AO Transworld Interview

[Paul Cicero]

You're the man Alex!

[andocom]

I was pretty surprised he took a shot at Jason Lee, especially about making a gonz doco, then named him as his all time favourite skater.

[Gil]

well that bs smith grind clearly ain't no smith grind, just look at that back truck..  suckas running none makes.

I noticed that too.  But honestly, I just visited NYC and saw that spot, and I'm still fucking blown away.  That thing is tall as shit.  I'm surprised anyone even thought to skate it.

[JB]

I really don't see how he's full of himself, but maybe that's just me.

dudes are just hating.

people are interviewing him about himself, so of course hes going to talk about his interests and accomplishments. thats not being full of yourself, thats what your supposed to do in an interview.

[Fastfreddy]

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I really don't see how he's full of himself, but maybe that's just me.

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dudes are just hating.

people are interviewing him about himself, so of course hes going to talk about his interests and accomplishments. thats not being full of yourself, thats what your supposed to do in an interview.

exactly.

[Fenzadill]

I was pretty surprised he took a shot at Jason Lee, especially about making a gonz doco, then named him as his all time favourite skater.

"GOD LEAVE US ALONE EARL, WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT GONZ??

Fav Sk8r:  Jason Lee"

[new_york_shitty]

The photos were excellent. Alex is one of my favorites. 

[S.E.]

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I was pretty surprised he took a shot at Jason Lee, especially about making a gonz doco, then named him as his all time favourite skater.

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"GOD LEAVE US ALONE EARL, WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT GONZ??

Fav Sk8r:  Jason Lee"

pretty sure he said it was a "love/hate" thing with Jason Lee.  Which by what you just posted would indicate a love/hate

[Canuck]

Great interview. Like this dude.  But that intro to the article is fucked. Jay Adams and Jason Jessee are the most racist ignorant people in skateboarding. Why people give a fuck about them I don't know. If you're curious google their names with keywords like "homophobic" and "racist" for more!

Also,

I really want to like AO. But when he was bragging about being in the most "exclusive" store in NYC, I just fuckin' lost it. Has skateboarding really come to this?

I wouldn't mind as much if he just stopped making Bianca skateboards, and wasn't trying to associate it with skating.

Thanks for scanning.

Stop posting. You're opinions are annoying.

[QUIT SINNIN]

Great interview. Like this dude.  But that intro to the article is fucked. Jay Adams and Jason Jessee are the most racist ignorant people in skateboarding. Why people give a fuck about them I don't know. If you're curious google their names with keywords like "homophobic" and "racist" for more!

Also,

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I really want to like AO. But when he was bragging about being in the most "exclusive" store in NYC, I just fuckin' lost it. Has skateboarding really come to this?

I wouldn't mind as much if he just stopped making Bianca skateboards, and wasn't trying to associate it with skating.

Thanks for scanning.

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Stop posting. You're opinions are annoying.

Says the guy that thinks Louis Vuitton, $80 bucket hats, Dover Street Market, and Gay 70's nightclubs could/should/would have anything to do with skateboarding. I'm wondering if you even know Jay Adams is dead since you say he is currently "in" skateboarding?

[360 frip]

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Great interview. Like this dude.  But that intro to the article is fucked. Jay Adams and Jason Jessee are the most racist ignorant people in skateboarding. Why people give a fuck about them I don't know. If you're curious google their names with keywords like "homophobic" and "racist" for more!

Also,

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I really want to like AO. But when he was bragging about being in the most "exclusive" store in NYC, I just fuckin' lost it. Has skateboarding really come to this?

I wouldn't mind as much if he just stopped making Bianca skateboards, and wasn't trying to associate it with skating.

Thanks for scanning.

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Stop posting. You're opinions are annoying.

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Stop posting. You're opinions are annoying.

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Says the guy that thinks Louis Vuitton, $80 bucket hats, Dover Street Market, and Gay 70's nightclubs could/should/would have anything to do with skateboarding. I'm wondering if you even know Jay Adams is dead since you say he is currently "in" skateboarding?

