SHOP TALENT: KEVIN “CHUCKY” JONES DECADE RIDE SHOP [ VISTA, CA. ]

Words by Kendall Klopfenstein

Editor’s note:
[Mr. Klopfenstein was too eager to write the “Mistaken Identity” interview to remember that most of us here don’t know anything about snowboarding, including who Kevin Jones is. Therefore, like Chucky, I didn’t get the joke either. Before you write in to this skateboarding magazine, remember that Mr. Klopfenstein’s pro-snowboarding bias doesn’t reflect that of the publisher, editors, or other contributing talents.]

There’s something that I need to tell the reader up front here. I lived for six years in a Colorado ski-town. There was a skate park there, but the city plowed snow into the deep-end in the dead of winter. I grew up skating, and then took up full-time snowboarding for a few years. It balanced out to be about eight months of riding and skating each, each year. There were a few months that overlapped. I’d consider myself 70% skate and 30% snow, considering I haven’t strapped in over two years, and no longer even own a snowboard.

That said, Migdol called me and said I needed to interview Kevin Jones. “Kevin C. Jones? In California?” I asked.

“Kevin C. Jones. In California.”
In case you’re not up on snowboarding, Kevin Jones was one of the pioneers of drinking and riding. A personal hero to me, if you will. I almost came in my pants as I thanked Migdol for the opportunity to speak to one of the greatest dudes ever. Here it is: The Kevin C. Jones Interview.

SO WHO DO YOU SKATE FOR THESE DAYS?
Split clothing, Decade Ride Shop, Etnies footwear, Ollie pop

WHAT HAPPENED TO JEENYUS?
What’s that?

IT’S A SNOWBOARD COMPANY.
Never heard of it. I don’t snowboard.

DO YOU EVER GET ANY MILF ASS WORKING AT THE SHOP?
Naw. I’m not that lousy.

LOUSY?
Yeah, I don’t really roll that way.

DO YOU JUST WEAR YOUR X-GAYMES MEDALS AROUND YOUR NECK ALL DAY AT THE SHOP?
No, I don’t have any X-Games medals.

NOT EVEN FOR YOUR BACK-TO-BACK WINS IN SLOPESTYLE IN 2000 AND 2001?
No, I don’t snowboard.

HOW DID YOU GO FROM HAVING YOUR OWN VIDEO-GAME CHARACTER TO WORKING IN A SKATESHOP?
I don’t have a video game character.

ARE YOU AND TARA STILL DOWN, OR ARE YOU JUST TEAMMATES? KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?
Uhh. I don’t know who that is.

TARA DAKIDES?
Dunno.

WHO’S PULLED MORE CHICKS, YOU OR PETER LINE?
Never heard of him. Hold on… (yells at other dude at the shop) Have you ever heard of Peter Line? No, never heard of him.

WHAT’S YOUR POISON THESE DAYS? IS IT STILL BUDWEISER?
No, mainly 211.

STEEL RESERVE IN THE SILVER LABEL OR THE BLACK LABEL?
(to the other shop dude) Do we get the 211 in the silver or black label? Silver, Man.

DO YOU STILL LOC OUT AT TAHOE THESE DAYS?
I told you. I DON’T SNOWBOARD.

Cool. Thanks, man.
I got to talk to one of my idols today. Thank you Automatic. I don’t know why he pretended to not know what I was talking about. He must be the most humble dude ever. First he wrecked the hill. Then, he wrecked his liver. Now, he’s wrecking shop.