Dustin Dollin
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Hometown
Sydney, Australia
Currently Resides
West Hollywood, California
Sponsors
Vans shoes, Baker skateboards, Volcom clothing, Independent trucks, Spitfire wheels, Shake Junt accessories
Date of Birth: 06/26/80
First board: A banana board then a kmart board then a second hand rob roskopp with the eye on the bottom
On Vans since: 1999
Nickname: Spawn
Stance: Goofy
Shoe size: 8
BIO...
When the skate world first laid eyes on the Australian child-terror named Dustin Dollin, he was quickly dubbed the Hell Spawn. More than a decade of professional skating later, Dollin has maintained his fire and progressed into The Man from Hell! With six knee surgeries (more than anyone other active professional skateboarder), he is lucky to be walking (but don't tell him that). Yet after each medical procedure Dustin has returned with a fury, skating even harder than before. As part of Baker skateboards, one of the most influential skate crews in history, Dustin became known around the globe as a small beast capable of shutting spots down. Recently he has taken to wreaking havoc on the Internet, courtesy of homemade, random footage edits called 7 Day Weekend. As with his Baker Bootleg, Baker 2G, Baker 3 and Volcom video projects, his throw away footage is gnarlier than most other skaters' best work. This should come as no surprise given the way that Dustin skates. The freakish bit however is that he is even gnarlier off of his skateboard, with no signs of slowing down...ever.
DUSTIN DOLLIN INTERVIEW...
What shoes do you skate?
Either the NO SKOOL 2, the NO SKOOL TRE or DD SPAWNS.
What’s your set up?
I can't find it.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
The last Deathwish/Baker tour because it was the most dangerous, the scariest and the most rock 'n roll. Danger, danger! Be f@%king careful! Fights, two arrests, around 30 in-room tattoos, windows getting kicked out, receptionists getting banged. Party on!
What is the best story you’ve ever heard or been told?
Lizard King called me the other day and told me that twins came over to his house and he had a threesome with both of them. But I have so many stories that I have been told or been involved with that this web sight doesn't have enough memory capacity not to explode. I think I’m gonna rent a court typist to come 'round at two in the morning because it's easier to remember the stories when I'm outta it.
Favorite Vans rider?
John Cardiel because he has and will always be an inspiration and the toughest skater on earth. Also, Van Wastell, R.I.P. Hey Van, remember when we were riding around Shanghai in the rain and I rode the motorcycle into the lake by accident? Head to toe fun. Man, I miss ya, buddy. Tours won't ever be the same.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
Every trick in the book. I don’t actually skate, it is just special effects. Everyone knows I can edit my own special effects.
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
That question makes me sick. I don't think anyone is interested in my misery. Having the best life often comes with it's downsides. Most skaters are psychopaths. We have to be. Look at what we do to ourselves. Fun life = consequences. Enjoy, kiddies, you have a rough one ahead of you. But just remember, you never know if the person next to you has had a tougher life then you. Keep your head up and try not to complain.
Best trend in skateboarding right now?
Shake Junt
What are some interests/hobbies outside of skating?
Drinking, f@%king, listening to people and their problems. Learning about every person I can. Studying body language.
Last good book you read?
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil. It made me realize that there are way bigger c*nts out there than me, thereby cutting down my anxiety about being the devil’s spawn.
I know you’re a big Bukowski fan. What’s your favorite Buk book? What do you enjoy about him so much?
I am a huge Bukowski fan. But, I have never read the books. I have watched all the docs though. And devoted a lot of my time to being a bar fly.
Did you know Jeff Grosso was a big Buk fan too?
No, I didn't, but Jeff Grosso is f@%king cool. He always offers a smile and a handshake even though he knows I'm a wreck and I don't think he is any more.
What’s your favorite Buk quote?
Not Buk, but Rourke: “Fuel.”
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape
Colonel Bagshot (Six Day War)
Nick Cave (Dig Lazarus Dig)
Boys Next Door (Shivers)
Gang Of Four (At Home He Feels Like A Tourist)
Leonard Cohen (Bird On the Wire)
T.I. (You Can Have Whatever You Like)
When you do you hair, do you have a photo of The Cure’s Robert Smith taped to the corner of your mirror?
I wish my hair looked as good as his.
You just started a distribution company in Australia. Tell us about that.
PD Distribution distributes Baker, Death, Consolidated, Deathwish. Selling hard goods is hard work though. One of my best friends basically runs it. I just make the tough decisions. We try to make sure some other rich scumbag is not making our brands look bad after putting so much commitment into Baker in my life. Also having all of my good friends on Deathwish seems like a good idea. Global takeover. Join the cult.
