Caught Up with Scotty Arnold and Alex Sherman

 Waterproof Down Jacket Interview by Ben Gavelda School is out and summer is rolling along. This brought the big andlittle combo of Scotty Arnold and Alex Sherman by the Transworldoffice to liven up the joint and enjoy some summer chillin'. Theduo left Park City and are trekking up the coast to Mt. Hood.They're road tripping it the right way and stopped off for a littleskating, surfing, and roadside fun. Here's what they had to say about the past winter and their summerplans. So what brings you two down to SoCal? Alex: Just hangin' out here. SCO: Yeah just hangin'. We're headed up to Mount Hood and wethought we would kick it down here for a week then make the driveup. Do you have a place down here? SCO: Well, my whole family lives in Newport so I try to get downhere as much as I can. I live in Park City and then in the summer time I try to come outas much as I can and surf, skate, and do all that stuff. YeahNewport is awesome. Who do you ride for? Alex: Rossignol, Vans, Smith Exit Real World, and Airblaster. SCO: Salomon, Vans, Boost Mobile, Park City, and Airblaster too. Who did you film with this winter? Alex: Variety Pack for their video "Guns Out" and Team Thunder for"Gold Country." I also got a couple shots in "I Ride Park City." SCO: Grenade's new movie "The Boned Age" and Park City's "I RidePark City." Do you guys surf at all? SCO: We try [both laughing]. We haven't gone since we got here, buthopefully we'll make it out at least once. We heard about the sharkattack, then we saw this magazine with a picture of the coast andthis triangle they called the death zone of sharks. Supposedly it'sright down the street, so we might keep a bit north of that. It'sfun, it just takes a lot of work even getting out to the waves. What trip was the most fun for you this winter? SCO: One of the best trips was this TWS trip to Newfoundland withTrevor Andrew, Chris Grenier, Java Fernandez, and Scott Serfas. I'dnever been up there so I didn't know what to expect. We just wentup there for like twenty days. They had a bunch of snow so we werecruising around to find jibs and urban stuff. Trevor had spent sometime up there when he was a kid and that's where he got started. Itwas his idea and Serfas was like yeah lets do it, so we made astory out of it. Alex: Ahh&going to Big Bear for the GVR contest. That was fun, I'dnever been to Big Bear before. There was a skatepark and jibs andjumps everywhere. I went with one of my buddies from Portland andanother from Park City. It was sick, we were up there for four orfive days. I snagged some cashish, seven hundred and fifty big onesfor makin' it to the finals. Scotty, you have your HCSC signature session coming up, right? SCO: Yep, session one with Andreas Wiig and Hana Beaman. It shouldbe fun, hopefully we'll get a bunch of snow. I guess it snowed likeeight inches last week. Yeah we're going up there skate, snowboard,and hang with the kids. Hopefully we don't get rained on. I don'teven think I brought a jacket on this trip. Alex: Hopefully no tsunami storm. I didn't bring my kayak or rainjacket. I brought a jacket, but it's nowhere near waterproof. Ithink it's made out wool [laugh]. I'll get all wet and smell like awet dog. Pretty good stuff. I stocked up on tees though. So what else is new? Alex: I just graduated high school last Friday. Any college aspirations? Alex: No not yet, just shred it up right now.