JOSH PALL
It would be easy to start this thing off by saying, Josh needs no introduction, but beyond that being incredibly clichéd and actually quite rude, he does deserve an introduction. Every day there is a new kid somewhere, somehow discovering skateboarding – and for that kid, Josh does need an introduction.
Josh is one of Australia’s leading professional skateboarders with a particular taste for obscure spots. He has a solid work ethic that he applies to all aspects of his life, especially his skating. This approach and a lot of hard work has got him to the point where he is doing what he loves for a living. He doesn’t just get the job done – he gets the right things done and makes those things count. In the saturated world of skate media and mediocrity, that’s no small task. Josh wouldn’t ever really think of himself as a role model or someone to inspire people – he just wouldn’t spend that much time thinking about himself in an egotistical manner. Regardless of this, Josh, or JP as we know him, is as good as they come. I caught up with him as he was getting up one morning in Paris. Unfortunately, I was not in Paris, so we chatted over FaceTime. Sammy Winter was in the background cooking breakfast, so he chimed in from time to time with special commentary.
“YOU GET THERE AND YOU’RE TOLD, ‘OH, SKANKIE SWITCH BACK NOSEBLUNTED THIS.’ OF COURSE WE ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WE’RE LIKE, ‘NEXT SPOT!’”
JP! You just finished up a Pass~Port trip in Greece, right? How was that?
It was pretty cool, man. Athens wasn’t as rundown as I thought it would be. The city still seems to be thriving. It’s a pretty rough city to cruise around, but we didn’t see anything too sketchy. I mean, there are riot police on street corners on weekends, but apparently that’s just normal. Skate-wise it’s a pretty cool looking city. It was super fun and we skated so much. I was pretty burned by the end, but when you’re skating 12 hours a
