TOM SHAW

AGE
14

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
NEAR SHEFFIELD (BEST SKATE SCENE IN THE UK)

WHEN DID YOU START SKATING?
ABOUT THE START OF 2000

BOARD SET UP
VAUGHAN BAKER POSTER EDITION BLUEPRINT DECK, VAUGHAN BAKER 52MM WHEELS, NEW VENTURE TRUCKS, LUCKY ABEC 3 BEARINGS

FAVOURITE TERRAIN TO SKATE
STREET

FAVOURITE SKATER(S)
VAUGHAN BAKER, FRANK STEPHENS, OLLY TODD, ANDRES HOLGUIN, JOHN RATTRAY,
BAM MARGERA, ERIK ELLINGTON, JASON DILL AND KERRY GETZ

FAVOURITE SKATE TRICK(S)
HARDFLIPS AND NOLLIE BACKSIDE FLIPS

WHAT GOT YOU INTO SKATING?
MY SISTER BOUGHT A FISH BOARD AND WEN DOWN AA BIG HILL ON IT, AND I WAS LIKE “WOW”, SO MY MATE LENT ME HIS KNACKERED IN POWELL. HE COULD ALREADY OLLIE BY THE TIME I MET HIM, HE SHOWED ME THE BASICS. THEN MY DAD RAN OVER IT, SO GOT MY OWN DECK FROM SUMO AND LEARNT SHUVITS AND STUFF ON IT AND THEN WENT FROM THERE

WILL YOU EVER GET BORED OF SKATING?
NEVER

DO YOU LIKE ANY OTHER EXTREME SPORTS?
I SNOWBOARD TOO

WHATS THE BEST TRICK YOU HAVE EVER LANDED?
360 FLIP

WHATS THE BEST TRICK YOU CAN LAND REGULARLY?
VARIAL FLIPS, 360 FLIPS, BACKSIDE FLIPS, NOLLIE VARIAL FLIPS,
NOLLIE BACKSIDE FLIPS

ANY SPONSORS?
NO

tom

DO YOU LIKE SKATIN ON YOUR OWN OR IN GROUPS?
ON MY OWN AND IN SMALL GROUPS

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
PUNK ROCK OR INDY

WHATS THE LATEST NEW TRICK YOU HAVE LANDED?
HUGE POP SHUVIT DOWN A LARGE 3 SET, BACKSIDE NOSEGRINDS AND CROOKEDS ON HIGH LEDGES

WHAT TRICKS ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW?
PERFECTING ALL MY TRICKS ESPECIALLY BACKSIDE AND 360 FLIPS

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