{"id":56662,"date":"2015-03-01T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=56662"},"modified":"2017-05-11T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:12:28","slug":"jay-adams-and-shogo-kubo-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/jay-adams-and-shogo-kubo-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Adams and Shogo Kubo Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A TRIBUTE TO JAY ADAMS &amp; SHOGO KUBO BY STEVE OLSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is hard\u2026 \u201cWhy?\u201d always comes to mind\u2026 At least we were lucky enough to know both of these guys\u2026 Or at least to be aware and influenced by both of them.\u00a0Where does one start? Here&#8217;s my opinion\u2026Like it or not\u2026 Take some style, maybe a lot of it\u2026 that sounds much more like it\u2026 Then some passion and pure energy\u2026 Add a lil skill, my bad, a lot of skill\u2026 mix a lil craziness, again, my bad, a lot of craziness\u2026 Add a humble approach\u2026 Humility\u2026 that\u2019s a big word\u2026that some don\u2019t quite understand\u2026 Then put in a lot of Soul, and you have Jay Adams and Shogo Kubo\u2026 From start to finish, they created what they did\u2026 Skating like there was no tomorrow\u2026 I miss both of them, and so does the world\u2026 I feel the need to celebrate their existence and how amazing they were\u2026 Just saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013\u00a0WORDS BY STEVE OLSON <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>=========<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56663\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-56663\" src=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy-614x375.jpg\" alt=\"JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2 copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy-614x375.jpg 614w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-1-2-copy.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SOUL OF SKATEBOARDING<\/strong> <strong> BY JAY ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you asked me to explain the soul of skateboarding&#8230; I\u2019d say it\u2019s not about getting paid to be a pro or getting next month\u2019s cover. It\u2019s about skateboarding because it\u2019s so fun. Skating pools is a high that can\u2019t be beat. To me, a soul skater is someone you run into skating a ditch at eight in the morning, all by himself or cruising down a hill, throwing down turns just because it feels good. You don\u2019t have to be the raddest guy in your neighborhood to have soul; just have the desire to skate. Most soul skaters are old school guys cruising through the sessions, but there are plenty of kids with plenty of soul. They are usually the kids who can\u2019t concentrate on their school work, because all they can think about is getting out of school and back on their skateboard. Even though most modern skaters want to be the next Tony Hawk, there is still plenty of soul left in skateboarding. Skateboarding should be about having fun, hanging out with your bros, getting crazy, traveling around to new spots, even meeting new friends from places far away. (They might even have a hot sister.) Skateboarding will give you memories you\u2019ll never get in any other part of your life; some of the best, for sure. I know, because my life is filled with them. Take advantage of all the new terrain, jump in a car with some friends and do a little traveling. I guarantee you won\u2019t regret it. Skateboarding rules. Take advantage of all it has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0<strong>JAY ADAMS<\/strong> <strong> 100% SKATEBOARDER FOR LIFE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>=========<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY ADAMS &amp; SHOGO KUBO TRIBUTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jay Adams and Shogo Kubo packed lifetimes worth of living into every second of the day. Their skating was unexpected and unpredictable all the while engaging and explosive and their impact on skateboarding was felt throughout our community and beyond. Skateboarding at its most pure form is a perfect duality between pleasure and pain and this is the blessing and curse we carry into our lives, something Jay and Shogo experienced on all levels. We will dearly miss our two fallen heroes and architects of modern day skateboarding and we will celebrate their lives through generations to come. This interview with Shogo and Jay is a fantastic reminder of what good friends they were and how much fun they had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 WORDS BY DAN LEVY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>========<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO KUBO &amp;\u2008JAY ADAMS INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine Elvis Presley coming back. Well, that\u2019s what Shogo Kubo did. Shogo was one of the original Zephyr team members. I met him at judo school when we were both in our early teens. Shogo and I became close a few years later when he called about a surfboard that my mom and I were trying to sell in the local paper. Shogo and I were like brothers, hanging out, surfing, skating and terrorizing all the little neighborhood girls. Shogo had a really good surfing style on the banks, which he later perfected in backyard swimming pools and skateparks. He did well in contests, but preferred to skate with his bros. I remember skating plenty of skateparks with him in the early days, where most of the kids would stop skating and just watch. Shogo preferred pools and that\u2019s the area where he excelled the most. Shogo, Stacy, Alva and I were the four guys out of the original Zephyr team, who actually stuck it out the longest. In the early \u201880s, Shogo went to Cherry Hill, NJ and that\u2019s the last I saw of him. I think he came back to DogTown, but I wasn\u2019t skating as much at the time, so we weren\u2019t hanging out. After that he was gone! No, really gone. Nobody, and I mean, nobody, knew where to find him. As it turned out, he was over in Hawaii, getting married and starting a family. He gives full credit to his wife for saving his life and now he has two beautiful children. I\u2019m really surprised the DogTown movie didn\u2019t have more about him because he was one of the best, but Shogo has always been super humble and never craved the attention he deserves. I\u2019ve got so much respect for Shogo I can\u2019t even put it on paper. Guys like him are what skating is all about. He helped pave the road all you kids are skating down. His style will never be touched. Shogo Kubo is one of the greatest skateboarders of all time. Just don\u2019t ask him because he probably won\u2019t give you an answer. \u2018Mr Humble\u2019 all the way. . