Recently, I had the chance to talk to THE ONE, THE ONLY, Aaron Feinberg. I interviewed him over the phone......
Me: OK, so do you want to start the interview?
Aaron: It's for the web site?
Me:Yeah..
Aaron:OK! Sure, go ahead
Me:Oh, OK, so what have you been up to lately??
Aaron:Um....Well, for the last month, I've been in Europe just traveling and you know, going to contest, skatin for Salomon.
Me: Oh, that's cool, how has that been??
Aaron: It's been pretty cool...like we traveled (laughs) around Europe just skating street together and going to the contest just doing the usual stuff!
Me: Yeah! So, who are your inspirations in skating right now??
Aaron: Um....Well, I guess my favorite skaters are Dustin & Jon Julio and Brian Shima and actually when I was in Europe, I was watching Wilfried Rossignol skate and he was skating really good, so yeah..those guys are inspirations.......
Aaron: But, it's like, I don't really like sweat anyone too much, I just, I just watch people skate and like I get inspiration from all kinds of people just by looking at that stuff.
Me: Oh, OK! Um...So, Why did you start skating in the first place????
Aaron: Um...Um...Well, it seemed to be like the cool, trendy thing to do and my best friend, when I lived in Miami..he got a pair of skates, so I bought a pair just to copy him...we went rollerblading and we learned stuff and got into it, we had a good time trying little tricks and stuff and then one day, we..a..we saw some kids like riding down the stairs and jumping over them and stuff, We were pretty amazed by it, Then we just got into the whole quote on quote "AGGRESSIVE SKATING SCENE".
Me: Yeah!! ...OK, so where do you enjoy skating the most???
Aaron: Uhhhhmmm.....Well, right now I enjoy skating street more than skating skate parks, not anywhere in particular, just as long as I'm skating with like friends that I like.
Me: Yeah, cool!
Aaron: Hey, how are you doing this?? Is your phone like recording the conversation??
Me: Yeah, and I'm like writing down stuff too.
Aaron: Ohhhhh.....
Me: What do your parents think of your skating???
Aaron: They're very supportive, they have been like from the beginning.
Me:They are? That's so cool!
Me:OK, so what has skating done for you as a person???
Aaron: As a person??.....I guess it's introduced me to the world.
Me: Has it made you like more responsible and stuff? Aaron: Yeah, it's made me grow up fast and it's given me the opportunity to see the world, meet a lot of people and (laughs) make money and stuff.
Me: Uh huh....Ok, um..What goes through your head right before you begin a run??
Aaron: Um......let me thing....I was just at a contest a couple days ago...What goes through your head??....Nothing Really!
Aaron:Just like I try to keep my mind clear and just get ready to drop in and basically it's like trying to go over my run I guess...and just whatever I'm gonna do, just try to make it as easy as possible.
Me: YEAH? Like, does the crowd ever distract you or anything??
Aaron: No, not really, I can't really think of a time that the crowd has really distracted me.
Me: Oh, OK!
Aaron: I mean it's not the crowd in particular, It's just how big of an event it is, like the X-GAMES or something, the crowd is huge!!! I guess it has a part of like making you a little extra nervous.
Me: Yeah, um..So, what has been your best tour experience so far????
Aaron: My what??(laughs) like, like, like a tour that I've been on???
Me: No! Just like any place that you've been to?
Aaron: Oh...um...ahhhhh, I don't really know, I've gotten to go to a lot of excellent places this year. I guess I like, a like England and Spain and like Amsterdam, like those places in general.
Aaron: I don't know, I haven't really had a particular stop that I really loved a lot.
Aaron: I liked the Lausanne contest though! There's a bunch of contests in Europe, so you kinda wanna go home already, but it's a cool contest!
Me: Yeah, that's cool!
Me: OK, how did you feel about your results in the X-GAMES? I heard that you weren't like feelin' the course, is that true???
Aaron: Yeah, I wasn't really feelin the course during my run...everyone was kinda having trouble with it cause it was like this really big course and it was hard to keep a fast pace on to do the harder tricks, it was kinda set up weird.
Me: That sucks...You still did good though!
Aaron: I was happy with my run, but I wasn't able to accomplish my run (laughs)
Me: I thought you did good man, I mean you got 3rd, you kicked (_l_) man!
Aaron: You think I did good??
Me: YEAH! TOTALLY!
Me: OK, you say you have the same respect for boarder as you do inliners, right??
Aaron: Um, I don't really think about it that much, but I don't have any disrespect for them, I don't know about the same respect but I, I respect everyone like personally as an individual, so I don't really classify people as a skateboarder or a rollerblader.
Me: Oh, OK...there have been some rumors that like you and Sam Fogarty don't get along, is that true????
Aaron: I've never heard that before, did you hear that like on the web??
Me: YUP!
Aaron: Well, I don't really know the guy that much, like we're not buddies or anything, but...I don't know...
Me: Yeah, is there anybody like in particular that you choose to skate with???
Aaron: Um....Um....Well, I'm good friends with Shayne Skower, I like hanging out with him and I like skating with my friends in Portland and with like Team Salomon.
