Justin Roy: "drive around, checking out chicks"

Thrasher Magazine, Feb, 2003 by Michael Burnett

What have you been doing?

Skating. Just the same ol' shit. I just moved down to San Diego.

Are you living with Daniel?

No. He's my next-door neighbor though.

Let's get some stats.

I'm 20.

Really? I thought you were older than that. Where are you from?

I'm from Lafayette, Louisiana.

Who's the best skater to come out of Louisiana?

Charlie Thomas.

Correct. I would have also accepted Sal Barbier.

Yep. Sal. Duane Pitre. Y'all ever heard of him? Shannon May, from my home town of Lafayette. Inventor of the May grind, not the Gershon grind.

I'm going to get personal here. Are you a pile or what?

I can easily be.

When do you most feel like piling out?

When everybody's pissing me off.

So when people get on your nerves you respond with pile mode?

Yep.

What's a pile do?

Lots of drinking. Lots of whiskey!

How much does an average pile sleep at night?

On a whiskey night? Probably at least 12 hours.

What's the average day in the life of a pile?

Life of a pile: Wake up, play guitar for awhile, then drive around, checking out chicks. Then do some cruising at the manual pad or skatepark for a bit. Then relax after an enjoyable day, have a few drinks, then start it all over.

Have you ever wet the bed at a hotel because you couldn't be bothered to get up to go to the bathroom?

Not yet.

What's the worst damage you've ever caused a hotel room?

We had a fight with the mattresses one night.

Who won?

Beagle! Beagle's the number-one mattress fighter. One time we bought a bag of chips and toilet paper and instead of eating 'em we crushed up all the chips and threw them all over the room. There were chips and toilet paper all over the place. You couldn't even sleep in the bed 'cause there were so many crumbs.

You realize the people who have to clean up all those chip pieces make like six dollars an hour, right?

We gave 'em a tip, a two-dollar tip.

JD or LSD?

What?

Jack Daniels or acid?

Jack Daniels. I tried LSD once but it didn't work out for me.

That's all right, 'cause it's hippy shit. Who's the biggest pile on the team?

Probably Richie.

I was gonna ask that. What's up with Richie?

He's chillin'. He's skatin'. You know.

Is there still hope?

Yeah. There's hope. He's just goin' through a phase.

What's gonna get him out of that phase?

An ass whoopin'.

What do you and Staab talk about when it's just the two of you?

I don't really see Kevin too much. When I do it's just, "What's up," or whatever.

You said once it's not hard to get girls. What's the secret?

Just act like you're the shit. Act cocky, but not too cocky. That scares 'em away. I don't know. Wear some nice clothes.

Do you wear nice clothes?

Never! I don't know. Get 'em drunk That always helps.

Who's the heaviest lady you've ever been up against?

I've been up against some big ones.

How big?

I don't know. It's never a good idea to get 'em up on the scale.

What's your age cut-off for a possible lady friend?

Well, I try and stay legal. Oldest? I don't got too much luck with the older ladies. They call me immature.

Let's talk about this 16-stair jump. Take me through it.

I don't know. I got lucky.

How many tries did it take you?

Five hundred!

C'mon.

Six maybe. I'm not good at jumping down big stairs. I'm a heavier kind of person, so I break boards. I didn't break one that day, but I've broken five boards in five days before.

What's your proudest on-board accomplishment thus far?

Probably the kickflip backside lipslide in Art Bars. That's probably my favorite one.

Who's your favorite Osiris team rider?

That's a tough one. Oh, Chany! I like Chany.

When do you get to turn pro?

Probably never.

C'mon!

Just whenever they give me the go.

Are you ready?

I just want to skate and have fun and if it happens... I just want to have fun riding my board.