{"id":57627,"date":"2016-11-06T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=57627"},"modified":"2016-09-08T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T00:42:33","slug":"sonny-rodriguez-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/sonny-rodriguez-juice-magazine-state-of-skate-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Rodriguez – Juice Magazine State of Skate Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: Sonny Rodriguez<\/strong>
\n Hometown: Fullerton, California<\/strong>
\n Age: 17<\/strong>
\n Sponsors: Would Shop, Anaheim Skateboards, Programme Skate and Sound, BadFriend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What set-up are you riding right now? Board, trucks, wheels, grip, hardware\u2026<\/strong>
\nMob Grip, Would Shop deck, Ace trucks, Creature OJ\u2019s, Red\u2019s ceramic bearings.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the most fun DIY, skater-built or renegade spot that you\u2019ve skated lately?<\/strong>
\nWSVT.<\/p>\n

Have you ever built something to skate?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve helped Ben Butler with some DIY in his yard. I was working on Palm Tower before it was destroyed.<\/p>\n

Who do you like to skate with the most these days?<\/strong>
\nDustin Duke, Patrick Ryan and a lot of my friends from Fullerton skatepark.<\/p>\n

Best skate graphic you have seen lately?<\/strong>
\nAntiHero has been coming out with some rad stuff.<\/p>\n

Best thing you\u2019ve ever skated in a skatepark and what skatepark was it?<\/strong>
\nThe snake run at Prince Park is really fun.<\/p>\n

Favorite skateboarders of all time?<\/strong>
\nDelgado, Suicidal Slash, Cardiel, Neil Blender, Navs, Parts.<\/p>\n

Is there anything that hasn\u2019t been built to skate yet that you\u2019d like to see built?<\/strong>
\nI can\u2019t wait for Ponderosa Park to get built.<\/p>\n

Best road trip you ever took?<\/strong>
\nNude Bowl.<\/p>\n

Are there any skate-related charities that you support?<\/strong>
\nNot at the moment.<\/p>\n

What music have you been listening to lately?<\/strong>
\nThe Spits, GG Allin, Cro Mags.<\/p>\n

What do you consider the responsibilities of a professional skateboarder?<\/strong>
\nTo hype up other younger skaters.<\/p>\n

Which skate shops do you support most?<\/strong>
\nProgramme Skate & Sound.<\/p>\n

Favorite skate photo of all time?<\/strong>
\nThe Neil Blender \u201cDonner party\u201d, The Swig.<\/p>\n

What is your take on girls skateboarding?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s cool that a lot of girls are skating now.<\/p>\n

What skateboarding memorabilia do you have that means the most to you?<\/strong>
\nPool coping from the Fish Bowl.<\/p>\n

Who contributes the most to your local skate scene?<\/strong>
\nAll the older Fullerton locals that are raising the next generation skaters.<\/p>\n

Top three favorite skate tricks?<\/strong>
\nSweeper, FSA, Smith grind.<\/p>\n

Do you think skateboarding should be in the Olympics?<\/strong>
\nNever.<\/p>\n

What is your proudest moment in skateboarding so far?<\/strong>
\nI have no idea.<\/p>\n

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SONNY KNOWS THE LEDGE. FS BLASTER AT LEDGES. PHOTO BY DAN LEVY<\/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":"

Name: Sonny Rodriguez Hometown: Fullerton, California Age: 17 Sponsors: Would Shop, Anaheim Skateboards, Programme Skate and Sound, BadFriend. What set-up are you riding right now? Board, trucks, wheels, grip, hardware\u2026 Mob Grip, Would Shop deck, Ace trucks, Creature OJ\u2019s, Red\u2019s ceramic bearings. What\u2019s the most fun DIY, skater-built or renegade spot that you\u2019ve skated lately? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4027,4028,4041],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-interviews","category-skate-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SONNY_RODRIGUEZ-DAN_LEVY.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59976,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57627\/revisions\/59976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}