Q: Where do you currently reside?

A: I reside in Campbell, I use to live in Scotts valley for 3 years, but my ex-wife didn't like it up there after awhile... To lonely and far away from friends and family which were based in San Jose. I really liked it up there, it was very beautiful and peaceful, plus I was like 15min. From Santa Cruz... The beach!

Q: Current Sponsors?

A: Powell Skateboards, Vans Shoes, Sessions Clothing, Fox Skate Pads, Dragon Optics, Protec Helmets, Vestal Watches, Autobahn Wheels, Krux Trucks, Skatewave Skate Parks, Bones Swiss Bearings, RDS Skateshop, Skaterade Beverage Company and Randoms Hardware.

Q: How old were you when you turned pro?

A: I turned Pro in 1980 at the Gold Cup series in Southern California at the Oasis skatepark contest... I was 15 years old and I had been sponsored by Powell since 1978 as an amateur for them and won all the competitions I entered, so I was ready at that time for sure.

Q: Who were some of the skaters you looked up to when you first started skating?

A: I looked up to Ty Page, Howard hood, Lonnie Hiramoto, Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva... Guys like that from the early 70's.

Q: How come you have stuck with Powell for your whole pro career and haven't started your own board company?

A: I've stayed with Powell all these years because I enjoy being a professional skateboarder who still gets to travel the world skating and having fun. I never wanted to get into the business to early because then I would have to put the skateboard away and become a full on business man with a 9 to 5 job and I wasn't into that, I'm still not, I love the freedom I have being a skateboarder:)

Q: From all the years you have been in skateboarding what would you say was the most memorable for you? And Why?

A: The most memorable time has to be when I first got on Powell Peralta back in 1978 and I got to travel down to southern California every weekend to skate a new skatepark down there that I only read about in the magazines back in the day, now I got to ride them and meet all these pros I looked up to from Stacy bringing me around all the time all over the place.

Q: The Raging waters Ramp in San Jose, Do you miss it?

A: Yea... I miss that whole scene back in 1987, it was awesome. The ramp was super fun and it was cool that we could just show up and skate when ever we wanted to and we also got to go on the waterslides everyday all day long, plus they gave us food vouchers to eat there as well. We were the entertainment for the people waiting in line for the slides, so we were basically employees there.

Q: Do you still keep contact with the original Bones Brigade? (Tony, Lance, Tommy and Mike)

A: The only one I really ever have kept in contact with all the time is Lance Mountain, we were and still are really good friends Lance and I. Tony & I talk to on occasion because of the video game and being associated with his Boom Boom Huck Jam Tours. McGill, I've skated with a few times recently at the Soul Bowl events down in Hermosa Beach and I just saw Tommy G at an Art Auction event in the city at a club that was sponsored by Skaterade last weekend.

Q: Animal Chin and the search for him. Who came up with that whole thing?

A: The Idea was a collaboration of the whole team where we wanted to film skating, but the story line was written by Stacy and a friend of his. It was a lot of adlib stuff in the film, but we had an idea of what the story line was about, it was the best time for the team because that's when we spent the most time together at one time and that's when we became the closest to each other and NO... We never gay off with each other like big brother always wanted to know, we like and still do love the opposite sex:)

Q: How many Pro Model boards have you had with Powell since the beginning? (Different Graphics)

A: I have had about close to 50 pro decks with Powell. My first dragon on the bearing O.G. Graphic lasted for over 6 years till we finally changed it to something else, we only changed the shape of the deck over the years, which was pretty cool and I'm stoked the image lasted so long as my icon in skateboarding.

Q: Does it amaze you to see the original Cab boards going for well into the thousands on E-bay?

A: Yes, I does amaze me that they are going for such high prices and it's a nice compliment that people are that stoked on my memorabilia.. It's an honor for me and I'm fortunate to have such loyal fans like that, so it definitely reassures me that I've done a good thing for our sport and have brought much happiness to other in our industry.

Q: You bring your daughter Kayla to the skatepark with you a lot, do you encourage her to go or does she insist on going?

A: I encourage her more to come to the park, rather than her insisting. I don't think she enjoys skating as much as I would like her to:( She would rather play with her stuffed animals or go dirt bike riding instead, but that's cool with me because I love riding Motocross with her.

Q: What is the status on The Faction?

A: The Faction is on a Long break for awhile, when the buzz comes around again where people really want to see us play, then we'll get a show or two together, but as for now we are not practicing or playing anymore. We did just release a new limited Faction skateboard with the company Outlookskates, it came out awesome, it's the Faction bat logo.

Q: Favorite Skateboarding Video Part(s)? (Of all time)

A: All the Powell Peralta videos from back in the day.

Q: Favorite Website(s)?

A: It will be done in a few months... stevecaballero.com... plus ebay.com and Racerxill.com, megomuseum.com and skateone.com

Q: Favorite snack?

A: popcorn, sunflower seeds, corn nuts or beef jerky.

Q: Favorite place you have traveled to skateboard?

A: Japan and Australia

Q: You collect various toys etc. What would be the coolest toy you have bought recently?

A: A Bathing Ape 12" doll of the artist NIGO from Japan. I'm really into underground/ Urban art and toys, it's a small scene that hasn't hit the mainstream yet, so I think it's really cool:)

Q: What has kept you in San Jose all these years? How come you haven't moved to so-cal like so many other do?

A: Because San Jose rules and it's my home, I love it here, it has all that I need to keep me happy, loved, motivated and challenged. The weather here is pretty nice and the scenery is very beautiful compared to most places.

Q: Do you ever see yourself not skating?

A: Every other day, I see myself on a dirtbike on those days:) as for quitting our sport, not yet... Having too much fun at the moment with skating plus there's to much to learn.

Q: What do you spend most of your time doing these days?

A: I spend most of my time skating, riding MX, selling stuff on Ebay, traveling, taking care of my daughter, drawing and painting, writing new music on my home studio, spending time with my girlfriend Krissie and out new Boxer pup... Sam:)

Q: Well CAB it has been an honor to be able to interview you I definitely looked up to you as I first began to skateboard as so many others did also. So for the last question who would you like to thank or say what up to?