Marc Johnson Skateboard Mag Interview

[dougDfresh]

Marc Johnson: Abbreviated -

-Kenny Anderson and I have a brand (but we wont call it that)

-We will start by making shirts, then we will do collaborations with other people and companies (but we wont call it that)

-Jeremy Rogers is the R Kelley of skateboarding

-Before the mid 90s skaters where unique social outcast rebelling against mainstream culture

-After the mid 90s skaters started copying popular culture (60's/70's punk/rock, 80's metal/hip-hop)

-let me start getting into talking smack about mainstream (video clip ends immediately)

[Wizard Fight]

well I'm gonna stay rockin the sorry arto kit.

[jonnysheen]

i'm glad someones thinking in skateboarding. 

[okdad]

I wish I had the money to follow trends.

[FrenchFuck]

I wish I had the money to travel

[JB]

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well I'm gonna stay rockin the sorry arto kit.

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That was sick. 

[spungo]

Kinda bummed that MJ didn't over analyze the "hip custodian" or "urban camper" look that's dominated skateboarding for the past couple years.

neil blender was doing that long ago

[moeron]

What he said about Jereme Rogers made me laugh.

[StabMasterArson]

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well I'm gonna stay rockin the sorry arto kit.

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With a little help from the green pants, Quim

[j....soy.....]

going against the grain is the new mainstream, duh.

btw, I'm calling it right now, within the next 2 years, people will skate in coveralls. mark my words

Paging.....Chris Hansen.....your one piece is here to claim....

Great listen....some of his Matix stuff is pretty cutting edge....

[mfkream]

He should see a therapist if he's not already.

[silkyjohnson]

going against the grain is the new mainstream, duh.

btw, I'm calling it right now, within the next 2 years, people will skate in coveralls. mark my words

I shit you not I actually saw someone at the park with something similar to this, dude was a mechanic or something and went to have a quick sesh after work I guess. 

[plod]

Marc your incredibly skilled on a skateboard and im a long time fan of your work, but why are you so caught up with fashion, it changes, its lame. Oscar wilde summed it up a long time ago with "Fashion is something so ugly we have to change it every six months!"
I take your points but its not very interesting. Unlike your skateboarding which is great.

More importantly why the fuck are you wearing a beanie whilst sitting in front of a log fire, most likely in California

[Budo]

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well I'm gonna stay rockin the sorry arto kit.

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Wow, there are a lot of re-edits these days but that is the most random yet pleasing I have maybe ever seen.  I also thought it was funny how there was no Andy Mac in there, because that is just the way it is.

[shark tits]

Marc your incredibly skilled on a skateboard and im a long time fan or your work, but why are you so caught up with fashion, it changes, its lame. Oscar wilde summed it up a long time ago with "Fashion is something so ugly we have to change it every six months!"
I take your points but its not very interesting. Unlike your skateboarding which is great.

More importantly why the fuck are you wearing a beanie whilst sitting in front of a log fire, most likely in California

wearing a hat is the modern version of the hairpiece. i am looking forward to bringing the toupee back whenever i come across one and when it becomes a trend everyone will credit rob welsh even though i did it first.

[Iceman]

i think it's rad that marc has a brain, likes to use it, and is unashamed of his opinions. i always suspected that his goofs and hijinx were just him mocking others, and his recent philosophising (or shit talk, as some might take it) seems to confirm that. i do think he should (if he doesn't already) embrace the openness of skating too, though. the early 90's may have been unique style-wise, but there were a lot of illegal tricks. we like to paint the bpsw era with a rose hue, but i'll take today's freedom of doing anything on you want on a skateboard over the vibing of '92 any day.

[idealhandmades]

going against the grain is the new mainstream, duh.

btw, I'm calling it right now, within the next 2 years, people will skate in coveralls. mark my words

I already do sometimes when I take a break from working on graphics,
 catch up yall.

[Sarcasm]

From now on everyone is only allowed to wear blue jeans and white tee.

[Greg Road]

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a lot of valid points and he's right but at this point it just sounds like he's complaining.  theres a interview every month with him talking about the same shit.

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I was just thinking this. I feel like marcs does interviews so often now its like you know what hes going to talk about already. It almost seems like he gets lost in his vocabulary sometimes, like hes trying to sound too smart all the time that he ends up going off topic a lot. Idk maybe that's just me.

Ya he's a bit pretentious ... he loves the sound of his own voice for sure.

[j....soy.....]

Those frat boys cut his cheques......

[deluxxxe]

What I got out of that is bluntslide  to bs nose bluntslide is sick a fuck. Bring it to a bench someone.

daewon did it regular and switch. 4:36

[moeron]

Marc Johbson himself said his Fully Flared ender was an ode to Daewon. The front board 270 nose blunt was an ode to Danny Way. Danny Way does it on a ledge in Questionsble and pops out in the middle of the ledge, in like 1991 at that. Insane!

[Babby]

My grandfather past away last year and, to this day, one of my fondest memories of my time with him was listening to him rant and rave about the ails of the world.  Don't get me wrong, when he'd tell me things like he thinks all the homosexuals of the world should be relegated to an island and/or be shot against a wall, I'd argue and cringe at how ignorant his perspective was.  His views, in my mind, were basically fucked. That being said, it was interesting and important to have someone so vocal from a different place and time.

Skateboarding has crusty, ignorant grandpas now!  Let them talk about whatever the fuck they want.  You aren't going to agree with them or be able to change their minds, so just smile and nod while they're still kickin' it.

[pizzafliptofakie]

I just really, really, really don't care about other dude's clothing. And I'm not sure why others actively do.

[Ollie Ringwald]

I just really, really, really don't care about other dude's clothing. And I'm not sure why others actively do.

Well.. When you watch someone skateboarding, which is something most skateboarders do a lot, you're looking at how they look when they're on their skateboard, and what they are wearing can affect this?

[botefdunn]

anytime MJ opens his mouth in the past few years there's a ready chorus of "he thinks he's smarter than he is"- the first time Watson made that observation it was at least somewhat original (though still petty and false imo), but now it's just predictable and reactionary. I prefer Marc's fictional rants about being abducted as a child, but hopefully I'll never be jaded enough to fault someone for that there "smart talk"

[shark tits]

anytime MJ opens his mouth in the past few years there's a ready chorus of "he thinks he's smarter than he is"- the first time Watson made that observation it was at least somewhat original (though still petty and false imo), but now it's just predictable and reactionary. I prefer Marc's fictional rants about being abducted as a child, but hopefully I'll never be jaded enough to fault someone for that there "smart talk"

he prolly is smarter than most of us. i'd put him as above average and people on here run the gamut. i liked his old weirdo talk better too but a 40 yr old telling tall tales would prolly be annoying too. speaking of, did anyone figure out sweet lou's age? he's looked 27-30 his whole career.

[piece of shit, straight up.]

Marc Johnson should shut up and skate. Nothing he said was insightful or revelatory. Others have said what he said more eloquently.

'Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.' - Oscar Wilde.

[shark tits]

Marc Johnson should shut up and skate. Nothing he said was insightful or revelatory. Others have said what he said more eloquently.

'Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.' - Oscar Wilde.

were you being ironic using a quotation about people using quotations?

[piece of shit, straight up.]

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Marc Johnson should shut up and skate. Nothing he said was insightful or revelatory. Others have said what he said more eloquently.

'Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.' - Oscar Wilde.

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were you being ironic using a quotation about people using quotations?

Were you being ironic by asking?