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TONY TRUJILLO<\/strong>
\n interview by STEVE OLSON<\/strong>
\n photos by GABE MORFORD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rock\u2019n\u2019roll, \u201cGOOD TO GO\u201d Tony Trujillo<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little nervous, so bear with me.<\/strong>
\n[Laughs] You\u2019re nervous? Alright.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just kidding. Where do you come from?<\/strong>
\nNorthern California. Santa Rosa.<\/p>\n

What do you want to talk about?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know. What do you want to talk about? Skateboarding?<\/p>\n

Oh, all right. How long have you been skating?<\/strong>
\nAbout fourteen years.<\/p>\n

Why did you start skateboarding?<\/strong>
\nBecause my neighbor did it and it looked like a lot of fun. I wasn\u2019t really into BMX or anything. So I just started doing it.<\/p>\n

Were you into BMX before?<\/strong>
\nNo. I had a BMX bike, but I never did BMX jumps.<\/p>\n

You could do a tabletop, though?<\/strong>
\nYeah, sure, I could jump a bike. I didn\u2019t back then.<\/p>\n

Where did you get your style?<\/strong>
\nNowhere. I\u2019m just lazy when I ride my board because it\u2019s like walking. I\u2019m all loose.<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s good. Do you have a crew that you ride with?<\/strong>
\nYeah, the USSR.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s that?<\/strong>
\nThe United Scumbags of Santa Rosa.<\/p>\n

You ride that park up there all the time?<\/strong>
\nYep.<\/p>\n

Are you still a kid?<\/strong>
\nYep.<\/p>\n

Do you consider yourself a new kid?<\/strong>
\nNo, I\u2019ve been skating for fourteen years, so I don\u2019t think of myself as new.<\/p>\n

Do you get into that whole thing of old school, new school?<\/strong>
\nNo. People try to classify everything. I just go skating and skate whatever you got.<\/p>\n

That whole label thing is a joke anyway. Do you like rock and roll or rap?<\/strong>
\nI like rock and roll and heavy metal.<\/p>\n

What kind of metal?<\/strong>
\nI like Mercyful Fate, Metallica and Iron Maiden.<\/p>\n

Anything hard?<\/strong>
\nYeah, with fast drumming.<\/p>\n

And loud?<\/strong>
\nYeah, like Motorhead, loud.<\/p>\n

Right. So, you live in the city now?<\/strong>
\nYeah, San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Does San Francisco have the best skaters?<\/strong>
\nIt has damn good skaters, but a lot of places have good skaters.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite pool?<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a tough one. It\u2019s hard because you usually only get to session them once, and then they\u2019re a bust.<\/p>\n

Then you have to split.<\/strong>
\nYeah, The Vagabond was nice because it was skateable for a while. That was cool. It\u2019s still skateable, I guess. I haven\u2019t been there in a while. They concreted it up for a while.<\/p>\n

What about Rippon?<\/strong>
\nRippon is pretty bad-ass for being close to the city. There aren\u2019t many good concrete parks around here, but they just built Berkeley skatepark.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s Berkeley?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s fun as shit.<\/p>\n

How about that Cow Palace park?<\/strong>
\nThat was fun, too. It has real steep bowls.<\/p>\n

What else, man?<\/strong>
\nMe and my band played for the first time.<\/p>\n

What do you play?<\/strong>
\nI sing. We cover Metallica, Judas Priest, Motley Crue and AC\/DC.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite Crue song?<\/strong>
\nI like the guitar solo on \u201cDown with the Devil\u201d.<\/p>\n

Have you had any injuries in skateboarding?<\/strong>
\nI cracked my skull one time.<\/p>\n

Did you go to the hospital?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I had to get eight staples.<\/p>\n

Did it bust your skull?<\/strong>
\nNo, just the skin. I couldn\u2019t feel my body for 20 or 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

How was that?<\/strong>
\nIt was scary as shit. I saw my skate flopping around in front of my face. It was scary.<\/p>\n

Have you traveled around the world?<\/strong>
\nYeah, pretty much.<\/p>\n

How was Japan?<\/strong>
\nIt was cool. It was a mini ramp contest. When I got there, it was cold, and the next day, it was snowing in Tokyo, which is unheard of. It was crazy. It\u2019s this huge city and it was snowing everywhere and people were tripping. All the little Japanese girls were still wearing their short little skirts out in the snow. It was trippy.<\/p>\n

Who do you ride for?<\/strong>
\nAnti Hero, Independent, Vans, 1984, Spitfire, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Do you like contests?<\/strong>
\nYeah, they\u2019re all right. I like seeing everyone I don\u2019t see regularly, and the money\u2019s good, too. I skate a lot of parks, though. When there are quarter pipes and a good set up, it\u2019s easier for me to skate it.<\/p>\n

I saw you at one contest at Huntington Beach and you jumped off the thing onto the ramp. I thought, \u201cThank God. There\u2019s a kid that\u2019s going for it.\u201d<\/strong>
\nYeah, I had a huge spike bracelet on and I almost gouged myself when I landed.<\/p>\n

But you pulled it.<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the judges?<\/strong>
\nSome of them are cool. It\u2019s just skating for points.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bit retarded.<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the name of your band?<\/strong>
\nHell on Earth.<\/p>\n

