To kick off our coverage of Three Seasons we caught up with Patrick Praman. There’s only one way to follow that up; catch up with another star of the show, Gage Boyle! A few days following the release of the video we hopped on a call with Gage to chat through the different premieres, signing a waiver to skate a kinked rail, working with Tim Fulton and more!

🌀: What’s up Gage!

What’s up! Good morning. How are you?

🌀: I’m good dude! How about you, how does it feel to have this project out there finally?

It feels so good to have it out! Everything went well with the premieres. I’ve been sitting on that footage for a little while, so to have it out finally and hear a good response from everyone makes me the happiest, so I’m very stoked.

🌀: Yeah, I’m sure it’s a great feeling, definitely seems like people are hyped! Once the release date of Jan. 23rd was set were you nervously counting down the days?

I was excited, I wasn’t nervous at the time, I was like “Oh shit, it’s gonna happen!” I only got nervous right when they pressed play at the first premiere, but that went away pretty quickly.

🌀: You made it out to the Griffith Park premiere and then of course your hometown Simi Valley premiere, how did those compare to one another?

At the end of the day they both made me feel the same way; happiness because of everyone coming out to support, it was nothing but good times. There really wasn’t much difference at all because all of my homies from Simi came to the Griffith one anyways. By the time we did it in Simi, it was all my same homies and family, you know? It wasn’t anything too different other than the venue location and a handful of different people. At the end of the day, it was a good time, they were both amazing.

🌀: Glad to hear that! I wanna dive into your part, is there one specific trick in there that stands out to you and you’re stoked on?

Yeah, there’s countless. I’m pretty much lucky to roll away from all of them. But, if I had to choose one; my first trick and last trick in the part are on that same kink rail. That one stands out because the first time we skated it the dude was so cool, he just told us to sign a waiver and repaint the rail. When I got done grinding it he brought out the paint and he asked us “Hey you guys want some water or beer or anything?” We were like “Sure, fuck yeah!” Dude, we’re at a church and this guy’s bringing us beers and water, we’re just sitting in the grass repainting the rail, relaxing. That one stood out because I’ve never had an experience like that, someone being that cool, not kicking us out and taking care of us. It all worked out.

🌀: Yeah, that’s so crazy!

I’d say another one is that Tail Frontside Flip because we went to that spot and I stuck it two or three times, I tried it for a couple hours and it was getting dark. The very next day was when we got the notification about the Covid lockdown. The world shut down and I’m sitting there like “What the fuck?” After figuring everything out I was like “I want to get that clip so bad, I just want to get it overwith.” It was just Tim and I, we stayed super far apart, it was so awkward. You can’t go up and say “What’s up?” to your homie, you gotta stay far away. He was just filming long lens the whole time and even after I landed it he was like “Alright sick, see you later!” It was fucking crazy, it was just weird. 

🌀: Yeah, for sure! That’s such a weird vibe on a session, to not even dab up or hug your homie after getting your trick.

Totally! Even after I landed it I was just like “Hey, how’s it look?” We had never done anything like that before, we didn’t know what to do, we just knew to stay away. 

🌀: Was it hard for you to start skating such a gnarly spot by yourself, without a crew there?

It was kinda weird at first, but I got over that pretty quick just because I had stuck it already (on the previous session). I already knew it was one of those things where you just have to trust, you have to go for it. If you see your board underneath you, you gotta put it down. It wasn’t that bad because in my head I was like “I got him out here, I don’t know what’s going to happen with this Covid thing.” I didn’t know if things were going to change, if they’d get better or worse, shit was just crazy. The world was all over the place. Just the fact that I had him there at that moment I was like “I’m doing it today, I have to do it.” So I just tried to fire myself up in my head. That definitely took over and helped a little bit. 

🌀: Yeah, I could definitely see that being good motivation. To go back to the kink rail real quick; when you went back to the spot to do the Smith, was the same guy there that told you to repaint the rail and hooked you guys up with drinks?

It was a different guy the second time. We pulled up and he was kinda trying to kick us out, but we weren’t too sure. Then we told him we’d been there awhile ago and had signed waivers. The waiver is funny because Tim printed those out for a different spot originally, he just had them in the van. There were typos all over that fake waiver. The guy was cool about it, I told him we’d repaint the rail but he was like “If it’s bad and I need you to do it, I’ll call you. But, if you don’t hear from me, don’t even worry about it.” I ended up doing it and then we couldn’t find the guy, to thank to him. We bounced and I never got a call from him.

🌀: That’s so sick. I’ve only heard of the waiver thing working a couple of times, I remember that clip of that happening in the Chocolate Bunny Hop video. 

I really wish that it could work like that, it’s just so easy. 

🌀: Yeah, that’s ideal. Was your plan to Smith the rail once you got the 50-50?

This had been a spot that my friends and I went to go check out when we were kids, but at the time I wasn’t skating rails like that. Fast forward, I was skating with the team in that zone and for some reason that spot popped in my head and I was like “There’s a rail in this zone, I have no idea if it’s good, I just know it’s really long.” We all went and checked it out and were like “Oh, sick!” It was way better than I remembered. I was like “Fuck it, let’s grind it.” After I did it, we sent the photo to Burnett to see if we could get it ran in the mag. Burnett said Dylan Witkin had back grinded it and he was sitting on a photo. So it kinda got 50-50d, I know it’s a different stance, but you know what I mean. Dylan’s the homie, he’s amazing, respect to him for stepping up to that thing first. After that I was thinking “Ok, could I do something else on it?” One day I was like “Let’s go do it. Let’s see what happens.” So, the Smith wasn’t always the plan, it just kinda played out like that. 

