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SSFSTS - Peters
Andrew: So you just got back from New Zealand?
Bjorn: Yep, sure did. Just got back yesterday from a week over Christmas, and before that I was there late November to early December for two weeks.
A: Were you skating?
BJ: Yep, the first trip, the two week one I was, started off with my grandmothers 80th birthday and onto a skate trip. I wanted to go back and film some stuff in my hometown.
A: What was the skate trip for?
BJ: Oh it wasn�t like a proper skate trip, I just wanted to go over there and skate some spots where I grew up.
A:
Who�d you grow up skating with over there?
BJ: Uhhhm, there�s a bunch of dudes.. There�s the Morice brothers, Jason and Puff who live in Sydney now, my friend James Laugesen, Logi lives in Brisbane, Leigh Bolton, he�s from there as well, Mark Lahood, heaps of crew.
Sammy Winter: You name droppin sonofabitch.
A: So Leighs now moved into the Team Manager role at DC and you�ve left DC?
BJ: Yep that�s true..
A: Why did you leave DC and RVCA?
BJ: Umm, basically a better opportunity came along where I can move towards more of a future. I�ve got lots of things going on, I got the opportunity to ride for Krew and Supra and the people involved are people I�ve known for a while and are good friends of mine. They�re starting fresh and I managed to get in at the ground floor, and yeah� its good.
Blunt - Peters
A: Were you sad to leave your long time sponsors of DC and RVCA?
BJ: Yeah, I had really good times with both. Especially DC as I�d been there since I was like, I don�t know, 14 or 15, I started getting flowed from the distribution in New Zealand. So that one was definitely a tough one, but the opportunity was just too good to turn down.. Especially, you know� I�m not so young anymore, edging closer towards 30, so you gotta start looking out for the long run.
A: Are you still going to ride your DC Fixed Gear?
BJ: Hahahahaha, yeah I guess so, I haven�t ridden it in a while..
A: Why cause you�ve been riding motorbikes?
BJ: Yep, yeah definitely.
Sammy WInter: He�s being a cowboy
A: Have you had any close calls yet?
BJ: Not too bad.
Dustin Dollin: Do Supra make Fixies?
BJ:
I don�t think so, nup.
Dustin: Skytop Supra fixies.
A: They come with Skytop Supra pedals
BJ: And you just slot your feet straight in.. There we go.
Ryan Wilson: Sounds like a hovercraft
A: Are you getting all the tattoos to match the motorbike?
BJ: Aha.. damn takin digs
Sammy : Haha, left, right, left, right.
Kickflip - Peters
BJ: I�ve actually only gotten one since I�ve had the motorbike.
Sammy: Just tell him to get fucked
A: What was your last tattoo?
BJ: This compass on my lower forearm.
A: Whats it mean?
BJ: The co ordinance of the longitude and latitude of where I was born and grew up.
Rhino: You should got a GPS tattoo
Sammy: What is it, a Navman�? Nah Garmin.
A: What�s your favourite tattoo and least favourite tattoo
BJ: My favourite one is my dad doing a handstand from the 70�s, on a skateboard.. and� I don�t really have a least favourite, theyr�e all pretty sweet, I don�t think I�ve had too many, stupid drunken goes at it yet.
A: Have you got anymore ideas.
BJ: I don�t know, take it as it comes� I haven�t got any in my head.
Sammy: You haven�t got any on your head yet� Rhino does.
A: What do you think of your roommate Ryan Wilson�s new head tattoo?
BJ: The first time I saw it I just saw this little weird light patch on the top of his head.. and I thought that he was losing his head like mine, but nope, skull tat.. It�s pretty gangstar. He just has to hope he doesn�t lose his hair when he gets older.
A: Ryan what do you think about your tattoo?
Rhino: It�s just normal.
BJ: Totally normal, just on top of your skull.
A: What does your mum think Ryan?
Rhino: She doesn�t know.
Sammy: Yeah you�re not going back home anytime soon with a shaved head.
BJ: Its sick, its in a good spot. I like the thought behind it though. He got it on the top of his head so that he wouldn�t have to look at it all the time, it wasn�t a constant reminder, it�s just there for him.
ollie fakes - Peters
Sammy: It would actually be good if Rhino goes bald one day and there�s just this little patch missing, like he�s just got the sides. That, would look that killer.
A: You�ve traveled to the states back and forth for the last ten years pretty consistently, but its slowed down over the last couple of years, why?
BJ: Oh, only this year. If I had have gone this year it would have been my tenth anniversary of going, cause the first time I went was when the World Trade had planes run into it. There with my family, woke up in San Diego and the Towers were getting attacked.
A: Is there a particular reason you didn�t go this year?
BJ: Went to Europe instead.. To meet up with your wasted ass.
Sammy: I�ve seen the footage.
BJ: That�s what happens when you drink 89% absinthe in Sabadell.
A: Oops, what happened there I cant remember
BJ: Yeah no shit. Remember when you tried to bro down with the Spanish dudes and they didn�t like you and you told them to F off and that they were gay, then you stumbled off the gutter and fell flat on your back and they all laughed at you.
