Thrasher Magazine

Why don’t you surf?
It’s not that I hate it, but surfers are so awkward and annoying all the time. I have surfed a few times, but it’s just not my thing.

Your dad is a surfer, correct?
Yeah, he surfs a lot but not as much as he used to. But yeah, he’s a surfer.

Noah gets tubed on an under-utilized double-set rock wall

Does your dad skate at all?
Yeah, he skates more than me sometimes. He does lunch-break sessions almost every day.

Damn, Pops is an OG Had you ever been to Boston before the Am Scramble? What did you think of it?
No, that was my first time on the East Coast. I didn’t know what to expect when you guys told me we were going there. I think it was a cool city. I just got back from New York like a month ago and it was kind of the same vibe but way smaller.

You knew Max before the trip, right?
No, I didn’t know him before. Everyone was surprised because we were always talking together, but I met him on the trip. He spoke French so it was easier for me.

The new-friend cheat code: skateboarding and the road

That’s nice.
When you go on a trip and have to speak English for a long period, it just gets me tired. Then, at night, I can speak French with him. It’s nice.

I guess then you guys can speak in code and talk shit on us.
Exactly. I remember someone saying they thought that when we were speaking French we were talking shit on everyone. Is it true? Do y’all think that?

Well, y’all would be looking at people and talking and laughing, so it’s like, Damn, they must be saying something about us!
Sometimes, but not all the time. We are not always talking shit, but most of the time, probably, yes. It’s just a French thing—we are always ironic when we do jokes and stuff.

Yeah. I think Vitória was the only other person who couldn’t speak English well. Could y’all understand what she was saying in Portuguese?
Me? Dude, what you just said was so American. It is a way different language. I can’t understand anything when she speaks.

Obviously, I know that. But last year Jhancarlos was able to understand some of Daiki’s Japanese and those are two totally different languages.
Nah, man, that’s too weird. I didn’t understand anything. It’s not possible.

Did you try and teach French to anyone on the trip?
Burnett actually knew some French words. I would ask people if they knew any French words and they’d all say the same thing: “Oui, Oui.” We were teaching Dylan a little bit of French.

Killing Rye on a crooks to manual line

And now Dylan is your BFF.
Yeah, we are good friends now. He’s a super chill dude. Me, him and Max all had the same humor so that made for some super good times. I had met him a couple of times before the trip and in my head thought he was more of a serious guy who took skating serious. But little did I know he pranked us, ‘cause he’s actually a jokester.

What did you think about the vibe of the trip?
It was good. I feel like no one knew each other before the trip, except maybe the Australian guys. Everyone got along and the whole trip was just mellow vibes.

Did you feel any pressure with skating on the trip?
Nah, it was like normal sessions. I didn’t feel any pressure going into it. I went into it like any other trip I’d go on. When you put your head into that mind state, that’s when you start to skate bad.

Back tail 270 shove out, no pressure

What do you think was one of the gnarliest things you saw on the trip?
Either Max’s rail or when Vitória fell. That was pretty scary, dude. I didn’t see how she fell ’cause me and Max were around the corner with the White Claws, but when we looked over she was face flat on the ground and wasn’t moving at all. It was scary. She kept repeating the same things.

Was that some of your first times night skating, with lights and all that good stuff?
Yeah, I had never done that. But did I really skate during the night?

The agony of Eggs

No, not at all.
It was gonna be my first time skating at night, but it was too disturbing. I couldn’t even see my board.

Max said he didn’t want any night clips, but I feel like he only skated at night.
He did that slappy 50-50 at night which was the scariest thing you could do—after a few White Claws, too. I knew he was gonna do it. He was all down to go to the spot since he had been drinking those Claws.

Max’s approach to seeing a skate spot is pretty out there.
He’s just lazy. He doesn’t want to ollie into anything so he just builds things so he can ride onto them instead of having to pop his board. He doesn’t really put pressure on himself when he skates. It’s such a sick approach.