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PD: Oi ya dogcunt, i changed my phone so i lost your email in that msg, haha.. do you still need questions? got maggot on the weekend so couldn't do it, haha, but heres a few anywho..
VM: Timy b got back to me also but yeah, more is good.
PD: So one of your dogs bella's getting on a bit, but she's a psycho little cunt, do you think she could still beat the other nutter mello in a fight?
VM: she's like 11 years old but i reckon she could still av the younger one, mellow is a nutter but bella realizes she's old so she just goes for the kill shot!
PD: I'v stayed at your house a bunch, along with many other people, remember when i brought my mate benny over and he pissed your couch?.. haha, have you ever had to kick anyone out for being too much of a piece?
VM: That shit was hilarious! you did warn me that he does piss the couch regularly.haha, havn't had to kick anyone yet but next time someone benny's my couch, i'm giving them the boot for sure.
Backlip - Scotford
PD: You've started your own board company, Parlay, tell us a bit about that?
VM: Its a bunch of other ratbags too,its not just mine.�
PD: You do a little work from time to time, hook the homies up with the odd jobs and whatnot, whats the go there, do you work for a company or something or is it all yourself?
VM: A bit of both, i have had many skaters/mates work for me over the years, for both myself and other companies, its always rad working with your mates and they always need the coin.
PD: You've lived in melbourne for some time now, do you think you'll ever move or you're happy where your at?
VM: Yep! love it, not going anywhere for too long anytime soon!
PD: Little Bugsy told me a funny story where some guys were hasling him while out one night in melbs, and you helped him out, tell us about that.
VM: Oh yeah, just some footy jocks where going to beat him up a little so we played punch face and they all lost. It was a laugh.�
PD: Who do you skate with usually and whos killing it at the moment?
VM:Usually skate with, Jk,Willy hine,Brett Royden, Alladin,Happy,Blake Harris,Dimitri,Chris Coleman and also Bugs,You cunt, Pee Wee, and whoever is in town, whenever they are in town. Everyone kills it. Blake and Happy mostly. �
PD: Theres a few questions dogcunt, i'll try think of some more.. it would be easier having a conversation and you could record it.. i got no credit, broke as a motherfucker.. hit me back anyways fool, talk soon.
VM: Cheers ya dogcunt!
50 - Bernard Jallet
tb:years Young? �
vm: 27
tb:hail from?
�vm:Sydney
tb:Live now?
vm: Melbourne
tb:Bourbon or rum?
vm: Sailor Jerry's, Rum!
tb:Tupac or Biggee?
vm: Biggee
tb:Heineken or becks?
vm: Becks
tb:Bob or Pete?
vm: Bob
tb:Blonde or Brunnette?
vm:Brunnette or both
tb:For the readers, why do u live in Melbz over Sydz?
vm: Melbs is so chill and Sydneys so not, i moved down here 2005 when i was skating for Blackbox and just never went back!
tb:U recently (haven't seen ya for a bit) did sum mad euro time with The Blakey n the Chbock1 how was that shit?
vm:shit was so rad, Harris and me met up in Dubai cause i was already over there, then we headed to germany to meet up with chobocky,made our plane by 4 mins to the uk, then grabbed our free van from Wicked campers and headed for the ferry to france, hit heaps of spots, pubs, party's and met heaps of rad crew around the place.
FS Nose - Scotford
tb:U guys dropped a bunch of hammers myes?
vm:yeah i'd say we gave it a good bash! blakey was outta control as usual, back 50 down the mcrank 20 in paris was pretty insane, oh and of coarse his feeble down 21 in Manchester, he had to go take a pre hammer shit before doing it and leo sharp was like hey i don't think he's coming back, i was like he'll be here and about 30mins later, blakey rocked back , checked his run up i built him and hit it, he bent the shit outta the rail at the bottom on his 1st attempt before nailing it.
tb:A.dam was obviously best for chillin, mostly its hard to skate but u found sum banger spots there to huh?
vm:yeah, found a few rad spots, had a couple up my sleeve from previous missions, met up with a local photographer Rimmert, rad dude and he got one of his pics of me run in thrasher last year which was pretty sick! cheers Rimmert
tb:Favourite coffee shops?
vm: Ha ha , we had a few, don't think i can remember any names of them though, i wonder why?
