They’ve lived life and been through a lot of spots already, so we get together and hang out and talk cars and art and whatnot. They’re kind of Bohemians in their own right and they are very into their own art and they are very dedicated to their art, as I am. There’s a good mixture of young and older cats in the Beatniks club as well. We have a lot in common with artwork, tattoos and music. Dennis and I got to be better and better friends and then he started sponsoring me for the club. It just ties in with the music I’ve been doing forever. That thing was completely dangerous, so I got a taste for the danger and the speed, you know. Eventually, he sold me that crazy ‘27 T Bucket that’s in Some Kind of Monster movie. He got me a little away from the normal hot rod/street rod theme into the more chopped/custom scene. I just contacted him through email and we just started chatting back and forth and he came to some shows. There was an artist that I really liked named Dennis McPhail. I was really into hot rod art and kustom kulture art. Well, I hooked up with the Beatniks via some artists. Tell me about the club and your involvement with hot rods? You were there with your club the Beatniks. The last time I saw you was at the Billetproof Car Show. It’s good to have your own little things you can get into with your groups of friends and whatnot. There’s a lot of fun lifestyle stuff going on besides the music thing. You did the Orion festival, and the Obey Your Masters art show at Tony Alva’s, and I got to see you play your 30th anniversary shows at the Fillmore, and we did a bunch of collaborations with Vans. I know last year was a pretty big year for both of us. If I lived in Hawaii, I’d probably start surfing too, but it’s a little too cold here, so I stick to the cement. It’s a lot more fun when you’re in the warm waters of Hawaii. My assistant, Ray, goes out all the time, and you have to suit up and all that and it’s just no fun. We used to have a place in Tahoe and everyone liked to ski, but I don’t dig it so much. I tried surfing up here, but it’s a little too cold for me. I like to get in the water and just chill, you know.

I just do some West Side stuff 2 3/4” and a longboard and stand up paddle.

It just so happened that they were having a North swell come in, and usually that happens around the holidays, so we finally got to see it. We have a place over there, so we get over there as much as we can. We go to Maui, and I’ve never seen Jaws go off, but two weekends ago, it was huge. We were there for the holidays and that was pretty awesome. Those are the ones with the album cover on the bottom. It’s the all black Kill Em All shoe we did together. Throw your horns in the air and ride the lightning! – INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVYĪre they the Vans Metallica shoes you’re doing or the Metallica/Half Cab? Juice Magazine is proud to present Metallica by Steve Caballero. Here are two pioneers, artists, fathers, legends, rebels and friends. Caballero has been inventing tricks since he was 14 years old and, 30+ years later, he still rides a skateboard professionally.

Hetfield has been the front man of Metallica for 30+ years and has laid down the soundtrack to more skateboarding moments than can be measured. There few people who can say they have been literally living their dreams for more than three decades and even fewer who do it making music or riding a skateboard for a living. Metallica has been a groundbreaking, genre-defining band consistently putting out new music for over 30 years puzzling accomplished musicians all over the world with their unintentional mastery of creating a congruent sound throughout a song with phonetic timing and key changes that would make Mozart jealous. James Hetfield and Steve Caballero both share this type of thinking. It takes a certain type of thinking to do what is considered impossible by many, unbelievable by most, and unexplainable by all who witness it.

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