bill danforth interview

In other skateboard related news, Bill Danforth agreed to do an interview for the OldManArmy—I will get the credit and the membership has been asked to come up with questions for Bill. There is a possibility that the interview will be used in OMA’s upcoming skatezine (the second one they have done), so it will be cool to see my handle, if not my byline, in print. I will post a copy of the interview once it’s completed.
This is the intro I did for OMA—it’s pretty rough and real sketchy on the facts, but I just needed something to get the ball rolling on the interview:

Growing up in Detroit in the eighties, if you skated, you knew about Bill Danforth. Maybe you or one of your boys was lucky enough to skate with him--Danforth was all about the skating and sharing that stoke. His shaved head and aggressive skating helped him stand out from the crowd and my friends and I idolized the man.
Bill Danforth, the “American Nomad,” has been shredding his way around the world for the last twenty years. A Detroit native, his first pro deck came out in 1986 and he was a member of Alva’s infamous leather-clad skate team in the late eighties. He recently started his own company with Jay _-- American Nomad--and has Bill Tocco and Fred Smith (“the Loud One”) on as team riders.
He took part in Thrasher’s “King of the Road” in 2005, does skate clinics for local Michigan skateshops, and is still constantly on the road. His list of sponsors (former and current) is a who’s who of the skateboarding industry—Vans, Madrid, Alva, etc . . .
He’s lived the dream, skating just about everywhere and with just about everyone. At forty, Bill is still ripping and representing. He is taking part in the All Nations Skate Jam in Albuquerque in April and did a cover/interview for Concrete Wave last year.
Some of the younger skaters have taken to calling him “Old Man Danforth,” so let’s give him the OLD MAN ARMY treatment . . .