tb:Hash weed or both?
vm:Both in the dam, you gotta don't ya?
tb:Roll ur own or pre.rolled?
vm: Roll ur own
tb:We used to get these pre-rolled joint smokin, pre-made sandwich eatin mu.a fuckers from texas or summin, these crew really missed the goodness, cookin ya own shit, mixin ya own hash, gettn ya hands dirty... were you one of them?
vm:nah we got definately got our hands dirty but we did see some of them texan mo fo's!
tb:What city was most skate friendly, spots n cops wise?
vm:probably Paris, although we pretty much didn't get kicked out of anywhere in Europe,except for open flame grilling burgers under overpasses in the van, that ended with cops in more than a couple countries, but usually got the thumbs up and permission to keep the bbq burning. got the boot from the odd spot in Barcelona. We also got robbed there, that was sick. Blakey didn't like it but we made it a fun time anyway.
tb:You gots famz in the states ya? Plan on chillin over there any time soon?
vm: yeah i do, they're over the east coast though and i'm hoping of seeing a bit more of the west coast next time i'm there, hopefully this year.
Crooks - Scotford
tb:Any seppo rails got ya eye?
vm: Yeah i'll be doing the rounds for sure. No claims yet.
tb:Wots up with Parlay?
vm: I've been toying with the idea of a skate company for years, growing up in syd there were always sick local labels like Dwarf, Criminal, Time. its seems to be a bit dead these days so we wanted to bring something back. Its going great and stoked to have all me homies involved.
tb:R u the captain n shit?
vm: When we get the boat i will be.
tb:So wot if there was a teams challenge, like king of the road n some pussy from another van tried to fuck with your van, would you beat em up?
vm:nah prob just jack there van, i don't like violence. ha ha
tb:Wot if they evoke the right of Parlay?
vm:i'd stab them in the eye.
tb:So in that case who is the captain? Or does the team have an enforcer that sorts out worstmen?
vm: that'd be me, yeah that'd be me too.
tb:So who's on the team?
vm:There is no team yet! just 10 bro model boards for the crew, Rj Barbaro, Pee wee, Happy, Blake Harris, Dimitri Lagoutaris, Brett Royden, Will Hine, Aladdin, James Kennedy and myself.
tb:Tight line up, u plannin a global takeover or ya just wanna kick the corporates in their shins?
vm: little of collum a and b, we have a brazilian kid on flow who shreds, check his transworld part out, felipe nery.
tb:The wood's the goods so i hear, n the graphics r steak sauce! U got sum apparel n other pirate accessories lined up?
vm:yeah, really happy with the wood and definately going to have a whole bunch of accessories to get ya parlay on.
FS Board - Scotford
tb:Wot about cutlasses with compasses to the nearest bottlo yo?
vm:i think apples doing it already,icutlass. but if they don't we will.
tb:Hear ya broke ya leg, how's it comin along?
vm: Legs great, bones fixed himself, muscles are weak but slowly getting there.
tb:Have you got any plans for the next year?
vm:just to skate lots, eat the maddest food, and get my travel on.
tb:what do you think bout the 2012 bullshit?
vm:i hope the world dosn't end, i just been off my board for 4 months. i still reckon they just ran outta room on tha calander or sum shit.
tb:i'm building an arc out of old boards and a special glue made from the cartons of heinekin, i am the captain but what role on deck do you think would suit you?
vm: Quartermaster, horticulturist and i would also help blakey land sharks to make nuggets from.
tb:what's up wit DMS?
vm:Graff crew from sydney while growing up,Trains that sort of stuff,the crews got pretty laid back these days, few of the boys are in Europe right now running a muck!
tb:do you miss that lifestyle?
vm:yes i do,but i can get same feeling on a big rail or even draining pools when people arn't home and that sort of shit. Still involves tresspass,you don't want to get caught and its so sweet once youve finished!
tb:yea skateboarding is kinda different but the same, we're all bustin our ass to do some dope art, babylon's still tryin to burn our bridges. any words of wisdom for the gromjahs?
vm: skate evreyday like its your last, no regrets!
tb:peace ninja.
vm: later tim dogsy buddah!
VM: thank you to Aek from Quattro, Arnette,�De Collective,�Metal�Monkey jewellery.
