James "Ken" Shinoda

I'm so hyped I got onto the team!! I'm going to try and film and get as much footy as I can, it's going to be tight.

Well I skate Carlsbad Skate Park mostly every day with my buddies like Bryce, Blake, Christan, Theo, and Jonny. I also hit up street spots and Blackbox TF with Andrew.

There are a couple spots downtown but I'd rather not skate them because I almost got a ticket once and I'm not down to pay for skating.

I was skating a big gap at Mira Costa college when all of a sudden a cop car rolls up to us. So my friends and I ran as fast as we could to our cars. Once we left, one of the cops spotted us and followed us for miles but nothing happened so I guess its cool.

Carlsbad is known for the famous "Carlsbad Gap" so I guess that's where most of my influence comes from. Big companies are planted out here also. I look up to all those skaters because they are mostly the ones who really started skating. Mad props to those guys, they get gnarly with that Mega Ramp.

Street skating is my main focus but I still love to skate tranny. I'm just not as good as all the others. I'm learning though in a few months, then I should be shredding both street and tranny.

I eat there not as much as people think. I like to bring girls there and pay for them so they get all impressed.. haha!! It's pretty sick. I'm going to have to say the Chicken and Beef plate is one of my favorites at Teri's Cafe.

Dang, this is a hard decision. There are so many sick videos out there. I'm going to have to say "Fallen- Ride The Sky" and "Lakai- Fully Flared".

My goal for this year is to get better at skating rails and learn a crap load of new tricks down sets and have a good part in a video. I also would like to enter a few comps. I'm not sure when or where, but I'm sure they would be fun.

Damn Megan Fox is pretty sexy, but I would have to say getting on the cover of Thrasher. Just think of all the ladies I would be pullin' on the cover!