Dave Bachinsky
Dave Bachinsky
Skater: Dave Bachinsky Photography: Xeno
Words: Mazur
What's up Dave?
Not much. I've been drinking a little so this is going to suck.
I'll make it quick so you can get back to working on the drinking thing.
Ok. I just hope it doesn't suck.
So you're the guy who kickflipped the famous El Toro stairs, huh?
Yeah, I've wanted to do it for a long time. Like two years or something. And then Oakley flew me out here, to Cali, and hooked me up with a photographer and a few filmers and I just did it. I had to go back a few times because we got kicked out and stuff, but then I went this one time and got the guy who was kicking us out to give us like ten minutes.
What's up Dave?
Not much. I've been drinking a little so this is going to suck.
I'll make it quick so you can get back to working on the drinking thing.
Ok. I just hope it doesn't suck.
So you're the guy who kickflipped the famous El Toro stairs, huh?
Yeah, I've wanted to do it for a long time. Like two years or something. And then Oakley flew me out here, to Cali, and hooked me up with a photographer and a few filmers and I just did it. I had to go back a few times because we got kicked out and stuff, but then I went this one time and got the guy who was kicking us out to give us like ten minutes.
Wow, that's pretty fucking sick! Kickflipping El Toro must have felt amazing.
So, how did you get to that point in your life? Where did skateboarding all start for you?
Well, my uncles got me into it when I was younger. They used to let me use their boards to mess around on and then finally just gave me my own.
Did they help you get hooked up too?
Yeah, my uncle owns Pioneers Boardshop. So, he just introduced me to all the reps and I guess it just went from there.
So you're from Massachusetts, right?
Yeah, my hometown is Lowell, MA.
So, how did you get to that point in your life? Where did skateboarding all start for you?
Well, my uncles got me into it when I was younger. They used to let me use their boards to mess around on and then finally just gave me my own.
Did they help you get hooked up too?
Yeah, my uncle owns Pioneers Boardshop. So, he just introduced me to all the reps and I guess it just went from there.
So you're from Massachusetts, right?
Yeah, my hometown is Lowell, MA.
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What the hell do you do there when you aren't out shredding?
Mostly just kick it with the homies or hang out with my girl. Play a lot of pool too. It sucks 'cause it gets so cold there and snows all the time, so I travel around a lot.
Are you a pool shark? You hustling people for some extra loot?
Nah, man. I wish. I need to come up with some money. I'm so broke right now because of taxes. My mom just called me the other day and said all my taxes came in and it looks like I'm going to owe a bunch of money.
Yeah, that seems to happen to a lot of skaters. Their companies don't take taxes out of their checks and then one day the IRS comes along and tells you that you were suppose to be paying them 30% of what you make.
Yeah, well, I mostly got fucked from the money I won at this Playstation contest I won last year. And, the money I got from that contest I had to use to pay the bank off from a VX2000 I got screwed on.
Mostly just kick it with the homies or hang out with my girl. Play a lot of pool too. It sucks 'cause it gets so cold there and snows all the time, so I travel around a lot.
Are you a pool shark? You hustling people for some extra loot?
Nah, man. I wish. I need to come up with some money. I'm so broke right now because of taxes. My mom just called me the other day and said all my taxes came in and it looks like I'm going to owe a bunch of money.
Yeah, that seems to happen to a lot of skaters. Their companies don't take taxes out of their checks and then one day the IRS comes along and tells you that you were suppose to be paying them 30% of what you make.
Yeah, well, I mostly got fucked from the money I won at this Playstation contest I won last year. And, the money I got from that contest I had to use to pay the bank off from a VX2000 I got screwed on.
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What happened with the VX?
Well, I really need some cash because I was broke, so I decided to sell my VX2000. I didn't really need it anymore because my friend Matt had a camera. Anyway, I sold the camera to some dude on eBay, who lived in Jamaica. I thought it was sort of sketchy, so I told the dude I would send it once he sent me a cashier's check or something and it was in my account. Well, he sent me a check and it cleared in my bank, so I sent him the camera. A few days went passed and I spent most of the money on some shit for my car. Then the bank called up and said that the check was a fraud and that I owed them back a bunch of money. It sucked.
And there was nothing you could do, huh?
Nope
That does suck. So anyway, what's up with the addiction I hear you have?
Oh what, my bad one. Cigarettes. I love them.
What kind?
Marlboro
Well, I really need some cash because I was broke, so I decided to sell my VX2000. I didn't really need it anymore because my friend Matt had a camera. Anyway, I sold the camera to some dude on eBay, who lived in Jamaica. I thought it was sort of sketchy, so I told the dude I would send it once he sent me a cashier's check or something and it was in my account. Well, he sent me a check and it cleared in my bank, so I sent him the camera. A few days went passed and I spent most of the money on some shit for my car. Then the bank called up and said that the check was a fraud and that I owed them back a bunch of money. It sucked.
And there was nothing you could do, huh?
Nope
That does suck. So anyway, what's up with the addiction I hear you have?
Oh what, my bad one. Cigarettes. I love them.
What kind?
Marlboro
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I hear that you save all your packs?
