Ian MacKay Rules All!

Since you’ve ridden a skateboard, is there something that you see similar in making music?
I don’t really compare the two things, but I suppose that skating really helped develop my balance and reflexes. Skating definitely taught me how not to fall. Having said that, I’ve certainly eaten shit plenty of times on stage as well as skating.

What I can say about skateboarding is that I really learned how to reassign properties to the world around me. This was not a conscious practice, but still it was occurring. Suddenly the weather means something completely different to you. Swimming pools take on a new potential reality. You’re not just taking a swim anymore. If you go into a parking lot and there’s a little bank on the side of it, you make a mental note of it. The surface of the streets, are they rough or smooth? There are any number of lines that you start to see.

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