Eniz Fazliov Get On The Fast Train

December 03, 2009 @ 7:39 AM

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Do people still get so into one guy or one scene that they copy it the world over, do you think?
Well I mean, of course there’s been a few more rails up since Romero’s, so it does have an effect. But although I was really stoked on the new Alien video for example, it’s not like I’m going to now only jump on rails straight on. At the same time, if a rail like that comes along, where I think I could do that, I’m not going to not try it, just to be different, you know? You can’t be the guy stuck in ’92 when everyone else is moving on. I guess what I’m saying is that for me it takes more than just one video or one video part. I find it annoying when people start doing a certain trick just because their favourite skater does it. But of course you get inspired by what other skaters are doing.

Do a lot of your friends have jobs or school or something, are you ever stuck without people to skate with during the day?
A lot of my friends I skate with work in the shop that I also ride for, Lamina. Well, I say a lot, but I guess it’s like two people…

You only have two friends?
Yeah I only have two friends. Nah, but I usually skate with those guys, and there’s a couple of other guys that don’t have to work or anything, so they’re pretty much always up for skating. Like Dino (Simo Mäkelä) for example, he’s always skating.

So you don’t have to fiddle your thumbs til the afternoon?
No, but I’m not really a morning person either. In the summer, when I don’t work, I don’t often get up before twelve anyway, so by the time I’m getting ready to go skate around three, I can already start calling people then to meet up when they get out of work.

Speaking of work, you finished a trade school in painting a couple of years back. Did you ever think about getting a job doing that?
I did a few painting jobs here and there afterwards, but I never got like an actual job in a company or anything.

What sort of painting is that you studied?
In my school they had like an arts department and a renovation department. I can’t draw a stickman myself, so I was in the renovation department. You learn to paint houses, interiors, all kinds of things.

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What’s it like in your area, Tikkurila?
It’s just a train stop when you head north from Helsinki. I’ve lived there for six years and I probably know like one person there. The whole time I’ve lived there I’ve just been skating so much and hanging out with my skater friends, so I never really spend time in Tikkurila. I was never that into hanging out at the youth centre, getting wasted at the station, get a moped, the sort of stuff that people do here.

You never had a moped?
No. I’m sure I would’ve loved one as a kid and it would be a cool thing to brag about now, but no, never had one.

You never go out to like a local bar or anything?
No, cause I don’t really know anyone here and I don’t exactly feel like asking my friends to come out here and drink in some shitty bar and get into trouble with skinheads and stuff.

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