Manual Magazine

TALK TURKEY TUESDAY WITH EDWIN MASSOLD

Posted by David Read on Tuesday June 16 2009

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TTT with Edwin Massold

How old are you?
20

Where do you live?
Auckland and Wellington

Who makes it possible?
Definitely Morri and Rhys at Irrom, Boom Skateboards and Cheapskates

Who is up and coming?
Not sure really. I see a lot of kids down at the park who shred that place to shit. The kids who don’t care about their appearance and are just out there doing what they love are my favourite to watch skate.

Who are your favourite Ol’ Top Dogs?
Heath Kirchart, Arto Saari, Andrew Reynolds

What can you not live without?
My girlfriend, skateboarding, a car in Auckland, beer and smokes

When you’re not skating you are?
Studying and just chilling, resting till I can go skate

What are your favourite five albums?
1. Metallica – Justice For All
2. Black Sabbath – Sabotage
3. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 3
4. Guns ‘n’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
6. Motley Crue – Shout at the devil

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Backside tailslide, Wellington. Portrait and skate shot by Adrian Vercoe

What are your favourite five video parts?
1. Heath Kirchart – Destroying America
2. Heath Kirchart – Birdhouse, The End
3. Heath Kirchart – Transworld, Sight Unseen
4. Heath Kirchart – Emerica, This Is Skateboarding
5. Heath Kirchart – Alien Workshop, Mind Field

What are your favourite five books?
1. Slash, Autobiography
2. Running Man, Stephen King
3. The Shinning, Stephen King
4. Motley Crue, The Dirt
5. Ozzy Osbourne, Autobiography

Who do you look up to?
I think you can kind of tell from my answers. Right?

What are your bad habits?
Spitting, being an asshole sometimes, freakouts when I’m skating

What’s the worst thing about skateboarding in NZ?
Skate jocks, rough concrete, fun police

What’s the best thing about skateboarding in NZ?
The skaters, most spots are quite close together, the filmers and photograhers