Focus your shitty account you fucking kook. At least my opinions aren't downright laughable/unforgivable.

Yeah, it is way better when we all have the same opinions, right?

I'm kind of surprised how far people are prepared to bend over backwards to approve of A.O.

The whole fashion thing is cheesy as fuck. I'm sure there is more cash in it. Could that possibly be a motive? Or is it just for the love of the art?

The whole Louis Vuitton thing gives wearing a RedBull hat more integrity (which is pretty fucked). How long have LV being supporting skateboarding? Or is it just cool because he's 'stacking paper'?

He should just let his skating speak for him, like Heath.

[Sleazy]

i'd rather get 1500 dollar lv bags than red bull, especially if i was single and lived in ny. each bag probably get you a fun night out if you played your cards right. red bull can save  you 3 bucks.

[Canuck]

I don't really wanna get into on here... But just think about it for a second. You're complaining about AO doing fashion stuff and that it's not 'what skateboarding is about' or some other lame-ass shit.

Okay, what should he be doing? Why don't you tell us?

[heckler]

i'd rather get 1500 dollar lv bags than red bull, especially if i was single and lived in ny. each bag probably get you a fun night out if you played your cards right. red bull can save  you 3 bucks.

I'm pretty sure LV bags aren't going to make your body rot, either.

[ROCKxADIO420]

just your soul

[sms_b]

he fears the message boards, this pleases me.

[new_york_shitty]

Louis Vuitton never made a commercial supporting skateboarding. It was a commercial where Alex Olson modeled their product and thereby features skateboarding.

It's interesting 360 frip started his post off by saying sarcastically "it is way better when we all have the same opinions, right?" and then seamlessly blasts AO for pursuing something different.

A+ for hypocrisy, would read again.

[NickDagger]

There's really no debate that wearing/being sponsored or in a commercial by Louis Vuitton is about a 1,000 times less disgusting then having literally anything to do with a fucking gross energy drink.

[Sleazy]

just your soul

lv is the all star of the purse world

[QUIT SINNIN]

I don't really wanna get into on here... But just think about it for a second. You're complaining about AO doing fashion stuff and that it's not 'what skateboarding is about' or some other lame-ass shit.

Okay, what should he be doing? Why don't you tell us?

The dude has kooked himself too many times to count at this point. He comes off as the most spoiled, privileged, and pompous dude in skateboarding. I don't need to define what skateboarding is about-but I can speak for most people that it isn't about the overpriced and privileged world that AO seems to live in. I got into it to escape this kind of crap. I feel like I'm living on a different planet. In one interview he endorses Red Bull, hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz, hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement, brags about being in Dover Street Market, how he made pigtails cool....And people eat it up.

His skating is absolutely beautiful, nobody is denying that. Those photos are amazing. Like someone else said, he should just let his skating do the talking, because every time he opens his mouth I cringe.

[360 frip]

Louis Vuitton never made a commercial supporting skateboarding. It was a commercial where Alex Olson modeled their product and thereby features skateboarding.

It's interesting 360 frip started his post off by saying sarcastically "it is way better when we all have the same opinions, right?" and then seamlessly blasts AO for pursuing something different.

A+ for hypocrisy, would read again.

Because I was responding to someone saying "Stop posting, your opinions are annoying."

He is welcome to do his thing, it doesn't mean I have to like it/can't criticise it though.

[heckler]

In one interview he endorses Red Bull

You should get on red bull.
"No. I mean, sure. But don't make me wear that hat."

hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement

"But seriously, out of anyone, I just think he did it so perfectly ... All that stuff wasn't the fairy-tale ending I wanted to read about. Not that that's a bad thing, either."

hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz

I got nothing for this one, but can you really have super high expectations for this with Jason Lee's movie history in the past 10 years? Jason Lee is far from above all criticism.

brags about being in Dover Street Market

The interviewed asked about how Bianca does in the fashion market. Should he have given a one-word answer? "Good"? I don't see how this dude doing the fashion thing is any different than those shitty skate rock bands touring.

how he made pigtails cool

"Sick. Finally. It took two years to settle in." Is sarcasm in a text format lost upon you?

