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SURF SKATE STYLE WITH KALANI DAVID.<\/strong>\nINTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY<\/a>.<\/strong>\nPHOTO COURTESY OF KALANI DAVID<\/a>.<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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When did you first hear of SurfSkate style?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jay Adams\u2026 When I did the interview for Juice Magazine with Jay Adams. How old was I back then? I think I was 12. I was super young. Jay Adams always helped me a lot and every time we\u2019d go skate or surf, we\u2019d always talk about style. Nathan Fletcher as well\u2026 Those two have always taught me and I\u2019ve always looked up to both of them, and they both have sick SurfSkate style.<\/p>\n
What does SurfSkate style mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n
SurfSkate style is more like bringing your surf style into your approach to skating. And bringing your skate style into surf, which is like fast and you don\u2019t really give a shit and you just go for it. I think that\u2019s what makes surfing more exciting as well. You have that style where you don\u2019t really care and you\u2019re going as fast as you can and trying to go as big as you can. That\u2019s what I feel like the surf skate style is. If you see guys that don\u2019t skate that surf, they\u2019ll do the same thing on every wave. I\u2019m not bagging on those guys. They\u2019re gnarly, but  <\/span>honestly, in a contest, they just do the same thing. You know they\u2019re going to do a cutback here and a turn and another turn and an air reverse. It\u2019s repetitive. I think skating really does bring out other stuff. I think that\u2019s why everyone loves watching John John surf because you have no idea what he\u2019s going to do. I think that\u2019s what SurfSkate style is. I think it just brings out who you are. It\u2019s about who you are and the way you approach it, with SurfSkate style. There are guys like John John that when they skate they\u2019re really smooth. There\u2019s Curren as well, which he\u2019s smooth. Then there\u2019s guys like Greyson and Nathan and Christian Fletcher and when they skate they just go for it. In surfing, you can fully see it. I think SurfSkate style is who you are.<\/p>\n
Who has the best SurfSkate style?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jay Adams, Nathan Fletcher\u2026 I love watching Greyson. Greyson is also my best friend, so him and I always surf and skate all the time so, of course, Greyson. Those are my top guys; all the Fletchers. Herbie Fletcher pretty much started it. There are not really many guys that surf and skate on the same level.<\/p>\n
Yes. That\u2019s for sure. Okay, how has surfing influenced skateboarding and how has skateboarding influenced surfing?<\/strong><\/p>\n
I remember when I was growing up, the surfers wouldn\u2019t really talk to the skaters, or talk about them or anything. Skaters would do the same, like, \u201cFuck surfing.\u201d Over the years, I feel like it\u2019s more expanded. Now I have surfers come up to me and say, \u201cI just bought this skate movie and it was so sick.\u201d When dudes do that, that really catches me off guard as well. It\u2019s like, \u201cWhoa. You like skating?\u201d I\u2019m talking about guys that I wouldn\u2019t think even watched skating or like skating. It\u2019s sick. Everywhere I go, like I just got back from the Oz Open a little while ago and I saw all the surfers up in the stands watching us all skate. We\u2019re surfers and skaters. Skaters are into surfing too. I think that\u2019s the raddest thing, how it\u2019s all coming together. Surfing and skating are not the same, but you\u2019re kind of doing the same motions. I hear people say that skating only helps you with airs in surfing. I\u2019m like, \u201cNo, you\u2019re a kook. You don\u2019t even know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d Of course, it helps with airs. I\u2019m not saying it doesn\u2019t, but it helps with so much more than that. Look at the guys that skate and then surf. Their style is so much different and they approach it way differently. Even if I do a turn, if you watch guys that just surf, you can tell, they\u2019ve got style, but it\u2019s not the same approach. It\u2019s way different. Their skating brings out something else in it and I think it looks way sicker as well. Skating does help with airs, and surfing helps with skating more with a smooth approach. In surfing, what taught me, was that there used to be guys on tour that would do one turn and pump the whole wave to do one air. Skating has helped me with that. Sometimes I\u2019ll get a wave and pump the whole thing to do one air. I do that all the time. In heats, skating also helps teach you that it\u2019s right there and you don\u2019t have to overthink it and pop as hard as you can. You can do a couple of turns and do something else after. It almost teaches you patience. In skating, you know the bowl is not going to move. It\u2019s going to be there. I think that\u2019s how skating also helps with surfing. You\u2019re not in that much of a hurry because you know it\u2019s right there. I\u2019ve seen guys go out in a heat and they start panicking. They\u2019re panicking and pumping so hard and trying so hard. Other guys are just smooth and it doesn\u2019t even look like they\u2019re trying and they have no speed and then, boom, they get a 10-foot air. When you see Greyson, and so many guys skating, it looks like they\u2019re not even pumping hard, but then they\u2019re doing an 8-foot air. It\u2019s insane. Skating has helped me in other ways with surfing too, like I\u2019ve learned how to pop. When I do airs skating, I don\u2019t really bonk off coping. I\u2019m more like doing an ollie and I scoop it. I took that into surfing and it\u2019s way easier. I almost ollie but it\u2019s a little bit more scoop, but it almost inverts you more in surfing.<\/p>\n
