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Tom Shimmin Rider Profile |
| Who
are you? My name's Tom Shimmin |
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| How
old are you? I'm 19 years old |
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| Where
were you born? The Lake District, beautiful place! |
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| How
long have you been skating for? Almost 8 years |
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| Why
do you do it? Because it's so rad! Best feeling I've ever had |
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What/Who
got you into it? WELL, I came to Glasgow to look for a house with my family and I saw a couple guys (who I now know as John + Geoff Angus, Tom, Andy and the rest of those veterans) doing it at Kelvingrove when I went for an ice cream and as soon as we got back home I got my first argos complete! |
| What
setup do you use? Venture lows, nice thin wheels, I've got a set of banes bearings in at the moment but any will do and any deck which I like the feel of |
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| Do
you ride Regular or Goofy? Regularrr |
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| What's
your favourite trick? 360 flip! |
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| Where’s
your favourite place to skate? Street, anywhere new |
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| Who
is your inspiration? Different inspirations come in the forms of my favorite skate vids. Purpose Built, Menikmati, Mosaic etc. |
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| Where/when/what
was your last competition? UKSA championships, didn't make to final I was 4 places and 20 points away! gutted |
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| What
events are you looking forward to this year? Summer I suppose. War of the Roses/Thistles are always a good laugh |
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| What
has been you biggest achievement in skating? To love it through and through. |
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| What
other teams/sponsors do you skate for? Focus Glasgow's team. |
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| What
was your favourite trip and why? Going to Barcelona with just my good friend Jake, absolute belter of a time we met up with another guy Andy. It was so rad. |
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| What
do you love about skateboarding? Everything!! |
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| What's
your goal within skateboarding? Don't have one really, just going with the flow. |
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| What's
your scariest skateboarding moment? Hmm, probably the month I kept falling on my hip. I have cartalidge swimming about in there now. |
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| What
advice have you got? Be consistant |
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| What
are your other interests? MUSIC I loveee music, it can inspire you more than anything else. |
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| Where
would you like to see yourself in the future? On my death bed so I can ask myself if I had a good run, although I may die from the shock. |
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| What
music are you into? I really hate trying to answer that cos I can't say, and if I say 'anything' it could also include stuff I really hate. I think I have a song for everyday of my life. |
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| What’s
your favourite magazine? 'jugs' |
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| What's
your favourite book? There's three Trilogys that I'm reading over and over at the moment. The Farseer, The Live Ship Raiders and The Tawny Man Trilogys. Great books! |
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| What's
your favourite film? Batman Dark Knight beats anything. |
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| What's
your favourite quote? "Here we are, you and I, to change the world..." |
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| What
other sports do you do? I just passed my BASI Level 1 Snowboard Instructors course, but I'm not ready to do anything with it. I also bike around the city on a beat up racer alot. |
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| Best
cocktail, shot or drink? Beer, after a good seshhhhh! |
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| What's
your most prized possession? My BED haha |
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| Thanks to: Everyone I know! | |
| Anything
else you want to say? Mrs and Mrs and Mr Kirsten Dunst. |
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| Photograph by Jacob Dahlstrup | |
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