Peter Ramondetta, 24 hours from Tulsa

January 23, 2008 @ 2:02 PM

If anybody embodies real skateboarding its Peter Ramondetta. He flew 12 hours to come to a winter jamboree in London a while back, freezing cold, no sleep, board under the arm, not a word of complaint. They say get in where you fit in, and in his long term sponsors Real and Circa he has done just that, repping nothing but the drive of skateboarding itself.
He’s not going to model sunglasses and he’ll never be on MTV. We got him out of bed to find out which of the Real owners can still cut it on the dancefloor.

Did I wake you up?
No, I had to get up anyway, I’m having a coffee right now. Kinda slept in today, sorry.

But we can share a few minutes of your time?
Sure, no problem.

So tell me, are you skating for the strongest Real team ever?
I don’t know, Real is pretty strong right now, but it’s always been really good, pi