Axel Cruysberghs | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 170

well we are back huh we're back at the nine club everybody today we got a special special special guest axel Kreisberg x' is with us did I say your name yeah that was good are you sure yeah I'm happy with that as long as your last name what yeah I I heard they butcher your first name which is axel but they sometimes they call you Alex they do all the time yeah but you know like check my idea whatever and it's clearly says axel but they still go Alex it's like it's like dyslexia Yeah right it so you don't correct them no you just go with it right but in in in your home town they speak what's it called flavin Flemish yeah how do you properly say your name if you were back home and you were ordering a coffee and they wanted to write your name down on the thing your full name yeah how would you say it to them och sucker is best almost the same Belgium I think even my last name there is not common at all oh no why I don't really know where it comes from what's the most common Belgium last name like we have like Tom's like Smith okay or some [ __ ] like is there like I don't even know what's a common what's that first name so you're very uncommon in Belgium yeah yeah it's funny because like you know I just got it recently into you know if somebody from Spain's on the show or Brazil I would say the intro in Spanish or Portuguese before the show you try to tell me how to say it in in what's it called again I know I was like I was like you know what I can't this is gonna take me 40 minutes like it's ro I understand what you were saying that's crazy it's called Flemish and it sounds like it's a little bit limited but yeah that's what I'm not sure if that's why but how would this year but like in an example like if you said like well we are back well how would you say that in Flemish I'd probably say like well was a dinner well was aimed but it's not a it's a it's a it's like a whisper it's like a whisper flap like static it's like a whisper phlegm whisper back at the nine o'clock so you'd go like well was eight that are up to nine Club oh why did it seem harder when I before the show I'll do I can't we'll was into it's all right terrific at the nine club of the nine club today we have a special guest on Doc Kevin Spacey Holocaust see that's where it got me yes besides what's its physiologist space Ally Gus but I think it's very similar like special guest special aghast like true it's not that different you know I I guess I'm not used to using like you kind of use your the back of your throat a bit like different but it's not a it's a more of a it's a creepy thing yeah ultimately they all speak Flemish yeah like half the country speaks Flemish and then the other half speaks French and we got a little bit of German on the side too so so weird make you speak all three mm-hmm so I do speak so Flemish and then French because my dad is from the French part and then in school your second language is French and you start when you're like 10 years old or something you start lately because it's part of the country so yeah as well thank you have to so Flemish and then your second language is French yeah and then your third and I have a little bit of German because that I like had it in school okay like two years or something and some Spanish and then your fourth your fourth language is English yeah but you're pretty good yeah yeah you didn't learn it in school though you just a little bit like a couple years and then I think it just got better from like being here yeah going on trips you know how long have you been living in the States it's been three three years three years okay Wow oh man it goes so fast though dude that's crazy did you move in Lindsey right away I did for a little bit but then I moved out because I was like oh I don't want to like move here and straight-up like live you you know like is it like weird and it's tough but it's a big that could be a strain of a relationship you know we'll do that when they're like together for a while and like when they're together for three years so I kind of like moved out lived at my friend's in Long Beach okay that's like in this house where I used to stay for three months at a time I just like would sleep in the living room stuff I got you know surf yes yeah definitely that and then um then I rented a room there and then we realized like that doesn't really make sense after like a year or something it's like we were just constantly driving from like her house to my house cuz she lives far kinda and then I was is that okay I'll just move right back you didn't say you didn't say move in with me into this room over here the floors great yeah not really an option this couch is amazing you know now we had you know Lizzie was on the show right and we did talk about you and her and meeting her and she was saying that the town you came from was like she got off the train and she was she stepped into gravel you know there was no platform or anything she was like where did I just dad yeah why this trade stations right right but the town you came from in Belgium is called opening a pop Rena okay small towns I mean I'm from the prince2 thousand people that's pretty small from the change train station I'm just picturing gravel everywhere like no roads horse and buggies know it's funny because I think the train station there like literally the end of the line right and that's I don't know that's why there's just like you get off and the platforms are like gravel so it really sucks when you have your big suitcase after like three months you're just like sure you know so you're flying so if you go home yeah right to visit you fly into where so I used to always fly to Brussels Airport okay but that's still like two and a half hours away from my place by train yeah so lately I've just been going to like Paris and then I take like an hour or like a 50-minute like psycho faster train okay see this like a train station in France and that one's only 30 minutes away from my house so it's way faster so you've got your trip down by 30 minutes yeah and it's weird because I have to fly to Paris for that which is kind of weird and strange yeah all the tickets there are cheaper to say it's great so away or either yeah Oh straight to Paris right to Paris yeah yeah well it was cheaper faster it works out you know so no platform at the train station and then but you do have roads and stuff they're small okay but I mean how does a person like you and the people over there get into skating in such a small small city you have a skate park and stuff so when I started skating like I started my street like we moved neighborhoods over that like we moved houses and then there was like in this neighborhood there's like a couple kids skating and they would just skate on the street and then I was at law at six so I started like I want to do that and then like that you know I would start skating with them then I go to skateboard and I lived really close to this like skate park but it was terrible make terrible skatepark but you don't need much more like if I didn't care like oh this is cool right right and you really weren't like doing tricks ya know just kind of I was like oh my knees yeah oh yeah it's I yeah I really like like just cruising my you know but then once I like got up and like ahna how did you get aboard so my grandma got me skateboard my brother had a skateboard but it was like a terrible skateboard so one day we're like in the in town over and my grandma I was like oh can I have this skateboard and my mom was like nah like you're not skating whoa and then my grounds alright I'll buy you for a year I passed the parents the front like of the board on the grip tape it has like this like little guy like a little drawing and he was all like cut up and like arm like broken and like I don't know why it looked terrible debate cry mom was like all right if you want it look tonight you gonna look like this you know kind of like he was more scared of you getting yeah I was like no dude that night like in the street on my knees like racing my friends and they kind of like went closer to me and like my board got hooked into their board or whatever and I flipped and just like like scratched my face on this on the phone mystery in the gravel and my deed went through my like live no and my whole face was like your mom cursed you skin bursts like yeah that was like couple hours in so then for the rest of the was like summer holidays or whatever I had to wear this hat and I remember I couldn't do anything I was just kind of like sitting there like with this big hat so the Sun wouldn't like myself yeah yeah and I remember we would go to like the outdoor swimming pool and like everybody's playing and I'm just sitting there kind of like I can't wait to skate together wow I mean your dog with a it kind of sounds like yeah the Christmas Story number one he shoots he's like don't shoot your eye out and yeah I did it I think that's my mom look all something and I do it like you know it happens but then I was still like even though that happened I was like I can't wait to skinny yeah even just so cool right yeah yeah and we're people at the skate park already doing tricks and stuff were they bad yeah it was actually like a good skate scene it's a small town but no I think at a time there was like maybe 40 skaters which for me was a lot you know I mean 40 out of 10,000 is pretty good I mean first game that was like a very tight like scene you know everybody knew each other and they kind of just like took me and I was like the smallest I was like eight or something you know and they're all like a little bit older and I still know all these guys you know yeah we're all still friends a couple of them still skate those are skate spots around the park or is it just only the park it's just the park and then in my town there's a couple little spots but it's weird there's little town there's no spots there's like this little wall you can Ollie over or this tiny ledge but that's it it's so weird and that would make us like so mad back in the day like why is there nothing to skate here right we're like biking around town looking for spots and we could not I was like there's nothing like I've all it over this little wall like 500 times yeah I know try to kick flip it but how did you even get so you just skated the park and just God no yeah then there's like this indoor park and that's like 40 kilometers from my house so it's like Ghana was that like 20 miles okay you know it's not that far it's like a 30-minute drive and um oh in Belgium that's a 30-minute drive so it's not far and then it was like heaven that they have everything and the parks still there oh wow yeah sick what was it called at the time was called zoomies it's weird because it was called like the zoo mashhad yeah but then they changed names oh yes skate boutique that's what skate Virginia okay but so um yeah they got a skate shop skate park and its massive and my friends were telling me like yeah it's crazy like this park has like ramps everywhere and in my brain I'm just like I remember like thinking like later so it's a big like room or whatever and I thought I'd just had ramps on every wall in the middle was like empty picture it yeah I guess imagine I had never seen anything like it before and then I remembered the first time I went there I was so nervous I was like throwing up and like