[QUIT SINNIN]

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In one interview he endorses Red Bull

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You should get on red bull.
"No. I mean, sure. But don't make me wear that hat."

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hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement

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"But seriously, out of anyone, I just think he did it so perfectly ... All that stuff wasn't the fairy-tale ending I wanted to read about. Not that that's a bad thing, either."

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hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz

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I got nothing for this one, but can you really have super high expectations for this with Jason Lee's movie history in the past 10 years? Jason Lee is far from above all criticism.

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brags about being in Dover Street Market

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The interviewed asked about how Bianca does in the fashion market. Should he have given a one-word answer? "Good"? I don't see how this dude doing the fashion thing is any different than those shitty skate rock bands touring.

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how he made pigtails cool

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"Sick. Finally. It took two years to settle in." Is sarcasm in a text format lost upon you?

I could grab pull-quotes proving my point as well but not going to waste my time since you honestly can't comprehend it to begin with.

[oyolar]

Or because you don't have any support for your points...

[S.E.]

you guys keep arguing about his start up t shirt brand being at a glorified macys while he's about banging dudes/chicks, living in NY and stacking clips.  

Im glad there's people in skateboarding like this.  It keeps it diverse.  
I can see why people are turned off by it.  It can seem pretentious and overly aware but so is everything else.  

I will say this...I started skateboarding to get away from football, baseball, and ball grass sports like that.  Skateboarding was something that gave people an avenue to escape the norms of american (whatever country you're from) culture and be apart of something different.  Something that was for the most part open to any and all kinds.  Skateboarding was a celebration of the individual and what that person could bring to the collective "underground" on a local or global scale.  

This point has been made countless times but for me Alex lost alot of my respect and admiration when he decided to ride for Nike.  This dude is gonna say he wouldn't wear a redbull hat and yet rides for the anti-thesis of all things skateboarding.  I started skateboarding to ESCAPE the type of culture that brands like Nike and Adidas promoted and lived by and continue to do.  

It's just alittle dumb for anyone that rides for any of the non native skateboard brands to be critical of any other corporate entity, especially one like redbull that DOES do things for so many various alternative cultures, whether that be music, skateboarding, space jumps,...etc. etc.

[Tabletop]

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I don't really wanna get into on here... But just think about it for a second. You're complaining about AO doing fashion stuff and that it's not 'what skateboarding is about' or some other lame-ass shit.

Okay, what should he be doing? Why don't you tell us?

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The dude has kooked himself too many times to count at this point. He comes off as the most spoiled, privileged, and pompous dude in skateboarding. I don't need to define what skateboarding is about-but I can speak for most people that it isn't about the overpriced and privileged world that AO seems to live in. I got into it to escape this kind of crap. I feel like I'm living on a different planet. In one interview he endorses Red Bull, hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz, hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement, brags about being in Dover Street Market, how he made pigtails cool....And people eat it up.

His skating is absolutely beautiful, nobody is denying that. Those photos are amazing. Like someone else said, he should just let his skating do the talking, because every time he opens his mouth I cringe.

You don't own skateboarding.

[heckler]

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In one interview he endorses Red Bull

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You should get on red bull.
"No. I mean, sure. But don't make me wear that hat."

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hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement

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"But seriously, out of anyone, I just think he did it so perfectly ... All that stuff wasn't the fairy-tale ending I wanted to read about. Not that that's a bad thing, either."

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hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz

[close]

I got nothing for this one, but can you really have super high expectations for this with Jason Lee's movie history in the past 10 years? Jason Lee is far from above all criticism.

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brags about being in Dover Street Market

[close]

The interviewed asked about how Bianca does in the fashion market. Should he have given a one-word answer? "Good"? I don't see how this dude doing the fashion thing is any different than those shitty skate rock bands touring.