🌀: Yeah. It’s cool to have the same spot as your opener and ender, you don’t see that too often.

I’ve never had that in a part before, so that was pretty cool to see. I’m just glad it worked out.

🌀: For sure! With having the first part, you really set the tone for the rest of the video, including the song you skated to. Did you play a part in picking it? 

I’m sure you obviously know how fucked up music rights is for videos, it can be a jam up. I knew these dudes would pick a sick song, they’re not going to put a wack song to my part, I fully trust them. Tim’s got me, he’ll pick a sick one. I just didn’t want to be that guy that’s trying to get a crazy song that’s going to cost a bunch of money and have it be a jam up. I was just stoked that they’re working on my part and putting it out, that’s all I cared about at the end of the day. 

🌀: Definitely, it’s perfect that you have someone like Tim that you can trust with that. With as long as you guys have been skating together, of course he’s going to know what makes sense.

Absolutely, he knows all of our skating and our styles. He’s such a great guy, that’s family. He always nails it, we all have full trust in him. He did really good on this project, so I’m stoked on that.

🌀: Yeah he did! Let’s chat about Pat and Tanner; if you could steal one trick/clip from each of them, what would it be? 

I love Patrick’s Switch Front Heels and Nollie Back Heels, he does them a certain way that just stands out. He makes them look fuckin’ sick. Tanner, dude, just being able to Wallie like him. He just twists his body and board around, I’ve never seen anyone really come close to skating like him. The way he Wallie’s and how fast he can manipulate his board and his board is always with him. It’s unreal, it’s superhuman.

🌀: Yeah, it’s crazy that he seems to be the only person who has figured out Wallie’s in that way. 

Yeah, he’s got it figured out, that’s for damn sure.

🌀: That’s so sick, I love it.

Dude it’s amazing, you could watch his skating for ever. Even just Slappying a curb, he can do the craziest maneuvers on a Slappy curb that you could ever think of. 

🌀: It’s like he has a different level of control.

Yeah, that’s the best way to say it, he has 100% control at all times.

🌀: Yeah, that’s wild. Let’s talk about traveling for this video, you spent some time Copenhagen, right? Any stand out memories from your time overseas?

It was amazing over there, that was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. It was my first time overseas, so everything was so new. Seeing the different spots, the architecture, you can just skate around and I’m with all of my homies. The contest itself was amazing, then we went to Barcelona after and spent some time there to try and film some stuff. It can be overwhelming being out in Europe, you’re moving around so much so your body can get a little tired. But, there’s so many spots, so you keep pushing. It was a really cool experience. Skating all of those spots that I’ve seen in videos for so long was cool as fuck. Watching the homies stack clips, trying to get some clips yourself, it was the best experience, I can’t wait to do it again.

🌀: That’s amazing. I feel like the craziest thing is how different it is in terms of getting around out there compared to LA, it’s a totally different situation. You mentioned the architecture, which just makes everything look cool, like B-Roll or anything. 

Everything just looks amazing over there. The people there are amazing too, it’s cool to get a little culture shock, everything is different over there.

🌀: Yeah, it really is. Another clip that stands out is the Back Smith Back 180 on the shoutout ledge, which Simi Valley hometown hero Torey Pudwill Back Smithed for a Thrasher cover back in 2011. Was that an ode to him?

For sure! I ended up seeing him recently and he gave me props on the part, he didn’t mention that clip itself, but Torey’s such a sick guy, you can’t expect anything negative from him. To be honest, at the time I wasn’t even thinking like that, it was after I did that I was like “Oh wait, Torey Back Smithed it.” It was just heat of the moment, you know?

🌀: Yeah! Did you see Torey around Skatelab a lot when you were growing up?

I’d see him pretty often, whether it was demos here and there, or just randomly. I feel like I saw Mike Mo the most out of that legendary crew that was from this zone. But yeah, watching Torey cruise through and skate definitely fired me up as a kid.

🌀: Mike Mo and Torey really repped Simi Valley and Skatelab, now it feels like you and your crew from Rapid are keeping that going. 

We’re trying to hold it all down!

🌀: Well, now that this video is out do you have another project you’re starting to work on?

As of right now I’m trying to film a Rapid Skateshop part, the local shop in town that I ride for. Just trying to film that for them and keep it going, I’m not trying to slow down anytime soon, trying to stay as productive as possible. I’m stoked this video came out and I’m trying to use that to push me forward more and more, try to get to that next level, and just have fun with it along the way. 

🌀: Yeah, I feel like that’s the best way to do it, using the momentum of dropping a part to just keep it going.

For sure, you can’t just pile out on it and be like “Oh I’m good, I can chill.” That’s how you get lazy real quick. 

🌀: Exactly. Congrats again on the part, you killed it, appreciate you taking the time to do this!

Thanks for taking the time to do this for us!