Keegan Sauder
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Hometown
Vancouver, Canada
Currently Resides
Can I crash at yours tonight?
Sponsors
Vans shoes, Zero skateboards, Parallel Intensity shoe laces, Antisocial skateshop, RVCA clothing, Spitfire wheels, Independent trucks
Date of Birth: April fools, 1981
First board: Santa Cruz Bod Boyle with fuckin Trackers!
On Vans since: Since 2004 USA style, 2002 flow trash
Nickname: Shit Bear
Stance: Regular
Shoe size: 10
BIO...
Coming soon.
KEEGAN SAUDER INTERVIEW...
What shoe do you skate?
AVE is the current fave, or something simple.
What’s your set up?
8.1 wide and some 53mm Spitfires, 136 Indys, no underwear.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
Trans-Siberian Railroad. Month long train trip across Russia and Asia. Too much to blog about. Best trip ever. It’s just the last place I ever thought a skateboard would get me.
What is the best story you’ve ever heard or been told?
My friend Quinn was driving his boss’ Jeep down a windy road after a hard night of dish washing. They had had a couple of road pops by this point. The light switch was on the floor of the old Jeep and Quinn accidentally turned them off. His boss was trying to help get them on and they just sailed off a small bank, ended up upside down in a driveway with mariachi music blasting out of the speakers, wheels spinning, un-scathed. They cracked a bottle of tequila and took it all in. He’s flipped two cars in his life, which I find amazing. Quinn Starr rules!
Favorite Vans rider?
Just skated with Andrew Allen the other day and he can skate switch as well as regular.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
360 kickflip. I call them my nemesis. I wish I had a good one 'cause they look so good when people do them well. Sometimes I just don’t think I was meant to do them. Other than that, a 10-foot high rocket air must feel nice.
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
So far I have been able to look back at times that were killing me and laugh at myself. Getting busted for some bullshit by the Man always sucks.
Worst trend in skateboarding right now?
They come and go. Like a bad fart, everyone secretly takes a wiff. F@%k, I don’t know, man. Maybe me talking?
What are some interests outside of skating?
Camping, swimming, just being in the wilds. I really like cities or complete wilderness, no suburbs. Motorcycles are also one of the best things in the world.
Getting drunk and staying sober.
Last good book you read?
October Country by Ray Bradbury because his imagination is so abstract. I like it cause I could never come up with that shit, dog. And Cannery Row by Steinbeck. It’s about the ultimate dirtbags!
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape?
Symptoms of the Universe by Sabbath
Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top
Fight Fire with Fire
Master of Puppets
If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues.
What kind of motorcycle do you got?
Or, what kind of motorcycles are my friends kindly storing for me? 1973 Honda cb350, 1971 Triumph Tiger 650, 1978 Yamaha sr500, 1967 Harley-D. Troublehead.
Ever eat shit on it?
There two kinds of riders, those who have gone down and those who are going to.
Do you work on the bike yourself?
All I did was an oil change. I rebuilt a motor that still makes noise. Last thing I did was unload one from a U-Haul...first try!
You like to stand up on top of your bike. Who do you think you are, Jason Jesse?
If it’s fun, it’s probably stupid and dangerous too. I saw the bigger kids doing it...?
Admitting Canadians aren’t marketable, who is the least marketable Canadian skater?
Me, after this is read.
Is it true that you used to be a male model?
The technical term is “meat prop” or “airbag.” I love doing portrait ads and downhill skiing nose first.
Tell us about your figure skating background?
Somehow I just stayed in ice skating lessons, which becomes figure skating lessons. I had a mullet, acid washed jeans and sometimes Motley Crue shirt during practice. Also, one ear was pierced. All while wearing the skates. I could do and still have an amazing “shoot the duck." I am also now the most unmarketable Canadian skateboarder.
What’s the figure skating equivalent to a tre flip?
Triple f@%kin’ axle, though I hear quads are the norm for competition these days. I missed my window and must now get my old job back at the restaurant.
When it comes to Zero graphics, are you more partial towards blood, skulls or blood and skulls?
It’s strange you ask me NOW 'cause I just set up a board--the first in a long time--that has a skull and blood on it. I would have to say that more than being partial to skulls, blood or blood and skulls, I have become partial to FREE boards.
Hometown
Vancouver, Canada
Currently Resides
Can I crash at yours tonight?
Sponsors
Vans shoes, Zero skateboards, Parallel Intensity shoe laces, Antisocial skateshop, RVCA clothing, Spitfire wheels, Independent trucks
Date of Birth: April fools, 1981
First board: Santa Cruz Bod Boyle with fuckin Trackers!
On Vans since: Since 2004 USA style, 2002 flow trash
Nickname: Shit Bear
Stance: Regular
Shoe size: 10
BIO...
Coming soon.
KEEGAN SAUDER INTERVIEW...
What shoe do you skate?
AVE is the current fave, or something simple.
What’s your set up?
8.1 wide and some 53mm Spitfires, 136 Indys, no underwear.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
Trans-Siberian Railroad. Month long train trip across Russia and Asia. Too much to blog about. Best trip ever. It’s just the last place I ever thought a skateboard would get me.
What is the best story you’ve ever heard or been told?