that's how much it meant to me going down Wow and I bet people were ripping there - yeah and I was like I was there with my skateboard and my rollerblades this is cool why were you bringing your blades I was at the time I was like rollerblading skating I had my BMX I was doing it everything thank soccer how old are you when you went to this park I think the first time was probably like eight okay yeah right still trying to figure out what and then yeah still had the board with the bloody person yeah I still had that board and that the I think I brought my blades because I was a little bit better at roller skating yeah yeah and the skate what I was like I like it but you know and then when I was there I was rolling around on the rollerblades and I was like this is I can't do this right right but even so then I just like ditch the rollerblade yeah works people by being like dudes and so ladies 8 years old yeah right yeah and then what did you get a real skateboard yeah shortly after that I got this I saved some money and then I bought at the time I thought it was like a real board but it was like a crypt onyx is that a real number it is a real it was at one point a real company yes so but I think it's like it's not like a pro board or whatever we would call it better it was it was much better than the other board and then so you just kept going to this park will be buddies is driving there there's always a big thing like one of our moms or dads with drivers they're like the whole crew the weekend yeah then right and then I would get I would go there all the time I'd go like get dropped off at like 10:00 in the morning and they would pick me up like 8:00 at night or whatever and I would just skate all day yeah I'm sure I'm sure even eight or ten at night still not enough yeah no another no I think once I start skating there and once I learned how to like couple tricks then it went really fast next thing you know I'm jumping on this big rail and like I don't know it's like I know what happened like I blacked out from eight to [ __ ] 15 yeah blacked out at this game I just do how could you guys were you guys watching any type of like skate video yes how are you guys getting that so there was a actually it was a skate shop in my town and they had like this little TV and they had like a VHS like you have a bunch of stuff so I would go there all the time after school okay just sit there watch skate videos and I don't know I didn't really and I think I was just sitting there like that looks sick but I would look outside as like why does it not look the same like it's all filmed here and and it's all Street skating yes so during this park these guys are in the street yeah and I'm just like this is weird like yeah I didn't really understand okay because I was really young I guess yeah man I got the was it the DC video I wanted to add a contest I had like the DVD and like the little book no racial thing and that's when it like I really started like whoa I would watch that like a couple times a day for like so every part of them yeah from that I was like whoa like yeah just the power and power but finesse I think I got pads and I was just getting the meaning I'm thinking do they have a vert ramp at the park at the end of I did yeah mmm no I would skate that okay you're a little bit I'll do like early grabs a little scratches and stuff yeah okay and then how so you know you're skating did you get sponsored out there yeah so the skate park and the shop they sponsor me and I'm still with them you know like that click to this day yeah for sure it's amazing was the last time you skated there a couple days ago at that part you know so all my friends game friends of friends in fence you know yeah like so many people there I know like everybody hometown hero anybody from that your hometown make it as well into the Pro skating rinks no I think that's amazing nice a small town like yeah but still though your buddies must be stoked you know here so here's our our buddy that went in you know and made it baby yeah yeah did you know unit's growing up yeah I would see him at like that in the park or at like little contests here and there and years always like girls he's really good you know he was that other kid from the Saida Belgium and he's killing do you look angry then maybe less really nice guys I think you have to know you just looked angry old yeah but he's awesome he's so good it's good and then what how did you get a board sponsor out there as well because I know you didn't you skate for etnies Europe or something mm-hmm okay we're like 10 years Oh actually so I started going to like I was doing these contests in Belgium mm-hmm and then you could been like this trip to the World Cup in Rotterdam mmm so I won that trip there so I went there and it was I was skating with like all the pros like it was like fashion salabanzi like all those people were there like Brian Herman Leo was there Lea Romero and then I just like skating a contest and I guess I did kind of good okay and then I got on that nice ride after like we were gonna go back to Belgium and the etnies team manager Olli Bergen mm-hmm from Switzerland and one time right yeah Santa Cruz yeah yeah and he came to this we had like a bus or something and he came up to my parents at 8:00 like I wanna sponsor acts of it like shoes or like for etnies you know I was like well I don't know you I was like 10 I think oh hell yeah or 12 were you Perry this is a grown man's company one sponsor or what's happening but then we had two guys from my local park Oh that'd be sick if he could write for like you know they can help us out because we didn't know anything you know and then um yeah they would you send me out to like oldies contests in Europe because I had like a contest series yeah and then I would do really good in all those like you know and that's kind of how it'll happen and I'm getting older and yeah skating Street know what about board company anymore companies out there yeah true like the distribution in Belgium I think I got hooked up actually I would get some almost boards and then and then we had a flip demo at my local park at the indoor park and my friends were Axl do it trick it mid demo and I was like no no I'll just do it and I'd like from feeble derail I'm not sure if that's why it but like after they ate like we want to give you some boards or I'm not totally sure how it'll happen but that was almost no that's how I started skating for flip yeah and that was pretty sick yeah so flow for flip is that what yeah yeah I guess so I should time I didn't even know what they were yeah I had my photo on the website so really I was something bro and you're like Louie Kern and me we were like all the same age and oh no okay flip for a couple years cuz sometimes you know we talked to you know people and there sometimes it's easy for them to get into the you know industry out here and sometimes it's a it's a it's a big trek with distributors and internationally and I'm not sure why that or how that all happened you know I think it's just I think it's because the way that you skate is different than anyone elses then it's easy to see yeah not easy to see but it's you have a talent stand out you stand out there now I don't know but I know it's weird here but yeah do you think coming because you won the damn am when you came out here oh yeah do you think that had a lot to do with getting more into the industry or actually then I got on like Mike Sinclair hit me up and they were sending me boards and that's my not one like I came out here I remember Sinclair gave me boards in the parking lot of damn em like got Volcom and then I won that contest and like stuff I got you know I feel like it helps yeah I always got kind of lucky maybe that like the right things happen there at the right time or something right people were there yeah were you filming like Street stuff and yeah it all ball this yeah I would like actually with etnies I filmed this one part and yeah that that was all like in Europe and that's I think that was like 2011 this around like that same time you know and then that came out and but what happened with flip okay yeah with flip I'm not sure what happened because I was like a little kid and I think I was just like oh I don't feel like I'm part of the team or something because I'm in Belgium I'm going to school and these guys are all out skating everyday in America I want to do that yeah I think that's what did you have to call anybody or email like yeah I think I don't like right for you guys flips a big no that's actually at that time too it was like they were massive and I was so stoked on it but then maybe I was just like a little kid and doing weird no I mean I could see how the distance thing yeah I think that's what I was like I don't like it but in the end now I'm like that was stupid why did I think like that you'd leave for nothing yeah and you didn't even need cuz that Toy Machine thing didn't even happen yet no no later so then I didn't have a board sponsor for awhile and I would just skateboards from my local skate park or the distributor or people would send me boards like they had like an element demo at my Park and son was like you should send him some boards and I got the biggest bugs Ellen I've ever seen really yeah that's crazy so many boys I was like okay I'll guess I'll escape these boards now I bet your parents were like whoa this we don't do grandma doesn't have to buy him a new boy my friends they were like you can only have a board when your old boards like really but I was like so little so like ask my friend but it would be like the board is like done like razor sharp you know I remember like my one friend his nicknames twitten so yeah so sweating I asked him to break my board and then he came over to my house that night and my mom was just joking she's like why'd you break axles board and he's like but he asked me to do I remember sitting on the couch and I'm like oh oh my god he just said that without even know he had a crack I mean back then to the conversion rate it seemed like yeah how did your parents look at your think about you getting sponsored did they even understand that was a route you could take no I don't think they understood I thought oh we know in Belgium is like soccer and like cycling and like that those kind of sports so skateboarding isn't there like I don't know what that is really but it's cool you're kind of good at it or something yeah I mean getting free stuff into the house yes it's super cool amazing yeah I never like like mom here's that board you can go sell like I know India and she just wants me to like if I need something just ask and don't like break something do it all right Beach marry mom be truthful yeah that's all yeah parents don't want you to lie - yeah yeah and so you went through all these contests you quit flip for no reason and then you came to the damn am where was that down here in California Tomatoes tomatoes and we already riding from welcome at this point yeah you've been riding us that is like when did I win 2014 oh yeah or something like that but so before that I already skated a couple of like the first time I came out here was 2006 oh wow yes I was like 13 maybe oh wow and that was for a goofy versus regular because I skated for etnies yeah and then I skated Volcom - mmm - and then it was still like in their parking lot I think ski parka Tampa they built the what you scared gue