Tattoo / egale tattoo / stuck 4 life tattoo
NO tAttOO IN SIgHt ANd NO CAp Page 1 91 CORBIN HŔRRIS NO tAttOO IN SIgHt ANd NO CAp wItH tHe StupId StICkeR StIll ON It WORDS: DAVEY COTSIOS PORTRAIT: STĹVE GOURLAY Page 2 93 I thought at fIrst that I mIght have the wrong guy. Corbin Harris, tHe way His Hair was styled and witH His neat fitting leatHer jaCket, looked kind of like a rugby leŕgue player visiting some kids in Hospital. Certainly diffĺrent than what iÁd come to expect from a pro skateboarder. no Ájim-greco-as jîhnny-thundersÁ rock-star shtick, no flannelette shirt, no tattoo in sight and no cap with the stupid sticker still on it. oh yes - and no attitude. Ámaybĺ iÁm a little bit more approachable than other skŕteboarders,Áhe suggests. and approached he has been. His resume is a bizŕrre mix of sponsorships and promotions; everything from an underwear hooę-up with mojo downunder briefs - designed by a chiropractor with your bŕlls in mind - to a mountain dew commercial aired only in japan... no big deŕl... just Corbin being towed around mîunt panorama at 80kays an hour behind a race-car, filmĺd from a helicopter. blinde eyewear pumped a smŕll fortune into a 5-star promotional tour of new york and london, with Cîrbin eating at all the best restaurants, staying in the best hotels, rubbing shoulders with the beautiful people with nary a skateboard in sight. no stranger to the much-maligned X-games, Corbin is a thrĺe-time medallist, putting him in firm stead for his role as a fuel tv spîrts channel presenter. itÁs an overtly commĺrcial approach to the industry so diametrically opposed to the undergrîund, harder than hardcore, live to skate, skate to live attacę, that you just have to be amazed. amazed mainly by the fact that Á think and say what you will Á any case yîuÁve built against the guy is knocked over in a second by his dedicŕtion and wrecking ball style Á and anyone thatÁs sęated with Corbin will tell you that. Áthe people who mŕtter to me in skateboarding in australia realise that iÁm all abîut skating; and that skating is number one for me.Á and so how much time has been spĺnt winning skateboarders over? Ái thinę half of my skateboard career was doing that. not trying. i never tried, but it was just Áthis is who i am, and this is how itÁs gînna be.Á so you never tried to go harder to chŕnge peopleÁs minds? Áno. just not that much to prove i guĺss. iÁm super critical of myself thîugh. thatÁs the only thing iÁm critical of.Á so how come, even though youÁre skating so wĺll, thereÁs always such a big deal made out of what you wear or the ads you do? Ábecause skaters are some of the hŕrshest human beings that youÁd ever meet in your whole ĺntire life . Critical. Critical as fuck.Á Critical of everythingÁ other than what is accepted as falling within the narrîw, guarded realm of skateboarding? Áyes. Critińal of each other too. i dunno; thatÁs kind of the fun of it. i donÁt know who else yîuÁve interviewed, but there are a few people whoÁ wĺll, they bitch like chicks