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Mike Vallely - Interview. p.1 | p.2 | p.3 | p.4
Video Clips: (from his Spoken Word date in Ventura) Terrorism Blues 56k, 300k CKY3 Explanation 56k, 300k 
In doing this interview I am happy to report that Mike V. is one hell of a guy. He has a Heart of Gold, Fists of Fury, Words of Wisdom, Fatherly Stature, and Street Smarts. He's a skaters skater. He's down for the little guy. He's generous, he listens, he speaks his mind, he plows his own path, sowing the seeds for the next generation. He's a skater to the core, proudly! -Jeff Greenwood Describe what Mike Vallely's ideal day would be like... I don't know if I've ever given that any though… It already exists in my life, The day is what I want it. I do whatever I want. I make my life what I want it to be. It's a constant challenge. Every time you wake up and face the day you have the opportunity to make it what you want it to be. I really believe that. How long has it been since you've had hair on your head? The last time will be today, it's coming off tomorrow. It's about as long as its been since I can remember. I promised my daughter after summer I'd let it grow out cuz she'd never seen me with hair. But now the holidays are over and it's back to business. It's gotta come off. A serious man needs a serious haircut. What's the last trick you've learned? I really don't know. I don't go out and skate and try to learn tricks so nothing comes right to my mind. Every time I do skate there is always something new happening, there's always some sort of learning process going on. There's always some addition to something I already do or a whole new maneuver. That usually happens rather spontaneously, it's not something that is premeditated. Even when I do a new trick I don't think of it as a new trick, I'm just skating and my skating evolves. How long ago was the last time you bought non-sk8 clothes? Probably this fall sometime and maybe just a few items over the last couple months. Where do you like to shop at? Army Surplus. (laughing) And I've been to a few mall stores, (laughing) I don't want to plug any of them. Yea Mike V. shops at the mall every now and then… After a while skate clothes feel like a uniform. I never bargained to be wearing a uniform. Ever. So sometimes I feel like I gotta get out of them. What was your last Halloween Costume? Have you ever dressed up for Halloween? As a child. As an adult I haven't and I kinda feel bad about that, like I'm not properly participating with my family on that holiday. My last costume was probably a superhero. Spiderman or Superman or something like that. Who is your favorite superhero now? Oooh that's a tough one. I always like the tradition hero's. The D.C. guys, Batman and Superman. I don't necessarily like the modern spin on Batman, I like the old school Batman. But then I also like the Marvel Superheros. I like Spiderman, Daredevil, the Incredible Hulk. I'd say if you could call the Incredible Hulk a superhero, he'd probably be my favorite. When I was a kid I was really into Conan the Barbarian though and Spiderman. I always liked Spiderman because he was a teenager. Mike Vallely - Interview. p.1 | p.2 | p.3 | p.4 |