Nicknames -bash. fatass (more of a self-reference)

Years breathing -27

Sex - guaranteed. perks of marriage. (joke.) i have boy parts.

years skating -14 or so.

Tech dog or Slash dog -more likely than not, slash dog.

Old Skewl or New School -everything. it's all skateboarding.

Regular or Goofy stance - left foot forward.

Favorite people to skate with - too many to mention, but i'll try anyway: mike gross, ty wright, steve bennett, colby buddlemeyer, david schweitzer, rob knight, addison ashbaugh, clint hunt, mike templin, moss, seth,Jason Green ...i could go on and on. i like skating with anyone who has fun riding their skateboard.

Favorite place to skate - hmm. i could ramble on this one too.. i'll try to not take up so much space and say: Zanesville. it's home.

Board setup - alien deck. indy's. accel wheels.

Favorite Pro Team - a few, all for different reasons: antihero. foundation. black label.

Favorite Skate videos - video daze (blind). art bars (foundation). tin can folklore (stereo). antihero (antihero). anthology (transworld). ban this (powell peralta). shackle me not (hstreet). 1281 (new deal).

Best Pro Skater - i can't say the "best"; i don't think anyone can. i like (as with everything else, it seems) all kinds of different choices.. if i had to name one - Kris Markovich, hands down. but then, there's Gonz, Cardiel, Drehobl, Bam, Phil Shao (RIP), Jason Lee (yes, he used to skate, for real), Dill, etc and so on...so it's hard to say, you know?

Favorite Tricks -360 flips. alley oop grinds on ramp. frontside rocks.

Other things you enjoy besides Skateboarding - photography. watching my daughter grow up. being married. watching movies. filming.

Favorite Movies - kicking&screaming. fight club. thrashin'. usual suspects. go. the big lebowski.

Favorite Bands - modest mouse. built to spill. cky. nina simmone. elliot smith. zepplin. refused. at the drive in. radiohead. moby. tracy chapman. nofx. black sabbath. bob marley. pietasters.

How do you feel about your local skate seen - i feel very lucky to have grown up skating with the people i did, and still do. i think zanesville, on the whole, has a good vibe to it, with a fair amount of spots.

Telephoto or wide angle - variety is the spice of life. don't chop off heads, but getting up in the mix is good. telephoto tells a nice tale, too.

Are you going to hell - if there's good, there's evil. i think if you try to live your life and try to do some good, and not hurt people, i think in the end, it all works out. i guess we'll see.

In 500 words or more describe yourself - rather than a painful self examination, i will leave you with this, a wonderful Rumi poem:

if you can't go to sleep my dear soul for tonight what do you think will happen

if you pass your night and merge it with dawn for the sake of heart what do you think will happen

if the entire world is covered with the blossoms you have labored to plant what do you think will happen

if the elixir of life that has been hidden in the dark fills the desert and towns what do you think will happen

if because of your generosity and love a few humans find their lives what do you think will happen

if you pour an entire jar filled with joyous wine on the head of those already drunk what do you think will happen

go my friend bestow your love even on your enemies if you touch their hearts what do you think will happen

-Rumi

What website rocks the Casbah - www.getupfromyourcomputerandgooutsideandbeinLovewithyourLife.com (it's fake. i usually look at porn, but going outside seems like a better idea. thanks to mike.)