(MB = moreboard, AK= Austin Kanfoush)
MB: Let's get the basics out of the way: Name, Age, Place of residence, Sponsors, and normal skate crew?
AK: Austin Kanfoush. 16. Residing with my mommmas and my poppppas in dos area codes. City, venture, and hubbba. Moose is on top at that. Skating with the homies "BOLTZ n BUTTTAH"!!!!!
MB: You want to explain boltz n buttah to those not in the know?
AK: Where to begin? Maybe like boltz n buttah are a bunch of homies who like to get creative and you mostly got it but boltz n buttah is also the new homie video we got droppin excactly one year later after 7 plies. BE ON THE LOOK OUT for the new promo!!!!
(PHOTO BY LUNCHBOX)MB: So do you still play football or are you strictly skating nowadays?
AK: Hahaha nice one. We won't start on that subject. No that's been out of the picture for quite a bit. It was the past, but yeah skating and camping man.
MB: Camping? Well that explains the flannels I guess. Do you know you have single handedly caused a spike in the flannel sales of Western Pennsylvania?
AK: CAMPING needs to increase in western PA that's what would be amazing. I'm not talking pusssy go pitch a tent camping, I'm talking survive in the woods, you know?
MB: Are you a tent man, a sleep under the stars man or do you rent campers and trailers like a ninny?
AK: Definitely too many bugs now. I don't want to sound like I'm conradicting my last statement about tents becauseI do pitch tents (not the best). None the less pitched, but yeah, I'm a tent man - chopping some trees down doing some fishing. I don't know where the whole bug thing came in, maybe when you said under the stars.
MB: Do you think your sponsors, namely City, would feel the same way about you if they knew that you were such a rugged outdoorsman and not so involved with the urban scene?
AK: Who knows man? I like to dance on the line of both, but like, you know... When the wild is calling for you to go camp you just got to no lying to yourself about it. It's DONE!
MB: That's some Emersonian shit right there. But back to skateboarding. What's your plan of attack for your next video?
AK: I shouldn't be telling you this man, but the actual plans are hidden in PA's AREA 51. No one really seems to know the whereabouts or even how it cam about but therein lies all the information. Since we can't access em we just cruise around trying to find new shit and having fun being dumb.
MB: I see, you don't want to divulge too much.
AK: Just making Justin mad I guess.
MB: Is he like the dad of the group? "I'll turn this damn van around..."
AK: Haha, to sum it all up in a nut shell things got rowdy on grant street in the "VAN" then me, Scotty and Brad were in Scott's car, which led to a gallon of pink lemonade being released from my hand into a title wave through the driver's side window giving Justin the pink shower.
MB: Damn, that's not some turn the van around shit, that's some "lay under the tires while I parallel park."
AK: Yeah, it was bad.
MB: So when's your contract up?
AK: Well, the Funks actually left Blank and Jeff was really cool about everything. He just lifted the contract with no grudges, nothin, just ended on a good note.
MB: Are you riding for another shop yet or are you testing the waters to see what's out there?
AK: Haha, I don't even know. We're all homies and it's all good, so if everything works out with that I'd be physched!
MB: How did you pick your song for "7 plys of love"?
AK: I accidentally downloaded it onto my I-pod(which is long gone) and played it to Justin like a couple times. He didn't really feel it till like the 5th time then I guess that was that.
MB: How did you accidentally download it? Is that like when my roommate, Bill Cunningham, "accidentally" downloads animal-on-dude-in-a-kiddie-pool-pornography?
AK: In a gramatical sense, no, but Zach had the song that P-Rod, Mikey T, and Rogers use in "A Time to Shine," like 8 months before that video came out and I pullled the whole bandwagon thing like "I like this song let's download the whole CD and pretend I like it." All the other songs sucked except for that one I guess.
MB: What kind of music do you like when you're not pretending?
AK: I'm really hyped on this band, The Black Keys. They're like bluesy 2 man band
MB: That's cool. I was expecting some burlier shit coming from a lumberjack like yourself, but I can respect your choices.
AK: Yeah, not too burley on this end.
MB: What do you think Pittsburgh needs most for its skate scene?
AK: Zero stress. Pittsburgh's just a big family so just rep it and have fun. I'm not saying everyone stresses, but just.............OH we neeed some of those plastic long benches from Cali for real just like 2
MB: You could sneak one back in your luggage if you ever head out west.
AK: Yeah, we'll make a little fund and I'll DHL two back, like overnight em
MB: That's hilarious that you said DHL
AK: Hahaha now that I think about it it kinda is. Dhl's just doin their thing. UPS and Fed Ex are just a litttle blown out of proportion if you ask me
MB: Seriously, got to keep it on the d(h)l. Anyway, you're in like what, 10th grade?
AK: 11th
MB: Are you a good student, Austin, or are you a slacker?
AK: I'm the slacker who sleeps in every class but still gets A's and B's. High school is just glorified babysitting. I mean, come on.
MB: Well, I think it's time to wrap this guy up for now so how about you give me some top 3's -pgh styles, skate spots, non skate spots, and horrid current trends - and some shout outs and we'll call it a night.
AK: Ok
Styles 1) The Panzas got it steezy 2) J Funk 3) Lil Lehigh
Skate Spots 1) Southside Hills 2) The Point Park Fountain 3) Strip warehouse ledge
Non-skatespots 1) OneUP/Timebomb 2) Wendy's in Lawrenceville 3) The River
Horrid trend - I just don't get it man. Low shoes with high pants and no socks weirds me out. Apple bottoms are tight.
Shaht Ahts to everyone havin fun n livin life one day at a time
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