Yeah. One day my friend told me I should just start putting them on my door and see how many I could get. So, I did.
How many packs do you got up there?
Oh man, I don't even know. A lot!
What's up with you're other favorite thing to do? Shit talking and always getting caught because the dude you are talking about friends are always near by.
Dude, it happens way too much. It's nothing ever really bad, but like this one time I was making fun of this kid because of what he was wearing and his brother or something was right next to me and called me out on it. I don't know. I don't really shit talk, but whenever I say something bad it's always around someone who knows that particular person I'm talking about. People probably talk shit on me too.
Yeah, well, I've only heard good things about you. People usually talk shit on the dude with the most talent in their area because they are all jealous. I've actually heard that you were a pretty humble guy for the most part.
Yeah, I usually just stick to myself, I guess. Man, I suck at interviews. Is this even going to be good?
Yeah. One day my friend told me I should just start putting them on my door and see how many I could get. So, I did.
How many packs do you got up there?
Oh man, I don't even know. A lot!
What's up with you're other favorite thing to do? Shit talking and always getting caught because the dude you are talking about friends are always near by.
Dude, it happens way too much. It's nothing ever really bad, but like this one time I was making fun of this kid because of what he was wearing and his brother or something was right next to me and called me out on it. I don't know. I don't really shit talk, but whenever I say something bad it's always around someone who knows that particular person I'm talking about. People probably talk shit on me too.
Yeah, well, I've only heard good things about you. People usually talk shit on the dude with the most talent in their area because they are all jealous. I've actually heard that you were a pretty humble guy for the most part.
Yeah, I usually just stick to myself, I guess. Man, I suck at interviews. Is this even going to be good?
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Yeah, you're doing fine. Don't stress it. I'll just have to ask some more questions that people will be more interested in. Like, tell me about the time you first met Dan Zaslavsky, accident?
Oh yeah. When I first got on City Skateboards the team manger said I should go out shooting with this photographer Dan. I called him up and he met with me to shoot this photo of a switch backside 180. After that I told him I wanted to check out this rail close by and on the way I wasn't paying attention 'cause I was talking to my friend and I rear-ended his car. His car was pretty much all right but I cracked the shit out of the bumper on my car.
What kind of car is that?
A Honda civic.
Oh, well then you were all good. You can buy parts for those cars at your local 7/11. Have you had any other accidents?
Not really, but my friends have screwed up my car a lot for me. When we all were in Florida and were driving from West Palm to Tampa, Manny was driving and when we got there he jumped out real quick and locked the keys in the car with it running. I had to pay about $150 to get them out. Then another time while Manny was driving, he hit a tire in the road cracking the bumper. And he got us rear-ended. Also, Matt Fenell hit a tire and dented 2 rims.
That sounds like fun. What about when you first got your license and totaled your dad's BMW?
Damn, you know about that. Well, it wasn't even my fault. It was like three o'clock in the morning and these girls hit me going like 50mph. But they knew all the cops there so of course I got blamed for it all. My dad's car was totaled and all that happen to the girl's car was like the license plate fell off.
Oh yeah. When I first got on City Skateboards the team manger said I should go out shooting with this photographer Dan. I called him up and he met with me to shoot this photo of a switch backside 180. After that I told him I wanted to check out this rail close by and on the way I wasn't paying attention 'cause I was talking to my friend and I rear-ended his car. His car was pretty much all right but I cracked the shit out of the bumper on my car.
What kind of car is that?
A Honda civic.
Oh, well then you were all good. You can buy parts for those cars at your local 7/11. Have you had any other accidents?
Not really, but my friends have screwed up my car a lot for me. When we all were in Florida and were driving from West Palm to Tampa, Manny was driving and when we got there he jumped out real quick and locked the keys in the car with it running. I had to pay about $150 to get them out. Then another time while Manny was driving, he hit a tire in the road cracking the bumper. And he got us rear-ended. Also, Matt Fenell hit a tire and dented 2 rims.
That sounds like fun. What about when you first got your license and totaled your dad's BMW?
Damn, you know about that. Well, it wasn't even my fault. It was like three o'clock in the morning and these girls hit me going like 50mph. But they knew all the cops there so of course I got blamed for it all. My dad's car was totaled and all that happen to the girl's car was like the license plate fell off.
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I bet your pops was pissed.
Eh, not really. He got a brand new one out of it, so it all worked out.
Speaking of good ol' dad, you still live at home right?
Yeah, when I'm home. But I want to move out and get my own place. I definitely don't want to live there forever.
And you're girlfriend lives with you too, right?
Yeah
What's that like? Is she pretty supportive of you and your skateboarding even though you're traveling a lot?
It's cool. She's definitely supportive of everything.
Tell me about the time you went tanning with her?
Oh man, you know about everything. I don't know if I want to talk about that. I had something wrong with my eye and I went tanning with her and it made it worse. It is still all fucked up. I got like a lazy eye now, it sucks!
What happened with the cop a few days later?
I got pulled over and the cop thought I was all fucked up because of my eye. I didn't really feel like getting into the whole story with him and just said I fucked it up. He ended up letting me go with nothing.
Eh, not really. He got a brand new one out of it, so it all worked out.
