Well folks, I managed to turn the tables on one of the greatest arbiters of the pressure flip, Mr. Nate Sherwood Esq. He is usually the one asking the questions and it’s fun to get to be on this side of the tape recorder and watch old Nate squirm a bit. Problem is, he loved my non traditional questions. I caught up with him in between takes of his show “American Misfits” and his gig running the Skate Team at Factor54. So- have a gander at ye-old interview with ElNato….

Ted- So Nate, first of all thanks for sitting down and talking with me about all things Nate Sherwood….and I do mean ALL THINGS

Nate- NO PROB TED. I AM STOKED TO CHAT IT UP MAN. SOME ADVICE TO ANY HUMANS COMING TO OCEANSIDE IF U GO TO THE RED ROOSTER BAR N GRILL DO NOT EAT THE FRIES. THEY WILL END YOUR LIFE.

Ted- Dude, Why’d you cut your hair? you looked pretty hesh when we first met and
frankly, that was part of the appeal when we hired you.

Nate-  Laughing… OH CRAP, I HOPE I DON’T LOOSE MY JOB. MY GIRL ALMOST LEFT ME TOO WHEN I CUT IT. To be honest I had a fever and I was sweating real bad and the mop was bugging my dome, so I cut my hair myself at 2 in the morning. My girlfriend’s mother, who is a hairdresser came into town and I told her I cut my own hair and her reply was “No shit,” as she was looking my hair over. I think she was impressed (read: depressed). I had to bring the bowl cut back also, I was sick of getting ID’d and having to pay for drinks.

Ted- OK, Well I guess that answers that, you looked pretty rock starish with your bitchin locks. Wait? is that gay of me to say that? Wait is it wrong of me to ask if that was gay? Shit, I give up.

Ted-  So, What does your day look like? Other
than your new awesome, coveted job as TM for Factor, what else are you up to?

Nate-  First I’m going to edit the trailer for “more tricks less politics.” then i’m going to email Ian Hill over at Fuel(TV) and promise that I will fedex him 4 Latino women for a bribe to give F54 endless coverage on Fuel.The problem is the mail order bride sites are really hard to navigate and i don’t speak Spanish for shit. I tried to get a translator on mission street in Oceanside but the she/dude just kept smiling at me and nodding. It was crazy. So I just bought him a corona and he fixed my bike for me. (Editors note: Nates bike was a really fucked 3 speed but had cool grip shifters) It was cool. Anyway, where was I? So today I am going to go skate and walk my dog, Oscar the wild, he is a 6 week old puppy, who actually belongs to my mother and looks like Chewbacca (YEAH THE WOOKIE). When I talk to him like r2d2 he actually comes to me. After that i’m going to talk to Greg Hicks and get ready for an upcoming weekend for me and his army to shred. I feel like yao ming with a bunch of horse jockeys when I roll with his crew.

Ted Yeah, I Dig your pain man. Do you want to help me flush the radiator fluid on my Nova after this interview?

Nate-  baffled.

Ted- Do you still have time to skate? Where do you like to go?

Nate-Oh hell yeah. I try to skate everyday. Weekends I go to Libby school or black box distribution. Weekdays its either a ditch or the Cassidy bridge. i’ve been filming and shooting photos with brooks fritz and Chad Jenkins a lot for more tricks less politics. I’m trying to be a renaissance man, do it all.

Ted-  Hillary Clinton just conceded to Barak Obama for Democratic Nominee for President. Don’t you think Barak should demonstrate some skate prowess (like
say a simple lean to tail on a mini ramp or some crailed out ledge shit) to win over his younger, potential constituents?

Nate- Yeah man, he’d probably be better at skating than he is at bowling. I’ve heard he’s really good at shooting pool. Which is rad cause shooting pool is all about strategy and think about your next shot and that is exactly what I look for in a good president. I hope he wins because I don’t want another geriatric republican in office, EVER.

Ted- Werd Brother
Ted- You seem pretty popular with the Groms- Remember when we did that opening at one of our shops and you just up and took a bunch of kids to the local school to skate? They seem to be mesmerized by your abilities or is it some
zen, Voodoo mind meld you are warping on them?

Nate- No, i’m just a conceded, self centered bastard and when I shred around little kids it makes me feel like a god. (Lauaghing). No, but for real, I like micro-climates. I love going places and meeting the local people, skating with them, etc. cause every place has it’s own small culture. Not only spots and environment being different but mannerisms and etiquette. For instance, when I was up there with those kids I put my thumb on my forehead when I farted and they had no idea what the hell that was about. At first I thought it was a generation gap, but one of the kids recognized it as something his brother did but it was a different facial gesture. I feel like an anthropology major right now.

Ted- Baffled..
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Ted- I hear you are working on some super secret movie or some shit. what’s that  about? Will there be nudity? I’ve heard about you and your movies.