When you abbreviate it, it says HOE.<\/strong>
\nYeah!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a good name.<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s in your band?<\/strong>
\nWe have one guitarist, Jesse Palmer and Hag OZania, and we have a new bass player, Aaron – I don\u2019t even know his last name – and Mike Carly on double bass drums, and Mason.<\/p>\n

Can they play?<\/strong>
\nYeah. Our drummer is so fast. He\u2019s got great timing. They practice everyday.<\/p>\n

Then you come in and sing?<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

That sounds good. Are you going to play LA?<\/strong>
\nWell, I hope so. We have to get some original songs first.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to.<\/strong>
\nWell, it would be nice.<\/p>\n

Okay, write some song like \u201cHell, Yeah.\u201d<\/strong>
\n(laughs) Hell, yeah.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just trying to be creative. So, what\u2019s it like riding for those cats up there in San Francisco?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

Are they taking care of you?<\/strong>
\nYeah, Deluxe takes care of me more than anyone else. It\u2019s more like home. They treat you like family. They always invite me on every trip and whatever I need they give me.<\/p>\n

Mickey is a good guy. He does Real and Anti-hero?<\/strong>
\nHe does all the board companies, I guess.<\/p>\n

Fausto takes care of you?<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

Good. Do you skate with the Gonz?<\/strong>
\nYeah, that dude is so funny.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a goofball.<\/strong>
\nYeah, he\u2019s like a four-year-old.<\/p>\n

I wonder if he\u2019s a bit retarded? I don\u2019t mean that in a bad way.<\/strong>
\nI like him. I like how he is. He\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s funny. Who do you pull your inspiration from?<\/strong>
\nPeople like that.<\/p>\n

From the Gonz?<\/strong>
\nYeah, lhe\u2019s been more inspiring than anybody else.<\/p>\n

Do you surf?<\/strong>
\nNo, I\u2019d like to, though.<\/p>\n

Do you snowboard?<\/strong>
\nNo, I did, like, six years ago.<\/p>\n

Too cold?<\/strong>
\nNo, too far away. I don\u2019t have a license or a car. I got a DUI, so I lost my license.<\/p>\n

For how long?<\/strong>
\nI might be able to get it now. It was a year ago it happened, but I have to talk to my lawyer and see what happens.<\/p>\n

Where did you get the DUI?<\/strong>
\nIn Santa Rosa, two houses down from where I was going. I crashed my car into a pole. I was turning left across traffic, and my tires were bald, and I was turning too fast, so I slid out and hit the brakes and a pole. It was the middle of the day, so the cops were there right away.<\/p>\n

What were you drinking?<\/strong>
\nJack Daniels.<\/p>\n

The drink of champions\u2026 Do you have any favorite skateparks?<\/strong>
\nSanta Rosa is my favorite park because it\u2019s home. It\u2019s a surf park. There\u2019s no coping or anything, so you can carve it all.<\/p>\n

What about Petaluma?<\/strong>
\nI haven\u2019t skated there in years. It was fun when it was built.<\/p>\n

What about the other park, Hillsburg?<\/strong>
\nYeah, that one\u2019s fun, too.<\/p>\n

But the pigs up there are whack. I was smoking in the parking lot, and some cop was trying to give me a ticket.<\/strong>
\nYeah, it\u2019s like being on a high school campus.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ghetto. Okay, tell me something new. I\u2019ve seen your new shoe. What\u2019s it called?<\/strong>
\nTNT.<\/p>\n

Is Vans good to you?<\/strong>
\nThey take care of me.<\/p>\n

Do you have a girlfriend?<\/strong>
\nYeah, Ashley O\u2019Shea.<\/p>\n

How old are you?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m twenty.<\/p>\n

When did you go pro?<\/strong>
\nWhen I was sixteen.<\/p>\n

What was that like?<\/strong>
\nIt was a trip. I wasn\u2019t even sponsored that long.<\/p>\n

How long?<\/strong>
\nTwo years. I started with Deluxe when I was fourteen.<\/p>\n

Who found you?<\/strong>
\nI found Bob Burnquist and I gave him a video tape. I saw him at the Grind in Sacramento, and I gave him my tape and asked him to check it out and talk to AntiHero. And he did and showed it to John and Julian. They had Mickey call me and ask me what I wanted.<\/p>\n

Did you ask for a million bucks?<\/strong>
\nWell, they started out sending me boxes. Then a few years later, I went pro.<\/p>\n

What was it like to see your picture in a magazine for the first time?<\/strong>
\nIt was pretty crazy.<\/p>\n

Did you think you\u2019d be a pro skater when you were a kid?<\/strong>
\nYeah, but I didn\u2019t really care.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that big a deal?<\/strong>
\nWell, I was definitely stoked.<\/p>\n

When you first saw your picture in the magazine, did your friends treat you differently?<\/strong>
\nNo.<\/p>\n

Were they stoked?<\/strong>
\nYeah, they were stoked because they were getting all the free product they wanted, too.<\/p>\n

What about your parents?<\/strong>
\nThey were stoked, too. They\u2019ve always been behind me. My mom let me get out of eighth grade two weeks early to go on tour with Mickey. I was only fourteen, so that was pretty cool. We went up to Canada and New York and all across the US.<\/p>\n

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