Mark Gonzales Interview
2023
Photos by Grant Brittain
Copy from Thrasher Magazine, September 1986
What advice could you offer today’s young skaters?
I’d just tell them, don’t talk. Don’t talk about, “Oh, what’s-his-name says he’s so good at skating and I saw him skating and he wasn’t even that good.” You know, don’t even talk like that, just skate. If there’s a board out there that you really want, don’t bug your parents, go out there and work for it. Get it without their help. Don’t nag them to death. Especially if they don’t have the money to get it for you.
Any closing comments?
A lot of you might read this and go, “Man, this guy like really thinks he’s something.” Well, I do.