you know what I found really interesting
is that it's so hard to find someone
when they're young because you don't
know what's going to happen with all
that time it's like you know you got
that 13 year old kid that's like really
good you know what I mean but you're
like what is going to happen you can't
predict that and I think if there's been
any example of like seeing a kid and
knowing that he's going to be the one
that makes it like Shawn would be that
example but on that one Canada trip it
was funny because Smythe came back we're
like you know how was it like how how
are the kids you know and he's like
Shawn is like the perfect kid he was
making his bed in the hotel each morning
perfectly made bed like just sitting
there ready to go you know I don't know
it's because he's the youngest of like
four brothers but he was always like
really mature you know and then Sam was
like all his dad's in the military we're
like all okay my dad actually graduated
from West Point and he really wanted one
of his four boys to follow in his
footsteps no one in my family had the
grades to make it to West Point besides
me I was actually a straight-a student
all the way up to I stopped going to
school sophomore year
skateboarding got in the way got in the
way of his dream so you're like a big
disappointment uh at first Navy he was
kind of a little bummed out but you know
it worked out he's psyched that I'm
doing something that I like
right when I started hangouts Shawn it
was like I remember the argument was
like dude move out of Casey what are you
still doing there like moved to Cali and
he was so against it I remember going
like what is so special about Casey and
then we went I was like okay I get it
you have like a rad group of kids
everybody skates I think there was a
minute where he was like should I move
to LA like he's talking to us and then I
think Mesa was just like to stay in
Kansas
don't come here like just do you you
don't have to do all that stuff I think
Shawn was like relieved to hear that I
think we're pretty supportive actually
of him staying there
he's like responsible enough to do
whatever you ask of him and he has
filmers out there he skates out there he
comes out here you know
frequently enough and it's like it
hasn't heard of it I think it's probably
helped him you know if anything but
that's the number one question it's like
when you're gonna move to LA I get that
so much where he loves Kansas City I
didn't love dating yeah I mean it's like
that's the difference you know I mean
when I was 14 I was going to stay with
Mike Hill like telling my mom like I'm
moving to California I'm counting down
the days for someone to continue to live
in Kansas City and and be at the level
that he's at is pretty remarkable
knocked my teeth out china nollie
bigspin into the fountain
that's why these three are fake having
what I have here is almost impossible in
LA to have a park a place escapist right
down the street all within a few miles
of each other I can't really find that
anywhere else it's just my friends and I
uh our skateboarder
it's little personal private part then
we all pay a hundred bucks a month and
the wintertime it's all we got so we
just skate here every single that they
should make my bed hey I gotta fold that
five minutes weird did works so it
already we're going tie ended down here
odd Thailand didn't tell me is Thai
happens are you gonna roll with us
fashion
yeah majority separate though okay one
of the best experiences was watching Ty
Evans and Sean Malto work together I
mean for me personally it was just like
the best film er with like one of the
best skaters you know what's rad about
Malto is that like if I ever have some
stupid idea he's usually pretty down to
give it a go when you want to try new
stuff it's cool to have someone that's
like yeah alright that sounds cool let
me try it for you you know it's like I
think every time I've hit him up and
like thrown some crazy idea Adam he's
like alright yeah it sounds cool right
it was never been like uh maybe that
when Ty's making a film he put
everything in there you know yeah and
girl too though I mean dude girls known
for making the best videos you know put
everything in there but also though dude
I did hear that like before they like
really started like buckling down on the
video ty called Sean it was like you
know you're gonna be my guy like I want
you to have last part and
you know let's really kind of make this
video focus on you I remember when we
were trying to do the helicopter intro
for the beginning pretty sweet and I
went to that school and scouted it I was
like alright this would be perfect I'm
like looking at that rail and then I
sent them all to a photo as IAT think
your backside 50 Israel he's like yeah
probably ty was like hey could you 50
the rail and I was like all right like I
think so I've never been there but
whatever wrap up the video like let's
just do this I got there like 7:00 in
the morning it took them a good two or
three hours to actually figure out the
logistics of the helicopter and where
everyone's gonna be you're like alright
let's try to do this first try I was
like cool so the first try the copter
comes up I get my cue to go and I'm
skating at the rail scared it's the
first time I'm trying it and about ten
feet from the rail I just hear people
screaming no no waving their arms and
they're like the helicopter was so close
that if I would have tried it it would
it hit me in the head it bleeds its
blades solid it would definitely beat
stitches in the head let alone like if I
ollie to hit me in the head I don't know
what would happen to my body going down
that rail so they had a pullback restart
and then the third try it happened
I like skated to the middle of the big
group and I was like please blow off
these cannons please block this campus
after we did the intro with a remote
heli and everything and that whole
sequence got done we cleaned up everyone
left there's only a couple dudes there
and I look at the reality of Malta I was
like eh do you watch I may be overcooked
it's you just looked at me so crazy like
uh really and Thai is just like you up
on the roof like you get over there
there's like five angles all around the
rail all set up just like all right
we're good whenever you are I'm like
this you know I'm putting this
pressure of the situation it took me an
hour and a half two hours to do it and I
only tried it six times and then you
know I kind of figured it out and I made
one I got so psyched that I started just
pushing around the school like and then
I started to feel really sick my entire
body locked up and it was one of the
most painful days in my life I was stuck
and I couldn't move and if I could get
one thing to move like if I grabbed this
and got it to loosen up it like would
trigger my whole other side of my body
just screaming in pain I was like it
felt like my tendons were just gonna
snap and it was just so scary that they
called an ambulance and so what was the
diagnosis it was basically just
dehydration and heat exhaustion it's
crazy and I see like in Sean skating -
it's like the stuff that he does it it's
really scary and he is scared he puts
himself on the line but he's always so
calm in every situation and I feel like
he's that full package that delivers
that yeah you can it can choose two
paths you can just be a guy who gets
video parts and pain coverage or you can
be a guy who's on the podium and winning
and he tries to do both and he does do
both he's one Street leagues which is
very few people have done and he's still
very young for what he's accomplished at
the end of the day you respect someone's
talent how they ride a skateboard you
rides a skateboard like nobody else like
they with that style and that's that
effort listen does that harder tricks
you know it's the beauty of modern
skateboarding he to me epitomizes the
idea of there is no rules to how
skateboarding should be okay are you
here to see today
sonmanto what if I could get Sean Malto
to take you on a date tonight would be
like that where would you go eat Taco
Bell