{"id":57381,"date":"2016-06-01T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=57381"},"modified":"2016-06-02T07:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:15:37","slug":"tony-magnusson-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/tony-magnusson-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Magnusson – Juice Magazine State of Skate Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: Tony Magnusson<\/strong>
\n Hometown: San Diego, California<\/strong>
\n Age:\u00a052<\/strong>
\n Sponsors: H-Street, Osiris.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What set-up are you riding right now?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m riding a custom Magzilla board that Jim Johnson at Watson made, featuring Mil Carbon, glass fiber, five layers of maple and Black Hole Technology, a cool new design feature that Jim came up with. It\u2019s a board that is thin, light and has awesome \u201cLive Flex\u201d. I always run the Bones SPF wheels, best wheels ever made and always their six ball bearings, all guided by a set of Indy 149\u2019s.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the most fun\u00a0DIY, skater-built or renegade spot that you\u2019ve skated lately?<\/strong>
\nProbably this DIY spot in Detroit that is awesome. You could say that Bucky\u2019s bowl is both skater built and very renegade and same with Danny\u2019s crazy mega quarter that he used for a World Record Air recently, both totally radical and super fun to ride.<\/p>\n

Have you ever built something to\u00a0skate?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve built all kinds of ramps, from mini ramps to vert ramps and made a number of modifications to a variety of skate stuff.<\/p>\n

Who do you like to\u00a0skate\u00a0with the most these days?<\/strong>
\nI had a lot of fun riding with Danny on his crazy Mega quarter and we have a crew of San Diego North County vert dogs that ride on a regular basis, like Owen Nieder, Paul Wiz, Scott Taylor, Caveman and a number of others. I like to skate with Team Brazil, Christiano, Lincoln, Mancha and the boys. I also like skating with Hackett at Aura or Cardiff.<\/p>\n

Best skate graphic you\u2019ve seen lately?<\/strong>
\nMadman skate artist, Fian, just made an H-Street graphic for Cookiehead that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n

Best thing you\u2019ve skated in a skatepark?<\/strong>
\nThe combi at Vans Skatepark in Orange County. It\u2019s the best shape of a pool ever built, even though they had to make all sorts of compromises on the size, due to space limitations.<\/p>\n

Favorite skateboarders\u00a0of\u00a0all time?<\/strong>
\nPer Viking, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Dave Hackett, Dennis Martinez, Alan Gelfand, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Chris Miller, Danny Way, Eric Koston and Alphonzo Rawls. It gets pretty thin after that.<\/p>\n

Is there anything that hasn\u2019t been built to\u00a0skate\u00a0yet that you\u2019d like to see built?<\/strong>
\nSomeone needs to make a third iteration of the classic combi shape, built right with modern pool technology, then that\u2019ll be the best skate structure ever.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one\u00a0of\u00a0the best road trips you ever took?<\/strong>
\nToo many to recount, but there were a few Euro trips back in the H-Street days, 1988 or so that were pretty epic.<\/p>\n

Are there any\u00a0skate-related charities that you support?<\/strong>
\nGrind For Life.<\/p>\n

What music have you been listening to lately?<\/strong>
\nI listen to a lot of stuff, really no favorite. A lot of metal and punk rock goes down at the skate sessions, so there\u2019s definitely a lot of that.<\/p>\n

What do you consider the responsibilities\u00a0of\u00a0a professional skateboarder?<\/strong>
\nOn one hand, you get into skateboarding as an escape from reality and responsibility, to live in your own little world. On the other hand, there are a few basic fundamentals to keep skateboarding real and pure, like embracing individual expression. Skateboarding is supposed to be a product of your own creation, not that of the \u201ckool kids\u201d that you follow along with like some f\u2019ing sheep. Dress your own way and skate your own way too.<\/p>\n

Which\u00a0skate\u00a0shops do you support?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t have a local shop I go to. My support of shops comes from my ability to design and create unique products that they can in turn get out to the public. It\u2019s really important that real skateboarders that are in the business support the core shops that actually care about skateboarding.<\/p>\n

Favorite\u00a0skate\u00a0photos\u00a0of\u00a0all time?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s a mostly unknown photo of Swedish skater Per Viking, RIP, one of the greatest skateboarders of all time and the only reason I was able to skate at a competitive level. There are also some fairly epic photos of Miller, Duane, Hackett, D-Way and other legendary skaters that personify the true essence of skateboarding.<\/p>\n

What is your take on girls skateboarding?<\/strong>
\nLast night, I skated Cardiff with a blonde girl named Jordyn Barratt that\u2019s about 16, a girl named Brighton Zeuer that\u2019s about 10 and a tiny Japanese girl that\u2019s about 7. They all ripped like nobody\u2019s business, so I figure it\u2019s all good. You go, girls!<\/p>\n

What skateboarding memorabilia do you have that means the most to you?<\/strong>
\nI have a trophy from the first Per Viking Memorial Bowl contest that was held in Stockholm, Sweden a few years ago. It was a super fun time, a hard fought contest and it\u2019s an honor to have a trophy with my best friend\u2019s name on it.<\/p>\n

Who contributes the most to your local\u00a0skate\u00a0scene?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d probably say all the local rippers, the kids, the older dudes, basically, the average fan of skateboarding, who you can always count on to spark up a good sesh. They all help keep skateboarding fun and interesting.<\/p>\n

