Curren Caples - Q & A

Curren, welcome to Australia, man! "Thanks – super stoked to be here!"You skated the St Kilda Park three years ago when it opened, what are your thoughts three years on? 'Yeah it’s really rad, I think I spent time here like three years ago as you said with Koston and those guys. They’ve blocked out my favourite hip in the park for this contest though, which is a bummer, but overall it’s sweet."

A lot of people kind of elude to you almost being, or even as good a surfer as you are at skateboarding… "Well, I really got into surfing when I was, like, 12. I do enjoy surfing, but I’d say my skating is better than my surfing. People do always say that I have a surf style when skating, but I stared to skateboarding way before I started surfing (laughs). It’s kind of funny, I never changed (style) either, I didn’t start surfing and then start putting my hands down when I skate. So, yeah, I don’t know (laughs)."

How do you approach a contest – what do you look for? "I have fun with it firstly. And then it’s about finding places on the course to do stuff. With bowls it all depends on the size and transitions, which makes you decide whether to grind a whole bunch or air it out." A lot of your Monster Energy teammates are down here in Australia at the moment, how is it traveling and shredding with them? "Yeah it’s rad, I mean like Tom (Schaar), Rune (Glifberg) and Raven – everybody’s ripping and it’s just super cool."

What do you think about Australia? "Yeah, I mean Australia isn’t really a place I’ve explored a whole lot, I’ve only really been to St Kilda right on the water here. It’s rad to be able to skate from your hotel along the boardwalk to a contest, so that’s pretty cool."We heard you visited Beach Burrito… (Mexican restaurant with a skate bowl) "Yeah man, that was so crazy! The bar fully had a bowl inside, which was just, trippy (laughs). It’s like, you’d never find something like that in the United States, so it was cool to see how the Aussies do it."Curren will be shredding in Barcelona on the 21st and 22nd of May!