• Japanese
• English

First setup:
It was Powell Peralta’s Mike MicGill board with Tracker Trucks and G-Bones.

First trick:
Ollie.

First pro you ever met in person:
Curtis McCann from Underworld Element.

First skate video you ever watched:
H-Street, Shackle Me Not.

First video part you got blown away by:
Mike Carroll from Questionable.

First coverage in a skate magazine:
A sequence of a bigspin boardslide in Rad Magazine, around ’93.

First video part:
Panic’s A Mixed Media. It’s an English video.

First time you got featured in an American skate media:
411VM issue 22, Rookie section.

First time you felt like an outsider in the US:
Whenever I say my name PAUL in the US, people think I said POOL.

First cuss word:
Fuck.

First thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word VHS:
Massive recorders.