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; INTRODUCTION BY JAY ADAMS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56664\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-56664\" src=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy.jpg\" alt=\"JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4 copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JAYADAMS-SHOGOKUBO73-3-4-copy-614x375.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO KUBO INTERVIEW BY JAY ADAMS<\/strong> <strong>JAY ADAMS:\u2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY ADAMS: It\u2019s Sunday, April 21, 2002. Shogo and I are overlooking Diamond Head. He thinks it\u2019s kind of romantic, but I don\u2019t think so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO KUBO:\u2008<\/strong>[laughs.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What are your first memories of\u00a0skateboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> The very first time I rode a skateboard was in Japan when I was about six. I rode one of those Black Knight boards, with no grip tape, and metal wheels. I ate shit, so I didn\u2019t skate after that for a while. Then, after I saw you skating at our judo class one day, I took a couple of runs. That was when I was around 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Who were the first guys you saw ripping?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I skated with friends, like Bob and Steve Ogan. We started making our own skateboards. We went to the lumberyard, cut out pieces of wood, made our own shapes, and then started skating on the sidewalks. After that, we started going to the schools and that\u2019s when I saw you and Tony Alva. You guys were ripping. That\u2019s what motivated me a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How did you get involved with the Zephyr team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> We skated Bay Street and Bicknell Hill after surfing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008I remember. You were some rich kid and you gave me money, so I let you hang out. [laughs] Nah! Come on, man. What about the first skatepark you went to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Montebello Skatepark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about the surf movies at the Santa Monica Civic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Yeah, everybody was there, hollering, and getting stoked. That\u2019s where we saw Larry Bertlemann doing his thing. That\u2019s where most of us got the influence for our style of skating. The Civic was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Was it all copying surfing when you were skating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> When I couldn\u2019t go surfing, I did it on a skateboard. Larry Bertlemann was an inspiration to my skating and surfing as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What did it mean to get accepted to the Zephyr team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> In our neighborhood, being on the Zephyr team was the shit. All of the other guys in the neighborhood just used to tell me, \u201cMan, you\u2019re lucky you\u2019re on the team.\u201d It was the ultimate honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How would you describe Wentzle Ruml?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Wentzle was one of my best friends. We skated streets in Santa Monica together. He was stylish and graceful. He skated back in the bank days, but he wasn\u2019t really around when the pools came around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about Bob Biniak?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Biniak was just full speed and powerful. He was the strongest guy on our team and, of course, he was stylish. He was definitely the fastest. He was gnarly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about Nathan Pratt?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Nathan was a good surfer, but he didn\u2019t really skate much. He was a really good surfer. He used to rip Bay Street.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about Stacy Peralta?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Stacy was always a good surfer and skater, but he was different from us. Some people say he was softer, but I give him a lot of respect, because he never tried to be someone that he wasn\u2019t. He was brought up better than most of us, and it showed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about Tony Alva?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> [laughs] T.A. is probably the most self-confident person that I\u2019ve ever met in my life. He rips whatever he does. He rips surfing and skating. He was just very aggressive and he had a big ass ego. He still does, but it\u2019s all good. That\u2019s Tony. He hasn\u2019t changed a bit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008When you were looking in the magazines and you saw guys like Wally Inouye, did you ever think, \u201cThat guy is Japanese, but I could rip on him?\u201d [laughs]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> [laughs] Although I\u2019m Japanese, I never thought of it like, \u2018Oh yeah. I\u2019m Japanese.\u2019 Wally skated good. Of course, I thought I could shred on him, but he got in really good with Skateboarder. He got all kinds of shots. He had two covers in three months. I was like, \u2018Damn\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What did you think of Marty Grimes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I skated with Marty, Chucky, Clyde, his brother, and Jerry Miller. They were always at Kenter. Those guys ripped, especially Marty. He\u2019d be out of control, but so in control. He had such good style. He skated gnarly!