Chris' star is rising fast. Winning TransWorld's Reader's Choice Award in 2005 and winner of the 411VM Competition in August 2006, Chris Haslam is definitely a man of the people. Chris lets his skating talk for itself. So far, people like what they hear. Haslam has to be one of the most technically-gifted and innovative skateboarders of his generation.
Quote:"There's always going to be the guys who are smooth and the guys that go down the biggest stuff, and that's rad, but how much sicker is it to watch a video and see something you've never seen before? That just gets everybody psyched. I like watching people use their feet; I want to see board control, how far they can push it just by using their feet, not so much how many stairs they can go down or how big a rail they can slide down. I try to do that. That's the kind of stuff I want to see, so that's the kind of stuff I try to show."
– SlapMagazine.com
My Round three board with Coops Hunter guy on there and my Sasquatch, think thats 7 3/4 or something like that. It's one of the resin eight boards. Raw Tensor Lo's. Momentum's Beibel 50 mm wheels. And the Tensor Oust abec 9 bearings. YAY!
If you weren't so good at skateboarding, what would you be or be doing?Probably be bored at school studying courses that I would have chosen just because I didn't know what else to take. Probably art stuff or maybe video stuff. It's too bad I suck at both.
If you could pick one sponsor you don't have, who/what would it be?Probably a cell phone company. I have a terrible service with my phone right now—costs way too much.
Who is the best & worst person to skate with & why?Let's say best and worst people: Worst people are the stress cases. I stress sometimes but not throw the board or hammer the side of it or anything like that...those people bum the session out. The best people to skate with I find are those that are innovative and like skating everything transition, ledges&ahellip;everything.
Who was your first skate hero?As far as I can remember it was either Laban, Jamie Thomas or Ed Templeton.
What's the recipe for a great skate session?Very little stressing, low bust factors, good setup, friends.
If you could live any movie as reality, which one would it be?Sin City... pretty much the sweetest thing I have ever seen.
What's something about you that people normally don't know?I am not Jamie Thomas.
How often do you trim your toenails?Not often enough.
Last time you didn't have a beard:Probably about a year ago.
Last pair of shoes you bought:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Adidas.
Last pair of shoes you got for free:Some Pumas.
Last movie you paid to see but wish you hadn't:The Brothers Grimm.
Last skate video you watched where you wanted your 30 minutes back:Probably some trick-tips video.
Last skateboarder you shared a room with:Coopie Dubs.
Last Seu Trinh quote:"Tonight I'm gonna end up pissing myself or sleeping next to a toilet."
Last sponsor you deposited a check from:Momentum.
Last city you wanted to move to:Maui, Hawai'i.
Last piece of your skate kit you modified:I changed my wheels a few days ago.
Last thing you built with your friends:I put hardwood floors in my house with my dad.
Last promise you made to yourself:Get ninth place in Slam City Jam.
Last contest you won:Slam Best Trick-even though Billy Marks should've.
Last book you read:Some book on how to improve your golf swing.
Last full album you uploaded onto your iPod:REO Speedwagon: The Hits.
Last track you deleted from your iPod:A crap download of Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes."
Last sport other than skateboarding you participated in:I played golf the other day.
Last trick you learned:Fakie 360 inward heelflips.
Last piece of advice Rodney Mullen gave you:"Keep doing what you're doing."
Last person you punched:I gave Sheckler a dead leg the other day for stinking my house out.
Last ocean you swam in:The Pacific Ocean.
Last board-graphic idea you came up with:A Moose Knuckle board, but I'm not sure how I should draw it.
Last family member who gave you a gift:My dad bought me some underlay for my hardwood floors, but I have to pay him back.
Last video part you rewound:Brad Sheppard: Baby Steps.
Last thing that was graced with your signature:Some little fellas' helmets at the skate park the other day.
Last time you skated with Julio De La Cruz:I think a year ago at his park in Bell. He gave us pizza—it was tasty.
Last pet you named:My mom's dog Oly.
Last whacked-out dream you had:That I was forced to join the army.
Last trick that took you out in a game of SKATE:Not too sure, but maybe a fakie hardflip.