And KOOK of the year award goes to...
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These quotes from a recent Guardian.co.uk interview with Pharrell Williams, I mean "Skateboard P," are straight comedy.
Waiting for the ice cream to melt...
Travis
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Which sport is most important to you?
The first sport I got into - and the one that has had most impact on my life - is skateboarding. Most people think skateboarding is for some kid with blond hair from suburbia. But I remember when I was 12 or 13, growing up in Virginia Beach, everybody, black and white, was doing it. Skating taught me what it meant to be cool, to have credibility. I had it. I got so mad with it that I had a half-pipe put in my house. I had the look - the baggy jeans, the Vans. I still wear Vans shoes. I rap about skateboarding. My nickname is Skateboard P.
Do you still skate?
I'm always on the road, so I don't do it as much as I'd like, but my brother, Cato, is a pro-am skater and I co-sponsor a team with Reebok, the Ice Cream Skate Team, named after one of my fashion labels. It's my way of keeping in touch. I send the kids around the world. I put money in their pockets. I'm trying to help spread the culture. You know, to tell kids: 'You can do a trick on a skateboard and be cool and earn money. The chicks will love you like you're buying dope.'
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