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Vaughan Marks Interview
Vaughan Marks Interview
by Pat Dandy & Tim BurdettPD: Oi ya dogcunt, i changed my phone so i lost your email in that msg, haha.. do you still need questions? got maggot on the weekend so couldn't do it, haha, but heres a few anywho..
VM: Timy b got back to me also but yeah, more is good.
PD: So one of your dogs bella's getting on a bit, but she's a psycho little cunt, do you think she could still beat the other nutter mello in a fight?
VM: she's like 11 years old but i reckon she could still av the younger one, mellow is a nutter but bella realizes she's old so she just goes for the kill shot!
PD: I'v stayed at your house a bunch, along with many other people, remember when i brought my mate benny over and he pissed your couch?.. haha, have you ever had to kick anyone out for being too much of a piece?
VM: That shit was hilarious! you did warn me that he does piss the couch regularly.haha, havn't had to kick anyone yet but next time someone benny's my couch, i'm giving them the boot for sure.
Backlip - Scotford
PD: You've started your own board company, Parlay, tell us a bit about that?
VM: Its a bunch of other ratbags too,its not just mine.�
PD: You do a little work from time to time, hook the homies up with the odd jobs and whatnot, whats the go there, do you work for a company or something or is it all yourself?
VM: A bit of both, i have had many skaters/mates work for me over the years, for both myself and other companies, its always rad working with your mates and they always need the coin.
PD: You've lived in melbourne for some time now, do you think you'll ever move or you're happy where your at?
VM: Yep! love it, not going anywhere for too long anytime soon!
PD: Little Bugsy told me a funny story where some guys were hasling him while out one night in melbs, and you helped him out, tell us about that.
VM: Oh yeah, just some footy jocks where going to beat him up a little so we played punch face and they all lost. It was a laugh.�
PD: Who do you skate with usually and whos killing it at the moment?
VM:Usually skate with, Jk,Willy hine,Brett Royden, Alladin,Happy,Blake Harris,Dimitri,Chris Coleman and also Bugs,You cunt, Pee Wee, and whoever is in town, whenever they are in town. Everyone kills it. Blake and Happy mostly. �
PD: Theres a few questions dogcunt, i'll try think of some more.. it would be easier having a conversation and you could record it.. i got no credit, broke as a motherfucker.. hit me back anyways fool, talk soon.
VM: Cheers ya dogcunt!
50 - Bernard Jallet
tb:years Young? �
vm: 27
tb:hail from?
�vm:Sydney
tb:Live now?
vm: Melbourne
tb:Bourbon or rum?
vm: Sailor Jerry's, Rum!
tb:Tupac or Biggee?
vm: Biggee
tb:Heineken or becks?
vm: Becks
tb:Bob or Pete?
vm: Bob
tb:Blonde or Brunnette?
vm:Brunnette or both
tb:For the readers, why do u live in Melbz over Sydz?
vm: Melbs is so chill and Sydneys so not, i moved down here 2005 when i was skating for Blackbox and just never went back!
tb:U recently (haven't seen ya for a bit) did sum mad euro time with The Blakey n the Chbock1 how was that shit?
vm:shit was so rad, Harris and me met up in Dubai cause i was already over there, then we headed to germany to meet up with chobocky,made our plane by 4 mins to the uk, then grabbed our free van from Wicked campers and headed for the ferry to france, hit heaps of spots, pubs, party's and met heaps of rad crew around the place.
FS Nose - Scotford
tb:U guys dropped a bunch of hammers myes?
vm:yeah i'd say we gave it a good bash! blakey was outta control as usual, back 50 down the mcrank 20 in paris was pretty insane, oh and of coarse his feeble down 21 in Manchester, he had to go take a pre hammer shit before doing it and leo sharp was like hey i don't think he's coming back, i was like he'll be here and about 30mins later, blakey rocked back , checked his run up i built him and hit it, he bent the shit outta the rail at the bottom on his 1st attempt before nailing it.
tb:A.dam was obviously best for chillin, mostly its hard to skate but u found sum banger spots there to huh?
vm:yeah, found a few rad spots, had a couple up my sleeve from previous missions, met up with a local photographer Rimmert, rad dude and he got one of his pics of me run in thrasher last year which was pretty sick! cheers Rimmert
tb:Favourite coffee shops?
