THE SPOKED

Q:Who am I?
A: Jesse Davis
Q:What do I do/what’s my occupation?
A: Graphic Designer
Q:Where did I originate?
A: Virginia
Q:Where am I now?
A: Outer Banks, NC
Q:What was my first bike?
A: Schwinn Varsity
Q:What was my first pro-board?
A: El Gato from the bargain rack
Q:What’s my current board?
A: Cockfight Brett Roper
Q:What’s my current bike?
A: Redline SSCX
Q:What’s the hardest slam I’ve taken cycling?
A: I was riding with a cast from skating and my hand slipped off and I side flopped on this rocky downhill road going super fast
Q:What’s the hardest slam I’ve taken skating?
A: maybe at crested butte…frontside air to mystery hang up. Maybe on a lump or something
Q:What’s my scariest moment cycling?
A: jumping down this big stair set and there was a rope tied across the bottom. It snapped, thank god
Q:What’s my scariest moment skating?
A: doing this top to bottom run in a dark fullpipe up in the mountains
Q:What’s the next cycle mission I’m excited about?
A: Hopefully the greenbrier trail in WV with some skate bros
Q:What’s the next skate mission I’m excited about?
A: waves nc bowl tonight, hopefully

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Kevin Marks

[riding bikes to the farmer’s market in North Park, San Diego]

Q:Who am I?
A: a skateboarder, a bicyclist, a singer, a swimmer, a hot springer, a vegan, an animal & human rights activist, and a good friend.

Q:What do I do/what’s my occupation?
A: been selling skateboards in one way or another since I was 16. currently running overboard enterprises from a DODGE sprinter selling skateboard dvds all across the land.

Q:Where did I originate?
A: wichita, ks

Q:Where am I now?
A:  i’m typing from a van down by the river…currently in KANSAS.  soon to be in NE, MN, WI, IL, IA….then CO, UT, ID, OR, WA, OR, CA.

Q:What was my first bike?
A:  banana seat 1 speed…. can’t recall for sure, but i’ve been biking from an early age…

Q:What was my first pro-board?
A: vision GONZ face, trackers, bullet stainglass 60mm, lots of plastic

Q:What’s my current board?
A: 8.5 toy machine FIST, thunder 149, 53mm satori, paradox grip

Q:What’s my current bike?
A: 10year old mountain bike/ semi converted for cargo hauling/commuting

Q:What’s the hardest slam I’ve taken cycling?
A: see below

Q:What’s the hardest slam I’ve taken skating?
A: too many to recount…

Q:What’s my scariest moment cycling?
A: the unexpected crash. getting flattened by a little curb two blocks from home. looking down to see my pants split open all through the crotch and feeling what i think is blood dripping down my leg……

Q:What’s my scariest moment skating?
A: choosing the wrong hill to bomb… OH I think I can do this…NOPE… too fast and the wobbles take me down.

Q:What’s the next cycle mission I’m excited about?
A: I’m always excited to get to a new smaller town, park the van, and get out on the bike and explore.

Q:What’s the next skate mission I’m excited about?
A: Being back in Portland and skating with Klich & Kenny @ Brooklyn Street and the UNHEARD mini ramp

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Sean Sheffey

Origin: Washington, DC

Currently: San Diego, CA

Scariest moment skating:

Everyday there could be a sketchy moment. Hitting a rock and having to regain my balance is very scary ‘cause you either catch your balance or you fall flat, right there.

Once though in the [Black Box] park about a year ago, I was trying the switch 5050 down the 8 stair when they had the square rail and all I remember is taking off and missing the ollie and stepping and hitting my head on the ground. It was so fast. I tried to recall going over it, how it had hit me cause I remember falling and getting knocked out and then coming to. It seemed like all I did was just jump to the ground but I seen flashes later of it happening and I remember stepping on the rail and missing my board so that was one of the scariest moments. I woke up and it was like from a dream. I touched my head and it was bleeding, I was like, “This really happened!”

You did the trick though?

Yeah, that day. I went to the bathroom, washed my head off. I wish I had got a photo cause it was like a scary movie my whole face was just red blood it would have been a rad photo but that was scary because skateboarding is so fast. After that I’ve been taking precautions you know, studying the switch stuff and I got over the fear.

Scariest moment cycling:

That was about 8 months ago. I was riding up on a path near my home and I was going up a little hill, just about 6 feet high but kind of steep, it’s a dirt hill. I had no front brakes and I couldn’t get up so I kind of panicked and I put on my back brakes and I went straight back and I’m like, “oh my god!’ So I hold the bike and I’m falling backwards and the bike’s coming back on me and I wear my backpack with the board on it and I’ve got a bunch of juice and food in my backpack and I’m thinking, “Just hold the bike away from your face so the handlebars don’t come back on you.” As soon as I fall back I land and the trucks just ram me in the ribs. It felt like I broke my ribs. So scary. It hit me like a bat. It took about a month to heal but I made sure I skated the next day and I could barely ollie up a kerb but I was right into it I was like, “I’m not gonna let this take me down.”

Photo: The Spoked

Name? 

John Cardiel

Origin? 

San Jose, CA.

Current Location?

Sacramento, CA.

What’s your scariest moment cycling?

Sometimes on a track bike when you’re going way too fast and going down hills into traffic and your foot pops out of the cage and you can’t skid and you’re just fucked but you have to ride it out, that’s probably the most intense.

And the pedals are just flying?

Well one of them is 

Ah, and you can’t get your foot back in?

YEAH! And you’re just trying to deal with way too much.

Okay, What’s your scariest moment skating?

Well, it was in Spain. I was with Karma Tsocheff at the top of a vert ramp. We were on top of the extension, it was getting dark and the deck was made out of two by fours sideways so it was super bumpy and the coping was mounted on the top. The vert ramp was ALL decayed. The whole thing was done and we had just climbed up there just to trip on it. We dared each other to roll in and we did it and that was gnarly for me. That was it, I remember, if you drop too much you’re going to punch through the ply, everything had to be considered; the roll, the coping, everything!

Who am I?

- Cairo Foster…just some dude who rolls around on wheels 

What do I do/my occupation is?

- I’m a professional skateboarder 

Where did I originate?

- I came by way of my mother on an island named Taiwan. That doesn’t make me Thai… 

Where am I now?

- I’m living in San Jose, CA 

What was my first pro-board?

- Mark “Gator” Rogowski! 

What was my first bike?

- Who knows…a Schwinn? Maybe a Redline or Diamondback. Something BMXy. 

What’s my current skate setup?

- An Enjoi board…8.25 x 32 inches. 

What’s my current bike?

- Masi cyclocross…58cm…Chromoly steel

What’s the biggest single ride I’ve done?

- 60 miles in New Zealand with the crew of dudes that got me into riding a bike for more than a mile at a time. Thanks guys! 

What trick might I never land?

- Won’t be doing any trackstands or eggplants 

What’s the next skate mission I’m excited about?

- I’m hyped to head to Texas with the Etnies gang in March…SXSW is going on while we’re there 

What’s the next cycle mission I’m excited about?

- Waiting on Keegan to get back from Vietnam so I have a biking buddy…but today I may ride along this trail in San Jose that has some new construction going on. Trying to find some new skate gems!