OSIRIS.com
By MURAKAMI
July 28, 2009

I tried to get a little interview up with PLG after the Maloof Cup, but PLG is a hard man to track down. It’s a little late, but you know what they say, ” Better late than never.”

I’ve watched a lot of contests in my time, but this one seemed like one of the best. How did you like the mini mega being added to the standard vert contest?
The Mini mega rail really added something new and original that is really appealing to street sk8ers cause they can relate to it a lot more than vert walls… It’s really comparable to a handrail or even a really big flat bar and the tricks that went down are similar that what you would see at a street contest !

Some crazy sh** was going down all day long. Alex landed his kickflip 50-50 and Bob landed his back 180 switch 50-50 grind on the rainbow rail. Is it hard not to sit back and become a spectator when such great skating is happening?
I think that we all feed off each other and when the level of sk8ing gets higher, it motivates us to try gnarlier stuff !

The contest only heated up when it moved to the vert ramp. Alex, Bob, and yourself were all neck and neck and all throwing down big tricks. Was there anything you wanted to try but didn’t have the time to?
As far as single tricks, I’m really satisfied with what I pulled… I was really hyped on the nollie heel flip indy 540 and the kickflip b/v Mctwist but I would have wanted to take longer runs and do more trick combinations …. But the heat and the fact we sk8ed the rail jam right before ( I slammed pretty hard on my right knee) made it a lot harder on our legs and more difficult to with stand long runs.

You put together some great runs and ended up in second with a load of money and some cool prizes? What are you going to get me for my Bday? It’s in 8 days.
Man, I lagged so much on responding to your email… I’m pretty sure I’m late for your B-day… Sorry.. But I’d be happy to take you out for dinner this week or after X games ! Are you in ?
Attention everyone. PLG is taking me out for a Bday dinner and you are all invited.

So what’s next for you?
I just got done with the first stop of the Dew Tour in Boston and now just getting ready for X games in LA this coming week end… Dew Tour started well with a solid 2nd place behind Bucky and I’m just wanna keep it positive for the vert finals at Home Depot center on Saturday…!