That was the dealership, they need to give me a loaner. Wait, hold up, hold up, my father calling me and he in jail. I could finish my GED tomorrow if I want, I just have to do my work. I’d just ask someone and they’d be like, “I gotchu.” What kind of shit would you have them do? I can’t fight no more cause I got a name but… I wasn’t a bully, but I used to tell people to do things for me and they just liked me or respected me so much they would do it. Hell no! Niggas knew what was up with me. I remember seeing you around when you were a little kid. He hasn’t slowed a bit since then, and at 19, he’s well aware he’s already one of skateboarding’s biggest stars.Ī conversation with him feels like a lot of push coming to shove, but at the end, it was clear he’s just relieved to leave his rough beginning behind and continue toward his definition of success. Obviously, TJ blew past my expectations with clips that are still relevant four years later, which is really an eternity in modern-skateboard-years.
In my head I thought, “What a little shit,” but I couldn’t deny that his skating locked my attention on him.įast forward a few years and Supreme announces their first full-length video, “cherry”, which would prominently feature a slightly-more pubescent Tyshawn. When I first saw Tyshawn Jones he was probably 12 years old, already frontside boardsliding handrails and snaking people like he owned the skatepark.