Interview Gavin Ashley
Hi, what's your real name , where are you from how old you are and how old you skate?
HI All 👋 I'm Gavin Ashley or Gav for short. I'm from Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Im 46 yrs old and been sk8n for about 33 yrs now.
What was your first skate complete,did you remember that?
Tell us about your beginnings on the skateboard..where and how all started
I first stood on a friend's plastic banana board when I was about 5 but It wasn't until i went on holidays at about 12 and saw transition sk8n for the first time and I was hooked. It wasn't until i was about 15 when i got access to my first bowl and I've never looked back.
You are doing art,tell us more about your art ,how it all started and what's your style and future projects?
I see life as art everything we do, is a practice of a form of art.
From how we hold and move our bodies, create the food to eat, to how we use our mind and body to create things outside of ourselves. It's all a form of art.
I have studied esoteric arts for most of my life and in more recent years that has led my focus mainly on making music through drums that I have designed and built.
What's your inspiration in art? Did you have your fav artist,your idols?
life is my inspiration for art for i look around and i am completely amazed at the grand design of all things of our world. The colours, the shapes, the way it makes you feel 🥰
Life and the world around me has always been my inspiration for my art. How you can look into the world around us and not be inspired is beyond me 🤷😍
What's your biggest inspiration in skateboarding and life?
My biggest inspiration in my skateboarding life has always and will always be my mates, who I sk8 with. As they are the ones that push and inspire me to better, to push myself more. Get me out and sk8 more. I am very thankful throughout my life many of my friends are some of the most amazing sk8ers in the world and awesome humans in general. 😍
Tell us something about your local skate scene , which spots you like to skate ?
I am very thankful I have 2 bowls to sk8 pretty close and one is on the cliff at the beach so it's just beautiful to be there 😍
I have a few bowls that I call my homes. One being the first ever bowl I sk8ed in Elwood Vic Australia.
Also Frankton sk8park is another one of my home parks Sk8ed that place regularly since it was built as well and i was born there so ya gotta love it.
Last is where I live now in Wonthaggi that I have also sk8ed regularly since it was built. Due to life injury I don't really sk8 street anymore.
Your top 5 skate designs?
I never really cared about graphics or shapes i usually get my boards given to me or I bought bargain bin ones.
Your best music to skate?
Esoterik
Hilltop Hoods
Most Australian hip hop gets me going.
have to throw in some
"Imagine Dragons" for good measure 😁
I like to listen to uplifting, empowering music while I sk8 🥰
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