From street skating as a 12-year-old to founding his own skateboard company and organizing competitions across Colorado, Marshall Brame embodies the entrepreneurial spirit thriving within today's skateboarding culture.
"No matter what you do out here, it just seems like one big family," Brame says of Colorado's vibrant skateboarding scene, which he describes as "pretty hectic" with skaters constantly pushing each other to new heights. This communal progression forms the backdrop for Brame's dual ventures: Terminal Skateboards, the company he founded in 2021, and the Colorado Ampro Skate Jam competition series he currently organizes.
Terminal Skateboards started with a simple idea during a skating session and has grown into a legitimate brand with products in several local shops including Blue Car and Careful, with ambitions to expand distribution both within Colorado and beyond. Meanwhile, the Ampro Skate Jam series showcases Brame's promotional skills and determination despite the inevitable challenges of weather disruptions and logistical hurdles.
The competition circuit continues on June 28th in Colorado Springs at Memorial Skate Park, followed by events in Englewood and Boulder. With entry fees of just $20 and support from sponsors like Denver Spot, Colorado Skate Scene, Dream Fiend, and numerous skateboard shops, these competitions create accessible opportunities for skaters of all skill levels. Brame even plans to incorporate technology like drones and live scoring displays to enhance the competitive experience.
Check out previous competitions on Rumble by searching for "Colorado Ampro Skate Jam," and visit coloradoamproskatejamdotcom for more information about upcoming events. Whether you're a competitor, spectator, or just curious about Colorado's skateboarding community, these events offer a window into the passion, progression, and family-like bonds that make skateboarding culture so enduring.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey there, Welcome to how Do you Skate, the ultimate
destination for all skatingenthusiasts.
We cater to everyone, frombeginners to pros.
Whether you love inline and iceskating or prefer quads and
skateboarding, we have it allcovered, and we bring you
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(00:30):
and influencers in the industry.
So sit back, relax and getready for an exciting journey
into the world of skating.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to this week's episode of how Do you
Skate.
I am your host, Sean Egan, andmy guest today is Marshall Brame
, who is a skateboarder andholding some events here in
Colorado.
So how are you doing today, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm doing good.
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'm doing pretty good .
So now, when was your wholebeginning of skateboarding and
what started you inskateboarding?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Brent's mom ended up buying me a skateboard for my
birthday when I was like 12, andthat's how I got started in it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And did you start off with the?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
parks, or?
Yeah, we started street skatingfirst.
Then the park got built at112th off of Madison.
That's the first park I everskated besides the north glenn
one.
So but I mainly skated streetbefore I skated the parks okay,
and then how long have you beenskating now?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
uh, I stopped for a bit in 2020 and just started
back up in 2022, so I've beenskating for about five years
okay give or take eight and nowhave you done competitions with
your skating or I have not donecompetitions, but my friends
have okay, and now?
From what I understand, you'veorganized a whole entire, what
(01:56):
would you call it like a skatingseries, or yeah, skateboard
series contest okay, and whatmade you decide to start that?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Well, we started Terminal Skateboards back in
2021.
And then we started doingcontests with Mammoth, and that
led up to us branching out andstarting our own contest area.
I think Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And now you have your own skateboard company too.
Yes, and what's the name of theskateboard company?
I know you mentioned it, but uh, it's terminal skateboards
terminal skateboards.
And how is that going?
What made you decide to startyour own skateboard company?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
uh, just to help get boards, like with a distributor,
and then get it out there.
And basically I was justthinking about it when I was
skating one time and me and myfriends this was like, all right
, let's probably start one up.
So we just started one up andthen next thing, you know, I
just kept it going okay, and howhas that been working for you?
Speaker 2 (02:59):
has it been pretty good, or?
Yeah, that's pretty good rightnow, so and do you just sell
through a website or do you havedistributors or uh?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
we sell the shops like blue car.
Uh, we got careful.
I'm working on getting moreshops out there, like 303, I'm
trying to get into satellite,I'm also trying to get into loco
.
