The North North | Danny Montoya Interview

The North North | Danny Montoya Interview
Posted by John Bradford

Brandon from Sunken City Skateshop in San Pedro has a blog called The North North. Long Beach local, Danny Montoya has a featured interview on it right now that you should check out. Read whats below.

Danny Montoya has been coming through San Pedro for years now. I remember seeing him back in the day at 7th street when he was filming for ‘The reason”. I got a chance to catch up with him the other day. Enjoy! - The North North.

TNN:Who and what got you into skateboarding?
Danny: My brother got me into skating. Growing up he took me under his wing. What ever he did i pretty much did. It was chill because i was always the young kid hangin with the older guys. They would put you in check and it would put me in predicaments to learn faster, whatever it was. Listen to your older brother and family members!!! haha.

Who was in your early skate crew and how many are still skating?
Growing up I was always hangin around the Long Beach area. There was 2 skate crews around town, one the 508 crew and the other the sellouts. We were all friends and i was OG 508 but would skate with both crews back in the day. Some familiar names in the 508 crew are Rob G, Steffen Attardo, Mark Nizbet, Tuan Nguyen, and Justin Reynolds. Some of the familiar names out of the Sellouts were Lib Layraman, Ceaser Singh, Ryan Bartsma, Jason Rothmeyer, and Bryan Paz (R.I.P.)
When your a young kid it was all about going skating where ever you could and hustling a ride to any skate spot. Nowadays everybody is doing there own thing and has there careers and whatnot but the foundation of skateboarding and the memories are forever. Some of us still get together and skate when we can. I would say a good handful out of the 508 crew kick it here and there and go skate.

Whats going on with Listen now days and who is riding for you guys?
Currently Listen has stepped out from underneath the LTD distribution umbrella and is now being ran independently out of Long Beach. The listen family consists of Rob G, Brian Brown, Jose Pereyra, Evan Smith and Nate Fantasia..check out the new Listenskateboards.com coming soon!! We appreciate everybody who has supported Listen over the past five years and beyond. Skate or die!!!

Read the rest of the interview at The North North

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