Brian Phelps

Since 1996 Brian has constantly evolved as a pro skater. When his first video part came out in Toy Machine's Welcome to Hell, he came out of nowhere and held his own along side some of the heaviest names in skateboarding at the time. By the time his part in Jump off a Building came out, he was pro. To continue his ascension to legend status, the following year he was awarded Thrasher's S.O.T.Y. He moved on to Girl Skateboards, and his skating got even better. Patrick says it best in the intro when he talks about Brian being a regular dude who happened to get the opportunity to become pro, and didn't kook it.

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I almost forgot to get you a
water, and I was in line, so I

And there's M&Ms if you guys
want some M&Ms or gum.

JERRY HSU: You could do a trick
to land there, maybe.

BRIAN ANDERSON: That kitty
litter doesn't

BRAD STABA: We used to skate
that thing every single day.

And we would like buy a boombox
and bring a fucking

whatever mixtape and just push
play and skate that thing like

We didn't go there with
cameras, you know?

PATRICK O'DELL: You would
just go to session it?

BRAD STABA: We would go there
every single day, seriously.

The thing is like he didn't go
into skateboarding like, I'm

I'm going to make this tape,
and I'm going to send it to

this guy and they're going
to give me free shit.

And if it didn't happen, he
would be doing like--

Now he's one of the best
skateboarders ever.

Brian is probably a little bit
different than some pro

skaters in that he's worked in
his life full-time jobs as

like a cook and all these
different things.

So I think he's one of those
skaters that really

appreciates probably being pro,
because he knows what he

The first video I remember him
in was the "Welcome to Hell"

This big, beastly guy who's
got a lot of pop.

My favorite trick Brian Anderson
does is 360 flips.

I wanted to do this episode to
kind of get an insight into

So after the Beauty and the
Beast tour, I went up to San

Francisco to meet up with him
and see what his life's like.

And I don't know, I just wanted
to get in his head.

And so this is it, the Brian
Anderson episode.

FEMALE SPEAKER: OK, what
can I get for you?

FEMALE SPEAKER: OK, white,
wheat, or rye?

DONNY BARLEY: Can I add
bacon to the omelette?

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