Name: Bjorn Johnston
Age:24
Hometown:New Plymouth
Your local: wave - Bondi, Park WATERLOO
Sport: skateboarder
How long have you been riding:14 years
With DC since: i was 15, with a short 2year interlude
What do you ride? 8.25 board, 53mm wheels, wide trucks
Favourite DC shoe: The true
Other sponsors: RVCA, Anon
What music have you got on heavy rotate at the moment: All sorts, nothing is on repeat
Do you read?: Yes, its good for your brain. Just finished 'SLASH' Autobiography, now its 'The Human Mind, and how to make the most of it by Robert Winston
Love: Skateboarding, Surfing, Women, Parties, Travelling, NYC, Long Beach, Sydney, Bondi, my friends, internet, tattoos, music, photography, food, my espresso machine,
Hate: Hate's a pretty strong word
Name: Simon Thorp
Age: 23
Hometown: Auckland
Your local: Vic Park
Sport: Skateboarder
How long have you been riding: 11 years
With DC since: December 07
What do you ride? Size 8, 7.75 trucks, 50mm wheels. Street.
Favourite DC shoe: Gatsby’s, Volcano New Era’s
Other sponsors: Traffick, Electric, Cheapskates
What music have you got on heavy rotate at the moment: Lil Weezy, Still Will, Bob Marley, Beatles, hip hop, rap, reggae and rock n’ roll
Do you read? And if so what?: Not much at the moment, Magazines mostly, NZ skateboarder, Manual.
Stuff you love: Skateboarding, Friends, Family, Music, RR, Kebabs
Stuff you hate: George Bush
Career accomplishments:
• Bachelor of Arts degree (Psychology)
• Cover of NZ Skateboarder Issue #19, 10th Anniversary Issue 2007
• 9 photos (1 ad) + Interview in NZ Skateboarder Issue #20 2008
Name: Tim Watson
Age: 22
Hometown: Palmerston North
Your local: Waitangi Park
Sport: Skate
How long have you been riding: 6 years
With DC since: 08
What do you ride? : 8 1/4, indys
Favourite DC shoe: smith 2's
Other sponsors: huffer
What music have you got on heavy rotate at the moment: morrissey, beatles, lou reed, the kinks
Do you read?: last book i read was Lolita
Love: mini ramps, coffee, music
Hate: pointless negativity
Career accomplishments: ummmm 3rd 08 reefton bowl jam haha, cover Manual #33
Name: Sam Wood
Age: 23
Hometown: duds city
Your local: meltdown mansion we just got some boxes there
Sport: skateboarding is what i like
How long have you been riding: been skating for like ten or eleven years maybe
With DC since: the start of the year
What do you ride?: dont really care about what i skate as long as my board is around 7.6 inches wide im happy oh actually i hate new wheels they suck
Favourite DC shoe: my favourite kicks from dc would be the lynx or mabe the first kalis pro models i got the kalis 7 they are real good too.
Other sponsors: not to worried about the sponsorship game just got DC
What music have you got on heavy rotate at the moment: i got heaps of random music on my pod but i listen to heaps of wu, ghostface, gza, killarmy, mobb deep, nas.
Do you read? And if so what?: I aint been reading much lately but i like reading books. read some real random ones in my time favourite would have to be the godfather by mario puzo or fools die another mario puzo book.
Love: my friends and fam thats for sure other than than it would have to be skateboarding, learning new tricks cos its so fun and rewarding, good times with my homies at melt down mansion, melbourne and all my homies over there.there is heaps i love the list could go forever.
Hate: being hurt, sleeping, eating, ticket inspecters on the melbourne transport system, getting kick out of spots, but most of all i hate winter and not being able to skate because of the weather.
Career accomplishments: i aint accomplished much in the skate game um just a couple photos here and there a few years back maybe a couple tricks in some random vids a part in bluestone home actually thats a geoff campbell flick he made it i am stoked to have a part in that video cos its all my homies i chilled with and met in melbourne just had the best times filming that video it was good times.
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