vm: Ha ha , we had a few, don't think i can remember any names of them though, i wonder why?
tb:Hash weed or both?
vm:Both in the dam, you gotta don't ya?
tb:Roll ur own or pre.rolled?
vm: Roll ur own
tb:We used to get these pre-rolled joint smokin, pre-made sandwich eatin mu.a fuckers from texas or summin, these crew really missed the goodness, cookin ya own shit, mixin ya own hash, gettn ya hands dirty... were you one of them?
vm:nah we got definately got our hands dirty but we did see some of them texan mo fo's!
tb:What city was most skate friendly, spots n cops wise?
vm:probably Paris, although we pretty much didn't get kicked out of anywhere in Europe,except for open flame grilling burgers under overpasses in the van, that ended with cops in more than a couple countries, but usually got the thumbs up and permission to keep the bbq burning. got the boot from the odd spot in Barcelona. We also got robbed there, that was sick. Blakey didn't like it but we made it a fun time anyway.
tb:You gots famz in the states ya? Plan on chillin over there any time soon?
vm: yeah i do, they're over the east coast though and i'm hoping of seeing a bit more of the west coast next time i'm there, hopefully this year.
Crooks - Scotford
tb:Any seppo rails got ya eye?
vm: Yeah i'll be doing the rounds for sure. No claims yet.
tb:Wots up with Parlay?
vm: I've been toying with the idea of a skate company for years, growing up in syd there were always sick local labels like Dwarf, Criminal, Time. its seems to be a bit dead these days so we wanted to bring something back. Its going great and stoked to have all me homies involved.
tb:R u the captain n shit?
vm: When we get the boat i will be.
tb:So wot if there was a teams challenge, like king of the road n some pussy from another van tried to fuck with your van, would you beat em up?
vm:nah prob just jack there van, i don't like violence. ha ha
tb:Wot if they evoke the right of Parlay?
vm:i'd stab them in the eye.
tb:So in that case who is the captain? Or does the team have an enforcer that sorts out worstmen?
vm: that'd be me, yeah that'd be me too.
tb:So who's on the team?
vm:There is no team yet! just 10 bro model boards for the crew, Rj Barbaro, Pee wee, Happy, Blake Harris, Dimitri Lagoutaris, Brett Royden, Will Hine, Aladdin, James Kennedy and myself.
tb:Tight line up, u plannin a global takeover or ya just wanna kick the corporates in their shins?
vm: little of collum a and b, we have a brazilian kid on flow who shreds, check his transworld part out, felipe nery.
tb:The wood's the goods so i hear, n the graphics r steak sauce! U got sum apparel n other pirate accessories lined up?
vm:yeah, really happy with the wood and definately going to have a whole bunch of accessories to get ya parlay on.
FS Board - Scotford
tb:Wot about cutlasses with compasses to the nearest bottlo yo?
vm:i think apples doing it already,icutlass. but if they don't we will.
tb:Hear ya broke ya leg, how's it comin along?
vm: Legs great, bones fixed himself, muscles are weak but slowly getting there.
tb:Have you got any plans for the next year?
vm:just to skate lots, eat the maddest food, and get my travel on.
tb:what do you think bout the 2012 bullshit?
vm:i hope the world dosn't end, i just been off my board for 4 months. i still reckon they just ran outta room on tha calander or sum shit.
tb:i'm building an arc out of old boards and a special glue made from the cartons of heinekin, i am the captain but what role on deck do you think would suit you?
vm: Quartermaster, horticulturist and i would also help blakey land sharks to make nuggets from.
tb:what's up wit DMS?
vm:Graff crew from sydney while growing up,Trains that sort of stuff,the crews got pretty laid back these days, few of the boys are in Europe right now running a muck!
tb:do you miss that lifestyle?
vm:yes i do,but i can get same feeling on a big rail or even draining pools when people arn't home and that sort of shit. Still involves tresspass,you don't want to get caught and its so sweet once youve finished!
tb:yea skateboarding is kinda different but the same, we're all bustin our ass to do some dope art, babylon's still tryin to burn our bridges. any words of wisdom for the gromjahs?
vm: skate evreyday like its your last, no regrets!
tb:peace ninja.
vm: later tim dogsy buddah!
VM: thank you to Aek from Quattro, Arnette,�De Collective,�Metal�Monkey jewellery.
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