beavers regular - yeah I did that was a great content yeah is that one bastion was going nuts or is that no that was the year before it okay yeah how did you do I don't know I didn't know I'm not sure I skated okay but I was like a little kid just like cruising around I don't know and were you know it's get jump down the big stairs I love jumping down stuff right so were you you were on Volcom did you get on Volcom back home yeah I got on Volcom Europe 2000 actually in 2006 I was another local in 2008 mm yes something that how old were you it's crazy yeah but it was just like you got free clothes and like you know still yeah and I would just skate the contest and that's that oh yeah they wouldn't like take me on trips because I was like a little kid like you know now I think companies do that more like little kids because they're all over and they're really good you know plus 2 it's a liability the parents have to sign off like my pants like I remember to those contests my parents were going hey yeah I mean you're a minor though you give somebody else legal guardianship they always like join me on the trips and like yeah that was pretty sick that's a vacation for him you know yeah kind of sometimes axel I remember like then as I got a little bit older they would still join me on the trips but I would go like Street skate and then like next thing you know my mom's like hopping a fence or something like my dad is like like at the bar no like they're really supportive they were always there for me so knobbing spots I mean your parents are in the next room right now that's amazing though the support of the other folks is amazing yeah I think it's really important for like little kids and even when you're older like if your parents support you like yeah it also just you know keeping you in check right yeah it's like little kids getting free stuff doing like ten board show up at your house like I just wanted to set up a new one every day right I need a new board running you do not need a new board would you give other your friends boards and stuff for probably not know because I don't know when the next box is coming or like you know it's a I get reports but I don't even speak English because I couldn't even talk to the people that sends me like they send me stuff but I'm like thank you and that's it that's it I couldn't even have a conversation I couldn't even imagine like going through all that right it's like it's a different like yeah and you're so far away like here you know like it's weird when did you learn English so it's started in school I think when I was like 14 or something yeah not till later I would would you feel comfortable with it uh-huh couple years in I would like I knew like what to say and stuff but I was scared like yeah yeah like that's wouldn't I still like didn't say anything to join another curse words first not really I think I don't know more I could understand people who are having a conversation and I would understand what they're saying but I wouldn't say anything I'm just like yeah okay you know I started going on trips by myself with like the team or whatever like at nice trips and then I started really like alright okay yeah like slowly like when you weren't speaking did you hear anybody talking [ __ ] like they could that's like a Superman yeah yeah I want to always be in an elevator or something yeah I think that happens though like people say something let's say like in French or like in Indiana they know it always yeah I know what you're saying yeah I want that translate well yeah now but I mean you know it's always Spanish I wanna learn Spanish axel you know cuz I think that's the premise of learning then French and Italian yeah there's different languages you got the best me my brother went to like Spanish like classes for like a little bit mmm but we were just like joking around too much that we like yeah we got kicked out kind of troublemakers so cool to be in school with your brother yeah he would like when I started I was like come on let's skate like and he was skating a little bit but it was not his thing yeah it's not for him no not even that I think he was like playing soccer like cycling and stuff like that but skateboarding is it wasn't for him so let me get this straight you went through all the contests in Europe right you were doing that winning some or yeah okay you went to the damn am no board sponsor at the time right or did you skate for somebody no no so you went there won the damn am Sinclair yeah I was around the time like Sinclair started giving me boys right around that time okay so but he gave you boards in the parking lot too right so or actually I did get a couple boxes from Alien Workshop but then they went out of business or that weird thing happened you know trip I kind of I had one ad in Europe I was on Alien Workshop Europe and then I had one Alec welcome to the team and then like a month later like and we're done and I was like what that's means like yeah I played a trick on you damnit that's what you're yeah it's kind of weird to go through that because like you said you are over there you know and cut-in you're not in the loop no so you're kind of being pulled around a little yeah but then also like there's let's say there's a scene here and there's a scene in Europe and in Europe I was like doing stuff you know yeah yeah yeah but I always had in mind like I really want to do it over there kind of like that that that's always what I had in mind like that's like a pro skater like yeah you know like real company out there like that's what I'm trying to think if like your timeline meets up with like you know because you used to not be able use if you want to be an industry you had to be here you know you had to come here it's still like again was kind of new like is like so you kind of still needed to cut yeah come over here I guess I'm like I'm not that old but in my my I've been around for a long time that I'm like I have my things like I want to do this right and like this is what I wanted to do sure right it's interesting cuz nowadays you can you could be anywhere in the world and have a career there's there's companies that are thriving out in Europe in Australia he's different places but when I was little like they were not there right now that you had to kind of get home yeah ports company out out here so you get the damn am you're getting boards from Toy Machine you must been stoked Toy Machine I was so amazing yeah next year you enter Tampa am right you get fourth yeah it's a big deal fourth and Tampa has hungry kids yeah it's wild out there yeah I'm from Belgium you gotta think I'm standing there like this I mean you really got to be on point you gotta like snake people and just kinda but I just like skate it I thought I was just saying well I'm just gonna skate and see what happens it's not like I'm like I'm gonna win this like right you know I'm like I'm gonna skating it's kind of the best attitude you have one of those things I'd like to just like have fun and skate you if I put too much pressure on my so thing yeah you're you're just tossing your minds yeah but it but forth yeah it was best so that's a damn it's good sure never dinger to Tampa Pro I did yeah I did last year in the year before yeah oh how'd you do good I was in the finals oh god last year but the year before I look at the finals and you're going this year I think so yeah yeah I hope so that's a fun contest I like it's so much more mellow than like the pros as I froze fun there's no one on the course yeah everybody's out back drinking and getting a twos and [ __ ] but the prose is it's just a different level right everybody respects yeah everybody knows each other and this feeding frenzy they just want to be like it's kind of like I mean you put yourself out there like look at me like yeah cuz there's so many M's and that's one way to like get noticed a lot of people on the roads like you made it yeah it's all good guys it's fun hell yeah shot that was sick sorry I'm gonna go now you know really chill shots throwing have you met a v' your favorite skater you met him I've seen him around but I think I get to like yeah I'm not good at that stuff I remember when I met at Templeton I was like too scared to say hi my the first time here like an art show in Belgium and then I asked my friend can you go get his signature because I'm like I'm not like I'm scared of that this is before time machine yeah this is before and then I remember I was skating for Tony Machine already and then my friend sweating he wanted to go to the Huntington Beach Pier mmm am i all right so we go there and then next thing you know I see Ed walking up I'm like oh no so I grab my friend that were like let's go and we just like wait on the side I was like oh my god I'm so scared to like say hi and then I never like said anything about it but then I think someone like mentioned it to him and he was like what you didn't say hi like yeah I was scared this is like before kind of like I was I was already on time you don't even say hi you can get it I was too scared speaking of the hunter Peter did you turn pro yeah that's amazing yeah surprise you and I were walking down and all of a sudden now is strange we're walking down the pier and then I hear like axle no amateurs on the pier or something I was like someone just called me out like oh that's so crazy I was like she's like no look and then I saw her as I oh did she know yes she knew that's why we went it appear and I was in a bad mood because I have to go film something and then she's like let's go get a smoothie or something I lived in Long Beach at that let's go get a smoothie and Huntington I'm like why I have to go to LA later this doesn't make any sense you know I was like this it happened to me I was I was really moved when I turned pro like see and I was so happy and then I was like I was all confused right I think I was still pissed after I turned pro home [ __ ] hit really yeah well that I was flying to Barcelona which I had to pay tax donuts now yeah I was up flying to Barcelona with Mark Johnson and literally that we're gonna jump on a flight and I had to drive down to the Inland Empire for a signing and I'm telling it's the team managers and Kenny's calling me I'm like I'm not [ __ ] going yeah they dragged me down there turn me proud they're like okay go what I'm like [ __ ] win it termi pro but I was definitely like so like salty about like this because it didn't make any yes you know I was like this is not right right and then we did it I was like okay now I get it and then I felt stupid because I was like a little like like what are we doing yeah wait so they were waiting they had the board yeah they had my boy like a little banner and stuff like underdog was it the lifeguard tower come and that's where Ed's homie he works there or whatever and that's how they had the whole thing like go and though he was there yeah and then I was like you know when they have like people's parents come in or whatever I was looking around but they were not there it's amazing though it's a good surprise you know sometimes it's half a nap skaters sometimes they want to know when they're turning pro so they can like do a part or you know work with it and other people just get surprised and they're pretty cool and it's funny because that's always what I had in mind do that maybe one day it'll get surprised you know they don't like trash this person got