So there's a bunch of shopsI've been trying to get into and
outside of the us uh, outsideof the us as well, there's a
bunch of that you've beenlooking at, and same with
(03:30):
outside of colorado.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
So okay, and now like what's your story?
So are you a colorado native?
Then yeah, I was born andraised here in denver okay, and
then mostly in the skateboardingscene through your teens and
stuff and yeah.
So I'm still relatively new toColorado and my whole thing is
like skate city and speedskating and going to Washington
(03:54):
Park.
So what's like?
What's the skateboard scenelike out here?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It's pretty hectic, honestly.
You got a lot of crazy skatersout here that try to keep Pete
with and, you know, try to staysteady with, and they just get
progressing and progressing.
So you got to progress withthem and it's fun to skate with
your friends sometimes becauseyou always learn off them too,
and that's definitely one of thethings I've noticed about the
(04:22):
skate community.
No matter what you do out hereit just seems like one big
family.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
There's less problems than going to a bar.
True that, unless you bringyour skateboard to the bar and
drink, then now you might haveproblems.
So are you in the North Glenarea?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, I live in Thornton area, North Glen.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Okay, because I'm near you.
I'm right off of 104th and foxrun.
Okay, yeah, I'm just inwoodland area, so so right down
the street okay, and I knowyou've had a few of the
competitions already, so can youtell us about how each
competition went and who ourwinners are for those
competitions, and do they moveon to the next one or uh?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
so basically how it goes.
It's just like whoever comes tothe contest, there's not really
like a standing so that whereyou like, go to the next contest
, you don't have to worry aboutthat.
You just come when your prizeis money.
Then you don't have to reallyworry about coming to the next
one, unless you want to, okay,but they go.
Basically, we got a stack ofjudges.
(05:24):
Last event we kind of hadissues with the judges, which is
on me, so that's, stuff happenslike that.
So well, we'll get everythingsituated, but like, basically,
we got judges that have a format.
We're about to put up a TVscreen that shows the scores so
people can see the scores live,and we have drones that fly
(05:48):
around that record as well nice,and now can people go back and
watch the previous contests.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yes, and how would they do that?
Uh, through rumble, rumble,okay, and is there anything they
look up when they go to Rumble?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They usually look up the Colorado Ampro Skate Jam.
It should pop up there.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, and this is the first year you're doing it
right.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yes, first year we started this, and how does it
feel being a promoter?
It's pretty hectic, honestly,trying to plan and keep all
these permits going and just,and then you have to have
insurance too, don't you?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah, so I I've.
I've worked with promoters andother avenues of athletics, so
it's some of the most stressedout people I know.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah, it's a pretty stressful events when you're
trying to do everything, geteverything straight and then
make sure everything goessmoothly.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
And now we're looking at.
June 28th is the next event.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
And that's in Colorado Springs, yes, so what's
the game plan for that?
One of the things we talkedabout before we came on air was
that the weather this weekendwas not very cooperative.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, well, I'm hoping better weather, for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
At least in June you should have.
Yeah, at least in June, youshould have yeah.
So now tell us a little bitabout, like, what would happen?
Like, let's say, if the rainstarted earlier on Saturday,
would you have postponed it?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yeah, we would have had to postpone it because that
park is kind of slippery and wedon't want to take the risk of
anybody getting injured, becausejust trying to turn on that
thing was like an ice rink forsure oh wow.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
So now, being a skater myself except I have
skates on both feet and I'veseen skateboarding it seems like
you guys take way more fallsthan than normal skaters.
Quad skaters are in line, oreven ice yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Well, they try to do some hectic stuff out there,
like try to grind rails, ledges.
I'm not saying rail blade.
There is some roll bladers thatlike to grind stuff too and fly
high off stuff, so I ain'tgonna downgrade them either.
But skateboards do take somefalls, that is for sure now,
have you had any serious fallsyourself, or yeah?
