and everything was just so
different than Edmonton.
You were already hooked up with Zero Canada at that
point, right?
Nah. We were just down here to skate around and film
for Red Hot or whatever. It was my homey .Jetski's
birthday, super fun.
How does one go about getting the name "Jetski," by
the way?
I'm not sure, man. Jessie ... Jetski? I don't know, they
sound close enough, I guess. Jeff Henderson [Emerica
TM] is a Jetski too. I think somebody just mispro-
nounced it and it stuck. Like called out his name and
just said something cooler. Jeffrey ... Jetski.
I wholeheartedly blame my parents for the relative
lack of success I've seen thus far in life. It's all to do
with the lameness of my name.
Serious.
All right, man, I think we're done. Congrats on every-
thing, Jammer, I'm stoked for you my friend.
Thanks, buddy, I'm stoked for you too. I think we're
headed up tomorrow, I'll see you then. g

10. guest edo
Greg Robinson 0
Warning: You Are At Risk
TEXT BY GREG ROBINSON - PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHIGEO
If you skateboard and are over the age of eighteen, there is a high likelihood
that you suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome.' Commonly referred to as PPS Disorder,"
Peter Pan Syndrome tends to thrive in fully grown adults whose lives are a complete
and total synthesis between children's fantasy and adult reality.
Originally coined by Scottish playwright J. M. Barrie's stage play, ''The Boy Who
Wouldn't Grow Up," Peter Pan Syndrome is based on the fictional behaviors and
mannerisms of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. As with the inhabitants of Never Never
Land, those who suffer from PPS Disorder experience a perpetual reluctance to grow
up and engage in the expected norms of adult society. More specifically, symptoms
include-but are not limited to-a juvenile state of mind regardless of physical age
(acting like you're sixteen), a brain filled to capacity with useless facts of meaningless
trivia (rnatchinq video parts to songs to tricks and correlating them to what mag had
the photo and what month it was featured), and more often than not, a feeling of
nausea on the morning after the night before (skateboarders + booze = insanity).
Without proper treatment, those diagnosed with PPS Disorder will experience a
general disconnect from the established social order and eventually lose grip on the
public's concept of reality. In the end, the subject will completely devolve into a sort
of carefree man-child, strutting through life with the easy-going attitude of a boy and
the physical attributes of an adult.
I first came to terms with my own advanced case of PPS Disorder on a recent
trip to Canada. We set out on a monthlong camping journey with no obligations
other than having as much fun as possible and riding skateboards every day. It was
somewhere in British Columbia that I made the following realization: Skateboarders are
completely fucked. We are not normal people. Everything outside of the van seemed so
distant.The rolling metal box became our sailing wooden ship. Periodically stopping for
random supplies to keep the voyage going, we learned a lot, but it was only from each
other ... like moving to a deserted island with twelve people for a month.
Our destination ports were places that felt just like home. There were people
exactly like us in each and every city, everywhere. I'm pretty certain that normal folks
don't look outside on a cold and rainy day and think, "Let's make a slip 'n' slide." But
there we were; TWENTY gangly bodies surfing down 150 feet of tarp tacked to a
steep grass hill in the pouring Vancouver rain.
Skateboarding is a rickety old vessel that's going to lurch on well beyond all of
our years combined. Only mutiny can properly govern the crew, and it's that constant
revolt that's kept the ship spotless since day one. Any bullshit is scrubbed down
... anything unnecessary is thrown overboard. Seeing as how such a huge chunk
of life has already been dumped into scrubbing the decks, every skateboarder has
eventually got to ask the following:
Do I abandon ship and swim for land, thus putting my PPS Disorder into
complete and total remission?
Do I remain a Lost Boy aboard the Jolly Roger and go down with the ship in the
seas of Never Never Land?
Whatever your decision, hopefully I'll be seeing you at the bottom of a fictitious
sea in a fictitious land that's located "second star to the right and straight on till
morning:' I'll be the PPS-ridden body slowly decomposing with a smile fixed to my
face and a skateboard beneath my feet. oS
1. Peter Pan Syndrome is not, in fact, an actual medical disorder, although certain skateboarders
do dress the part of pirates, faries, and gypsies. 2. PPS Disorder is the shorthand abbreviation for
complete and utter bullshit.
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