like surprised they're like you know wait a minute was you did you turn pro first or did Lizzy Lizzy turn pro so you are the year before me or something so you are already going because she was saying that you I had that she was think to her she was late and you were just trying to like not push her but kind of push her to like go we should go to the vert ramp and she's like she's like this is my [ __ ] okay you might think I'm gonna make a smoothie and like let me ask you this skaters we're you know we're relatively famous in our own industry right with other skaters and stuff we get recognized and you know the wild and stuff I think Lizzy's on this different level right she's kind of like worldwide she's more out there with the television and all that stuff do a lot of people come up to her while you guys are out and they just focus on her like water on grass from your photo no you know what's weird I think I get recognized more interesting I think maybe just I cut my hair now or maybe they're just scared to ask Lizzy for stuff okay oh I thought it would just be the other way around because she's kind of more visible you know in the outside world I think that colorful hair right ya know huh interesting I wasn't asked how did you actually meet Ed Templeton then if you were so afraid to meet him I don't even remember I thought I saw him couple of times I was scared to say something but then probably went oh once I got on Toy Machine I like really like flow and then I did king of the road at them and then I turned am at like the finale thing and you know that kind you went on king of the road on flow yeah and um like a finale yeah yeah oh because I think I wasn't supposed to I was out here for like three months okay or two months and right before I was gonna fly back to Belgium Sinclair comas hey you want to go on king of the road and I was like yeah like I would love to go in king of the road and then I called my parents house that hey I'm not coming home like what what are you doing I'm like king of the road then should I don't know what that is yeah yeah yeah you can stay you know and then I went on king of the road and that was like pretty sick but I think it was at the time someone got hurt so I was not supposed to go on camera but someone was hurt so I took there but yeah and then that kind of like really helped out a lot you know yes so it's a big thing yeah would you guys get second or something no no third how was that no but that was a great experience and I got to really know it like really know everybody and like I know it was essentially like your first tour yeah pretty much I actually I went on a one tour on one time machine trip before that yeah but then that king of the road I think really kind of like solidified yeah it put me out there like with the whole vise thing was pretty big at that time too yeah so I know that really like open doors for me you know like I was pretty crazy yeah it's incredible dude I mean that journey from a small town in Belgium gravel train station to it's the winning hit to like you know going on the European circuit and then coming out winning damn and then Tampa Tampa am fourth in the time it's quite a journey today's long yeah it's a couple years you know like I know first time I came out here's 2006 it's like almost 2020 know so yeah yeah it's pretty in a while right but you're killing it bro no I'm just skating you know like yeah but you're killing it at skating you're doing a great job he's also are you representing Belgium for like the Olympic skater yeah how's that well they needed some guys that could skate a contest I kind of had to get back into that you know do they have a whole list of Belgian skaters not even really yeah it's kind of like um so they had like last year for the first time they had like a Belgian championships and though you have to skate this if you want to be like in the running or like to like get recognized by the point either by the country okay so say all right so I went to Belgium skated that and then I won the contest so that all right now we couldn't like you're on the list yeah I'm like the first guy so they literally use like the ranking all right number one on the list you know that will work like this okay and then I started doing the other qualifying contests and stuff and yeah I don't know so I'm kind of under the impression right now that every country is different with like like the u.s. is like the point system so a country can't just pick people out of the blue and be like hey this is team yeah but they still have to skate all the qualifying contests and if you're not like let's say you're not doing good yeah you can be on your country's team but that doesn't mean you're going going yeah you know it's all just the ranking top twenty is going and yeah that's it like so cuz the US has like a lot of people yeah but only three of them each from each category after me so it could be like they could have like twenty top twenty could be Americans but only three of them go all the other ones like they just get a jack yeah so I'm kind of stoked where are you ranked right now I think I'm in top twenty so you still don't even know if you're gonna be in the Allah but that's it yeah now there's another year season of like contest so it's like if I like I was doing okay the past couple contests but if I let's say I get hurt I can't skate the rest of them I'm just gonna drop ya know what I mean like I have to keep it up I've been going and skate okay showcase yeah oh yeah even if let's say you're hurt you go to this contest cruise around you get some points could always be good sure interstate it's weird we're all new to me yeah yeah I still don't understand it I feel like now is like I do it now because I mean I just turned 20 that's not a whole 25 but like do I do it now it's like it's a good time to do it well 25 and then you're gonna be you know these gymnasts are like 13 years old ya know and I think with skateboarding the same like all these little kids like they're so good and like if I didn't try it now it's like I don't have to do that right right I think it's a um I don't mind doing it I wonder if if you're in the Olympics this year right I wonder if next the next four years the next Olympics I wonder if you're already in or do you need to go through the whole circuit man you need a golden ticket podium it should be a building yeah if you get a gold medal in the Olympics bro okay even bronze you know that's good and you should still be retired you should still be in there bro we're gonna ha we're gonna hang Lizzy's on this side gold and we're gonna hang your gold on this side open up two gold medals you could visit them anytime you like when I go to these contests I'm like okay I can't wait to get back in the van and just go you know it makes me actually like appreciate it way more well a lot of people means especially when Street League was I mean now there's so many contests they were like people literally just training for those contests and you're just like kind of else do both yeah I want to do both because if I would only do the contest it's not gonna make me happy yeah I'm there I'm like okay but I want to do so much more like I want to just be out skating Street and filming like that's what I really want to do well yeah when you skate the contest you look like you're just skating you don't go to train in well it's done in your blood yeah I always think like you stick to what you want to do and I was like you know but I'll give it a try I'm skating the contest and time but it's not my favorite thing skating is fun it's also you know rewarding and the in the aspect of traveling and getting it to see the world and yeah also the paychecks you know that's good too you can make a living you know I think I'm like oh maybe if I skate these contests my sponsors were like oh that's awesome here's some more money yeah that's the winnings I guess you're out there you know like you're doing all these things and right can only be good for me and oh sure they're stoked that you're just there in general totally yeah Volken get this guy race yeah trust me Lizzie's got her man and you have a manager yeah you do yeah no no I'm your manager oh yeah I'm gonna get this is breaking news what's the first minute Chris welcome you have more money we're gonna get them to match whatever you win if you win if I don't win a lot so we can't match anything here Oh looking into the future did okay if you win gold they got to match the gold they got to make their own gonna they gotta buy it from the Olympic Committee and give you a goal you got two golds all right so you go ee see that manager carry that for you what is it straight into the finals of the next Olympics I'm gonna make I'm gonna make that happen hi trust me I don't think it's fair that somebody who can win a gold and then not I mean some people really want to go let's say like I'm already if I can go once it's like you're stuck yeah it's a little extra experience not my dream you want a gold and it didn't skate for four years and then cool you that in other sports right they do know there's fencing I don't know what's what's the thing with curling curling that's what these guys do they just like go to the Olympics and then I think they just chill all right work I think they probably just have a normal job right and then is like all right Olympic season is going let's go back like back to curling I mean I don't know is there a curling circuit that they get these people they're all curling where you live no is it like cold out there I'm like I know it's more up north oh yeah it gets cold in Belgium there's snow and all that but not nothing like a Belgian waffles yeah okay thanks to their eyes we got a lot of hungry bro isn't Belgium no that's straight from Belgium by this Wow I'm sorry why are you big drinker or no not any I feel like I used to drink more and then now I'm still I I like a good drink but I don't go clear up this along with you yeah it's like a lemonade almost but it's a beer okay like that's a cold crack creak creaks yeah in Belgium it's a girls drink but mm-hmm you're not getting drunk you're it's like a refreshing pretty much no it's like I like them sick okay so not drinking much and uh just uh just skating yeah I'm eating okay what's your favorite order something right now and the 9 Club will buy it for you what would you order he wants those muffins ate all of our muffins by the way though that's great she told us that you were in the car wanting more and we gotta wait right we did save you some time yeah we knew you'd liked him they were good delicious right yeah we made them again a couple days after we like different like sugar eating you or whatever and there were even better yeah I brought them to Belgium for my parents us you that was the first time we took first um you know so we had to Sam like wait first time you made it yeah was here when you brought him here yeah that was pretty so you perfect it arrested and then we made it again and it was better oh yeah she figured out the confectionary oven yeah you guys [ __ ] perfected it and then just what about today bring any of the perfected by from Belgium little tired yeah yeah we actually brought some food earlier and you just ate it in front of us those are good spots right here no they're all ours so if you really want one if you're really hungry we can they gonna be warm there get always the right of