I lost all my pocket clink playing dice the last time I visited the East Vancouver skate house where Jamie Maley resides. I also failed to realize that he's only 21, but maybe that was due to his initial entrance into the hazy living room. Jamie walked straight to the stereo and put on a George Thorogood & The Destroyers record before passing me a cold one, then he rolled a smoke with one of those slide-action cigarette machines. The whole scenario seemed more like something a cool grandpa would do.

Jamie grew up in Mission and Abbotsford, BC. After moving to Van his skating and fine antics got him some flow hook-ups from C1RCA Canada, and a spot on the BLVD Skateshop team. He was recently introduced to the wider world via his section in the TENS video and his first published photo - a full-bleed spread that was shot by Keith Henry in the December 2010 issue of Concrete (take a look at p.84/85 in the online edition).

But Jamie isn't too interested in dwelling on the past, regardless of how recent it was. For him, it's all about pressing forward - the next self-administered tattoo, the next destination in his living room on wheels, the next imaginary MountZeus gig, and the next Hastings sesh. "All about the shred" were the fitting last words Jamie spoke during the recording session for his first-ever interview...

I totally can't picture it, but is it true that you played high school football back in Abbotsford?
I did. Running Back, man. I used to shred the ball, doggie! My coach was my dad [laughs]. Me and Dave Ehrenreich would take little Vancouver trips to film some shit, and I'd call my dad to tell him the car broke down so I wouldn't have to go to football practice. That way I could keep shreddin'.

So when did you make the full move to Vancouver and who took you in?
I moved into Nate Lacoste's closet when I was 19. It was the most epic living situation of my life; the closet was exactly 6 feet long and it was in a stairwell [laughs]. I lived there for like 4 months.

Didn't a radio show broadcast from your living room a couple years back?
When I lived with Nate, our roommate applied for a Rock 101 party and we won. She wrote another letter to a local brewery and they donated a keg and a couple flats as long as we mentioned them on the air. Bro Jake and the Rock 101 guys came over and played our records. It was the most epic day party of all time.

Did Bro Jake really steal your vinyl collection?
I had all my vinyl in a milk crate labeled with what I wanted him to play, and I'm assuming he rolled out with all my records after the party. I don't think he did it intentionally, but I wrote a letter, sent them an email and never heard back. Whatever.

Now you live at Seb Templer's skate house. How did that happen?
Just through shreddin' Hastings with those boys. They had an opening, so I moved in. Generations upon generations of skateboarders have rolled through that house. It's sick. And Seb probably has every VHS horror movie ever made in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

What's that dice game you guys play, the one that takes my money?
We get down on Threes and we roll ‘em on the pool table. Lose a lot of money, win a lot of money. We obviously play pool. The table has a slant on it, so we break out the level once in a while to make sure it's still unlevel [laughs]. It's the house advantage.

(keep reading for details about Jamie's imaginary metal band, MountZeus, and a fresh edit of his skate footage)