Rhino: Of course he doesn�t wanna remember, look at the clothes he was wearing over there.
A: Oh well.
BJ: That was good. It was classic entertainment. And we lost Josh Pall.
A: What was your favourite story from the Europ trip.
Sammy: It was the dance for sure, that one karaoke night.
BJ: Hahahaha when I got romanced by a wasted Andrew Peters into some kind of ballroom dancing with the locals, and karaoke.
Rhino: Guns and Roses?
Sammy: That was harsh.
BJ: Lets just say I wont quit my dad job for singing any time soon. But it was good fun.
A: Have you got any travel plans coming up?
BJ: Yeah with got something in the works with Krew and Supra, That I can�t really say too much about yet, in February. I think I�m going to go to Melbourne next week to go skate with Leigh actually. That�s it so far, but we�ll see how the year goes.
A: Have you been winning Mountain Dew comps?
BJ: Nah I wish, I sucked at the last two SBA comps.
A: Oh yeah. Do you normally take them fairly seriously?
BJ: Yeah, I like to. Its always good to walk away with a few thousand dollars in your pocket, for a days skating.
Rhino: Imagine if Leigh like, when he filmed you, he didn�t put any tapes in the camera cause you ride for Krew and Supra now. And then you went to get the footage and there was just nothing.. cause DC got him to get you back?
BJ:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
A: What happened at the last SBA comp.
BJ: You just annoyed everyone. Umm. Sammy just blitz his shin which sucked. Ruined his XXXX tat.
Sammy: Nah, Its still good as.
BJ: And Chima shut it down. Pretty much. And Tommy came through, makin that money.He�s made tons this year in comp money.
Sammy: He has huh, he�s made like 50 g�s or something.
BJ: Probably more, forty in South Africa alone.
A: Anything more you want o talk about?
BJ: I don�t know, probably. Did you have question written on your pad thing?
A: yeh but we kinda went over it. Oh yeah, Emilie wanted to ask you a question before.. What would be your last meal?
Sammy: Vagina�
BJ: Hahahahahaha� Yeah haha.
Rhino: Holy Jingos.
Sammy: That wasn�t me, delete that.
BJ: Nah� Ah I don�t know.
Rhino: You could put whipped cream on it or something.
Sammy: How bout just a big old sausage.
Rhino: Ughhhhhh, Reversed! That was screwed up.
BJ: Just a beast Eye Fillet steak, with some mash and a little side salad..
Sammy: What about the entre? Vagina?
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Bjorn Johnston Interview
Bjorn Johnston Interview
by Peters, Sammy, Dustin & RhinoSSFSTS - Peters
Andrew: So you just got back from New Zealand?
Bjorn: Yep, sure did. Just got back yesterday from a week over Christmas, and before that I was there late November to early December for two weeks.
A: Were you skating?
BJ: Yep, the first trip, the two week one I was, started off with my grandmothers 80th birthday and onto a skate trip. I wanted to go back and film some stuff in my hometown.
A: What was the skate trip for?
BJ: Oh it wasn�t like a proper skate trip, I just wanted to go over there and skate some spots where I grew up.
BJ: Uhhhm, there�s a bunch of dudes.. There�s the Morice brothers, Jason and Puff who live in Sydney now, my friend James Laugesen, Logi lives in Brisbane, Leigh Bolton, he�s from there as well, Mark Lahood, heaps of crew.
Sammy Winter: You name droppin sonofabitch.
A: So Leighs now moved into the Team Manager role at DC and you�ve left DC?
BJ: Yep that�s true..
A: Why did you leave DC and RVCA?
BJ: Umm, basically a better opportunity came along where I can move towards more of a future. I�ve got lots of things going on, I got the opportunity to ride for Krew and Supra and the people involved are people I�ve known for a while and are good friends of mine. They�re starting fresh and I managed to get in at the ground floor, and yeah� its good.
Blunt - Peters
A: Were you sad to leave your long time sponsors of DC and RVCA?
BJ: Yeah, I had really good times with both. Especially DC as I�d been there since I was like, I don�t know, 14 or 15, I started getting flowed from the distribution in New Zealand. So that one was definitely a tough one, but the opportunity was just too good to turn down.. Especially, you know� I�m not so young anymore, edging closer towards 30, so you gotta start looking out for the long run.
A: Are you still going to ride your DC Fixed Gear?
BJ: Hahahahaha, yeah I guess so, I haven�t ridden it in a while..
A: Why cause you�ve been riding motorbikes?
BJ: Yep, yeah definitely.
Sammy WInter: He�s being a cowboy
A: Have you had any close calls yet?
BJ: Not too bad.
Dustin Dollin: Do Supra make Fixies?
Dustin: Skytop Supra fixies.
A: They come with Skytop Supra pedals
BJ: And you just slot your feet straight in.. There we go.
Ryan Wilson: Sounds like a hovercraft
A: Are you getting all the tattoos to match the motorbike?
BJ: Aha.. damn takin digs
Sammy : Haha, left, right, left, right.
