Peter Molec

December 11, 2008 @ 1:44 PM

You been to America before?
No, its my first time (sounds a little nervous).

Ph: Tibor

Is this part of a masterplan? In an ideal world, would you like to be a professional skateboarder?
Wooooah. I dunno. I just like to skate; I’m not a professional, I don’t know how it would be if I WAS a professional…but I think its good- a good thing if you’re just skating and you are aware that being a professional is not something you can be for very long. But I’d like to be a professional- one day. If I could live from skateboarding, that would be my dream.

Can I ask you a couple of questions about Slovakia?
Yes, of course.

Do you remember when Czechoslovakia broke up?
(Sighs) Not really…I was really young, only about eight years old.
I remember that it was really shitty, though, because (the decision to divide the country) was only taken by two guys in government… Czechs, not Slovaks, and they just said “We are going to do this” then did it. They didn’t go to the people, didn’t have a referendum or anything.

Nollieheel. Ph: Deeli

What is the relationship between the Czechs and the Slovaks today?
Pretty good: we are like brothers, its perfect. For me, I don’t understand why they split us and I don’t know anybody who thinks it’s a good idea. Before it was pretty good, you know? We had more money and jobs…I don’t know.

And what about the skate scene? I know the Slovak guys travel to the Czech Republic, but do the Czech guys come to Bratislava?
Not really. Only for competitions. If they can earn some money here, they come, but otherwise…there aren’t that many spots here. Well- there are some, but you need a local to show you everything.  They don’t come so often.