Nate- yeah man, happy you asked. I’ve been jamming Dr. octagon, descendants, adolescents and exploited a bunch as of late, but I’m a huge fan of backpack rap. Anything anticon, living legends, hieroglyphics, reason the citizen and of course, abstract rude & aesop rock. I love death metal but my girlfriend hates it. She doesn’t know but I put on my headphones and blast nile or morbid angel. I even have some corpse paint in the car. There’s nothing that will scare your neighbors more than getting you mail with corpse paint on your face. I like folk music too, I think Bob Dylan’s great. He and king diamond should cut and album with DJ shadow or DJ premier as a default if shadow isn’t available. and they should have Danny Sergeant as a roadie.
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Ted- Who are some of the next level ams that you have an eye on?

Nate- Andrew Thompson is fucking blowing doors open as we speak. if he was a piano he’d be a Steinway. if he was a drink he’d be 18 year old Glen Fidduch. John hicks is killing it. the twins, pierce and Chris Brunner are both underrated as hell. This guy Jeff “blue” Wright, who I’m trying to get who rides for Surfride, is downright insane. not only on a skateboard but he’s crazy as hell. its alright though, I’ve got plenty of thorzine, just incase we need to put him in a strait jacket on the road. Trung Ngo from Sun Diego is rad. I used to torture him by making him listen really bad 80’s pop music like Debbie Gibson and new kids on the block. If I knew he was going to be a big as he is now i never would have done that. he can probably kick my ass now. Jamie Palomar is amazing as hell and Taylor Shuffield is now on flow with us and he just sent me some of the best footage for the video. So raw and rad.

Ted- Cool man, Well thanks for sitting down with me. Sorry if these questions
were stupid. This is my first interview of any kind of professional athlete.

Nate- Are you kidding me? These questions are 10 times better than every myspace interview i have ever done.

I grew up near the Washington Monument in DC and never went there as we used to skate all through the District of Columbia at all the ditches and obstacles in the city while listening to Minor Threat and The Obsessed. This pic is a great example of a kid who is so focused on throwing it, that even the launch of the Space Shuttle fails to take his mind off Skateboarding and the trick at hand. No offense to the moppets in the background checking out the liftoff but we were totally impressed that this kid decided to take advantage of the temporary emptiness of the bowl to get solid run in. This kid’s name is Dylan Durkin and we have been hearing about him for about a year now and when we received this photo from our Sales rep we felt it was time to commit.

Welcome Dylan. Keep on it.

Timmy Knuth still on a tear won the Playstation Am Jam tour stop in Orlando this past weekend at Mesh skatepark. Throwing it down all day to make it to the finals, Timmy laid down solid lines and continuous back to back tricks to take a commanding lead for the win. He now will take his seemingly unending bag of tricks up to Woodward Camp for the overall finals in August and a chance to win some big cash. Up next for Timmy he’s off to Minnesota for the Damn Am on June 6,7,8th.

“F54 Unchained Youth”

For immediate release 3/06/2007

Factor54 announces the addition of Nate Sherwood to head up Skate team.

Factor54 is pleased to announce the addition of professional skateboarder and industry stalwart Nate Sherwood. Sherwood, a regular on Fuel TV’s “American Misfits” and feature skater in 411VM’s “Up for Grabs” will be coming in to run F54’s growing skate program.

“We were getting input from everyone we knew and then while talking to Tony Reddington (editor of FTK Mag) at ASR he yelled for Nate to come over and we just dug his whole approach to the industry right away” said F54 co-chief Ted Wueste from his office in Newport Beach.

“We have a lot of talent on this team and the program is at a point where it needs solid focus” said F54 founder and CEO Todd Miller. Miller went on to point out that to really build a skate program of any kind of serious scope it needs someone who has lived and breathed as a professional skateboarder as well as someone who knows what a team needs to be successful.

Sherwood will be helping pick talent both at the pro and amateur level as well as reviewing what events the Factor team will be attending. Nate is currently sponsored by ‘eS Shoes, Ironic Skateboards, Kontrol wheels, and Willy Santos’ Willy’s Workshop. Sherwood also contributes to www.Olliemag.com.

About F54.
Factor54, based in Costa Mesa California is a lifestyle brand that is wholly owned and run by surfers, skateboarders and musicians focused on forward thinking design and the continual progression of skate and surf in both its team members and brand identity. “Value is not a screen on a Tee”…

Nate

C.A.S.L. 2008 WOODWARD WEST FEBRUARY 22-23-24, 2008

Congrats to F54’s Pierce Brunner for winning the sponsored 10 and under division and best trick in the C.A.S.L. 2008 Woodward West Event Feb 22-24, 2008. Pierce has been on fire winning his second event in a row and inching closer to the ratings lead.

Chris Brunner walked away with 4th place in the 10 and under sponsored division to keep the ratings tight with his twin brother. Also, Alec Gaie took home his best finished to date since moving up to the 11-15 sponsored division notching up a 3rd place.

F54 is stoked boys keep ripping!!!

Check back for a link on the event in the next few days.