1.) How old are you? 17.

2.) Where do you live? Right now I'm staying with my grandma in Romeoville, but me and my dad are going to be moving somewhere by the end of summer. We will either get an apartment or move in with one of my dad's friends.

3.) Why did you start skating? I'm not really sure about that. I just remember seeing one of my friends rolling around on skates. Frome then on I was in love with rollerblading.

4.) How long have you been skating? Around 3 years or so.

5.) Who influences you? A lot of things influence me. All of my friends that I skate with get me juiced and make me want to get better. I try not to let people change who I am and what I do though.

6.) What skates do you have right now? Salomon STI Pros.

7.) Why do you set them up that way? I like how the look.

8.) Is skating your whole life or is there more to it? Well I haven't been skating as much lately, but it's still a huge part of my life. I do other things besides skate though. I use to work so that took up a lot of skating time, and then there's my girl, I'm with her basically everyday.

9.) Whats your worst injury? I've been fortunate enough to not have many injuries. The worst one I can remember is when I hurt my wrist. I didn't break it, but it hurt really bad for a few weeks.

10.) What makes you keep trying after you fall? It makes me want to land the trick even more. It also gives me a reason to believe in myself, and be confident that I can do this.

11.) Would you change the way you skate if you got sponsored? Hell no. If I ever get sponsored it wouldn't change a thing, you are who you are and nothing can change that.

12.) Do you like the comps we have? Yeah they are pretty cool, I just wish a whole bunch of skaters would show up.

13.) What would you change about them? Have a bunch of skaters show up so the winner gets a lot of money.

14.) What will you be doing in the future? I'll have a family and hopefully own a skateshop. I also hope I'm living somewhere warm so I can skate all year round. I hate winter.

15.) What would you say to the kids who are just getting started? Be yourself and don't let anyone discourage you by saying you suck or something because people like that are bad for rollerblading.

16.) Whats your favorite trick? I don't really have one. I like mixing up tricks. It depends on the day, too. I might feel like doing tru-spins one day, and torques or something another day, it all depends on the mood.

17.) Whos your favorite skater? Brian Shima.

18.) What do you think about skating? There's nothing in the world like it. There's something about rollerblading that makes me feel complete. Whenever I'm out skating with my friends or even rolling around outside I feel like this is what lifes about, like i was meant to rollerblade.

19.) Who has done the most for rollerblading? Jon Julio because he puts on the dop IMYTA comps. I also think that Brian Shima and Jon Elliott deserve a lot of credit for starting Ground Control.

20.) Comments...I first want to say thanks to Diversity for being an awesome crew, without all of you guys rollerblading wouldn't be as cool as it is. The rest of my friends for being there for me. All the other skaters out there, we wouldn't have anything without all of you. Every skater means something. My parents for encouraging me to skate. My uncle for taking me to all the skateparks even though he pushes wood. My girlfriend Meghan for being so good to me, you mean the world to me baby. Everyone else I forgot to name thank you because without you I wouldn't be who I am. I would also like to say that don't change the style of your skating for anyone, just be yourself when you skate because that's the beauty of rollerblading! Thanks.