Caswell Berry Interview
[ photo by BMC ]
What kind of name is that?
I think Czechoslovakian. Or Polish. It was my grandpa's last name, that's all I know. So if my mom never got married, my name would be Caswell Caswell. That's pretty fucked up.
Have you cut your ponytail yet?
Yeah, I cut it a year ago. I just didn't know what to do with it.
Were you getting chicks with that thing?
Yeah, sometimes. Chicks dig it, man. Like I was at school, and they'd all want to play with my hair.
Didn't you have it shaved underneath or something?
Yeah, I don't know how to explain it. It was just shaved underneath, and I just had long hair on the top, and I'd pull it back. It was retarded.
So, you're from San Jose, but you're not handsome enough to be in the BMC?
True, that. I mean, I hang out with the guys, they are real cool and everything but I'm the ugly kid.
How do you look at yourself, Caswell?
I don't look at myself. I just don't ever look in the mirror anymore. Just stopped doing it.
Did you used to have a real pimply face?
Yeah, it's sort of going that way.
Is that why you think they won't let you in the BMC?
I think I'm not down enough, like I have to start drinking some more cheap beer and hang out with the crew a little bit more.
When you had a real pimply face, would you squeeze pimples on people at school?
No, but sometimes I would be in the mirror fixing it, and it would shoot out, and it would like launch on the mirror. It was pretty cool.
Have you ever smelled what the puss smells like?
No.
 Oh, it smells so gross.
Yeah, I bet.
Did you ever taste it?
No.
Oh, it tastes really shitty.
You tasted it before?
Well, fuck dude, you gotta be curious about those things. You're not a little bit curious?
No.
When you wipe your ass, do you smell the toilet paper?
No.
Do you at least look at it?
Not really, I think I did when I was a little kid.
Man, you have no interest in what kind of secretions your body emits?
No, not really. I mean, I look at my shit sometimes. When I was in San Diego, I guess it was since the time change or whatever, I didn't really shit as much as I normally would, and I guess it built up, and I had some crazy ones. They were super long.
When you guys go to Powell and you run around and play Bones Brigade, who do you get to be, Mike McGill?
Oh, thanks, man. No. Who do I play? I don't know, I guess I try to mix it with everybody. Like I try to throw a little bit of Cab in there, but, no, not Mike McGill. That's a little rough right there.
Because of your old shitty haircut are they constantly trying to make you play Ray Underhill?
No, no, I cut it before I got on.
Would you get bummed out if someone just walked up to you and punched you in the face?
Well, sometimes. Like if I was skating and I don't land my trick, and I'm just getting real pissed off, I have my friend Ryan punch me in the face sometimes. If I don't know the guy, yeah. Actually I got a situation something like that. When we were in Canada after Vancouver, we were celebrating at the bar, and Alan Petersen put salt in Mike Crum's beer, and Alan walked off, and my friend pointed at me when Mike Crum looked at him, and so Mike took a ketchup bottle and threw it at my head, and he was like two feet away. It didn't hurt, but he was kind of bummed out afterwards because he didn't know who did it, and he apologized. And he was super wasted.
Fuck, did it break and splatter?
No, it just like bounced off. It knocked my hat off my head though too. Yeah, it was tough, man.
That's awesome.
I guess so.
Caswell, do your I-love-yous now.
Sure. I think I'd like to thank Rob Washburn at Powell, Remy and all the guys at Volcom, Erin at Dragon, Matt at Random, Justin at Venture, Matt and Chris Avery, Tilt Mode Army, and everyone else I forgot, I'll get you back in another one.
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