WITH LIL WAYNE
Skateboarding and hip-hop have been crossing paths for decades, but only recently have high profi le rappers taken a serious interest in the actual act of skateboarding itself. Lil Wayne, for one, is legitimately down for skateboarding— spending hours riding his private mini ramp and shredding the local skate parks when he’s out on tour. We took a quick time out with Weezy during the photoshoot for this issue’s cover to get the details behind his new found love for the ride.
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Were you exposed to skateboarding as a kid growing up? I was never exposed to skating as a youngster. I got into skating simply from watching television. There was a special on little Alex Midler. After watching that I wanted to go outside and try it. It looked cool and I wanted to do it. I never got off my deck since that moment.
What’s up with your skateboarding these days? Do you feel like you’re improving? I’m just working every day trying to get my mini ramp game up. I just put in a street course at home. I got a
little three stair, a rail and a manny pad. I’m trying to get my street game up right now, too. I ain’t there yet with the street, but on the mini I’m alright.
How was skating with Torey, Paul, Theotis and Shane for this issue’s cover shoot? I have Torey’s first pro board at home on my wall. Just to be allowed in their circle is cool, let alone skate with them. Torey Pudwill, Theotis, Paul Rodriguez, Shane O’Neill—dudes like that you got to look at it and be like, c’mon, if I can skate with these dudes I can skate with anybody.
I TOOK IT BACK TO MY ROOTS AND CALLED THE BRAND TRUKFIT.
What’s the story with your new apparel brand? Where does the name “Trukfit” come from? The name comes from back when I was younger in my city of New Orleans. There were these guys that would go around and steal clothing made by popular brands and they had guys in all the neighborhoods that would come around in a truck and sell them for cheap. If you were known to be wearing one of those outfits bought off the truck, it was called a Trukfit. I took it back to my roots and called the brand Trukfit.
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