What got you into skateboarding?
I remember saw one of my friends from school cruising a street next to my house and I was curious about the skateboards, so weeks after I got a shitty board and when I tried Ollie I just broke the plastic trucks, so I started to save money to get a good one from the loco shop and after that I’m still riding my board
What is your skate scene like in your city?
Street skating in Costa Rica is hard because there are always cracks, the spots are crusty, security on the best spots so you just have a couple of tries and you have to be quick, but it’s actually fun hit the streets with the homies and feel the hype when someone lands a trick, we are always doing street missions
What is you to go trick to start your sesh?
When I’m starting my sesh I really like to warm up my body before go on my board and then just cruise around the park or the streets doing Ollies, grinds and 180s and once I feel my body ready I start with my regular tricks before start practicing the once that I don’t have on lock yet
Do you feel skateboarding has changed your life? How?
Skateboarding definitely changed my life specially because I learned how to stay focus on what I want, discipline, work on my physical and mental health because every time I’m riding my board I feel super happy and chill, l traveled to different countries around the world and meet so many amazing people and after each skate trip I had a lot of good experiences that are making my skateboarding so much better day by day
What pro skater inspires your skateboarding?
Nyjah Huston is definitely my favorite skateboarder
Do you prefer watching skate videos on social media or buying it? Why?
Watch skate videos on social media is cool because you can easily open let’s say YouTube and start watching a video with your friends no matter where you are, but I think is way cool to have the physical videos and have your own collection
What is the gnarliest trick you have ever done? How did you feel when you landed it?
I remember that I was looking for my ender of a video part and I saw a clip of a skater doing a Ollie over the rail into a bank on a 10 star rail, he didn’t share the location with us so we had an idea about the area and we started to look for the spot, once we found the spot the side that I wanted to skate doesn’t had a run up so we found a door and we used for the run up to make a nose grind down the rail, it was a mission !
Tell us a little bit about your local skate shop & what they do for skateboard scene?
I ride for PLX that it is the skate shop that I can say really like to support skateboarding trying to take it into the next level with contests, skate videos, and pushing the people to get into the real skateboarding and sharing content about the most famous brands in skateboarding, I really like the shop and the way they push the Costa Rica skateboarding and the way they support and believe in the riders
What is your daily routine before you go shred?
I really like to start my day listening to music and watching some skate videos to motivate myself, prepare a healthy shake with fruits with my breakfast and try to do like a pre warm up with my massage gun to have my body ready for the streets
Any inspiring words you want to tell the next generation of skaters?
Be patience, focus your intentions and keep the discipline because everybody started trying an Ollie on flat, is not that easy but practice makes perfect so keep pushing your limits and try to enjoy as much as you can – TZ