the yeah you got a doobie pretty healthy though yeah I try to oh you see like a lovely like fast food and like I would come out here and I that was the only food that was out here you know chick-fil-a and now I would go to chick-fil-a multiple times a week like ours oh that's always been skating probably like drinking beers and eating chick-fil-a and like all that stuff yeah but then when I moved here and Lizzie it's pretty good so I like started to know like there's much more out there so now I eat pretty good sure yeah can I try to yeah I still enjoy like in and out or something you know but weightless it's a nice it's almost like a treat right you eat healthy and then you get this you know in-and-out burger chick-fil-a it's really good it's like a treat yeah but now since I don't really eat that stuff that much it tastes like not that good I'm like like I have like chick-fil-a I'm like yeah your palates changed yeah yeah it really did what it's like a normal meal you would have back home go to Belgium I go to this place called the Fritz coat and it's like a place they have like fries everything's fried but it's all like good but it's not like a McDonald's it's a little place you know but every city town has it and then um like when I go to Belgium the first thing I do I go there and I get this thing called ibiki cheese it's like a burger Vickey cheesy cheese and then I get fries and this sauce GOP sauce it's like a sweet sauce and I'm just like cheese when I first moved here I would dream about that stuff I'm a big sauce guy yeah I gotta try this I usually bring some back from Belgium because they only do better in Belgium and Holland yeah but this you can eat them all before their you can get any have your parents like overnight you food no but treat usually when when they come over here they bring me some stuff or when I was just in Belgium I brought home like chocolate lace and Greek and like that kind of stuff that place you're talking about it's kind of like when people come here the first thing they do is go to in and out yeah it's very much but then it's unlike a way smaller like sure you know like right right so you when you came to the States and you were you know Toy Machine flow getting on getting on Toy Machine with the king of the road you know were you on we still on at knees or were you on New Balance that was like right at a time when I like switched yeah okay then I went to New Balance because I I think that happened because I went on a couple trips with Volcom because we were filming that holy yeah and then Russell Arta they worked or artists cater for new bands Russell worked for New Balance and it kind of like there was an old ride for new bands or something you know yeah and then it's like damn I've been on etnies for so long but then that was like a really great opportunity and yeah I just went for it was that alright and that was it hard to quit yeah knees after it wasn't hard to quit at knees but it was hard to tell Alli breagan that did so much for me and put me on and helped like pretty much I'm here because of him you know it's like damn it's hard to like be like I'm done or I'm quitting right now who was his reaction was he stoked or bum I mean guy think he was stoked but then it was also hard because like I was out here and I all I got to do was kind of like call him and tell him that it's not like I could sit down at a I want to do this you know like yeah and that's kind of hard I'm not gonna break up over phone pretty much and it's like a relation like yeah yeah it's so hard and uh I felt kind of like whatever about that but I know it worked out and I think he was stoked for me that's cool really because that move definitely helped me a lot because you run at NIEHS europe yeah so now transitioning over to an American yeah yeah I was super stoked and other there's anything wrong with Europe no some decide it was it's obviously like way bigger yet I would go on like at nice trips with like the Americans oh oh that you know they really like did a lot for me but let's say like budget wise and trip wise like it made sense sure do something sure but now your own vans yeah how did that even I wanna bands Europe oh you went back to that so I don't know that I was like damn I really a ride for something like I feel like I really like van shoes okay I don't know I just as you well and his father is a team manager there and known for a while Wow he is yeah and he's still ripping Subarus yeah and I'm so stoked to be like under his wing Connie it's amazing so was it hard now because you now you went to New Balance and then you kind of gained a relationship yeah it was not like a fun transition but like I feel like as I said like I think I always kind of try to do what I feel like doing it like when it makes sense at least and that's why I did that and I think it makes sense what feels right yeah yeah and I think no I'm happy here right you know yeah yeah you guys just did the the mockable life was just amazing thanks great I'm in Russia and it's something else there is it but the spots are amazing brother she stuff you'd like this game oh my god by all these plazas and just unlimited amount of spots we were commenting on you know the the bank to bank with the ledge on the site you front slit it and uh dude all eat it but behind it there's these wooden like levels yeah I saw I didn't skate it but who Mike Anderson skated him I saw like okay because converse went there too and then I saw a clip of him skating it I was like damn I was there and I only skated the planner because I got stuck so she knows try something else and it took forever but that's what we were thinking we've seen it before yeah some video there's so many spots it that's the thing you see one thing there but there's like 10 different spots around it mmm no I want to go back and just skating in there it's insane how was the kick-out ratio were they pretty strict on skating or did you get away with mellow because let's say cops would come up to us and say something in Russian and we're just like no Russian and they're just like okay we don't know but you with a couple Russian kids yeah they so are you guys so whatever they like English like you know like they played it they know what to do okay James not many people speak English there no hmm in Moscow actually more than probably anywhere else in that country but um it was still like yeah they got Starbucks sir they do yeah I feel like I feel like anywhere in the world you go if you go to the Starbucks they'll speak English it's crazy because they're they had like every place had like American breakfast they loved like American stuff I think oh yeah so I had like American breakfast every day like Eggs Benedict like waffles and eggs you know it's good there when I went to China it was like nobody spoking and then I went into Starbucks they're like hey how can I help you yeah that's amazing and so now vans Europe Toy Machine welcome Volcom bro you got a good little sponsor list bro Oh Jase yeah Oh J wheels independent and then I get bad bro bro style oh it's part of them up group now so I just call it bro style syllabus good tape let me know ho why is that because I'm team and refer mom what I was just at Leo's house and I took a box of grip yeah bro style mob good so oh yeah yeah so things are going well man programming innovation yeah her part came out [ __ ] incredible congratulations thank you amazing how long were you working on that for well over two years yeah but it's not in the beginning we were just filming for I don't know what okay no it was not that serious and then it turned into like hey everybody's got some footage should we keep filming should we put it out and then it started like all right we're gonna make a full-length Toy Machine video it's been a while right and then it was like oh I was like damn that's crazy yeah you nervous yes not nervous but I was like excited but I was also like oh that's crazy because think my favorite video growing up like after DC video was good and evil like so many times and then it's like them would film apart for like Time Machine video that's pretty crazy this your first project for my machine yeah a little welcome video yeah yeah that was just like at the time we were just filming and then they used that for like a little welcome thing and then they use some other stuff in like a little online that you know I yeah my footage was kind of going all over yeah but then we really started saving saving saving and then and then we put the video out what was your first big video project like I think the etnies part and these are no it was what was it called again a B and they are sounds like maxilla Barney Albert oh boy Oh three guys that were in it and that was like my probably like my first like bigger Bart like it was like on all the websites here I don't know people started like knowing me from that you know there oh you did that in that part of my oh yeah okay so going into the Toy Machine injection video programming programming injection you weren't really you already had a big video part so were you nervous going into it or not really it's just like damn like all these guys are so good so I'm not sure : I just kind of like just skate it and hopefully people like it it's great you killed it Thanks yeah man you proud you happy with it yeah okay yeah I'm super it's like it's weird because we did like a couple premieres but that's always like a small group of people have like now my part is up on the internet so it's like everybody can see it I'm like damn like oh I did those tricks so I don't know it must not be that hard you know I did it what you know what that's how I think what do you mean say like if I did something I'm like well I did it so he can't be like that or okay you don't like dot was really hard as like you don't say that or like um you know it's like no if it was really hard uh probably wouldn't done it but you're downplaying though what you what you're doing cuz oh no [ __ ] in there was that's what that's how I think or like I watch someone else part of damn that was crazy you know that's what people do they watch your part yeah it's hard for me to like em I like think about it what do you do phoebo down the rail or the back submit the ball on the front people pop out on that like the bank uh no yeah that was yeah Oh to fakie the way you popped out is like wow yeah I feel like there's always one trick is there one trick that you really that's that you are really proud of this one I'm really stoked on I know you know that like it's like a bridge rainbow rail thing oh I was tripping on that that was really hard because it's like we went there and the time-machine filming he really helped me a lot like in this whole thing is I think you can do this and I think you can do this okay every time we went somewhere like like I think so it really it really knows me yeah it's great as crazy so yeah dawn was always like oh let's go there and then we went there as I started doing like little grinds up and is because the ollie is like it's not that it's this tall but you go up again yeah so it's hard to like figure that out but then once I learned like I grind and it's too easy to like grind and Ollie to decide and tap your truck so I was like I have to grind and all these straight up but then there's a big drop on see oh I didn't make any sense but then it kind of just flying gravity I like it took me so long to figure