<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What about John Palfreyman?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> J.P. was crazy. You wouldn\u2019t believe the things that he used to do on his bike and his skateboard. He would skate pools so aggro and gnarly out of control. As far as bikes, he jumped off that Bay Street cliff. He cleared probably 50 feet of bushes, before anybody did jumps. That was the gnarliest thing I had ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008You skated a lot of contests. Do any stick out in your mind?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I never really liked contests, but I knew I had to skate in order to get exposure. The contest I really remember was the one in Oxnard, and the one in Milpitas. Those two contests I skated really well and I got fourth place at both of them. At Oxnard, a guy named Mike beat me, and that guy\u2019s a kook. He skated good, but he had a goofy-ass style. I know I skated a lot better than a couple of those guys and I got fourth. Milpitas was the same way. I was ripping, but I got fourth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Do you remember drinking free beer at Oxnard, after the contest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Most of time we were at Oxnard, we were pretty beat down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008When did you start riding pools?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> It was probably in \u201875.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Do you remember meeting Jerry Valdez?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Yeah, Jerry Valdez took us to a couple of good pools. They had plenty of pools in the valley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What did you think about the\u00a0DogTown vs. the down south thing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> That was just magazine hype. Dennis Martinez was one of my good friends. But a lot of us were really proud of where we were from, and the style of skating that we did. We always wanted to be the best at what we did. The way I was brought up, I never thought about not getting along with somebody because of where they were from. We were just skaters. We skated to have fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How did you like that Del Mar contest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I remember these guys saying, \u201cThese Zephyr guys. What they\u2019re doing isn\u2019t skateboarding.\u201d I remember you saying, \u201cThis is skateboarding. What are you talking about?\u201d We were definitely different. We didn\u2019t do any handstands or nosewheelies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Did people think that Peggy Oki was your sister?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong>\u00a0No. Nobody has ever asked me that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Are you sure?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Maybe you, asshole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How do you define style?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> For me, style is everything. Style either makes you look good or bad. You can do the same trick on a skateboard or surfing, but if you\u2019ve got style, you\u2019re gonna look a whole hell of a lot better than the guy next to you who does not have style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How would you rate Christian Hosoi\u2019s style to Tony Hawk\u2019s style in the early days?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Hawk rips. He\u2019s my son\u2019s favorite skater, but Christian looked five times better because of his style. I judged a few contests at Del Mar and they both ripped, but I gave Christian first. He just looked better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Who were your all-time favorite style guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> The stylish surf guys were Bertlemann and Buttons. As far as skating goes, my favorite skaters are all of my friends. You are included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Oh. Thank you, honey. How about the original Dog Bowl?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> The Dog Bowl was probably the best thing that ever happened to us, because we were always running from the cops, trying to skate pools. I used to hate that, because I could never really relax and get a good run. At the Dog Bowl, we didn\u2019t have to worry about a damn thing. The only thing we had to worry about was who had the next joint or who had the beer. The owner would watch us skate, which was a good thing, because that just made us really relax and think of the skating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Have you ever gotten busted for skating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Hell, yeah. I got busted in Jacksonville, Florida for skating a shifty-ass pool. Mitch Kaufman, George Wilson, a few others and I were on an island that was connected to the mainland by one bridge. When we saw the cops coming, we ran by the water and went all the way around the island. Then this guy picked us up. We thought we had gotten away but, as we were going over the bridge, the cop was coming from the other side. Sure enough, we got busted. I remember George Wilson saying, \u201cOh, shit. We\u2019re going downtown.\u201d I was asking, \u201cWhat is that? What do you mean downtown?\u201d As we pulled in to the jail, all I could remember were these big letters saying \u2018criminals only.\u2019 I was thinking, \u201cOh, my God. We\u2019re going to County Jail for skateboarding.\u201d We were in there for eight hours. They wanted me to stay because I didn\u2019t have a Green Card. That was pretty crazy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Let\u2019s talk about Skatopia. The first time I went there, I stood in the bottom of that halfpipe and looked down it. It was the most amazing thing that I ever saw built for skating. What did you think of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> That thing was perfect. We put so many hours in there. Skatopia was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What were some of your favorite parks?