Kickflip - Peters
BJ: I�ve actually only gotten one since I�ve had the motorbike.
Sammy: Just tell him to get fucked
A: What was your last tattoo?
BJ: This compass on my lower forearm.
A: Whats it mean?
BJ: The co ordinance of the longitude and latitude of where I was born and grew up.
Rhino: You should got a GPS tattoo
Sammy: What is it, a Navman�? Nah Garmin.
A: What�s your favourite tattoo and least favourite tattoo
BJ: My favourite one is my dad doing a handstand from the 70�s, on a skateboard.. and� I don�t really have a least favourite, theyr�e all pretty sweet, I don�t think I�ve had too many, stupid drunken goes at it yet.
A: Have you got anymore ideas.
BJ: I don�t know, take it as it comes� I haven�t got any in my head.
Sammy: You haven�t got any on your head yet� Rhino does.
A: What do you think of your roommate Ryan Wilson�s new head tattoo?
BJ: The first time I saw it I just saw this little weird light patch on the top of his head.. and I thought that he was losing his head like mine, but nope, skull tat.. It�s pretty gangstar. He just has to hope he doesn�t lose his hair when he gets older.
A: Ryan what do you think about your tattoo?
Rhino: It�s just normal.
BJ: Totally normal, just on top of your skull.
A: What does your mum think Ryan?
Rhino: She doesn�t know.
Sammy: Yeah you�re not going back home anytime soon with a shaved head.
BJ: Its sick, its in a good spot. I like the thought behind it though. He got it on the top of his head so that he wouldn�t have to look at it all the time, it wasn�t a constant reminder, it�s just there for him.
ollie fakes - Peters
Sammy: It would actually be good if Rhino goes bald one day and there�s just this little patch missing, like he�s just got the sides. That, would look that killer.
A: You�ve traveled to the states back and forth for the last ten years pretty consistently, but its slowed down over the last couple of years, why?
BJ: Oh, only this year. If I had have gone this year it would have been my tenth anniversary of going, cause the first time I went was when the World Trade had planes run into it. There with my family, woke up in San Diego and the Towers were getting attacked.
A: Is there a particular reason you didn�t go this year?
BJ: Went to Europe instead.. To meet up with your wasted ass.
Sammy: I�ve seen the footage.
BJ: That�s what happens when you drink 89% absinthe in Sabadell.
A: Oops, what happened there I cant remember
BJ: Yeah no shit. Remember when you tried to bro down with the Spanish dudes and they didn�t like you and you told them to F off and that they were gay, then you stumbled off the gutter and fell flat on your back and they all laughed at you.
Rhino: Of course he doesn�t wanna remember, look at the clothes he was wearing over there.
A: Oh well.
BJ: That was good. It was classic entertainment. And we lost Josh Pall.
A: What was your favourite story from the Europ trip.
Sammy: It was the dance for sure, that one karaoke night.
BJ: Hahahaha when I got romanced by a wasted Andrew Peters into some kind of ballroom dancing with the locals, and karaoke.
Rhino: Guns and Roses?
Sammy: That was harsh.
BJ: Lets just say I wont quit my dad job for singing any time soon. But it was good fun.
A: Have you got any travel plans coming up?
BJ: Yeah with got something in the works with Krew and Supra, That I can�t really say too much about yet, in February. I think I�m going to go to Melbourne next week to go skate with Leigh actually. That�s it so far, but we�ll see how the year goes.
A: Have you been winning Mountain Dew comps?
BJ: Nah I wish, I sucked at the last two SBA comps.
A: Oh yeah. Do you normally take them fairly seriously?
BJ: Yeah, I like to. Its always good to walk away with a few thousand dollars in your pocket, for a days skating.
Rhino: Imagine if Leigh like, when he filmed you, he didn�t put any tapes in the camera cause you ride for Krew and Supra now. And then you went to get the footage and there was just nothing.. cause DC got him to get you back?
A: What happened at the last SBA comp.
BJ: You just annoyed everyone. Umm. Sammy just blitz his shin which sucked. Ruined his XXXX tat.
Sammy: Nah, Its still good as.
BJ: And Chima shut it down. Pretty much. And Tommy came through, makin that money.He�s made tons this year in comp money.
Sammy: He has huh, he�s made like 50 g�s or something.
BJ: Probably more, forty in South Africa alone.
A: Anything more you want o talk about?
BJ: I don�t know, probably. Did you have question written on your pad thing?
A: yeh but we kinda went over it. Oh yeah, Emilie wanted to ask you a question before.. What would be your last meal?
Sammy: Vagina�
BJ: Hahahahahaha� Yeah haha.
Rhino: Holy Jingos.
Sammy: That wasn�t me, delete that.
BJ: Nah� Ah I don�t know.
Rhino: You could put whipped cream on it or something.
Sammy: How bout just a big old sausage.
Rhino: Ughhhhhh, Reversed! That was screwed up.
BJ: Just a beast Eye Fillet steak, with some mash and a little side salad..
Sammy: What about the entre? Vagina?
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