out how to do it and then it kind of just worked and it's a round bar it's around bar and just like it gets really tall - yeah you have to go really fast where's that thing yet I'm not sure I'm not sure I went I went once I think Curran skated it - oh I saw it there's like there would be sick to go all the way yeah but I'm not sure because from the photo it's like oh that's Barcelona or something you know like that's how it looks but it's like LA so I'm sorry yeah it's funny cuz Lizzie when Lizzie was on the show she was talking about yeah absolutely like a from blood on some thing and then the first trick is the front it was like oh the front line that's words like she said you were texting her oh I did this trick she didn't know the spot and she's like I don't know what other times like I'm like oh I'm so stoked I found this I did this trick or just and she's like oh it doesn't compute with her yeah there's no like I'm like this spot was like this and like this and that was a hard spot yeah blame though I drew yeah then she saw into solo so lately I've been when I get tricks I just take a photo spot and then I tried that's funny dad did she text you tricks that she got sometimes yeah yeah film screen it said yeah she was telling us that you guys met at the CPH is that right and then you guys you you you were hanging out and then you were texting or she saved your life actually yeah she saved your life was her thing she put me in that dangerous position so she deserves know that was scary stuff yeah but then now were you nervous to ask her for her number no she was oh you know I didn't know she's like oh yeah she scares that girl that's case but I didn't really know what okay but she said she said that she put the wrong number interview how's it I don't remember how that all happen it's kind of like a blur but then I definitely like got her number I was like oh let me I'll take you right now so you have my number and nothing happens I'm like oh you don't have like it's fine like I don't need your number yeah yeah definitely like you thought that she gave you the wrong number yes relevant right but I played it cool anything oh oh somebody else is getting the text like I'm yeah right axel axel oh no this is it's amazing though that's funny and then you guys moved out here is [ __ ] great yeah yeah now you drinking Boba's and making muffins right fucking's yeah that's amazing together it's pretty cool yeah that's work that's great do you guys skate a lot together yeah when I'm home I think we skate like parks and stuff to get out quite a bit like everyday that's down in Oceanside yeah we live in inside and we skate part there's a lot of good skate parks around there like lots of transition I figure that's why Lizzie lives down there yeah and but I like skating transition and I can only learn from her too you know like I try to keep up and my over trim like I'll try to skate that you can put the pants on be Danny Way no I tried I can't do it anymore no it's like let's say I put on pads like not that long ago I was skating this bowl and I was like I'm gonna do backside there's and learn how to knee slide out of him you got to retrain your brain yeah I can't do it like I bail and lastly I'm Oda paths like you want to like so I'd rather just slide on my butt like that's what I'm used to so I might just stick to that thank you saw Lizzie was thinking oh she bailed on a seven stairs ok slid on her knees but it's just like her dad yeah reaction I think Tony Hawk was telling me to like he had to do some shoot and he didn't wear knee pads so first thing he just was like an invert or something bales and knee slides like I was at for that sounds so terrible you know it's better just say but if that's what you used to yeah you see kids they like skate Street with knee pads and it's like damn if you're gonna take those things off that's gonna be rough you train up to really learn yeah yeah how often you hang out with Tony not that often but sometimes yeah yeah I do you nervous Tony oh no he's really he's amazing he's so nice but still sometimes like I'm like that is can't help myself do you do you find yourself filming four videos more when you're at home or when you're on trips it seems like like I'm always filming on trips but then for the Toy Machine thing I would go it all the time at home yeah like non-stop yeah I feel like I travel a lot and something like damn I move here to be here get here and now I'm like traveling all over like to other places I'm like you really just it'd be cool to spend like a couple months here and just film right I'm gonna go that would never happen when you do like the trips to the contest are you doing do you kind of go out there and film streams happens but it sometimes it's a lot of skating yeah I do at that point I guess yeah but enjoy it well at the trap I am I'm enjoying it but it definitely gets hard some yeah you know it's like the summers so busy it's from one place to the next next you never know what if you're gonna get the opportunity I mean I we would all go on tours and stuff and yeah even I'd find myself doing it too it's just kind of complaining or you know just kind of not enjoying myself you know those contests and you know you'll realize that but you just kind of realize after a while you're like dude I what am i doing like I'm out here in France or I'm out here in Lyon like I should be like stoked yeah and not bomb I definitely like I'm always stoked to be in places yeah it's awesome you look back at it you know I've been like all over the world just to skate it's insane also do you surf too right I've been surfing it I was like I moved to like Oceanside or California in general as I I need to surf yeah I'm living here so I have to do this and now I'm just like surfing a bunch it's sick doing tricks no I mean tricks dropping in and turning it's so hard it's insane but once I get up I'm like okay but the hardest part is just like getting up getting up in the wave like yeah right like a longer or shorter board just a short board yeah the longboard is scary like Lizzie likes the long boarding right scary well it's easier wort is so big and then the wave takes it like yeah I remember I try to like yeah you can't like Doug dive so I try to like flip over and the wave just took the board flip like that next thing you know I'm going full speed I'm like oh my god not for me that's but I like the yeah surfing is great it gives me that same feeling as when I started skating that's right you know you get up and I'm like looking at my face doing it it's funny nowadays a lot of skaters surf too you know I think it's feel pretty strong just from like surfs and paddling it's hard it takes a lot of upper-body strength you know the longboard is it's more stable yeah right and the shorter boards it's more squirrely and really have to have that center of gravity to balance but it's prop yourselves like when you start skating like it's so hard to stand on the board is that same feeling right yeah and the ocean scary - yes terrifying like the oceans I used to not like it and I'm like well I go every morning I go for a swim mocha and then I surf when I can like it's awesome I think growing up here maybe we take it for granted like yeah we see it every day I used to when I was a kid I would go boogie boarding and body surfing and stuff every day and Belgium there's there's like a beach but it's not anywhere like it's not close to like you know it's like so different sure sure no good ways you get free wetsuits from welcome I do maybe got a vocal metsu rash guard yeah I got all that they have like a whole surf team surf program you know so I get all that stuff so yeah yes snowboy gear yeah everything it's good to have a big rope snowboarding - yeah I was like I'm one of those kids that does everything I play tennis I did all that rollerbladed yeah but only one thing could keep me going I was like skating right right all the other stuff I got tired of it skating is always like all right yeah do you play anything else still like you go play around the tennis or something like no not really I only skate and surf yeah that's it or I like riding my bike but hey you watch any sports I don't like to watch stuff like that no or I like skating I watched a little skater or a little bit of surfing but like soccer when I was little I'd play soccer but I hated watching a soccer game so boring no toys if at the younger generation like they like doing the sport they don't like like watch it yeah oh it's gay boarding I love watching like I was skateboarding all the time like like studying poorly so kids like or even though no offense to Lizzy at all but I was like I'm watching this game she doesn't know any skate I'm like how do you know what to try all right thank you but it gets me inspired I'm gonna try that trick but it's funny though because she grew up watching it live I mean I hate and learning how to do it from other people you know and I think she could also grew up in the era of Street skating where there wasn't a lot of street videos right so they couldn't really relate to yeah right like there's many times this happens like I hear like a sonic Oh who skated to it and she's like art - sorry skated to this you know and now every time I ask who skated is she like follow artists are like no have you ever asked her like who skated this and you skate do it and she didn't know but she would definitely not know so this is [ __ ] hilarious dude so anything on the horizon for Volcom Toy Machine I mean no no you guys just came out with the video and everything yeah but like um so with the touring machine thing I had my part of I had so like I think I like 10 15 minutes of footage so it's like that's like three minutes of it but I think we're doing another video like not a full-length video but I'll have like another part next to your problems oh welcome and then I'm filming a Vance part with the VINs Europe guys that will come out next year - beginning of the year so twin machine programming second-to-last part right yeah you'll get you a second to last part yeah yeah that's big calling Provost yeah something else you know that's like everything pompano either a small bump or big bump can you figure it out yeah it's pretty crazy to see him skate those things yeah that last Star Trek that he did you saw the last trip right frontside flip yeah I was nuts bondo'd the whole or create the whole thing it's like concrete it takes a it's a runway it's pretty crazy do you ever go out and like try to fix spots and stuff or I yeah or like I find or like there's like a spa then someone will help me fix it or you yeah see I was never the guy I would always thought Raj do it or die you know and I'd be an evangelist fixing stuff er you know it's part of it is there any like old toy machine writers that you look you liked a lot growing up like nicked your pass or anything yeah Nick's your best I was a big fan of him dude and he would skate like he was has these like little like rubber bands on this pants have you ever noticed that a rubber band I think you just like had like it's in what part is it maybe suffer the joy no is it that one room is it that one Mary's case that really slows yeah I'd like the Hawaiian type so yeah so in that part I noticed like so I always study the first I feel I see what people were what they skate so in that one he let had like these little rubber bands around like his pants to like tie