Top three favorite\u00a0skate\u00a0tricks?<\/strong>
\nFrontside ollie, frontside grind, Indy air, pretty much in that order. There are so many moves and, depending on terrain, there so many variables that it\u2019s pretty impossible to pick out three. Feel free to check out my vid \u201cPlaying With A Full Deck\u201d for a complete set of tricks I enjoy, 52 to be exact.<\/p>\n

Do you think skateboarding should be in the Olympics?<\/strong>
\nPossibly. It totally depends on how it would be done. The soul and original purpose of skateboarding must be respected, protected and preserved and there might be a way to do that. If so, it would be good and bring more attention to skateboarding in a way that cannot be achieved in another way.<\/p>\n

What is your proudest moment in\u00a0skateboarding so far?<\/strong>
\nAnytime someone comes up to me and shares a moment of personal inspiration based on something that I or H-Street did in the 80\u2019s, that made a difference in their lives, often causing them to pursue a dream of their own, whether it\u2019s a career in skateboarding or art or aspiring to create something fun and unique in their lives.<\/p>\n

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T-MAG BLASTS ONE AT BUCKY\u2019S. 2015. PHOTO BY PIERO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ABOUT THE JUICE MAGAZINE STATE OF SKATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we started Juice Magazine 22 years ago, you could count the number of skateparks on one hand and grindable pool coping was mostly a distant memory. Now there are thousands of skateparks all over the world, along with a vast quantity of DIY spots built to skate. In 1993, the majority of skateboarders listened to punk rock or hip hop exclusively. Now skateboarders listen to almost every kind of sound created. Two decades ago, skateboarding related charities were non-existent. Today, there are numerous non-profits giving back to skateboarding in many ways. One of the most important differences between now and then is that, 22 years ago, there was a clear division between old school and new school skateboarding. Now that wall of separation has followed the same path as the Berlin Wall, allowing for an unprecedented unification of skateboarders all over the globe. Great strides have been made for girls that skate as well as the acceptance of skate history and long overdue recognition for skateboarding\u2019s pioneers and its artifacts. At the same time, the current generation of skateboarders is taking skateboarding to new heights, previously unimaginable. As the landscape of the skateboarding industry changes on a daily basis, and the topic of skateboarding in the Olympics rears its head once again, along with the disturbing subject of who controls skateboarding being tossed about by corporate entities, we decided it was time to take a good look at the State of Skate. We asked 20 questions to 100 skateboarders, ages 8 to 58, and found that skateboarding is as diverse as the skateboarders that are addicted to it, no one controls skateboarding except skateboarders, and the State of Skate is savage and strong. Now get out there and skate tough!<\/p>\n

JUICE MAGAZINE STATE OF SKATE <\/strong>features interviews with 100 skateboarders including: Tony Alva, Dave Hackett, Chris Strople, Duane Peters, Steve Olson, Dave Duncan, Steve Alba, Tony Magnusson, Pat Black, Jesse Martinez, Bill Danforth, Jim Murphy, Ric Widenor, <\/span>Lester Kasai, Glen Charnoski, Bryan Pennington, Peter Furnee, <\/span>Jeremiah Risk, Ryan Smith, Jason Jessee, Omar Hassan, Cam Dowse, Jen O\u2019Brien, Depth Leviathan Dweller, Brett Roper, Travis Beattie, Chris Gentry, <\/span>CW Dunn, Chris Albright, Charlie Wilkins, Cairo Foster, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, BJ Morrill, Dr. Lenore L.A. Sparks, Sid Melvin, Jesse Irish, Packy Fancher, Greg Lutzka, Jimmy Larsen, Adam Dyet, Luis Tolentino, Greg Harbour, Frank Faria, Ryan DeCenzo, Dave Bachinsky, Johnny Turgesen, Casey Meyer, Edward Sanchez, David Gravette, Ben Hatchell, Brian Geib, <\/span>Felipe Gouveia, Eric Santos, Kyle Smith, <\/span>Cameron Revier, Josh Stafford, Justin Grubbs, Etienne Eden Archila, Sanzio Piacentini, <\/span>Josh Elder, Eddie \u201cMighty\u201d Moreno, Kevin Kowalski, Otto Pflanz, Jeremy Smith, <\/span>Adam Wiggins, Jimmy Wilkins, Danny Gordon, Jake Hilbish, Corey Blanchette, Adam Legassie, <\/span>Nick Santos, Trey Rounds, Curren Caples, Justyce Tabor, Andy Anderson, Sarah Thompson, <\/span>Coral Guerrero, Collin Graham, Derek Scott, Ace Pelka, Sonny Rodriguez, Jarren Duke, Mikayla Sheppard, CJ Titus, Noah Schott, Emily Earring, Julian Torres, Wyatt Wisenbaker, Josh Forsberg, Nathan Midgette, Roman Pabich, Yago Dominguez, Jack Winburn, Jonas Carlsson, Kiko Francisco, Bryce Ava Wettstein, Desmond Shepherd, Matty Jessee and Luke Kahler.<\/p>\n

FOR THE REST OF THE STORY, ORDER ISSUE #74 BY CLICKING HERE…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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