- Let's start off by you telling everyone a bit about yourself
Well my name is Carlos Galvan, i'm 17 years old as of now and I currently live in Pittsburg, CA. Other than collecting sneakers, i'm really into new era fitteds and Diamond Supply Co. haha but most importantly I spend my free time skateboarding! I have been skating for about 6 years or so.
- How long have you been collecting skate shoes and what got you into it?
Well I have always been buying skate shoes but to actually skate in. I started collecting sneakers around 3 years ago, one of my friends always had sick shoes and just seeing that got me into it I guess, then I bought my hunters from him and my collection started to build up.
- Wheres your favourite place to skate?
Out of all the places I have ever skated I would have to go with either just rolling around in SF or Epic indor park in Sacramento.
- What's your favourite trick(s)?
That's a hard one but my favorite tricks I can do would be smiths, fakie full cab flips and hardflips. Wish I had hardflips better though.
- What tricks you working on right now?
Hardflips and trying to get fakie half cab 5-0 back 180 out down too.
- So what brands do you favour for your setups?
Well I usually skate my local shops deck (Metro Skate Shop), Venture trucks, Bones wheels, Bones Reds bearings, Diamond Supply Co. hardware, and i'm probably going to start skating that grizzly grip!
- What shoes do you skate in mostly at the moment?
Ever since i started skating Janoski's, thats all i skate!
- What's your favourite shoe(s) in your collection?
That is a hard one because I slimmed my collection to mostly my favorite kicks but I would have to go with my Flashes.
- Got your eyes on any particular shoes at the moment?
Honestly not really, sucks being broke haha! Collection wise if I had some cash I would for sure be trying to find some Lodens, never see a decent pair in my size.
- You got a favourite SB box color?
I would have to go with the orange box series, simple yet dope sneakers! My favorite would again have to be the Flashes and Coral Snakes.
- Do you have a least favourite SB?
My least favorite Nike SB Dunk would be Dino JRs! I don't understand the hype around those.
- Do you collect anything besides SBs?
Yes I recently stepped into collecting Jordans, and I want to start getting some AMs. Just haven't got money to do so though.
- Any favourite skate shoe brands aside from SB?
I would have to go with Adidas or Lakai.
- Any favourite models from those two brands?
Even though I havent been able to pick up a pair, I'd say Busenitz. They look sick and heard they skate good. For the shoes I have had, Campus Vulc Lows.
- Any particular shoes you wear on a day-to-day basis?
Actaully, I have bought a few pairs of the black/white Janoski's and wore them on a daily basis. Once they get really beat up, I end up skating them and grabbing another pair.
- Best steal you ever got?
Never got some crazy deals but my best was some vnds Pusheads for 110 bucks from my friend's friend.
- Who are your favourite skaters?
There's too many to name but my real favourite's would be Karl Watson and Chico Brenes, not the best out there but they are some cool ass dudes.
- If you could design a shoe what would it be like?
Not a great designer but honestly anything that skates good and an SBR dunk! but ill leave that to the designers out there!!
- Thanks for taking the time to do this Carlos! Got any parting words?
