SPONGERCITY INTERVIEW with Tyge RICHARDSON – INTERVIEW done by Dave L. for Spongercity in Oct 2006 – Last Words

We decided to Interview a few australian Rookies (you’ll discover the next interviews during the next few weeks) on Spongercity with my good mate Dave and among them there was Tyge Richardson. I’m wondering what’s the definition of ‘Rookies’ now when you see Tyge charging more than most of the pros in the lastest magazines and videos. Remember that crazy wave Tyge caught on Oz East coast last April ? a good 15 to 20 footer, towed by Alex Leon. He charged a bomb and received the “beating of a lifetime” as you might have seen and read in Movement Mag issue 12. Althought Tyge seems to think that his parts in the latest videos where just ‘average’, i’m telling you they’re definitely not ! Tyge is a cool cat, really humble and talented and i bet you’ll see Mr Richardson more and more on the international boogie scene…

1. Last surf you had : punta colarado, 3 ft closeouts
2. Last mind-blowing barrel : about 2 weeks ago. Zigatella, Puerto. Backdoor on sand. Ask sam grey about it. Poor some more salt in the wound.
3. Last board you loved : a royal blue 4play. Shaped by jarrod Gibson. It was’nt even mine. Haha, my mate [bryce Thurston] gave up bodyboarding..so I started riding it. And fell in love. He took it back though. bastard.haha.
4. Last trip you went on : im on a trip in mexico as we speak
5. Last bodyboard movie you watched : I forget, been watching more standup movies. New mick fanning movie is good. Stand up movies tend to have more quality footage, more creative too. Like 16mm and stuff. Which is what I enjoy watching.
6. Last rider who blew your mind : slater. and scarlett hitting 8 ft sections at Puerto. Bang.
7. Last time you got dropped in on : few weeks ago, by a longboarder..haha it was dangerous. Cracker wave too. Spewin’.
8. Last time you were scared : bodysurfing colarado shories, paranoid about driving my neck into the sand.
9. Last thing you bought yourself : food last night
10. Last car you rode in : clives bullshit black 4WD truck.
11. Last time you got lucky : every morning I wake up, I feel I am lucky. But to answer the question directly, well lets just say the spa has been getting good use.
12. Last injury you had : popped shoulder month ago
13. Last song you loved : walking with the ghost, by tegan and sarah.
14. Last thing that made you cuss out loud : 10 footers on the head at Puerto. I’m sure The whole beach heard me roar.
15. Last punch you threw : 10 minutes ago, training. Incase a Mexican tries to steal my cash. golpearé su concha del asno con el pie.
16. Last time something changed your life : travelling has changed my life. For many reasons.
17. Last video part you were stoked on : none yet. Been pretty average I thought.
18. Last time you stand up surfed : 2 days ago. On my bodyboard. But on a fiberglass stick was a few months ago. Was with my dad at home one the south coast of NSW.
19. Last thing you broke : both my boards, here in mex.
20. Last time you took a picture : yesterday. Self portrait Of my tan, haha. Fag.
21. Last book you read : angles and demons. Dan browns work. The best.
22. Last website you visited : myspace.com
23. Last magazine you read : tantra ‘how to last 10 hours’
24. Last time you lied : can’t remember…try not too.
25. Last girl you kissed : a german, named Cynthia wilson.
26. Last time you wished you were alone : surfing a wave at home. I would pay good money to be alone there…
27. Last time you wished all your mates were here : last night on the mescal. Would’ve been siik to have all the fellas here.
28. Last time you thought you were gonna die : walking off the beach after being with a groce Norwegian chick I fell down this old well in the ground. Then a dog attacked me wen I was climbing out. Like an unfortunate string of events. I thought I was in a dream.
29. Last time you felt inspired : after reading angels and demons
30. Last time you said « it’s the last time » : I don’t plan shit like that. If its gonna happen it will. No last time for anything, just the beginning of something new. If u didn’t like the way u did it the first time, Do it a different way.

Thanx a lot Tyge – Dave & TC at Spongercity.com