(08:18):
I've had points where I hit myback on rails and stuff like
that and how bad were theinjuries?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
are you?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I've never broken yeah, I've never broken a bone,
but like definitely sore to thepoint where I couldn't skate for
a few weeks.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Okay.
So are you on a first namebasis with the ERs around here?
No, so now I know you have akid.
Is your kid into skateboardingor not old enough yet?
Speaker 3 (08:48):
She's about one and a half.
She likes stepping on theskateboard, riding it on her
butt, but she has not like fullystepped completely on it and
try to push okay, so she'sdefinitely into it though well,
that's good.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
So now what's?
Uh?
Speaker 3 (09:04):
are you planning on next year doing another pro-am
event or are you just kind ofseeing how this year goes and uh
, yes, yes, I'm pretty sure I'mgonna keep this going, but I'm
also looking into like venuesfor like our indoor stuff as
well okay we'll see about thatin the future okay, that
definitely works.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
And now is there like an after party for these events
, or is it just kind of uh?
Speaker 3 (09:29):
there is no after party but we might think about
in the future reference yeah, Igot some bands for you, if you
need them.
Okay, I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
So now, how many more events are there for the rest
of the season for you guys?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
We have three.
We got the one in ColoradoSprings, englewood and then
Boulder is the last of it.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Okay, and then usually like, is the cash prizes
based on the entry fees or doyou have sponsors that work with
that, and how did you get thesponsors?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
The sponsors help with the prizes, and sometimes I
go help pay for them too, sothey're not just losing money,
just helping me out, you know?
Yeah, and then also the cashprize comes from some of the
turmoil earnings, so that's howwe get that okay so basically,
turmoil helps us out with thecash prize nice.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And then who are some of your sponsors for the event?
Well, give them a shout out onhere, yeah we have a bunch.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We are Denver spot, low locator, and then we got
colorado skate scene okay uh,loco, careful blue car,
satellite skate shops, boardshops.
Um then we got dream fiendfricks and three eye art
(10:54):
collective as well okay, and nowwith the events gp skate skate
park, which they're in thesprings as well.
They give out free passes totheir skate park and shirts as
well okay.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Is that where the next event's being held?
Is that that?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
no, I would love it to be there, but it's at an
outdoor park, at memorial skatepark, so, okay, it's a pretty
big park, nice.
And now, um, and we have mirageskateboards as well okay cool
fire team skateboards as well.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I feel like I'm forgetting somebody, but
hopefully not you're gonna textme at 3 am in the morning
because you're gonna rememberyeah, it's usually how it works.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
So if I'm gonna say dream thing, they're in there as
well yeah I believe I did,though I think you did.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, okay, I can go back and listen to it and find
out, yeah, so so now, um, andyou said you've never competed.
Why have you not competed?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Well, I've been to events.
I've been to the Zoomies CouchTour demos.
I've seen those.
I've been to the contest theyheld at the Apex but I never
joined it.
I've watched it but I neverthought I was good enough at the
time because I was still a kidlearning.
That's why I was like I'm kind,still like a kid learning yeah,
that's why I was like I'm kindof nervous to compete, so that's
(12:17):
why I never did.
But I should start now.
But we'll see.
Going to see the reference.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I'll probably start hopping into other contests just
not your own, because if youwin, then it's kind of like it's
rigged.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
So that's the problem yeah, I won't hop into my own
contests.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Now, do you still have that nerves?
Because I know I've got a racecoming up this weekend and it's
my first race since 1992, Ithink.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
I bet your nerves are crazy right now.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
They are.
It's an 11-mile race and I'mnervous about it, but then at
the same time, it's just one ofthose things where it's like I'm
not doing it to win, I'm doingit because I want to accomplish
it oh yeah, so it's just forlike basically yeah.
Now, if you do decide tocompete, is it just because you
(13:07):
want not to prove anything toanybody else, but just basically
prove something to yourselfthat you can do it, or yeah, I
basically prove something tomyself and your daughter will be
proud that is true so when youdo cool stuff, the kids are are
pretty cool with it.