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Marina was my favorite because it was right down the street from my father\u2019s house. It was home. All of the boys were there skating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Did you have guys trying to\u00a0challenge you at the parks?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> We all had to live up to the expectations of assholes that wanted to show you up, which was bullshit. We would go to a pool and there would always be a local ripper that skated good but, after 15 minutes or so of seeing us skate, they sat down the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Cherry Hill was one of the best parks I ever skated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I loved Cherry Hill. I was there for three months. I had a good time. I owe a lot of thanks to Steve Durst, the owner. It was a great park. They had a gnarly-ass over-hanging 3\/4 halfpipe that was crazy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Were there a lot of drugs in skateboarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Not me, but I know you guys did a lot of drugs. [laughs] There were plenty. We were raised in the years where drugs were cool, but drugs aren\u2019t cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What do you think about the DogTown documentary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s kind of cool. At first, I was kind of skeptical. I was thinking that only the people related to skating and surfing would enjoy it, but Stacy proved me wrong. A lot of people are into it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008How about Friedman\u2019s DogTown &amp; Z-Boys book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Man, that book is gnarly. I\u2019m really, really stoked for Friedman and Stecyk. There are a lot of good shots in there but they should have put more of me in there. [laughs] One of my favorite shots in there is of George Wilson doing that backside carve with his hand on the wall. I think that\u2019s probably the best shot in the whole book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Which photo of yourself brings back the best memories?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I like the Krypto bowl shot where the coping was loose. We were hittin\u2019 it so hard that the coping would just rise up. I like that one layback shot. Nobody had ever taken a shot of a layback from that angle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What do you think is gonna happen after this \u201cDogTown\u201d movie? Do you think you\u2019re gonna be famous again or something like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Yeah, right. Somebody give me money so I can quit working already. I didn\u2019t think it would blow up to the size it is right now. I got to go to L. A. and see all my old friends that I haven\u2019t seen in a long time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Yeah, but Tony Hawk might ask you for your autograph.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I don\u2019t think so, but he should give me his autograph for my boy. He should give me a skateboard, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What did Stecyk have to do with DogTown?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> He was DogTown. He was always mysterious. You never knew what he was thinking. Stecyk created DogTown. He\u2019s just a genius.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What\u2019d you think of your part in the movie?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I wish I was in more of it, but it felt good. You have plenty of parts, which is good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Who taught you how to do a layback?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Nobody taught me how to do a layback. It was \u2018Bulky\u2019, Steve Olson that I saw do them first. I used to call them sit backs. [Sorry, Bulky.] That\u2019s when laybacks in surfing were starting to get popular. I started doing them in the shallow in the Dog Bowl. I couldn\u2019t do them at first and then one night, I just did it. The next day, I went right up to the top keyhole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008I used to have a mirror in my room, and I\u2019d see you lying there staring at yourself with your skateboard, practicing all of your little style moves. What was that all about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> You\u2019re high. You must\u2019ve been on a trip or something because I never did that in my life. [laughs]<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Okay. Nathan said that Skip and Jeff used to yell at him to put his arms right. Remember you used to tell me that? \u201cWe\u2019re not holding our arms right, Jay. We\u2019ve got to do it like this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Yeah, I also told you that when you did 360s you had to let your hair spin more! [laughs] Nah! We did none of that shit. There were no planned moves, even in the contests. I just skated the way it came out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008What do you think of skateboarding now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> Skating now is really insane. There are many out there that rip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAY:\u2008Do you like to watch the street guys or ramp guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOGO:<\/strong> I like to watch people that skate fast. I like the guys doing the rails. I like the vert guys like Burnquist, Hawk, Sluggo, Lincoln, Patch, Vallely&#8230; there are so many. Those guys rip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/the-juice-shop\/#backissues\"><strong>FOR THE REST OF THE STORY, ORDER ISSUE #73 AT THE JUICE SHOP\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TRIBUTE TO JAY ADAMS &amp; SHOGO KUBO BY STEVE OLSON: This is hard\u2026 \u201cWhy?\u201d always comes to mind\u2026 At least we were lucky enough to know both of these guys\u2026 Or at least to be aware and influenced by both of them.\u00a0Where does one start? 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