Yuta Tanaka Interview

by Moey


Ollie - Moey

Ha-ha. How was it being on Angry Boys?

I actually got a royalty cheque from them the other day for like 366 bucks! They must have replayed it. I was like, �argghh this must be a tram fine� and then I opened it up and saw that it was money for me. And then I was like, � ohhh now I can afford to pay my tram fine.�

That�s awesome. So what age were you when you moved from Perth?

I moved over when I was five with my family. Then I moved back to Japan when I was eight, stayed there for like three and a half years, moved back to Perth when I was like 12 and started high school over there. Stopped going to school while I was there� lack of motivation and skateboarding kinda started over taking my life and I would just wag school.

Ha-ha bad boy. What did you do?

I�d get to school with my board and a bag of clothes then go to the city and go for a skate. I was like 15/16 and hanging out with older people skating the city quite a bit. I had a fake I.D. and would go to clubs and stuff after skating. Go to the skimpys, watch some strippers. Always volunteering for the sticker show.


SW BS Tail Biggie - Moey

What�s the sticker show?

You know, at the end of the show they always had stickers and put them on their tits or their vag and they pick people to pull the sticker off. Everyone�s like, �yeah me me me!� Then if they pick you ya have to get the sticker off with your mouth and they�ll do some sort of wrestling move on you while you do it.

Whaaaat!

Sometimes you can get the pretty gross girls picking you and you�re like, �I didn�t really wanna be picked by you.�

Ha-ha do you say that out loud?

Nah, you just have to be happy that you get chosen, just be happy that you got really close to a girl�s crutch or tittays.

Hahaha

Well it is a free strip show. I�ve been there a few times and never even bought a beer or anything. They�re pretty scummy looking pubs with bikies.. And old fishermen.


Gap SW Lip - Moey

Hah I�m missing out. Was Woolstores your local? Do you think they�ll ever put skate stoppers on it?

I think the building would be torn down before they put skate stoppers on it. I think it�s heritage listed. But they have had a new owner for three years or something and they want to do something with it but nothing has happened. I know all the local skaters are always protesting against it. It would be pretty said to see it go.

Do you think you�ll ever go back home to live?

WA, yeah sure. Japan, hell no. I�m pretty comfy here but I�m talking like years later when I wanna settle down and have a quiet life. I dunno, I�m not the biggest fan of living in big crowds. Like, the other night I was having dinner with my girlfriend in the city. It was a Saturday, which was probably the worst idea. We watched a movie and got out at like midnight the city was just so packed full of drunk people and cops everywhere. It just makes me feel nervous and it�s not what you want. It won�t be like that in Perth, ya know the place pretty much closes after midnight. I like a quiet one.

Are you on that current DC Aus tour?

I�m gonna be with them when they come to Melbourne at the end of this month. I�ll be spending the last four days with them. I�ve been fortunate enough for them to book me a hotel even though I have a home over here ha-ha. That�s nice. I�m definitely psyched to see those guys skate.

Who do you most wanna see skate?

I do wanna watch everyone from overseas skate but at the end of the day I�m kinda looking forward to skating with Marty again. He�s the best human being.