But, like, if you work at a labor something, your kids are like
yeah, my dad's a geek, so, sowhat are some of the prizes that
(13:30):
that, uh, the competitors canwin?
Oh, I remember.
What I was going to ask you islike is there age categories?
Or like how does that work?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
uh, basically there's not really age categories, it's
just basically amateur.
Basically is beginner, amic,intermediate, kind of.
Then you got the advanced andexpert in the pro basically do
you get several pro skatersthere?
We have sponsor skaters thatare basically kind of like pro
(14:00):
skaters but not like big-timepro skaters out there like Chris
, jocelyn or Nigel not like that.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Just keep working at it.
As it grows, you'll probablystart getting them.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Yeah, maybe.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So now, what kind of?
I like to ask this questionbecause what's your setup?
Like what board?
Speaker 3 (14:20):
probably your own board, but like trucks, bearings
, wheels uh yeah, there's trucks, wheels, bearings, there's
clothing, there's lanyards well,what's your, your personal
setup like?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
what bearings do you prefer?
What wheels?
Speaker 3 (14:35):
bearings will be like bronson, for sure okay, and
then trucks.
I like to ride crooks okay yeah, I basically ride turmoil
skateboards, so and what aboutwheels?
Uh, I usually ride OJs.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Okay, that's very cool.
Now, who was your biggestinfluence for skateboarding?
Like, what got you into?
Like the main guy you looked upto Like.
I want to be like him.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Honestly, probably like Ryan Sheckler, honestly
Okay, and Chaz Ortiz for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Sweet.
And now advice to people thatwant to skateboard or want to
get into it and want to compete.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
What's your best advice now that you're a
promoter, so you have adifferent insight than other
people.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Basically, just not to be scary to go out there and
give it your all shot, your bestshot, to be honest.
Okay, out there and give ityour all shot, your best shot,
to be honest, okay, and then howcan my listeners follow you and
find out more about you andyour contest?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
uh, they can.
At that colorado and pro skatejam, they will find out
everything.
Then there's also colorado andpro skate jam website dot com.
So if you want to go, look atthat too.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Okay, and I know there's like an entry fee,
what's like the entry fee for acontest?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
The first two we were doing free.
These next ones will be only$20 entry fee, so it's not too
bad, that'll be awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
And then, like you said, it's Rumble where they can
follow you, the previouscontests and then you gave the
websites and any, any, anythingelse you want to add so people
know uh, I think I'm good, but Ihopefully we'll see somebody
someone else new out there nextcomp.
(16:25):
So okay, cool.
Well, I appreciate you comingon.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
I appreciate you for having us and look forward to
being.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Me and my girlfriend are going to make it out to the
next event, so we're lookingforward to seeing some there.
Better be some good action.
I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
We'll look forward to having you out there, so well,
definitely, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hey there, Welcome to how Do you Skate, the ultimate
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We cater to everyone, frombeginners to pros.
Whether you love inline and iceskating or prefer quads and
skateboarding, we have it allcovered, and we bring you
exclusive interviews withprofessionals, talented amateurs
(00:30):
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So sit back, relax and getready for an exciting journey
into the world of skating.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to this week's episode of how Do you
Skate.
I am your host, Sean Egan, andmy guest today is Marshall Brame
, who is a skateboarder andholding some events here in
Colorado.
So how are you doing today, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm doing good.
How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I'm doing pretty good .
So now, when was your wholebeginning of skateboarding and
what started you inskateboarding?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Brent's mom ended up buying me a skateboard for my
birthday when I was like 12, andthat's how I got started in it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And did you start off with the?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
parks, or?
Yeah, we started street skatingfirst.
Then the park got built at112th off of Madison.
That's the first park I everskated besides the north glenn
one.
So but I mainly skated streetbefore I skated the parks okay,
and then how long have you beenskating now?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
uh, I stopped for a bit in 2020 and just started
back up in 2022, so I've beenskating for about five years
okay give or take eight and nowhave you done competitions with
your skating or I have not donecompetitions, but my friends
have okay, and now?
