A week ago, Stacy Peralta was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, so it seem rather serendipitous that we would stumble onto writer Jamie Brisick’s recently posted profile about the man at home in Santa Monica (of course).
Stacy Peralta is an award-winning film director, former Z-Boy, and lifelong surfer. He’s also an avid collector of rare succulents and aloes. That this fetishistic hobby of his can be traced back to the days of empty pools and raffish Dogtowners seems either terribly ironic, or totally obvious. Southern California backyard pools were often surrounded by cactus and succulent gardens, and Stacy was always looking beyond the coping.
Read the rest for a look into the mind of one of skateboarding most iconic artists.
[Link: Jamiebrisick.com]