My friend Quinn was driving his boss’ Jeep down a windy road after a hard night of dish washing. They had had a couple of road pops by this point. The light switch was on the floor of the old Jeep and Quinn accidentally turned them off. His boss was trying to help get them on and they just sailed off a small bank, ended up upside down in a driveway with mariachi music blasting out of the speakers, wheels spinning, un-scathed. They cracked a bottle of tequila and took it all in. He’s flipped two cars in his life, which I find amazing. Quinn Starr rules!
Favorite Vans rider?
Just skated with Andrew Allen the other day and he can skate switch as well as regular.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
360 kickflip. I call them my nemesis. I wish I had a good one 'cause they look so good when people do them well. Sometimes I just don’t think I was meant to do them. Other than that, a 10-foot high rocket air must feel nice.
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
So far I have been able to look back at times that were killing me and laugh at myself. Getting busted for some bullshit by the Man always sucks.
Worst trend in skateboarding right now?
They come and go. Like a bad fart, everyone secretly takes a wiff. F@%k, I don’t know, man. Maybe me talking?
What are some interests outside of skating?
Camping, swimming, just being in the wilds. I really like cities or complete wilderness, no suburbs. Motorcycles are also one of the best things in the world.
Getting drunk and staying sober.
Last good book you read?
October Country by Ray Bradbury because his imagination is so abstract. I like it cause I could never come up with that shit, dog. And Cannery Row by Steinbeck. It’s about the ultimate dirtbags!
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape?
Symptoms of the Universe by Sabbath
Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top
Fight Fire with Fire
Master of Puppets
If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues.
What kind of motorcycle do you got?
Or, what kind of motorcycles are my friends kindly storing for me? 1973 Honda cb350, 1971 Triumph Tiger 650, 1978 Yamaha sr500, 1967 Harley-D. Troublehead.
Ever eat shit on it?
There two kinds of riders, those who have gone down and those who are going to.
Do you work on the bike yourself?
All I did was an oil change. I rebuilt a motor that still makes noise. Last thing I did was unload one from a U-Haul...first try!
You like to stand up on top of your bike. Who do you think you are, Jason Jesse?
If it’s fun, it’s probably stupid and dangerous too. I saw the bigger kids doing it...?
Admitting Canadians aren’t marketable, who is the least marketable Canadian skater?
Me, after this is read.
Is it true that you used to be a male model?
The technical term is “meat prop” or “airbag.” I love doing portrait ads and downhill skiing nose first.
Tell us about your figure skating background?
Somehow I just stayed in ice skating lessons, which becomes figure skating lessons. I had a mullet, acid washed jeans and sometimes Motley Crue shirt during practice. Also, one ear was pierced. All while wearing the skates. I could do and still have an amazing “shoot the duck." I am also now the most unmarketable Canadian skateboarder.
What’s the figure skating equivalent to a tre flip?
Triple f@%kin’ axle, though I hear quads are the norm for competition these days. I missed my window and must now get my old job back at the restaurant.
When it comes to Zero graphics, are you more partial towards blood, skulls or blood and skulls?
It’s strange you ask me NOW 'cause I just set up a board--the first in a long time--that has a skull and blood on it. I would have to say that more than being partial to skulls, blood or blood and skulls, I have become partial to FREE boards.
RELATED NEWS POSTS
- Quick Line with Keegan Sauder
- Keegan Sauder Line on Thrasher
- Keegan Sauder RVCA Tour on Thrasher
- Keegan Sauder on Thrasher's Burnout
- Fresh 'til Death Part 3 is Live
- Thrasher's Fresh 'til Death Parts 1 & 2
- 25 Questions With Keegan Sauder
- Vans East Coast Extras on Skateboarder
- Vans Tour Article in Skateboarder
- Maloof DC Recap
Getting antsy for Keegan's part in the new Zero video?
Here's a quick dorking around line from the man to wet your whistle:
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Thrasher Magazine posted this digital montage featuring a line by Keegs:
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The newest issue of Thrasher has a RVCA tour article
with a bunch of Keegan Sauder photos to go along with
the video below.
Thrasher posted some additional Keegan outtakes here.
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Keegan Sauder and friends cruised around LA
for Thrasher's Burnoutin search of the a "new spot."
Does such a thing exist in LA?
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Keegan Sauder, John Fitzgerald and the Zero & DGK crew barge
the Skatepark of Tampaon this 3rd installment of Thrasher's Fresh Til Death:
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Thrasher Magazinejust posted the first installments of
the DGK x Zero Fresh Til Death Tour with
appearances by Keegan Sauder & John Fitzgerald.
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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Keegan Sauder sits down with Skateboarder Magazine
to answer their 25 deepest questions.
Read it HERE.
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You may recall the recent Vans East Coast article in the last Skateboarder,
you know the one. With J-Lay on the cover at Pulaski. NBD.
Well, they just added some photos to their semi-anual Film Blog from the trip HERE.
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Check out this Vans East Coast road trip article from the newest SKATEBOARDER (the one with J-Lay on the cover.).
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If you live under a rock and somehow missed all the actionof this weekend's Maloof MOney Cup in Washington DC, don't sweat it.We got you. We'll get you up to speed.The Skateboard Mag posted a bunch of rad Anthony Acosta photos HERE. You can see the rest of his photos, including Steve Van Doren's uncut sheet of $50 bills HERE. And if still photography confuses you, here's some moving images of our boys:
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