From what I understand, you'veorganized a whole entire, what
(01:56):
would you call it like a skatingseries, or yeah, skateboard
series contest okay, and whatmade you decide to start that?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Well, we started Terminal Skateboards back in
2021.
And then we started doingcontests with Mammoth, and that
led up to us branching out andstarting our own contest area.
I think Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And now you have your own skateboard company too.
Yes, and what's the name of theskateboard company?
I know you mentioned it, but uh, it's terminal skateboards
terminal skateboards.
And how is that going?
What made you decide to startyour own skateboard company?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
uh, just to help get boards, like with a distributor,
and then get it out there.
And basically I was justthinking about it when I was
skating one time and me and myfriends this was like, all right
, let's probably start one up.
So we just started one up andthen next thing, you know, I
just kept it going okay, and howhas that been working for you?
Speaker 2 (02:59):
has it been pretty good, or?
Yeah, that's pretty good rightnow, so and do you just sell
through a website or do you havedistributors or uh?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
we sell the shops like blue car.
Uh, we got careful.
I'm working on getting moreshops out there, like 303, I'm
trying to get into satellite,I'm also trying to get into loco
.
So there's a bunch of shopsI've been trying to get into and
outside of the us uh, outsideof the us as well, there's a
bunch of that you've beenlooking at, and same with
(03:30):
outside of colorado.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
So okay, and now like what's your story?
So are you a colorado native?
Then yeah, I was born andraised here in denver okay, and
then mostly in the skateboardingscene through your teens and
stuff and yeah.
So I'm still relatively new toColorado and my whole thing is
like skate city and speedskating and going to Washington
(03:54):
Park.
So what's like?
What's the skateboard scenelike out here?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It's pretty hectic, honestly.
You got a lot of crazy skatersout here that try to keep Pete
with and, you know, try to staysteady with, and they just get
progressing and progressing.
So you got to progress withthem and it's fun to skate with
your friends sometimes becauseyou always learn off them too,
and that's definitely one of thethings I've noticed about the
(04:22):
skate community.
No matter what you do out hereit just seems like one big
family.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
There's less problems than going to a bar.
True that, unless you bringyour skateboard to the bar and
drink, then now you might haveproblems.
So are you in the North Glenarea?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, I live in Thornton area, North Glen.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Okay, because I'm near you.
I'm right off of 104th and foxrun.
Okay, yeah, I'm just inwoodland area, so so right down
the street okay, and I knowyou've had a few of the
competitions already, so can youtell us about how each
competition went and who ourwinners are for those
competitions, and do they moveon to the next one or uh?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
so basically how it goes.
It's just like whoever comes tothe contest, there's not really
like a standing so that whereyou like, go to the next contest
, you don't have to worry aboutthat.
You just come when your prizeis money.
Then you don't have to reallyworry about coming to the next
one, unless you want to, okay,but they go.
Basically, we got a stack ofjudges.
(05:24):
Last event we kind of hadissues with the judges, which is
on me, so that's, stuff happenslike that.
So well, we'll get everythingsituated, but like, basically,
we got judges that have a format.
We're about to put up a TVscreen that shows the scores so
people can see the scores live,and we have drones that fly
(05:48):
around that record as well nice,and now can people go back and
watch the previous contests.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yes, and how would they do that?
Uh, through rumble, rumble,okay, and is there anything they
look up when they go to Rumble?
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They usually look up the Colorado Ampro Skate Jam.
It should pop up there.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, and this is the first year you're doing it
right.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yes, first year we started this, and how does it
feel being a promoter?
It's pretty hectic, honestly,trying to plan and keep all
these permits going and just,and then you have to have
insurance too, don't you?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah, so I I've.
I've worked with promoters andother avenues of athletics, so
it's some of the most stressedout people I know.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah, it's a pretty stressful events when you're
trying to do everything, geteverything straight and then
make sure everything goessmoothly.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
And now we're looking at.
June 28th is the next event.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
And that's in Colorado Springs, yes, so what's
the game plan for that?
