Posted: November 14, 2003

PETER HEWITT
Interview & photos: Joe Hammeke

Where did you live for the past year?
The pacific northwest, Seattle for a couple months then Portland for about 10 months.

Where were you living before that?
CLMT, San Diego

What happened? (why did you have to move?)
I wasn't having fun skating vert anymore and we had to move out of the hesh camp

Why Oregon?
Burnside, Donald, Aumsville, Lincoln City, Astoria, Newburge, Burnside... concrete parks, and my girlfriend.

What makes the skateparks in the northwest so much better than others?
Dreamland and Grindline concrete crews... 100% skateboarders building parks.

Which one is your favorite?
Burnside.

What was a typical day in Portland?
Usually I just skated burnside everyday

How did you get through the winter?
A lot of traveling to other places.

Why did you decide to move back to San Diego?
Vert and backyard pools.

Who have you been skating with at the new Claremont park?
Navs, Polar Bear, Whitedog, Mateao, Reymack, Dove, Parts, ekaJ, sometimes Blender, and oh yeah Jordan Richter has been ripping, he's fun to watch.

When can we expect to see you in the northwest again?
When it getts a little warmer.

How does Anti Hero compare to 151?
I wouldn't know how to answer that.

Frontside or backside?
Frontside.

Rail or tail?
Both equaly.

Beer: domestic or import?
Choice would be import, usually domestic.

Women: Oregon or San Diego?
Oregon ladies

Top 5 skaters of all time?
Hosoi, Blender, Gonz, D Way, and Burnquist.

Describe that trip to Japan that is going into the DVD?
Your standard Thrasher trip... 20 hour ferry rides to far off islands where they built stuff for the Bones Brigade but they never showed up to ride it... or something like that.

Was that as gnarly of a trip as it gets?
Duuude mmm haa mmmhaaahaa maaan, I had to be without my gonj for 2,ooo,ooo weeks!