My name is Jonathan Tran or Bill Tran. I’m 19 years old and I’m from Los Gatos, California.
What do you prefer to go by, Bill or Jon?
Bill, Jon, BJ, Daddy, it doesn’t matter to me. I mean it’s just a name right? Sure my parents gave it to me, but they also gave me a bad hangnail problem.
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You recently went on a little road trip down to SD, how was that?
Awesome. We me this bum named Joseph or something like that. Mike, Dane, and I were out front of our buddy Drew’s place just hanging out drinking some beer on this couch he has in front of his place. It was around 12 a.m. and we were lurking it hard in Ocean Beach. All of a sudden out of the depths of the low tide and onto the surface of land comes this merman bum. He crosses our path by walking on the sidewalk. Me being friendly just give him a shout and said what’s up. Bad idea. Joseph walks over to us all crazy, he pulls out a giant bag of weed and asks if we want to some. Long story short, he weasles his way into Drew’s place and is smoking out of his roommates bong. This dude was insane, he was asking us about what kind of computer we used and just started rifling off names of all these processors and telling us he can build us the illest computers and stuff. Then the dude convinces me to take a bong rip of his stuff.
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Sounds pretty epic, did you?
Yeah. I don’t smoke weed so I ripped it and got so zooted and pretty much after turned into this weird anxiety mark. This dude Joseph ends up passing out on Drew’s couch and this guy is going into convulsions. His head was shaking up and down like a chicken head. This all went on for a solid ten minutes. It was the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever witnessed. Mind you I was all high and everything was retarded funny. I had to wake him up and kick him out. He wouldn’t leave so we gave him a bunch of in and out fries and 3 dollars in quarters so he could take a cab.
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That sounds unreal.
It was. But I left out the most awesome part of the story. When Mike asked him what he did for a living the guy responded in an extremely stern voice, “I build websites, make bongs, and play heavy metal music.” That guy right there was born to win.
What’s the deal with this STD scare you had?
Hah, alright. So I got a call from this chick I was sorta dating at the time and she told me she had something important to tell me. I thought I had a little Bill Jr. or something so I was sorta nervous. But instead she told me, “yeah, you should go get yourself checked out.” This was a consolation prize when you aren’t in anyway, shape, or form ready for a kid. Either way I still had an STD.
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What’s it called?
It’s called Trich. It’s like a mild form of gauneria. Like it burns when you pee and white discharge pops out ya pee hole. However I have yet to feel any of these symptoms. It’s just a viral infection.
Have you gone and gotten yourself checked out?
No, hahaha. Fuck it, I’m going to spread it. Give everyone the Trich.
Anyway, Who are some of you favorite skaters right now?
Uhhhh, damn, I don’t know. Busenitz is slaying it right now. Leo Romero is going up rails instead of down them, that’s pretty tight.
Who are some of your favorite skaters of all time?
Robbie Gangemi back in the old Zoo stuff, Gino in trilogy, Jason Lee in video days, and Lennie Kirk.
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What are your top three favorite skatespots?
Uhhh, Union was awesome when everything was skateable. I don’t know, skate the whole damn world.
What kinds of things are you working on right now outside of skating?
Not a whole lot. I work at this place called Mountain Winery, and I start school here pretty soon. I also got a new track bike I’m juiced on.
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Shoutouts?
Mike Thompson, Mike Allen, Magic Johnson, Wah Wah, Jonny Prior, Dave Ashley, Halba, Keenan Ketsdever, Doug Shoemaker, Ed Devera, and anyone else who is awesome that I forgot.
