Tyler the Creator Meets Tony the Hawk

By Beatriz Areilza / February 2nd, 2012 in Talks / Sydney / 165 views

In one of the strangest pairings we’ve seen in a long time, skateboard icon Tony Hawk interviews polarizing figure and Odd Future frontman Tyler, The Creator. The match is a little less nonsensical, however, when you remember that the Los Angeles-based alt hip hop crew are heavily influenced by skate culture. To celebrate the Big Day Out Festival‘s arrival in Sydney, an OFWGKTA pop-up store was open and drew mile-long crowds, though Tyler still wasn’t cocky about its success.

Look, if we don’t make good money by Sunday, we are gonna close this shit. If it’s good we’re gonna let it go until we start seeing we don’t get broke.

The Creator, who was recently arrested for skating past a police officer, has launched an Odd Future clothing line and he shares with Tony what inspires him most to make his T-Shirts; mainly meth and his love for cats. Obviously, skateboarding is a big part of their conversation and Tyler has a lot to say about it.

I did music and then I got into skateboarding because my friends did it. This was around ‘Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4′ around 2002. As corny as that sounds, that’s my shit. All my friends skated.

Aside from amphetamines and felines, the OFWGKTA crew gets a lot of inspiration from skateboarding for their music videos, no wonder Tyler mentions he receives fan videos everyday showing their skateboarding skills.