Paris Skate in the City - 2015 - Writer
Photographer friend, Mathieu Claudon, called me one day regarding a project. The idea was to link a professional skateboarder to an “arrondissement” of Paris. Etienne Bouet, co-author, was to produce the content specific to the arrondissement and I produced every interview/written portrait linking up an American skateboarder to Paris one way or another. Editions Eyrolles is a small publishing company based in the suburb of Paris. Known for their expertise in technical publications, they tried their best to understand the specificities of this project.
Photographer: Mathieu Claudon
Texts: Etienne Bouet & Fabrice Le Mao
Company: Editions Eyrolles
Tony Alva
“The best and truest cliché about France are the arts and fashion. What’s happening here is so rich and dense. I have an intimate relationship with Paris that started when I first visited in the late 70s. Since then, it has always been like coming back home.”
Christian Hosoi
“My first goal was to go to Les Bain-Douches. I found it and just started dancing. Paris is such a rich city. Rich with culture, architecture. When I was young I would party in the city, now I enjoy the fine arts and the culture. ”
Steve Olson
“I visited Paris for the first time in 1988. I was in England with Melanie (Griffith). She was on a set and I decided to go visit a photographer friend of mine. Later, in the 2000s, I came a couple years in a row for these contests at the bottom of the Trocadero. I’m a kid from Southern California, so skating in front of the Eiffel Tower is just mind blowing. I found everything majestic and surprising here.”