Speaking of good ol' dad, you still live at home right?
Yeah, when I'm home. But I want to move out and get my own place. I definitely don't want to live there forever.
And you're girlfriend lives with you too, right?
Yeah
What's that like? Is she pretty supportive of you and your skateboarding even though you're traveling a lot?
It's cool. She's definitely supportive of everything.
Tell me about the time you went tanning with her?
Oh man, you know about everything. I don't know if I want to talk about that. I had something wrong with my eye and I went tanning with her and it made it worse. It is still all fucked up. I got like a lazy eye now, it sucks!
What happened with the cop a few days later?
I got pulled over and the cop thought I was all fucked up because of my eye. I didn't really feel like getting into the whole story with him and just said I fucked it up. He ended up letting me go with nothing.
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Ahhh. So what else? Tell me something good.
Well, I got this one story from when I was in Tampa recently. But, I mean my parents are going to read this so I don't know.
Well if it is interesting then you should probably tell it. Nobody wants to read an interview with a boring person. Think about it. If you always play all your interviews safe, no one will care about you and they will all forget. I just remembered another question, but first tell me about Tampa?
All right, well it goes like this, recently I was down in Tampa for the Tampa Am contest and one late night the guy I was staying with was like, ""let's get an escort". I was really tired and just passed out. I ended waking up a little bit later and there was this haggard chick in our room. First thing she says to me is, "It's two hundred dollars". I was like, what! Two hundred dollars for what? And she said it was what I had to pay to stay. I was over that shit and left. Next morning I found out that my friend screwed her. It was so funny, he just banged some random escort.
Yeah, I don't know about them Tampa girls. I would have left too. You're more into things like cupping Manny's ass.
Oh man, who told you that one? Yeah, I don't know how to explain that one. We were on a trip and had to sleep in the same bed. He woke up and flipped out because I was touching his ass. I mean I was a sleep, I wasn't like trying to or anything I guess I'm just used to sleeping with my girl or by myself.
Speaking of sleeping, doesn't your little dog shit and piss all over your bed?
Yeah man, Matt Fenell started it. He always comes over my house and gets my dog all hyper as shit late at night and then puts it in my room. It is always pissing on my bed. For a while I didn't have any sheets left because it had pissed on all of them.
All right, who do you want to thank? Don't forget your sponsors.
I'd like to thank God, Mom, Dad, Mazur and Focus for making this
Happen, Xeno for all the late night sessions, Steve at Pioneers, Uncle Paul, Dylan and Scurto at Oakley, Cam and Tony at City, Travis at Adio, MANNY Santiago! Andrea Rose, Matt Fenell, Alex Goro, Nicky Lamarche, Justin Hogan, Jonny Coyne, Clem!, Brad Miller, John Def. And I'm sorry for anyone else I forgot, but thanks to all my hommies! MARLBORO!
Any last words for all the readers?
Keep shredding!
Well, I got this one story from when I was in Tampa recently. But, I mean my parents are going to read this so I don't know.
Well if it is interesting then you should probably tell it. Nobody wants to read an interview with a boring person. Think about it. If you always play all your interviews safe, no one will care about you and they will all forget. I just remembered another question, but first tell me about Tampa?
All right, well it goes like this, recently I was down in Tampa for the Tampa Am contest and one late night the guy I was staying with was like, ""let's get an escort". I was really tired and just passed out. I ended waking up a little bit later and there was this haggard chick in our room. First thing she says to me is, "It's two hundred dollars". I was like, what! Two hundred dollars for what? And she said it was what I had to pay to stay. I was over that shit and left. Next morning I found out that my friend screwed her. It was so funny, he just banged some random escort.
Yeah, I don't know about them Tampa girls. I would have left too. You're more into things like cupping Manny's ass.
Oh man, who told you that one? Yeah, I don't know how to explain that one. We were on a trip and had to sleep in the same bed. He woke up and flipped out because I was touching his ass. I mean I was a sleep, I wasn't like trying to or anything I guess I'm just used to sleeping with my girl or by myself.
Speaking of sleeping, doesn't your little dog shit and piss all over your bed?
Yeah man, Matt Fenell started it. He always comes over my house and gets my dog all hyper as shit late at night and then puts it in my room. It is always pissing on my bed. For a while I didn't have any sheets left because it had pissed on all of them.
All right, who do you want to thank? Don't forget your sponsors.
I'd like to thank God, Mom, Dad, Mazur and Focus for making this
Happen, Xeno for all the late night sessions, Steve at Pioneers, Uncle Paul, Dylan and Scurto at Oakley, Cam and Tony at City, Travis at Adio, MANNY Santiago! Andrea Rose, Matt Fenell, Alex Goro, Nicky Lamarche, Justin Hogan, Jonny Coyne, Clem!, Brad Miller, John Def. And I'm sorry for anyone else I forgot, but thanks to all my hommies! MARLBORO!
Any last words for all the readers?
Keep shredding!
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1 Comment
Louis h. says:
When you were sayin about your friend Matt, who had the camera, was that matty p. casue he went and filmed a little bit for you in barcelona for the "Our life" Video or was that matt fenell?
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