Set up Sessions: Robert Guerrero

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Setup sessions with the travelling man of rollerblading, Mr. Robert Guerrero. Check out his setup and music tastes.

What are you wearing and why?
I like to wear Sandals to let my feet breath.I wear alot of gray's and blacks either because of my red/green color blindness, or I am just afraid to be adventerous with colors.
Just started to wear white T-shirts again, have two of them now. Stopped wearing white T-shirts for a while because they are stain magnets. I like comfortable fitting pants, 32w. 34L., boot cut stlylee, but I'll pretty much wear whatever style as long as I feel comfortable in them. Good fitting pants are hard to find. Been wearing alot of button up shirts lately bought at wisconson thrift stores for the average price of 50 cents. Shirt size has gone down to a medium. Slimmed up a bit from skating at camp for 5 weeks so slimmer clothes feel more comfortable to me. Got a black NY yankees hat from a friend of mine so I've been wearing that as well. Usually don't wear hats. Also got a grey suit for a dollar at a thrift store so I wear that out on special ocassions. I just got some new Nike's for 29.95 here in ATL but have yet to wear them.
I usually only like to have about 2 pairs of shoes (one for casual and one for running/walking). My casual shoes are a pair of Jayson Reduta's old Adidas that I still wear to this day, and polish when faded (Thanks Jay), and my running shoes are some adidas I bought in Austin Texas about 7 years ago when I first went to live with Lonnie Gallegos.

Which skate setup do you rock and why?
While I was at Lake Owen Skate Camp, I broke a frame and was in search of some new ones. Lake owen Vetran Mike Garlinghouse happened to have some old ground controls on his old xsjados that he said he would give me, so I got some allen wrenches and started to take them off. Halfway through, I asked him if I could just try skating the skates with the frames on them because it had been so long. He said yes but told me it would probably be better to try his brand new Stockwells with Kizer suspensions. Of course being the untimely stubborn person I can be at times, I passed up the offer and opted to roll the old ones. The grooves were pretty much all the way the the shoes which put a damper on my experience once again, so I asked him if I could try his new ones. Being the cool dude G-House is, with no hesitation he said of course and let me skate them for the next 4 hours. The rest of the week I skated his skates whenever he was off them until he left camp.
At the end of the next week, another kid with xsjados let me skate them, and since it was the end of the week I asked if he would be willing to make a trade. He agreed, we shaked hands, and for my old skates, a set of wheels, and thirty bucks I had some really old but new to me xsjados. They have the Xsjado frames on them with Jeff Stockwell Heat Wheels and really rusty old bearings.

Who are your favourite Musicartists?
Here are some of my "favorite" artists to listen to of lately.
- Andre 3000 - Soul Position
- A Silver Mt. Zion
- A Whisper in the Noise
- Fiona Apple - Aceyalone and Rjd2
- Bjork
- Keane
- Rod Stewart
- Sufjan Stevens
- Emiliana Torrini
- Explosions in the Sky
- Dalai Lama

What are your favourite songs?
"It's all understood" - Jack Johnson
"your eyes open" - Keane
"what sara said" - Death Cab for Cutie
"A Beautiful Mine" - Aceyalone
"Wishful Thinking" - Scarub
"It Dawned on me" - Calla
"He Lays in The Reigns" - Iron and Wine & Calexico
"Forget me" - Eyedea & Abilities Ft. Slug
"Final nail" - Alias & Tarsier
"All of the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands" - Sufjan Stevens
"Burn Out" - Cinematic Orchestra
"Stay Where You Are" - Ambulance Ltd.
"Young Hearts Be Free Tonight" - Rod Stewart

Photo and interview by Philipp Forstner

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Comments

August 08th, 2006 @ 05:04 - by ambler ambler

i don't know him personally. but you can see this person's honesty and no BS mentality. Fresh skates every month? no need. matching wheels/laces/cuffs? who cares.
from simple elements like that you can get a good idea of individuals.

August 07th, 2006 @ 16:35 - by Dem Deshi's