He’s known for his next-level ledge moves, but there’s a lot more to JP than just those tech skills. He’s always joking around, betting on every try, and just bringing good energy to every session. I love seeing people get the recognition they deserve, and this past week has been just that for JP. We touch on his pro surprise, new part, being offered $600 for an ollie, his wild bag of tricks and much more!

 🌀: This past week seems to have been a memorable one for you, you were surprised with 2 pro boards, and dropped a Thrasher part, how are you feeling?

Dude, feeling crazy, feeling nice man. It was a trip, you know? Got the board surprise, I knew it was coming but I didn’t know when. It was a crazy feeling, it was how I always dreamed it would be, with all of my friends there. I had a BBQ at my house after and I couldn’t eat. I was just drinking, but drinking was hard too because I would get this weird feeling, like this thing I worked for for like 20 years or something finally happened. The part I’m most hyped about is that my friends and family were even more happy than me. That was the best feeling, everyone being proud and like “He got it, he made it”.

 🌀: Let’s get into this pro surprise, it was at the Willmington Ledge, a spot you seem to love, what did you think the plan was that day?

Tyrone, he’s the brand manager at NB#, he hit me up to do a wear test of this shoe that he knows I love and asked if I had someone to come film. I was like “Oh yeah for sure, my friend Shane can do it”, Shane is the guy I filmed this part with, he’s been my friend for a long time. So I was like “Ok, let’s go to Willmington”, we go there, the ledge was knobbed, so we were just going to skate flat to show the shoe. Shane came to film and he said “Yo, Joey (Brezinski) is going to come film a second angle”. Joey is a pro for Visual, but he also likes to film, so I was like “Cool, sounds good”. Carlos (Ribeiro) pulled up too. I was playing a game of skate with Carlos, and he lost and broke my board. I had no more boards with me, only old boards in my car, so I got pissed off and went to grab his board and broke it too. I went to my car, picked up an old board, and as I was setting it up, that fool (Carlos) pushed me and broke it. I was so pissed, like “This fools a dick, he’s trying to be funny right now in front of you guys, he thinks he’s the shit”. I was like (to Carlos) “Now you’re going to go to the car, get a board for me, and set it up for me”. He picked up another old board from the car for me, as I’m setting it up he pushes me again, as soon as he pushed me I was thinking “Dude, there’s something wrong, what the fuck is this dude gonna do?!”. He broke the 3rd board and I saw Steve, the Visual owner, with some boards in his hands, and he looked at me weird. He said “Hey, I heard this guy was being a dick and breaking your boards, so I thought you’d need some more” and right there, boom, my pro board.

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