him down or something like on the ankles yeah like just like the bottom of his pants and he just like put y'all my panties right behind you always rock pajamas so like we're pants I figure we're just loose so he was like do that kind of like cuff my pants just because I like how that looks I don't like I'm in the pants from my shoes but the little ties work to like make Trapasso would you it's the most important thing to be able to look down and like what you see yeah you know with their shoes or a rubber band yeah it's true though like the way that that rubber band looked but say yeah I was a big fan of like Nick Trapasso I think he's amazing I mean everybody and good and evil that whole yeah Johnny Layton Johnny ladies I definitely like big fan of him like Panama Dan well dude those back dude Mike Maldonado he's goes powerhouse man uh Matt Bennett yeah work with me vans yeah but he still has like in the video he has amazing yeah when I saw his stuff I was like oh my see you that's why I was scared to be in this video they're all so gnarly Matt B has a full-time job and just like yeah bloom like my mind with the stuff you did like switch front board down the double King yeah that was my first time machine trip Oh was it yeah I was skating that real it was him like I was just skating the rail with him yeah and that my footage of that was in my welcome to the team part I think Oh what did you do on it I did like half got board fakie oh wow that was that same session where's that that's an albuquerque albuquerque yeah we went to like Albuquerque because Dan lose from there and stayed at his house oh oh I feel like Mike Sinclair takes you guys these random places with the craziest spots perfect as we can drive there right yeah you guys have his red vines in the dashboard so they go crispy yeah don't be a tourist in Europe he's got well we let lips overseas but he doesn't go comes in for him at that point no one really but I feel like always leo Leo's like I feel like the guy steps up no but it's not like he's taking care of us by just saying he's gonna we do see him as a leader but I feel like when we go on those trips it's like some was it like the distributors up with the rooms and all that so we don't really need a team manager but it wouldn't be cool if Sinclair would come on he's just a great person to be around yeah super fun easy he has it he's like this you know he has this certain routines and like oh that's I think he's hilarious yes great yeah he's awesome he'll like it Oh tour starts in North Carolina he'll drive from LA to North Carolina to start the tour insane everybody flies in fly in like three weeks later he's already just ya know yeah and there's so many good spots there yeah yeah that guy he's been he's probably been on every road America yeah it's insane yeah I could not do it I'd rather fly all these but like it's so imagine the trips two weeks and you're on the trip for two months just because you have to drive here and drive back some good alone time though yeah he should move to Europe but everything's close by nothing yeah trips would be way sure it's a promise getting there yes but he's been on flights I think his last flight was for his honeymoon he will he will fly all the way to Texas in order to take a flight there to make it shorter we go insane lose de belem boats I'm sure yeah you know imagine the snack bag he was bring yeah you should go back I don't know if you watched it but he we had an episode he was episode 50 I saw it bro we had this whole thing looking like a 7-eleven dude yeah he knows this candy too he knows with all his just candy it was pizza and fried chicken and and he knew everything you know yes I think he knows all the stuff oh yeah we had like an opened Papa John's garlic sauce he's like oh yeah garlic sauce let me get that how do you know my Papa John's this one time we were in the North Carolina and it was like raining for like three days or something so there was this place Golden Corral you guys I have never been to golden crown okay so my excite all right let's go to Golden Corral so we went there and I was just like it's like a buffet Taipei they like Sinclair H so much that we went back to the hotel and he it was like we got back to the hotel around like four and like I texted him around like 4:30 or some of the a what are we doing no reply he passed now just till the next day no yeah he was gone he it's crazy I was like the next movies like do well asleep he ain't so much get the red vines red vines off the dashboard yeah yeah the first time I've ever heard of that putting red vines on the dashboard for a couple days so they get he knows my stuff and he knows the way he likes it it's like licorice jerky have you tried him put that no I wouldn't need I have actually maybe I have one of his after like I feel like I've had yeah licorice jerky that with god damn you know that's basically lets him like petrify hey but if you're an event for that long and that much you you just start doing it but I'm worried about him dude he was on the show and said he didn't drink water for like a year it's just like dangerous that is that is dangerous yes got a drink water but I think he actually might be drinking more water like working out a little bit you know he needs you to escape who's been skating a little bit in some clips have you seen his old footage good here it's yeah what happened snacks no works a lot though that's true you got to take care of yourself he's great man I I would like I said I think I I would like to go on tour with him mm-hmm you said you wanna be yeah before the show we're talking about sin clay gave him six months I don't want to have a roommate ever again but I would live with Sinclair for six months just to see what he's all about dogs yeah I do yeah I'm more of a cat guy but um I do like dogs we did a reality show me and Sinclair yeah I would love that I think that wanted to do something like him yeah it's like an married couple like 50 years in they're just like oh yeah like yeah that first king of the road I went on with them it was like Mike driving Billie next to him in the front and bickering it was crazy it was so cool but it's comedy it is seriously they're not fighting like it's not like they love each other you know but there's so this stuff they uh but I get it roasted or another yeah everything that comes out of their mouths non-stop comedy like crazy it's insane and and Sinclair's so fast and witty yeah like I love his sense of humor it's great I like that that's in clared he's a smart guy you know he's great I feel like he does a lot for skateboarding I think like the way he picks people for certain like he could have asked me to ride for like another time yet Oh brand I don't know but you know he's just like smart but i'ma get this guy for it is this guy flow for Nike or you know this yeah yeah I think he's really good at that and he has a good eye and he gives people a chance you know that's it yeah that's what counts yeah giving people a chance an ankle and here you are yeah you know programming injection Volcom [ __ ] Toy Machine yeah look at you man do it representing Belgium every Olympics 2020 yeah maybe but you're gold right if things go well yeah maybe I can keep it up and yet there Gold's gonna look great right there I think it's just gonna look cool when it happens and it's gonna be like all about like the community of skateboarding watching the 20 dudes the first 20 guys to make it in the Olympics I think it's pretty crazy yeah it's that's the thing like it's a corner cared about the Olympics but you know I know what it is and then imagine like I just think like let's say my brother and stuff he loves that stuff so if I'm there he's gonna be like yeah if you get this chance you you better go for it right like it's a big deal yeah as like weird and whatever it all is you know thank you it just has many rules and I feel like skateboarders are not that great but rules or I mean at the other day it's just another contest that's what I always said like it's a it's just another calm but after that contest you're gonna be like a major celebrity just in that small telling you like Navy yeah gonna be the Michael Phelps of uh Belgium famous oh yeah yeah I mean I'm from a small town so obviously they all know me sure probably the biggest contest ever the Olympics but now you're gonna be walking around Belgium and Ikes in designer suits and [ __ ] you know I will change that but like it would be pretty cool if some of these big Belgian cool like companies they make a sick suit or something like yeah and also too you can get some free you know your little snack so what is it like be cheese it's Vicky cheese with you I would love a Trajan on that with yummy sauce what does it not be some yuppie did I'll be so high if they're like they approach me like hey you wanna do campaign yourself yes Vicky cheese you don't Stella do oh I'd be super taking with you see if I ever get a box I would definitely do that a lot of drink sponsors happening right now a logo that would be so cool I know that'd be so cool you could be wearing Belgium waffle sure borders love beer and all that stuff yes but Belgian waffles no beer oh I think a company like Stella's like why do we have to sponsor be like but I think they saw a t-bone and there's like other Belgian beer companies you peeler it's like the classic Belgian beer company and they sponsor like soccer like all that stuff is okay I'm open to it guys is that beer do Duval is that Deauville it's strong I like yes good you drink one you're like you already like feel it yeah that's pretty cool it's like they want it's like 80% alcohol like 7.5 or 8% is Italy but it's not IPA I don't really like it's very but it's like it's very thick oh it's like stronger is very flavorful yeah and it's funny because in Belgium I grew up by this like a bee and to have their own beer and it's like it's like a Trappist beer you know what that is it's like a certain way they make the beer okay and there's only like a couple in the world and that plays by my house is like number I'm like they're like they had like a couple times they want like the award like best like that kind of being sure and the light they only sell it there and the line to get beer is ridiculous everyday all these cars Germans French people Americans they're there to get the beer oh it's pretty cool they only sell it there they only sell it there six-packs and they sell like 24 pack per license plates so you go with your car you pick it up but then next to the thing to have a little cafe where you can drink the beers so it's so packed because that's the only place they sell it oh yeah and they only make as much as they like as you need or whatever you know it's like it's pretty crazy and it's so good I've brought some back like oh you have yeah I was there like couple days ago and I was gonna buy some but they ran out already that was about there it's a long line to wait into and you can only get a 24 pack her car yeah huh ROG I should be there with you go rent five cars yeah but it's five cars sir well Gordon it's good stuff gonna get it's nothing different yeah you know it's so flavorful and like I feel like you know Europe and stuff the beer the culture with beer and stuff is very different than it's so old to you know they've been making bit like what fellas like 1300s but I you know also I mean like kids with their family it's a glass