Living For The City

I first met Andrew Pommier as a jeweler in the late 90s when I was trying my hand at selling body jewelry. Towards the end of both of our careers in the jewelry business Andrew invited me to, what may have been one of his first shows(?), a show he did with Derek Hodgson – I hadn’t really seen Andrew’s work before that and I was super impressed.

I’m pretty sure that this was the same night that Adam & Dave spent clad in short shorts, cowboy boots and helmets bobbing up and down counting out their body weights in song – or maybe that’s every night for those fellas? I really, really, really wish that I’d carried around a digital camera with me in those days.

This might be one of the very last pieces that Andrew made; I think I kept the baggie it came in because I figured one day he’d become a super famous artist at which point I’d sell it for untold riches.

Fast forward nearly a decade and Andrew is living in Vancouver, has worked with every skate company in the universe, done shows all over the world, been featured in countless publications, published a book (or two?) and most recently teamed up with Adidas to make his own signature series of shoes; Superskate Vluc Hi, Superstar and Superskate Vulc Slip-Ons. Andrew was kind enough to send out a pair of the latter for yours truly. At first I found the lack of laces kind of weird (I nearly poked holes and put fake laces on) but after a day or two in them I’m starting to adjust and I think that Andrew did an amazing job with them. Thanks, homie! You’re a great dude and a super talented guy and you deserve all the success you’ve had and will have in the future.

On an unrelated note: the soles on these are super grippy and last night while riding home I stopped to avoid a dude walking out into the street to get into a car and when I stopped I couldn’t pull my feet out of my clips and I fell over. I literally said “I’m goin’ over” as I tipped over slowly Most embarrassing fall ever!