Rich Upjohn

Adam Sandler: buffoon or comic genius?
A rich man makes that question irrelevent (laughter).

Who's had the biggest influence on you, riding and otherwise?
Whoa, uh... (thinks) Robert Smith, Brian Hobson, and Jesus.

Favorite tricks, tricks invented...
Favorite trick is a deathtruck, of course.

Going as fast as you possibly can.
Absolutely. Tricks I've invented...uh, I guess the last one was just the other day: deathtruck to junkyard. That's fun.

Who's the second best flatlander ever?
Second?

Well, the first is obviously Jones, right?
Ah, I think Chase.

Really?
I think Chase and Jones are pretty much duking it out there. I don't know anybody besides them (laughter). All I know is that [flatland today] is all built on what they did five years ago

Greatest accomplishment.
Uh...I'm still here.

When you're not riding or listening to the Cure, what occupies your time?
Sebastian [his son], Julie [girlfriend]... (thinks) Huh, that's about it.

What's with kids these days and their huge baggy pants?
I see them in the rain and they're like a big wick (laughter), the water up to their freakin' knees. What is that? I love it when it rains; it makes it so easy to pick out the losers (laughter). How useful is that? You can't do a fuck truck in those friggin' shants with the crotch way down at your knees (laughter). Forget it.
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