One of the things we talkedabout before we came on air was
that the weather this weekendwas not very cooperative.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, well, I'm hoping better weather, for sure.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
At least in June you should have.
Yeah, at least in June, youshould have yeah.
So now tell us a little bitabout, like, what would happen?
Like, let's say, if the rainstarted earlier on Saturday,
would you have postponed it?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yeah, we would have had to postpone it because that
park is kind of slippery and wedon't want to take the risk of
anybody getting injured, becausejust trying to turn on that
thing was like an ice rink forsure oh wow.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
So now, being a skater myself except I have
skates on both feet and I'veseen skateboarding it seems like
you guys take way more fallsthan than normal skaters.
Quad skaters are in line, oreven ice yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Well, they try to do some hectic stuff out there,
like try to grind rails, ledges.
I'm not saying rail blade.
There is some roll bladers thatlike to grind stuff too and fly
high off stuff, so I ain'tgonna downgrade them either.
But skateboards do take somefalls, that is for sure now,
have you had any serious fallsyourself, or yeah?
(08:18):
I've had points where I hit myback on rails and stuff like
that and how bad were theinjuries?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
are you?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I've never broken yeah, I've never broken a bone,
but like definitely sore to thepoint where I couldn't skate for
a few weeks.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Okay.
So are you on a first namebasis with the ERs around here?
No, so now I know you have akid.
Is your kid into skateboardingor not old enough yet?
Speaker 3 (08:48):
She's about one and a half.
She likes stepping on theskateboard, riding it on her
butt, but she has not like fullystepped completely on it and
try to push okay, so she'sdefinitely into it though well,
that's good.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
So now what's?
Uh?
Speaker 3 (09:04):
are you planning on next year doing another pro-am
event or are you just kind ofseeing how this year goes and uh
, yes, yes, I'm pretty sure I'mgonna keep this going, but I'm
also looking into like venuesfor like our indoor stuff as
well okay we'll see about thatin the future okay, that
definitely works.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
And now is there like an after party for these events
, or is it just kind of uh?
Speaker 3 (09:29):
there is no after party but we might think about
in the future reference yeah, Igot some bands for you, if you
need them.
Okay, I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
So now, how many more events are there for the rest
of the season for you guys?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
We have three.
We got the one in ColoradoSprings, englewood and then
Boulder is the last of it.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Okay, and then usually like, is the cash prizes
based on the entry fees or doyou have sponsors that work with
that, and how did you get thesponsors?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
The sponsors help with the prizes, and sometimes I
go help pay for them too, sothey're not just losing money,
just helping me out, you know?
Yeah, and then also the cashprize comes from some of the
turmoil earnings, so that's howwe get that okay so basically,
turmoil helps us out with thecash prize nice.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
And then who are some of your sponsors for the event?
Well, give them a shout out onhere, yeah we have a bunch.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We are Denver spot, low locator, and then we got
colorado skate scene okay uh,loco, careful blue car,
satellite skate shops, boardshops.
Um then we got dream fiendfricks and three eye art
(10:54):
collective as well okay, and nowwith the events gp skate skate
park, which they're in thesprings as well.
They give out free passes totheir skate park and shirts as
well okay.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Is that where the next event's being held?
Is that that?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
no, I would love it to be there, but it's at an
outdoor park, at memorial skatepark, so, okay, it's a pretty
big park, nice.
And now, um, and we have mirageskateboards as well okay cool
fire team skateboards as well.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
I feel like I'm forgetting somebody, but
hopefully not you're gonna textme at 3 am in the morning
because you're gonna rememberyeah, it's usually how it works.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
So if I'm gonna say dream thing, they're in there as
well yeah I believe I did,though I think you did.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, okay, I can go back and listen to it and find
out, yeah, so so now, um, andyou said you've never competed.
Why have you not competed?
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Well, I've been to events.
I've been to the Zoomies CouchTour demos.
I've seen those.
I've been to the contest theyheld at the Apex but I never
joined it.