Do you wear a suit to work ever?
I have my apartment there. So, usually I am in my boxers. With a cigar and a playboy robe.
If you were tall, for just one day, what would you do?
Fronside flip over [Andrew] Reynolds
When you drive, can you see over the steering wheel?
I don't drink and drive. I have three cars that I never drive . I let my girlfriend drive me round in one of her cars though. She usually gives me a ladder to get in.
Hometown
Sydney, Australia
Currently Resides
West Hollywood, California
Sponsors
Vans shoes, Baker skateboards, Volcom clothing, Independent trucks, Spitfire wheels, Shake Junt accessories
Date of Birth: 06/26/80
First board: A banana board then a kmart board then a second hand rob roskopp with the eye on the bottom
On Vans since: 1999
Nickname: Spawn
Stance: Goofy
Shoe size: 8
BIO...
When the skate world first laid eyes on the Australian child-terror named Dustin Dollin, he was quickly dubbed the Hell Spawn. More than a decade of professional skating later, Dollin has maintained his fire and progressed into The Man from Hell! With six knee surgeries (more than anyone other active professional skateboarder), he is lucky to be walking (but don't tell him that). Yet after each medical procedure Dustin has returned with a fury, skating even harder than before. As part of Baker skateboards, one of the most influential skate crews in history, Dustin became known around the globe as a small beast capable of shutting spots down. Recently he has taken to wreaking havoc on the Internet, courtesy of homemade, random footage edits called 7 Day Weekend. As with his Baker Bootleg, Baker 2G, Baker 3 and Volcom video projects, his throw away footage is gnarlier than most other skaters' best work. This should come as no surprise given the way that Dustin skates. The freakish bit however is that he is even gnarlier off of his skateboard, with no signs of slowing down...ever.
DUSTIN DOLLIN INTERVIEW...
What shoes do you skate?
Either the NO SKOOL 2, the NO SKOOL TRE or DD SPAWNS.
What’s your set up?
I can't find it.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
The last Deathwish/Baker tour because it was the most dangerous, the scariest and the most rock 'n roll. Danger, danger! Be f@%king careful! Fights, two arrests, around 30 in-room tattoos, windows getting kicked out, receptionists getting banged. Party on!
What is the best story you’ve ever heard or been told?
Lizard King called me the other day and told me that twins came over to his house and he had a threesome with both of them. But I have so many stories that I have been told or been involved with that this web sight doesn't have enough memory capacity not to explode. I think I’m gonna rent a court typist to come 'round at two in the morning because it's easier to remember the stories when I'm outta it.
Favorite Vans rider?
John Cardiel because he has and will always be an inspiration and the toughest skater on earth. Also, Van Wastell, R.I.P. Hey Van, remember when we were riding around Shanghai in the rain and I rode the motorcycle into the lake by accident? Head to toe fun. Man, I miss ya, buddy. Tours won't ever be the same.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
Every trick in the book. I don’t actually skate, it is just special effects. Everyone knows I can edit my own special effects.
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
That question makes me sick. I don't think anyone is interested in my misery. Having the best life often comes with it's downsides. Most skaters are psychopaths. We have to be. Look at what we do to ourselves. Fun life = consequences. Enjoy, kiddies, you have a rough one ahead of you. But just remember, you never know if the person next to you has had a tougher life then you. Keep your head up and try not to complain.
Best trend in skateboarding right now?
Shake Junt
What are some interests/hobbies outside of skating?
Drinking, f@%king, listening to people and their problems. Learning about every person I can. Studying body language.
Last good book you read?
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil. It made me realize that there are way bigger c*nts out there than me, thereby cutting down my anxiety about being the devil’s spawn.
I know you’re a big Bukowski fan. What’s your favorite Buk book? What do you enjoy about him so much?
I am a huge Bukowski fan. But, I have never read the books. I have watched all the docs though. And devoted a lot of my time to being a bar fly.
Did you know Jeff Grosso was a big Buk fan too?
No, I didn't, but Jeff Grosso is f@%king cool. He always offers a smile and a handshake even though he knows I'm a wreck and I don't think he is any more.
What’s your favorite Buk quote?
Not Buk, but Rourke: “Fuel.”
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape
Colonel Bagshot (Six Day War)
Nick Cave (Dig Lazarus Dig)
Boys Next Door (Shivers)
Gang Of Four (At Home He Feels Like A Tourist)
Leonard Cohen (Bird On the Wire)
T.I. (You Can Have Whatever You Like)
When you do you hair, do you have a photo of The Cure’s Robert Smith taped to the corner of your mirror?
