Paul Rodriguez

anything and everything and kind of have to be able to innovate in the moment and adjust in the moment.

Yeah, you definitely do.

I mean, a lot of skate parks, you have similar type of obstacles, but the dimensions are always different.

Yeah, I guess as skaters, it just becomes natural that you have to adapt, especially as a street skater.

You don't control the environment.

Like, you know, if I want to go skate a set of stairs.

I don't control what kind of concrete they have.

Is it real gritty?

Is it smooth?

What kind of material?

Is it polished concrete?

Is it more rugged concrete?

Do they have big cracks before the stairs?

These are things that skateboarders notice.

We notice textures of building materials.

Holy crap.

You know, this ground is kind of wavy and lumpy.

I don't know if I feel comfortable, you know, like I might have done this trick in the skate park.

But, you know, in the skate park, we make it a perfect environment, perfect set, smooth concrete.

Everything's perfect the way you want it.