I've watched it but I neverthought I was good enough at the
time because I was still a kidlearning.
That's why I was like I'm kind,still like a kid learning yeah,
that's why I was like I'm kindof nervous to compete, so that's
(12:17):
why I never did.
But I should start now.
But we'll see.
Going to see the reference.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
I'll probably start hopping into other contests just
not your own, because if youwin, then it's kind of like it's
rigged.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
So that's the problem yeah, I won't hop into my own
contests.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Now, do you still have that nerves?
Because I know I've got a racecoming up this weekend and it's
my first race since 1992, Ithink.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
I bet your nerves are crazy right now.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
They are.
It's an 11-mile race and I'mnervous about it, but then at
the same time, it's just one ofthose things where it's like I'm
not doing it to win, I'm doingit because I want to accomplish
it oh yeah, so it's just forlike basically yeah.
Now, if you do decide tocompete, is it just because you
(13:07):
want not to prove anything toanybody else, but just basically
prove something to yourselfthat you can do it, or yeah, I
basically prove something tomyself and your daughter will be
proud that is true so when youdo cool stuff, the kids are are
pretty cool with it.
But, like, if you work at a labor something, your kids are like
yeah, my dad's a geek, so, sowhat are some of the prizes that
(13:30):
that, uh, the competitors canwin?
Oh, I remember.
What I was going to ask you islike is there age categories?
Or like how does that work?
Speaker 3 (13:38):
uh, basically there's not really age categories, it's
just basically amateur.
Basically is beginner, amic,intermediate, kind of.
Then you got the advanced andexpert in the pro basically do
you get several pro skatersthere?
We have sponsor skaters thatare basically kind of like pro
(14:00):
skaters but not like big-timepro skaters out there like Chris
, jocelyn or Nigel not like that.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Just keep working at it.
As it grows, you'll probablystart getting them.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Yeah, maybe.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
So now, what kind of?
I like to ask this questionbecause what's your setup?
Like what board?
Speaker 3 (14:20):
probably your own board, but like trucks, bearings
, wheels uh yeah, there's trucks, wheels, bearings, there's
clothing, there's lanyards well,what's your, your personal
setup like?
Speaker 2 (14:33):
what bearings do you prefer?
What wheels?
Speaker 3 (14:35):
bearings will be like bronson, for sure okay, and
then trucks.
I like to ride crooks okay yeah, I basically ride turmoil
skateboards, so and what aboutwheels?
Uh, I usually ride OJs.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Okay, that's very cool.
Now, who was your biggestinfluence for skateboarding?
Like, what got you into?
Like the main guy you looked upto Like.
I want to be like him.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
Honestly, probably like Ryan Sheckler, honestly
Okay, and Chaz Ortiz for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Sweet.
And now advice to people thatwant to skateboard or want to
get into it and want to compete.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
What's your best advice now that you're a
promoter, so you have adifferent insight than other
people.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Basically, just not to be scary to go out there and
give it your all shot, your bestshot, to be honest.
Okay, out there and give ityour all shot, your best shot,
to be honest, okay, and then howcan my listeners follow you and
find out more about you andyour contest?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
uh, they can.
At that colorado and pro skatejam, they will find out
everything.
Then there's also colorado andpro skate jam website dot com.
So if you want to go, look atthat too.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Okay, and I know there's like an entry fee,
what's like the entry fee for acontest?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
The first two we were doing free.
These next ones will be only$20 entry fee, so it's not too
bad, that'll be awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
And then, like you said, it's Rumble where they can
follow you, the previouscontests and then you gave the
websites and any, any, anythingelse you want to add so people
know uh, I think I'm good, but Ihopefully we'll see somebody
someone else new out there nextcomp.
(16:25):
So okay, cool.
Well, I appreciate you comingon.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
I appreciate you for having us and look forward to
being.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Me and my girlfriend are going to make it out to the
next event, so we're lookingforward to seeing some there.
Better be some good action.
I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
We'll look forward to having you out there, so well,
definitely, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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