Nick Dompierre Start Your Engines

October 28, 2008 @ 5:00 AM

You just concentrated on the things you love to do most, which got you where you are today—that goes for most pros. But it doesn’t mean that you have to care about what’s going on in the industry, even though there’s really just a few who really don’t give a shit.
Oh, yeah, I don’t really care about who’s riding for who, and who got kicked off of what company. That doesn’t matter to me. I just skate, and do what I have to do. Go on trips, keep the sponsors happy, and…fuck the bullshit, you know?

One of your sponsors is a burrito shop, which is nice to have I’m sure, but do you have sponsors in the race car biz as well?
No, but I wish, man, I wish I could get something like that. That’d be great!

Could that be a possible career for you, after skateboarding?
I’ll probably just try and become a drag racer. Or I’ll open up a shop and just build race cars.

Drag racing…strap yourself in front of a rocket, and go?
It’s a rush, man, it’s a lot of fun.

Where are you originally from, and what’s it like there?
Same place I’m still at, New Bedford, Massachusetts. It’s pretty mellow. It’s home, you know? I’m used to it. There are some parts where it’s a little city-ish, and then you have the suburbs, like, quiet town area. It’s cool, we have the seasons and stuff, we get snow; whatever, it’s not nice all year round, so when it’s nice, we get to appreciate it.

What’s on the menu for the summer months?
Skate, and travel. That’s it, pretty much, I guess. I’m supposed to go to New York pretty soon, for a Volcom trip, then Denver for an Adio trip…I’ve got a bunch of stuff way down in my calendar somewhere.

Allright, let’s call it a wrap, then. Last words?
Uhm… Shit, uhm… Fuck it, just skate, and…get a car and race it, pretty much.

Nick skates for Real skateboards, Spitfire wheels, Thunder trucks, Volcom, Adio, Red Bull, Solstice skateshop, No Problemo Burrito

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