of wine with dinner it's kind of more of a cult you start drinking kind of like young too in Belgium yeah that's right I think like the official like thing I was like 16 you can start drinking beers okay but I remember I was like my friends you know like at a party yeah it's all fun you know yes I think it's better when you start younger so by the time you have to do like adults that like drive and you know you're I can't drink you know what who you are but plus it's not like a big like no you cannot do this it's more of just like you're the culture but yeah you have to like yes yeah I think that's a good way right because Americans they're like 21 and just oh yeah yeah fake ID it's like more sneaky so it turns into like a big thing it's really you know totally yeah no it's great man dude you're killing it dude I'm so happy for you bro you got the whole happy to be dude I like to hear that you had what 11 minute 13 15 minutes of footage I think so I don't know I'm not sure but it's like something like that oh yeah did you have to say in your part did you watch it and yeah I watched so my the time machine filmer so my friend dawn he like he made me something and I really trust him with this because I think he's really good at buddy like and so he made me pause like what do you think so watched I was like whoa okay but then I was also like this is not in it this is not in it but then he's like I know I added the like it was this like switchboard site on this drop-down nose I really want that in there and he's alright I'll put it in there and then I know that's it but he's like we have all this other footage is still gonna come out later you know but I think he made me a part that kind of like suits my style it's just like quick like did you do tricks tricks tricks in there nothing crazy you know like you said it's like three minutes or something yeah 33 it's like nope short and sweet get all your good stuff yeah you know you think if I have like ten minute parts five songs and like it's just like it's a little overkill the next one right I'll keep filming that's right dude I love it man dude you're [ __ ] killing it bro Boba's mochi muffins yeah I mean it kind of makes sense your nickname is crusher but when did that when did that come about you think I remember it was they called me axle crushing trasher that was so I went on this Volcom Europe trip and cop like Colin was there and we went to like Germany Czech Republic like a whole thing and we skated in Belgium and then I skated this like hubba and it did like a lipslide 270 on it and there was like a big sequence it was my first vote in the mag I think it was Burnett he must have done the captions or whatever he's like hawk so Cruz Bears blah blah but from no one will call him axle crusher okay couple years later like Instagram came around I'll make an instrument I was like what should my name I don't know like my Instagram name right I'm gonna go for axle crush and that's it and now everybody knows me it's always good to have a nickname especially if you have like an unusual name and a lot of people here just call me like hey crusher right in the beginning I was like sure like it is good name but I say that to my friend like oh this kid axle crush using what that kids names axel crusher things like that's like a porn star name or it's a good name though you know it's funny buying that day like Jeff kala tried giving neighbor saw that the nickname the bruiser the bruiser and Nate was so bummed he was so pissed really I think he not call me that the bruiser yeah why would he call him he put in that he put that in an ad to just gave me a nickname I know where yeah but Edie like he puts it on my board and like to add to but I don't mind right like in the beginning it was a little like huh like on a flyer for damage inaudible axial crushers there I'm like but yeah weird it's like not my name is though it actually matches your skating so well maybe that's why that's why it's so perfect and I think nicknames are good like it's more like a bra just said it's kind of marketable but I think now I'm used to it yeah I'm like like if people think like you order stars like I don't know you order a Starbucks now and you're there you're like crusher no I say yeah or ally crush crush your small latte I go axle oh man this is great bro you're [ __ ] great kid dude I'm not a kid man it's crusher yeah oh man 25 real men no you're not give so much more time lesson I think I still like start feeling better and better you know yeah that's good you're in a good place right now yeah you worked hard too seriously awesome and crusher and tell you it sounds like it sounds like you just lived your life and did what you want to do kind of yeah I mean skateboarding is great yeah it's it's kind of the best way to do I mean you could have your goals and ambitions your dreams and all that stuff but you have that yeah I had that too you know I want to be this I want to do that you know we always say this to kids coming up is like just let your skateboarding do the talking that's what looks like you've done yeah yeah and kind of just go I mean I I've kind of lived my whole life with kind of go with the flow attitude you know obviously dreams like certain people around you too or like they help you out you know you know those people yeah they're like it's important to have like people like that it is you know who you know you meet you know they're definitely help you out in this but skateboarding is crazy because there's not like a set way of doing stuff you know it's not like you do this you get this right it's very like why does this happen to you and or not do this guy or like you know I totally yeah and you don't like it's just kind of crazy like I think we're talked about the other day is we all kind of have had this one friend in our crew like wherever Raja was or Kelly was who was the best yeah and they never mad why is that yeah some people are like that good at something that they just like it doesn't or they get scared I don't know there's so many there they don't care yeah it's weird there was definitely a time I was like like right when I got out of school I was like and my grandparents are like what are you gonna do now and it's like I don't know do I keep skating do I go study more stuff you know like I was like how much try to keep skating but it was definitely a hard time like hard change you know well it always skating it always happens you know I mean a lot of skaters don't graduate high school yeah you know because all its to all starts happening right then and there to where it is it's like well I better do it now yeah I always think I can always go back to school sure but so it's always good to stay did you graduate like did like I needed one more year to fully grad but I have like this I don't know how you call it English the GED I don't know it's totally different than the way it works here okay but so I went till I was like 18 you can quit school so that's what I did that's more like a film like whatever but yeah I have I have like this sake it's not a diploma but it's like this other thing that I can just go back to thank you almost me yeah diploma but I dude I know I didn't I was in school and I was on so many trips at all times that's like how am I still gonna talk video like you know it's so hard and I I don't think I was bad in school I had good night grades all that so okay sounds like Adam Sandler thing with school so if you wouldn't if you were yeah you're 25 right I'm gonna go back to high school oh yeah I could write well listen next time first of all it's been amazing bro great [ __ ] you killed it this is really fun next time you go please bring us back some little yuppie cream and yeah I ever it is I try to do that Vicky cheese and you pee sauce yo B song sauce you would like it's like this sweet sauce and it has like little bits of onion in it and it comes in this like yellow tube it's dude that's the best thing ever I love it wait a minute it's actually can you get it here maybe their specialties no you can only buy it in Belgium and this part of home but that's it what about you don't know how to make it at home no dude there's like it's like you'd be like try you trying to like make Polynesian sauce at home or [ __ ] it's good but it's not the Yuppie sauce dickie cheese with your pea sauce if you ever in Belgium yeah go to the fruit cut fruit I think you'll like it okay I always do when people come to Belgium that's the first thing I do that's the first place I go so in the beer place - what's it called the beer place is called flatterin that's like the name of the the place a little okay that's an mark suture told me his dad got him that beer like imported it for his like 21st birthday oh wow I remember it correct but I think it was him interesting yeah he's like a big guy he knew a lot about it I was like I'm from there he's like really and so much I was like damn like I'm from there like I know a couple things and this has been incredible axle bro can we give you some 9 club stuff to take home some mugs and what what size do you wear medium Kelly do we do the honors grab some mediums for Hannah dude any you just got back from Belgium yeah literally a couple days ago yeah I was there for like a Toy Machine premiere yeah that's right hi legends brought the copy to my local park and everybody showed up it's amazing yeah it was super fun what about anything in the horizon any trips planned you did some Volcom trip coming up or something yeah well I go to Brazil for a contest oh okay that's like okay so I'm gonna Brazil and then I know some van strips just to film for that video we're doing right in yeah no that's it kind of early there's probably Volcom trips I'm pricing where are you that Colin Colin Provos was talking about the Volcom band are those yeah the vessel I think that thing brought us all together uh-huh know you've referred to it as a vessel too but he did have a name did have a names of water lunch yeah yes yeah he said it was like you wouldn't thing I think it's like we took that thing cross-country a couple times or like all over and then it brought us all like closer to because you're in there and it's like sitting in a hotel room yeah or living room and everyone's on the couch drinking beers I'm sure Oh spot all right and we get out and do it it's so cool that's amazing yeah yeah I think he calling it the Colin said he wanted to drive it to his backyard drive way and and concrete and it comes back art safe are you skated it yeah it's really fun you should go to practice no I told him that I wanted to put a manual pad in the backyard he's got the room he said he was down he can uh he said he was down yeah he wouldn't touch it but uh dude Colin's actually like he wouldn't like one admit it but he's pretty tech talented do like a crazy switch flip thing or whatever you like whoa where did that come from he's good it's amazing dude what about oh thank you coming man look at this hooking axel axel first of all pleasure bro thank you so much for coming by amazing thank you here's a pack of stickers he's out front did you on the ground someone must have dropped it : you got ten yeah nine come in that pack 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Channel: The Nine Club

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Id: lI3YnLSq-TY

Length: 105min 28sec (6328 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 11 2019