INTERVIEWS

Shota Kubo Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH SHOTA KUBO. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY MAKO OSAKI.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? It was probably in the ninth grade, but I didn’t really know the true meaning of it until I was 21. Late bloomer. Read More

Tom Groholski Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH TOM GROHOLSKI. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY ROB MERTZ.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? I first saw SurfSkate style long before I ever heard the term. The real rippers like Terry Sullivan, Brian Maples Read More

C.R. Stecyk III Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH C.R. STECYK III. INTERVIEW BY JEFF HO. PHOTO COURTESY OF C.R. STECYK III.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? I think it was at a trade show in Trenton, New Jersey. I was working for American Machine Tools in Read More

Steve Alba Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH STEVE ALBA. INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY. PHOTO BY JIM GOODRICH. When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? We heard it when we were younger and then we saw it in the magazines around 1975 or 1976. Out where we lived, we saw it because Read More

Greyson Fletcher Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH GREYSON FLETCHER. INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY. PHOTO BY AFFIF.   Hey, Greyson. What are you up to?  We’re going to Woodward, me and Alex Sorgente. We’re going to do a little mini ramp contest up there. Oh, the mini ramp Read More

Bennett Harada Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH BENNETT HARADA. INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? It was definitely in the ‘80s when I was growing up skateboarding, probably from a magazine or something. For sure, Read More

Jef Hartsel Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH JEF HARTSEL. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEF HARTSEL ARCHIVES.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? Well, luckily, for myself, surf/skate style was everything when I was first introduced to skateboarding. Read More

John Van Hamersveld Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? I was with Hobie in Dana Point in 1963, when he was with an inventor of a motorized Read More

Michael Early Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH MICHAEL EARLY. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY MRZ.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? I first heard of surfskate style in July 1975. I was reading a copy of Surfer and Skateboarder magazine in West Michigan Read More

Glen E. Friedman Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH GLEN E. FRIEDMAN. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY C.R. STECYK III.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? It’s just a title, and I don’t care much for titles and boxes that separate people needlessly. What does Read More

Wes Humpston Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH WES HUMPSTON. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY KEVIN KAISER.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? From the start, skating came from surfing. Skaters emulated surfing as they skated doing the same tricks: roller Read More

Rob Nelson Surf Skate Style SURF SKATE STYLE WITH ROB NELSON. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY WILLY SIONS.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? It all started in the streets, sidewalk surfing, when the waves were flat or blown out. For me, it was 1977. I Read More