{"id":317148,"date":"2021-08-31T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/?page_id=317148"},"modified":"2023-11-04T07:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:32:42","slug":"tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tony Ferguson is a legendary Girl Skateboards pro and the founder of Rone footwear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony\u2019s shoes are a lot like his skating. Classic shapes, comfortable style, made with attention to detail, that’s ready for all street terrain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As big fans of his skating in Girl and Chocolate videos and seeing his most recent releases for Rone, we wanted to know what inspires him to skate and pushes him to produce his lines of luxury skate footwear, his perspectives on his pro career, creativity in skateboarding and discover how he comes up with new designs and collaborations for Rone. <\/strong><\/p>\n

So we hit him up to join The No Comply Network and after finding out Tony was down to join, we found all that out and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read his interview to find out how he started skating and got his first board, getting sponsored by Real and Plan B, Virtual Reality, getting on the original Girl Skateboards team, Rick Howard, stacking clips for The Chocolate Tour and Yeah Right, his tips on Backside 360s, shooting with Spike Jonze and Ty Evans, founding Rone, influences and inspirations, Keenan Milton and Keith Hufnagel, behind the scenes stories on a selection of his standout clips, his favourite skaters, styles, spots, videos and photos of all-time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read The Tony Ferguson Interview below to find out for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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@acdtz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your full name?<\/h1>\n

Tony Ferguson<\/p>\n

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Where did you grow up and where do you live now?<\/h1>\n

I grew up in Ottawa and Vancouver, Canada. I now reside back in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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When did you first see skateboarding?<\/h1>\n

I first saw a skateboard in the late 80\u2019s around the time that the Back to The Future movie came out and I instantly wanted to do it!<\/p>\n

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What was your first board? Do you remember the setup?<\/h1>\n

My first real skateboard was around that time in the last 80s’ .<\/p>\n

It was a pink Lance Mountain Powell-Peralta deck with Indys and blue Rat Bones wheels.<\/p>\n

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Sick. Where did you learn to skate and who was in your crew?<\/h1>\n

I learned to skate mostly in downtown Ottawa<\/a>, it had lots of great street spots at the time and I had a great crew of friends from all over the city that I would meet up with and skate around with everyday.<\/p>\n

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Tony Ferguson<\/a>, Crooked Grind: Shot by @jodymorrisphoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Which skaters have influenced you to skate the way you do?<\/h1>\n

Mark Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason Lee<\/a><\/p>\n

Tommy Guerrero<\/a><\/p>\n

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They are some of our favourite pros. Who was you first sponsor?<\/h1>\n

My first sponsor was actually Tommy Guerrero and Real Skateboards.<\/p>\n

I had met Tommy in Boston at a skate camp right before Real Skateboards started.<\/p>\n

He called me a few weeks later and told me about real and asked me to ride for them.\u00a0As Tommy was a childhood hero of mine I was beyond stoked!<\/p>\n

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Sick. So how did you start skating for Plan B?<\/h1>\n

I had moved to Vancouver and was skating with Rick Howard<\/a> a lot but then at a Back to The City contest Guy Mariano<\/a> and Tim Gavin<\/a> were trying to get me on Blind.<\/p>\n

Rick told me not do do it and just chill and he would take care of me.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later Rick and Mike Ternasky called my house and asked me to ride for Plan B.<\/p>\n

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