Hi-Rolling/Rollin Up Jarold Webb

Rollin Up /Jarold Webb

interview by The Skate Nazi

I first laid eyes on the young whipper snapper in the second installment of the apb video lowercase. Jarold, Dyson and the rest of the new generation of the Mills locs had me realizing that it was a changing of the guard. That I was getting old and these were the new kids that were gonna take the local skate scene. Dyson as it is well known has flown the coop and is making a name for himself amongst the big wigs. Jarold just made the move recently and is as they say starting to turn heads. It's only a matter of time. His part in the struggle can easily compete with any am on any team on just about any video. From his first kickflip noseslide down the hubba at Millilani to his kickflip krooked grind down the UH music hall ledge this kid's come a long way.

-noodles

Out of all of the directions your life could have taken, how did you end up choosing to go Hollywood on us?

I ended up coming to Cali just for a 2 week trip, then decided the day before I was gonna head back to the 'aina that I wanted to stay out here. I was having so much fun and skating was good. Skated everyday and got a bunch of clips, then it popped into my head...I should live out here. Skating is just as fun in Hawaii but I could meet people and possibly make the skate dream happen. So I told my mom, she wasn't that hyped because I was supposed to help her start her business. She got over that and knew that skating is what I wanted to do. I told Nellie and she said she just got an apartment out in Hollywood and I could live with her, so I was way hyped. Everything kind of just fell into place you could say.

Do you have an agent now?

Negative, sir. Don't ever plan on getting one nor needing one. Next!

Who's going to play the role of you in the story of your life, and can I write the screenplay?

What kind of question is this??? I guess if I had to choose someone it would be Trevor, my little brother. Otherwise maybe some little kid like Troy from the north shore. The kid's sick, such good skate steeze so I wouldn't mind him acting as me, he'd make me look good. Oh and yes, I would appreciate you writing the screenplay for it, you're a great writer.

Krooked grind transfer with the easy steezy.

What's it like living with two hot models? Is it anything like the TV show Three's Company? Are you the modern day Jack Tripper, and if so, where is your Regal Beagle?

It's pretty rad, we have threesomes every night. "BIG SIKE!!!" (Will Keatings saying) The only negative is that they both take an hour long shower and they each take an hour getting ready in the morning, but they usually get up after me so its not bad at all. Believe it or not, I really do wake up before them.

What kind of work are Nellie and Courtney getting by the way? Are they killing the fashion game up there, making those fake-ass Laguna donkeys sweat a little bit?

Nellie and Court have been getting some good jobs. They be doin' their work, trying to make it. Im like their chauffeur sometimes, I drive them around to castings and jobs, but only when I'm not working of course.

Laying in to a backside nose blizzered.

So have you ever found yourself out on the town at Cinespace or some other equally wack establishment getting bum rushed by party paparazzi vultures? If you happen to run across the Cobrasnake, would you do me a favor? Rip the cornball headband off of his balding jew-fro and then punch him right in his gay fucking mustache. Thanks. I'll be your best friend. Promise.

I actually have been to Cinespace once and I don't think I've ever heard of anyone named Cobrasnake. But yes, Cinespace is pretty shitty. I usually go to the Greendoor, one of my homies spins the DJ thingy over there and gets me in for free so I go drink some. That place is pretty chill and usualy pretty fun. Last time I went there was with Braydon and he got me pretty fucked. Dude was buying me Jack and cokes and shots of Jack all night, one after another and I was pretty hammered. Braydons a madman...he's out to get me, I tell you.

So seeing as you are in the entertainment capital of the world, have you ever stumbled across any celebrities on the street or when you're out and about? I heard you ate sushi next to Dwight from The Office, did you guys give him a shout out? Anybody else interesting?

I've met a bunch of pro skaters, such as Ellington, Reynolds, Herman, Kevin Long, Lizard King, and Braydon. Those last two are the homies now. I know that's not what you meant by celebs, but I consider them celebs so they're on the list because those dudes are rad as fuck. I have seen Chris Brown and Rihanna, and Lindsey Lohan on two separate occasions at work. We definitely get a few celebs walking around Melrose.

Jarold starts his Deathwish regiment. Mad man ollie.

Dude, we saw Jim Greco driving his Caddy the last time I was in Hollywood, he looked so fucking scary and weird with the makeup and those hair extensions. Are there a whole bunch of glam rockers over there still keeping it alive, or has that look kind of mellowed out a little bit?

Greco still rocks the same style, and there are quite a few others out here, but there are actually a lot more hypebeast fucks. I guess there are a bunch in Hawaii too but out here its ridonkulous. Dudes are always wearing some stupid flashy Stussy shit or some retarded looking 10 Deep hoodie that cost them 150 bucks. Hypebeasts are pretty bad out here. Oh, and for the record, Greco is also one of the nicest pros I've met.

What does the basic cool guy Hollywood uniform outfit consist of these days anyway? Is there a large influx of hipster doofus types over your way?

Anything hypebeast, whether it be 10 Deep, Fuct, Green Apple Tree, Stussy, anything along those lines with all over print and naked ladies on top of it.

So have you assembled a little crew of your own, or have you been jumped into any kind of skate gang since you've been in L.A.? What set you claimin'?

Yeah, well I mean I didn't assemble it in any sort of way, but I skate with basically the same dudes every day. The list usually ranges from Brandon Oakey, Cano Cardenes, fellow Hawaiian Adrian Adrid, Sam Muller, he's our photographer and he's also the dude who shot almost all of the flicks if not all of them. You can check his other shit out at www.sammuller.com Will Keating, he's the lurker/ pick-me-upper jokester and then our filmer usually jumps around between this kid Adam or Matt Williams. Matt's the dude from www.skatetpc.com by the way. Them, and also sometimes my favorite dude ever, Logan...that dude is rad and he don't give a fuck about being sponsored or anything of that sort...anyways, that's pretty much the whole crew.

We heard you got down with that shop Brooklyn Projects on Melrose, you aren't trying to jump the APB pirate ship are you? Are some big Boo-Yaa Tribe looking moke braddahs gonna have to fly over there and make sure you got your priorities straight?

Brooklyn Projects is my place of work. I'm homies with everyone on the team and they hook it up with wheels and trucks and shit if I need 'em. Dom, the owner of BP is mad cool and he understands that I ride for APB but he still gives me shit when I need it. And yes, APB is home, family, I ain't jumping ship...Hawaii represent for life! Oh, and Chad, can you send me some shirts and stickers? I need some home stuff to rep over here.

Nah, brah. I was just kidding about that Boo-Yaa Tribe shit. It wouldn't be no mokes, it would be my man Gideon, rolling up on you in a Zodiac all stealth like in the middle of the night and going full SEAL commando on your ass real quick followed by some waterboarding and then maybe finish you off with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.

Uncle, no need for have him get commando on me, like I said, representing Hawaii is number one on my list...cheeee hooo!!! Damn, it's been a while since I typed or even said chee hoo ly'dat!

But seriously, yo. What's the deal with the rest of your sponsors? How's the big swoosh treating you these days now that one local braddah is the team manager?

Gotta say what up to my man Andy Henrie, thanks for the box, good lookin', cuzz! The swoosh is going good, Andy hooks it up when I call him and now I'm pretty good friends with the company rep now that I work for Brooklyn Projects. He comes in at least once a week. I just got on Ambiguous clothing through Braydon, the dudes over there are really nice and cool. I hope things work out with that, and I'm getting a board or two a month from Deathwish through Ellington under shop flow at Brooklyn Projects but hopefully whenever I skate with them things will go north.