I like the way you do airs when you skate too.<\/strong><\/p>\n
I try. When I was growing up and I first started skating vert, I\u2019d see guys bonking off coping and I just never felt really comfortable doing that, because one time I did that, and I hung up. I\u2019m just more comfortable ollieing into my airs. When guys bonk off 540s, I\u2019m like, \u201cHoly shit. How do they do that? That\u2019s retarded.\u201d I like that question. How does skating help surfing? I hear surfers that don\u2019t skate say, \u201cSkating definitely has influence on the airs.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cNo. Skating     <\/span>influences more of your approach and the airs too, and being more patient on a wave instead of fully freaking out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rad. I like that answer. That\u2019s a great answer.  <\/span>Is SurfSkate style important today?<\/strong><\/p>\n
I definitely think so. Does it matter? It does matter. It matters because it defines who you are and it flows through your surfing and  <\/span>skating. I think that having more style definitely brings out what you\u2019re doing a lot more. You could do a mediocre turn and some guys have really good style and sometimes it looks way cooler than when other people do it. In skating too, a dude could do a 360 flip on flat and it looks way sicker than when someone else does it because of they way they do it and the way they approach it. Mostly it\u2019s all about how you do it and how you approach it. It doesn\u2019t even matter if you can land it every time. I mean you can do an air reverse on every wave and make it every time, but if it\u2019s not exciting and stylish, it\u2019s not a good approach. If you\u2019re skating and you\u2019re doing a 5-0 or a smith and you\u2019re just grinding two blocks, it\u2019s not as cool. If you\u2019re going to do something, at least try to make it look good and try to do it as good as you can and go as big as you can. Nobody wants to watch you do a two block smith grind. Guys want to see you grind at least half the bowl. When you skate the combi bowl, you see Chris Miller and Pedro and Greyson and so many guys that literally grind 15 blocks. Pat Ngoho, the homie, is like the coolest dude ever, and he\u2019s like my godfather pretty much and he\u2019s doing rock n roll slides the whole bowl too. He has the sickest skate style ever, I think. When I\u2019d do all the skate contests, I\u2019d be with him all the time and we became super close and he became one of my favorite skaters. He can skate anything. He\u2019s who I want to skate like style-wise. I think he\u2019s got the sickest skate style. With that too, he doesn\u2019t even have to try either. He barely pumps the bowl and, boom, he\u2019s doing a 30 block rock n roll slide. How do you do that? I love Pat Ngoho. He\u2019s the man. He\u2019s one of the biggest influences in my life too, because he\u2019s like the coolest dude ever. He\u2019s a cool cat. He\u2019s an O.G. I know all the surf guys will say the same. Yeah, surfing helps skating with airs, but it\u2019s so much more than that.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSkating influences more of your approach and the airs too, and being more patient on a wave instead of fully freaking out.\u201d. Photo Courtesy Kalani David<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
JUICE MAGAZINE SURF SKATE STYLE STORY:<\/b><\/p>\n
The influence of surfing on skateboarding has been discussed since the beginning of both, yet we have now entered a new era, where skateboarding has returned the favor with its own unique influence on the surfing world. In order to get to the core of this cross over and to try to define the origins and current state and status of surf skate style, we\u2019ve interviewed some of the most innovative skateboarders, surfers, artists, documentarians, photographers, filmmakers and musicians on the planet. In honor of the great, Shogo Kubo, who once said, \u201cTo me, style is everything…\u201d welcome to our exploration of Surf Skate Style featuring interviews with Aaron Murray, Aaron Astorga, Abraham Paskowitz, Art Brewer, Bennett Harada, Brad Bowman, Brandon Cruz, Brian Brannon, Carter Slade, Chris Miller, Chris Strople, Christian Fletcher, Christian Hosoi, Craig Stecyk III, Darren Ho, Dave Tourje, David Hackett, Dennis Martinez, Dibi Fletcher, Don Redondo, Eric Britton, Garrett McNamara, Gerry Lopez, Glen E. Friedman, Greg Falk, Greg Galbraith, Greyson Fletcher, Herbie Fletcher, James O\u2019Mahoney, Jef Hartsel, Jeff Ament, Jeff Divine, Jeff Ho, Jim Fitzpatrick, Jim Gray, John Van Hamersveld, Jonathan Paskowitz, Josh \u201cBagel\u201d Klassman, Kalani David, Keith Morris, Kirra Kehoe, Larry Bertlemann, Laura Thornhill, Lizzie Armanto, Marc Emond, Michael Denicola, Michael Early, Nano Nobrega, Nathan Fletcher, Nathan Florence, Neil Stratton, Norton Wisdom, Pat Bareis, Randy Katen, Ray Flores, Rob Nelson, Robert Trujillo, Scott Oster, Shane Allen, Shaun Tomson, Shota Kubo, Solo Scott, Stacy Peralta, Steve Alba, Steve Olson, Takuji Masuda, Terry Nails, Tim Curran, Tim Hendricks, Tim Kerr, Tom Groholski, Tony Alva, Wes Humpston and Zach Miller.<\/p>\n
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