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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/26\\/paulinterview1.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1000074359\\\" title=\\\"paulinterview1\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/26\\/paulinterview1.600x365.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"365\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Portrait: Rich Odam&lt;\\/I\\n\\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;\\/strong&gt; had my reservations before I took this TM job. Being a grown up so to speak, I was worried about all the egos, attitudes, and delusions of grandeur some of these riders might have. Are they going to think they\\u2019re the sh-t? Are they going to think that they\\u2019re some sort of superstar?\\u201d I almost vomited at the thought of dealing with primadonnas.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The one man who has made my life a million times simpler is Paul Machnau. Clich\\u00e9 as it sounds, and I don\\u2019t give a sh-t, is this: He is a true professional in every sense on the word. He handles his sh-t, he doesn\\u2019t need his hand held, and he\\u2019s a wealth of information to a green TM like myself. He\\u2019s genuine, he keeps his word, and he does what he says\\u2014a rare thing in this industry. I\\u2019m pleased to be his TM, but more importantly, I\\u2019m truly grateful to call him my friend. Thanks for everything, Paul. As we say in the Bay Area, \\u201cYou\\u2019re hella tight.\\u201d&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014Dave Ashley&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interview By Blair Alley&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is summer up in Vancouver?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGood, I just got back from a little Darkstar filming mish in Toronto that I set up. It was me, Ryan Decenzo, Paul Trepanier, and this kid John Hanlon that\\u2019s from here in Vancouver\\u2014he\\u2019s on the come-up.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is he a Darkstar flow kid?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, we just started flowing him stuff. He grew up with Scooter [Scott Decenzo] and Ryan and Magnus [Hanson] and all those kids. He\\u2019s just coming into his own right now\\u2014super killin\\u2019 it. Aside from that, I usually try and spend as much time as I can up here in the summer because I travel so much and then it rains all winter. I\\u2019ve been doing a lot of golfing with [Alex] Chalmers and relaxing. I\\u2019ve been working on some interviews and skating &lt;em&gt;my&lt;\\/em&gt; spots\\u2014the spots I like to skate, the raw ones.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I feel like Van is a city always in transition, at least in a skateboarding sense, and right now the scene looks really healthy. What\\u2019s it like from an insider\\u2019s view?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nVancouver\\u2019s always had a West Coast feel, like it\\u2019s the Cali but in Canada. I think right now it\\u2019s super strong because there\\u2019re so many different styles coming out of Vancouver. In the last couple years, it\\u2019s always been considered the big T-shirt, big pants, kind of hip-hop crew that came out of Canada, but over the last year, it\\u2019s been changing\\u2014kids have been coming out of here like crazy. We never had that kind of thing before in Vancouver. It seemed like the older, stronger crews survived and made it to the Cali side of things.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks.gif\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000074330\\\" title=\\\"machnaufsollieswcrooks\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"333\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks.gif 900w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks-90x60.gif 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks-225x150.gif 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks-600x400.gif 600w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/machnaufsollieswcrooks.gif\\\"&gt; &lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;I&gt;Frontside 180 to switch crooked grind. Photos: Alberto Polo.&lt;\\/I&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you guys working on a full-length video with Darkstar right now?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, we got the okay and are going to put a video out within a year and a half. We\\u2019ve started doing tons of trips just trying to make it happen. We\\u2019ve got the team to do it now, too, with Trepanier just on a tear right now.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that spark you to step your game up and keep up with the young guys?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOh yeah, seeing how amazing these kids are at that age is just ridiculous. That\\u2019s just how it is, every generation is that much better. It keeps me on my toes for sure. I find myself trying to learn new tricks.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What\\u2019s Globe working on? Since your &lt;em&gt;United By Fate&lt;\\/em&gt; episode is done, are you still getting in there and filming for the new ones?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nFor sure. I\\u2019ve been motivating the other guys on the team and getting everyone hyped on the video and keep the &lt;em&gt;UBF&lt;\\/em&gt; going, because it\\u2019s such a great idea. I\\u2019ve been working hard to get in the montage sections.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you been to any of Lutzka\\u2019s outlandish parties?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNo, I didn\\u2019t get a chance to go and check out the video party [laughs]. I heard it was pretty sick. I\\u2019m looking forward to the coming episodes, especially when Ryan [Decenzo] gets in there.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/tailslide.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1000074327\\\" title=\\\"tailslide\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/tailslide.583x600.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"583\\\" height=\\\"600\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;I&gt;Frontside tailslide. Photo: Deville&lt;\\/I&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tell me about riding for DaKine, because I know you have a little Hawaii trip coming up and two years ago we were on that Grease Traps And Tail Taps tour. Are those trips a nice breath of fresh air?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOh hell yeah. Scott [Koerner, DaKine team manager] is super cool and he always makes it so fun. We do have demos, but they\\u2019re not \\u201cbreak yourself\\u201d demos, we get to just show up and hang with the kids and interact. Every tour I\\u2019ve ever gone on with DaKine has been a good time and just enjoying ourselves. Hawaii is going to be sick because that\\u2019s where DaKine is from and last time they took us out there they treated us like kings, put us in sick houses right on the beach and let us surf and do what ever we wanted. You gettin\\u2019 in on this one, Blair?&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You know, I haven\\u2019t gotten the invite yet, but I\\u2019ll go at the drop of a hat, I\\u2019ll tell you that. As soon as I get the phone call, I\\u2019m there!&lt;\\/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Without getting too political, is there a feeling in Canada about our upcoming election down here?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNot too much, I try not to think about that stuff too much, I do read the news every day and keep up on it. In Canada, we\\u2019re so close to the States and what happens in the States affects Canada, but it\\u2019s hard to keep up on that sort of stuff. I\\u2019ll learn a little bit and then just get frustrated. You\\u2019ll learn stuff, and you start to get into one of the guys, and then you\\u2019ll learn something else and then I\\u2019m just, \\u201cAh man, I\\u2019m over it.\\u201d I\\u2019d say most people up here are just concerned on healthy living and enjoying life rather than the bullsh-t politics of it all.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/varialkf600.gif\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1000074329\\\" title=\\\"varialkf600\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/varialkf600.gif\\\" alt=\\\"Varial kickflip. Photo: Trinh\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/varialkf600.gif 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/varialkf600-90x60.gif 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2008\\/09\\/25\\/varialkf600-225x150.gif 225w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;I&gt;Varial kickflip. Photos: Trinh&lt;\\/I&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aside from golf with Chalmers, what do you do when you\\u2019re not skating?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRelaxing, healing. Probably just hanging with my girlfriend and enjoying life.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As a big rail skater, what did you think of the Fallen vid?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nF\\u2014k, I haven\\u2019t seen it yet. I missed the premiere and I\\u2019ve been so busy I haven\\u2019t had a chance to catch it, but I\\u2019ve heard many good things. I hear [James] Hardy is gnarly. One thing I can tell you is I did see the sequence of the fakie ollie to switch backside 50-50. The blindside one. That impressed the hell out of me. I\\u2019m a fakie skater myself and I know what that entails.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cool, thanks for the interview, Paul! I\\u2019m going to hit up Koerner right now and see if he\\u2019s got a photographer lined up for Hawaii.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGet in there, man! That\\u2019d be sick. Come and shoot an article for &lt;em&gt;Transworld&lt;\\/em&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guaranteed!&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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