I try to switch it up. But I do enjoy salmon. It reminds me of being out on the west coast which I enjoy a lot. We are in a courtyard at the University of Winnipeg. My auntie had her PHD and she was a professor here years ago before she passed away.
So I remember coming here as a kid and visiting her. What kind of food did you grow up eating? I grew up eating a lot of wild meats and vegetables. We were so far up North, there was no plumbing at the time, electricity was like a new thing so we grew up with outhouses and wood stoves to heat the house. That and Salisbury house. Do you get a chance to eat like that now? I usually hunt myself - ducks, geese, deer, whatever. I started skateboarding in high school so I had the early s skateboard style.
The big shoes, DC shirt, shaggy hair with a cap, whatever pants or shorts. It was nothing special. I think skateboarding saved a lot of people from bad high school looks? I would try to wear skateboard brand clothes that looked different. I saw it as different and I wanted to be that. Pink shoelaces, whatever. I try to make it my own even though I dress like a skater. To say I had my own style - well all my friends would wear basketball stuff. There is a lot more focus on individual style in skateboarding Even how you push on a skateboard - everyone has their own style of doing it.
It brings out this super unique personality and style. A more experienced skater can always tell when a person is trying to have a certain look - with how they push or what they wear.
In what ways has skateboarding influenced your life? I found when I would be painting it was that same feeling as being on a skateboard as far as getting away and it just being you by yourself and not thinking too critically.
