Andrew Cauthen

Started skating - I made it "hardcore" on my 10th birthday (1987) but I've been rolling around since I was 8 or so.

present location - Louisville, Ky

Stance - both, no goofy.

Setup - Dominion 8 inch, Indy wides, mini logo 53, Bones swiss, Small all black shoes (if they're not black, I'll spray paint them black)... no puffy tounges please. slice them up the middle underneath and pull out the stuffing, girl as in female pants and sew up the inside so they fit right. stretchy. i make my hats. don't like undees cause they're unnecessary. and prefer little black socks or none at all. I like black cause the dirt don't show and it always looks sharp.

pro inspiration - Marc Johnson inspired me alot before. So did Ethan Fowler. I like all the anti-hero savagas and the ninjas like Daewon, Chris Haslam, Ronnie Creager, Mariano, Penny, Reynolds for sure. Umm Appleyard, Rowley, Pj.Ladd. The skate nerds. Ali Mills was a big inspiration for me when I was little but he didn't care to go pro. Check out his part in New Deal "Useless Wooden Toys". He was always making up tricks, like nollie flips, 360 ollies without grabbing, ..16 years ago. Brandermill / southside native.

Underrated Local - I don't know since I don't hang in Richmond full time. Bradshaw is sick. Zach K. rules. I like skating with Adrian Meyer, Andy Gaddis, other creative, weird, insane people like myself. T.V. is for crazy people. Turn of the tv, turn on you. The less you consume, the more you are. buying is dying.

Fav Spot - 24 hour lit Louisville "Extreme" Park. If only every city had one. Jamies spine ramp.

Warm up trick - Nollie 180 sw k grind.

Music - Stars of the Lid is #1 for me. Everything on Take Pills Die Records ( http://takepills.org http://archive.org/details/takepillsdie ). Aphex Twin (ambient works vol 2), Some Slowdive stuff, My Bloody Valentine things sometimes, Chris Clarks new album "Body Riddle" is sick! But so are all his albums, Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things", Warp Records is good. Boards of Canada, Godspeed, Lau Nau, .... Umm, ambient, psychadelic, experimental, droney, layered, electronic things. Making music on computers is fun so do it yourself. Go to Archive.org world internet library and download everything / upload your mixes. Tons of good things there.

Loves - making music, skating late at night by myself, having lots of time to sit around and do nothing, warm weather, thunderstorms, the color black, fixed gear bicycles, not eating ever, raw food, freeganism http://freegan.info/?page=home , simple living http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_living , not ever working since it's for lazy, irresponsible people http://whywork.org , meditating, stretching, traveling, sewing, drawing on private property, sleeping on the floor.

Hates - wage slave terrorists, debt because it's slavery and sets a bad example (I don't care who you are or what you've got), School makes you stupid, If you have to have someone telling you to do something then you probably shouldn't be doing it. Money is for poor people, There is no insurance in life so don't bother with it, take care of yourself so you don't need the medical mafia, Do what you love and nothing else cause you're going to die. We are making it all up. There is nothing you have to do.

Thanks kim and maury :) love, Andrew :)