Tuesday 25 with Peter Watkins
Here is a quick interview with Pete from Skateboarder Magazine.
Frontside 5-0 Through the Corner
Photo: Garric Ray
1. Go-to-trick:
Maybe a powerslide if i’m lucky. I fall a lot.
2. Warm up spot:
Slappy curb & some good flatground
3. John Lucero memory:
On a Back in Black premier trip in Portland, Lucero, Mumford & myself had just landed & were in search of a bar. We were waiting for Chet to show up & were all pretty unfamiliar with the area. We stopped by a pizza joint & asked were we could get some beverages, they told us to head two blocks down the street. Stark St… . John ordered a margerita & Matt made a joke about the photo’s on the wall (all half nude men). After a quick sip & a brief look around John light heartedly stated, “Uh, think this is a dude bar.” We finished our drinks on the patio noticing the name of the place was Starky’s. I’m sure the pizza shop employees had a good laugh about that one.
4. Funniest Luda Crooks Quote:
Holy shit there’re a million. Maybe, “You don’t wanna get beat up on your day off”, or “Yo lemme get an Enci-latte with extra mark”. Encinitas is the town I live in right now, it’s a butthole yuppy surf town & LUDA appropriately calls it that. He fucking rules.
5. Thing to do when not skating:
Work.
6. Video part of all time:
Donny Barley in Welcome to Hell or Cairo Foster in The Reason.
7. non-skate, non-porn website:
Pandora
8. Band all-time:
Devo or The Modern Lovers
9. Guilty pleasure:
Cigs, booze, that Gotye song.
10. Recent video part:
Brandon Westgate, Stay Gold plus all the extras.
11. Movie quote:
Happy Gilmore, “No it just looks that way because you’re only wearing one shoe.”
12. Skate photo:
Any Gonz invert. Preferably frontside
13. Thing about Oceanside, CA:
I grew up there, my parents live there, two new good parks. Jay Thorpe knows if you’re from there.
14. Way to spend your money:
Travel
15. Thing to get for free:
Drinks at a bar.
16. Board graphic:
Blockhead, Nothing’s Cool. I think it was a board. if not it was the world’s best t-shirt.
17. Movie:
The Machinist
18. Best camping destination:
Oregon, all of it.
19. Partner in crime:
Nicholas James Musso, my girlfriend, Mumford.
20. Book:
Frankenstein
21. Question to be asked at a demo:
Who are you?
22. Favorite Black Label trip:
Chet, Mumford, Alfaro, Surriken, Adams, Partenen, Rhino, Lee Dawg & Conklin. Two weeks to Austin & back.
23. Pro when you were a kid:
Donny Barley
24. Famous female/actress:
My girlfriend
25. Thing about skateboarding:
If you’re not smiling, don’t do it.
Peter’s Sponsors:
Vox
Black Label
Innes
Thunder
Sun Diego Boardshops
