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In an interview with vice.com you men�oned that your
community reacts sensibly when you are not pos�ng for a
few days. Sounds stressful to con�nuously come up with
interes�ng material, produce it, put it online and await the
community’s reac�on. Never thought of qui�ng?
Yep it’s definitely a lot of work to put up that one-man show. I
usually work 6-10 hours every day of the week. Edi�ng is the
least fun part of it. My friends some�mes joke that I've been
having vaca�on for the past four years, but it’s not like that.
I’m some�mes just drowning in edi�ng, ge�ng be�er at
English and of course film proper content. On top of that I
invest a lot of �me in maintaining my body and working on my
mental health. I won’t quit as long as pays the bills. One day I
might go back to school and study something like history or
work a regular 9-5 job. Who knows? Life gives you a lot of
opportuni�es if you’re willing to put in the work.
When was the last �me you had 2 weeks’ vaca�on?
Haha hmm I think somewhere in 2018 when I sprained my
ankle really bad and I didn’t have any footage to edit back
then. Now I have tons of footage in stock but I work in
advance these days. I’m usually two weeks ahead of my posts.
That way I’m free to take off a full weekend from �me to �me.
Do you know the demographics and loca�on of your
community?
I do. It’s most of them are from the US, male and adults.
Your boss Andy Schrock started his career also on Youtube
and due to his success on social media started the board
company Revive (Revenge ini�ally). People call it the web-
born skate brand. How did you guys meet?
We met at the courthouse in LA. 2014. I was playing a game of
skate with Yoshi Tannenbaum but I was already riding for one
of his brands. It happened on total coincidence. He was like
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JonnyGiger
„yoo I’m Andy. Am I interrup�ng something?“ Hahaha I finished
the game (I think Yoshi won) and had some random conversa�on
with him. He’s one of the nicest persons I ever met. Super
humble. Kind. A lot of energy and the way his synapses are wired
makes him one of the funniest persons ever. I really dig his
humour and way of thinking.
Skaterboardershq ranked you 5 place for the ‘21 Best YouTube
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Skateboarding channels you don’t want to skip’. I do not know
the legi�macy of the website but it sounds very fla�ering. You
are only one place behind The Berrics but 6 places up from your
board sponsor founder Andrew Schrock. What do you think
makes up your success?
I’ve been focusing the content on my channel to be about
skateboarding. Andy uploads a lot of lifestyle related content too.
It’s just crazy to be ranked this high because The Berrics is like an
enterprise with filmers, editors, marke�ng managers etc. They
also have all the pros and a lot of interes�ng people in LA.
Meanwhile I’m just a small skater from the countryside that likes
doing tech tricks. They maybe see something in me that see in
themselves. And for me it doesn’t ma�er if you have a ba�le to
learn Tre flip late shove or a kickflip on flat. We’re figh�ng to get
that trick. This ba�le we have in common and some of them
probably like to see what’s possible to make out of that kickflip if
you s�ck with it long enough and stay persistent.
What is your most watched/liked episode so far?
Hmm I think it’s the Tre flip darkslide (1.8M views). I filmed that
one in the UK. Just went for it three hours straight and it
somehow just worked out. It’s not always given that difficult
tricks do well on YouTube. I went 3 days in a row for sw
casperslide which was an enorm effort but the view count is
under average I guess. But it is what it is I just keep going. Cause
there are s�ll so many tricks I wanna land.
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