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how he made pigtails cool

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"Sick. Finally. It took two years to settle in." Is sarcasm in a text format lost upon you?

[close]

I could grab pull-quotes proving my point as well but not going to waste my time since you honestly can't comprehend it to begin with.

By all means, go ahead. You're already keeping this argument civil with the petty insults. Here are a few more quotes from his Thrasher interview, circa-Pretty Sweet for you to keep in mind as well.

"I never thought I'd be riding for Girl because I never thought I'd be good enough. I still don't."

"I'm worried about the fact that, as I get older, kids get better. Skateboarding just gets harder."

"I would like to not have to film another video part ... I appreciate it, but giving up four years of your life for a skate video project is a lot of effort. Having that little voice in your head saying "You gotta do it" ... For four years, you're asking yourself, "Are you good enough? Is this what you want to be doing?"

What a pompous, self righteous, entitled piece of shit. Am I right?

[yatallfreak]

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I was pretty surprised he took a shot at Jason Lee, especially about making a gonz doco, then named him as his all time favourite skater.

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"GOD LEAVE US ALONE EARL, WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT GONZ??

Fav Sk8r:  Jason Lee"

Loves Jason Lees skating and dressing from the 90's, hates Jason Lees movies/lifestyle choices.
I guess "it's a love/hate thing" - Alex Olson

[Omamori]

High end fashion is all about being exclusive. And Bianca Chandon isn't really a skate brand which is why he did the 917 brand. I dont get why people care what he does with Bianca Chandon. Its a fashion brand if anything else.

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In one interview he endorses Red Bull

[close]

You should get on red bull.
"No. I mean, sure. But don't make me wear that hat."

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hates on Heath Kirchart working jobs post-retirement

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"But seriously, out of anyone, I just think he did it so perfectly ... All that stuff wasn't the fairy-tale ending I wanted to read about. Not that that's a bad thing, either."

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hates on a Jason Lee documentary about the Gonz

[close]

I got nothing for this one, but can you really have super high expectations for this with Jason Lee's movie history in the past 10 years? Jason Lee is far from above all criticism.

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brags about being in Dover Street Market

[close]

The interviewed asked about how Bianca does in the fashion market. Should he have given a one-word answer? "Good"? I don't see how this dude doing the fashion thing is any different than those shitty skate rock bands touring.

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how he made pigtails cool

[close]

"Sick. Finally. It took two years to settle in." Is sarcasm in a text format lost upon you?

[close]

I could grab pull-quotes proving my point as well but not going to waste my time since you honestly can't comprehend it to begin with.

[close]

By all means, go ahead. You're already keeping this argument civil with the petty insults. Here are a few more quotes from his Thrasher interview, circa-Pretty Sweet for you to keep in mind as well.

"I never thought I'd be riding for Girl because I never thought I'd be good enough. I still don't."

"I'm worried about the fact that, as I get older, kids get better. Skateboarding just gets harder."

"I would like to not have to film another video part ... I appreciate it, but giving up four years of your life for a skate video project is a lot of effort. Having that little voice in your head saying "You gotta do it" ... For four years, you're asking yourself, "Are you good enough? Is this what you want to be doing?"

What a pompous, self righteous, entitled piece of shit. Am I right?

Alex, is that you??

Oh, you're referring to the legendary company whom he avoided wearing any clothing of which he abruptly quit so he could hock hilarious overpriced, uninspired clothing? How modest and humble that was of him...

I love how you cautiously avoided the part where I said he critiqued what Heath did AFTER retirement, not his actual retirement. .. And the part where he said "Red Bull is actually really progressive on music. There like the best thing going in music right now."

You see, critiquing a guy who chooses to deliver pizzas, bartend, TM is the exact thing a pompous, out of touch kid would do.

Numerous pros (some of which are his "friends") have called him out for being a spoiled brat with a negative attitude

Not going to continue feeding this troll. I'm done with this topic.