"I think from the beginning just wanting to ride for Emerica and thinking it was the coolest. And it was the coolest when I was a kid. It still is. That luckily happened. With Foundation and Baker, I felt close to those people too, but it worked out with Toy Machine. With Tum Yeto and Emerica and Baker and that realm, it was kind of mixed together because I've always known those people. I ended up at Toy Machine by chance, and luckily they were awesome enough to let me on their team. I was on Emerica since the beginning, so I feel like I grew up with them. People have a board company they always have, and I feel like that was my board company in a sense. I just always stuck with Emerica, and it was my identity in a way. I was trying to find the board company that would suit me best, and luckily I got on Toy Machine, which is funny because my first sponsor-me video was for Toy Machine. Ed Templeton never watched it and Josh Beagle stole it and put me on Foundation. It went full circle and I got on Toy Machine."
Leo reflects upon his board sponsor history. Was there an interview where he talked about not being happy with one of his video parts from around 2010 so he made sure the next one was better? I thought it was in Thrasher, but it wasn't. The interview might have been online only.
It's the other half of Emerica's 2018 ads. I had planned to use these for a bit and didn't know what else to go with for the week.
The photo is by Kyle Seidler.
For the quote: Skateboarder - October/November 2012 Volume 22 Number 5
Thrasher - June 2018 Volume 39 Number 6
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