I wish my hair looked as good as his.
You just started a distribution company in Australia. Tell us about that.
PD Distribution distributes Baker, Death, Consolidated, Deathwish. Selling hard goods is hard work though. One of my best friends basically runs it. I just make the tough decisions. We try to make sure some other rich scumbag is not making our brands look bad after putting so much commitment into Baker in my life. Also having all of my good friends on Deathwish seems like a good idea. Global takeover. Join the cult.
Do you wear a suit to work ever?
I have my apartment there. So, usually I am in my boxers. With a cigar and a playboy robe.
If you were tall, for just one day, what would you do?
Fronside flip over [Andrew] Reynolds
When you drive, can you see over the steering wheel?
I don't drink and drive. I have three cars that I never drive . I let my girlfriend drive me round in one of her cars though. She usually gives me a ladder to get in.
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Volcom posted the first part of their footage from last summer's Europe Tour starring Chris Pfanner, Alex Perelson, Pedro Barros, Dustin Dollin and the rest of the Volcom crew. Check the complete and total annihilation:
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The newest issue of Thrasher, with Jon Dickson on the cover has photos
of Omar Hassan, Dustin Dollin and a Firing Line with Gilbert Crocket.
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Transworld opened up the polls for this year's Readers Choice Awards
and we're trying to rally support for Dustin Dollin and his amazing part in
Shake Junt's Chicken Bone Nowison.
To vote for Dusty, simply email twshasmail@gmail.com
with DUSTIN DOLLIN in the subject line.
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As we bring 2011 to a close we're seeing a plethora of BEST OF 2011
wrap up videos but we'd be hard pressed to think of a better one
than this slide show of Rhino's photos shot this year.
It's a who's who of some of the greatest riders on Earth. Very sick.
Makes us look forward to what 2012 will bring.
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Adventures with Chris returns with it's 2nd First Annual Christmas Special.
This year the absurdity gets turned up a notch as Santa Nieratko goes to see a psychiatrist
about his limp lighting issues. Expect 47% more holiday cheer then before with cameos from
the Vans Team's own Geoff Rowley, Anthony Van Engelen, Tony Trujillo, Daniel Lutheran, Tony Alva,
Johnny Layton, Donovon Piscopo, Gilbert Crockett, Jason Dill, Chima Ferguson and East Coast Flow Trash Kids.
It's all sealed ...
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The filming missions continue in the latest issue of The Skateboard Mag
with the guys heading over to Chris Pfanner's homeland of Austria.
Check out Anthony Acosta's amazing photos of Dollin, AVE, Pfanner, Allen, Crockett and Berle below
and go grab a copy (On newsstands now) so you can tear out the pages and hang on your wall!
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Check out this short interview with Dustin Dollin
from the latest Interview Issue of Australia's Skateboard Journal.
Dusty rode for Renaissance? Trippy.
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Dustin Dollin & the Shake Junt crew stopped by
The Skateboard Magoffice to discuss the upcoming video premiere:
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Got 30 minutes to spare? Hope so, because Dustin Dollin
wants to tell you about his hero Lee Ralph in this latest installment
of 7 Day Weekend with cameos by Gilbery Crockett, Chima Ferguson
and Chris Pfanner.
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Thrasher & Trujillo are out in China for Skate Rock.Yesterday TNT & the boys ripped a demo:Loading the player ...
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Filmer Joe Krolick continues digging through the archives withthis amazing drunken performance by DD in Denver, Colorado:
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Check out this 30 seconds of rad with the dudes:Vans Skate Team Commercial from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.
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Dustin Dollin is back with another mega unedit!This installment gives us 27 minutes of raw footage ofDusty running around gay Paris with none other than Mark Gonzales:
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Check out DD on the Deathwish Tour as it rolls through New Jersey on Thrasher's site HERE.
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A few months back a tight crew of Vans riders consisting of AVE, Dill, Chima, Pfanner, Dollin, TNT & Crockett went to New Zealandwith O'Meally to shoot this Transworld article for the October issue (on Newstands Now.).
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Here's the rest of the photos from the Vans trip to New Zealand for Transworld:
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The Skateboard Mag posted a Fresh Cropsby Floris Gierman with photo of Dusty & Geoff.Check it out HERE.
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Sidewalk's Chris JOhnson is steadily updating his gallery on the Sidewalk site.He's got a who's who of big names up there including Dustin DOllin,Chris Pfanner, Curren Caples, Kris Vile and a ton of the UK guys.CHeck it out HERE.
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