{"id":70304,"date":"2017-07-15T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=70304"},"modified":"2019-01-22T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T11:48:36","slug":"scott-oster-surf-skate-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/scott-oster-surf-skate-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Oster Surf Skate Style"},"content":{"rendered":"
SURF SKATE STYLE WITH SCOTT OSTER<\/a>.<\/strong>\nINTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE<\/a>.<\/strong>\nPHOTO BY CHUCK KATZ<\/a>.<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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When did you first hear of SurfSkate style?<\/strong><\/p>\n
I think I first saw \u201csurfskate style\u201d before I remember hearing people talk about it. It was from the mags in the \u201870s, and all the early photos at Kenter. The one photo that really connected that concept for me was Paul Constantineau going through the blue tarp barrel.<\/p>\n
What does SurfSkate style mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Surf style to me is interpreting what you would do on a wave in the ocean on land, whether it\u2019s riding down the sidewalk, a bank, a ramp, or a pool. It has a certain flow. People who surf have a natural tendency to carve and draw different lines, and they use more of the terrain. Less back and forth.<\/p>\n
Who has the best SurfSkate style?<\/strong><\/p>\n
The first person that comes to mind and was my biggest influence was Jay Adams. He was the best. Olson, Hackett, Alva, and Chris Miller are some of my all-time favorites as well. Haven\u2019t seen enough of the newer guys surf and skate to speak on them, but from photos I\u2019ve seen Pedro Barros and Curren Caples can definitely hold their own in the water.<\/p>\n
How has surfing influenced skateboarding and how has skateboarding influenced surfing?<\/strong><\/p>\n
I think Larry Bertlemann had one of the biggest impacts on the \u201870s skaters, especially the Zephyr\/DogTown kids, along with Gerry Lopez\u2019s smooth effortless style in critical situations and Buttons\u2019 innovative, radical approach. I think those guys pushed the limit of what was possible for surfing, which in turn influenced skating. That is a big part of the foundation of what skating has evolved into today. A \u201cBertlemann\u201d done properly on a surfboard or skateboard is still to this day a thing of beauty. How surfing was the roots of skating, skating is the root of what surfing is today, especially with the massive airs and all the variations of reverses. Even doing a floater would be like doing a fifty-fifty or manual grind. It all connects.<\/p>\n
Is SurfSkate style important today?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Style in general is always important. In my opinion, being a surfer gives me a different added perspective when I\u2019m skating. Whether I\u2019m skating a bank or a pool, I imagine myself on a wave. I think it has a natural tendency to smooth out one\u2019s style. Having a surf style when you skate is one of many ways of expression on a skateboard. There are plenty of people that don\u2019t surf or don\u2019t surf well that have great style and do all sorts of innovative ridiculous things. At the end of the day, you can\u2019t fake style. Either you have it or cultivate it authentically, or you don\u2019t, whether you surf or not.<\/p>\n
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Oster gnarls through an ollie to frontside grinder in this classic Venice beach shot from the 80s. Photo \u00a9 Katz<\/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
FOR THE REST OF THE STORY, ORDER ISSUE #75 AT THE JUICE SHOP\u2026<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SURF SKATE STYLE WITH SCOTT OSTER. INTERVIEW BY JUICE MAGAZINE. PHOTO BY CHUCK KATZ.   When did you first hear of SurfSkate style? I think I first saw \u201csurfskate style\u201d before I remember hearing people talk about it. It was from the mags in the \u201870s, and all the early photos at Kenter. The one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70305,"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-70304","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\/2018\/11\/55-Scott-Oster-Chuck-Katz-scaled.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70304","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=70304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70693,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70304\/revisions\/70693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}