Who is Steven McKaig? 

Interview with Steven McKaig  (1 footed Egg plant on the rusted car extension on the eve of Rumble In Ramona)

What year were you born? 1997

Where did you grow up? Flagler beach FL

Tell me your skate story – when you started skating, different phases what influences, memories of spots/ramps when your a kid, teen, young adult or adult. (stream of conscious style of writing is fine - and dont worry about it being long - the more the better): I started skateboarding when I was about 6 years old, I got my first skateboard on Christmas back in 2003 and my brother would take me to Wadsworth skatepark which was the local park down the road everyday and I was instantly addicted, i skated my first contest when I was about 9 years old in Saint Augustine pulling through with 2nd place and it took off from there. Growing up in Florida there were a lot of sick parks/backyard Ramps to skate but I always favored the backyard Ramps more than parks, some good ones were the (solar bowl, Smitty’s, tony Walsh, and the property). When I turned 18 and graduated high school I moved out to San Diego CA where I had my worst concussions yet. I had my first serious concussion a few months after I moved to CA at the vans park series in Huntington Beach back in August of 2016 when I slipped out on a frontside air not wearing a helmet knocking me out for about 15 seconds and leaving me with 8 staples in the back of my head and an ambulance ride to the hospital, I took a week break after that slam and was back on the board. A month after that was when I had my second concussion skating combi big bowl when I blasted a stale fish and clipped coming in and fell all the way to flat on the front left side of my face (with a helmet on) knocking me out for 2 minutes. After that slam was when I was going through all the symptoms (forgetting everything, dizziness, not eating, head aches, waking up thinking I was back in Florida) I had to go to physical therapy and and do rehab for about a month in a half straight before I got cleared to skate again, and still to this day I still feel some symptoms that’ll never go away but I’m back on the board skating better than I ever was

What have you been up to lately? Skating everyday and fishing

And what are your top 3…

Foods: açaí bowls, pizza, seafood

Bands / Artists: wu-tang clan, Tim dog, Led Zeppelin

Activities: skating, fishing, surfing

People: parents, siblings, everyone else who supports me

Memories: rumble in Ramona, catching tarpons off shore on my kayak, vans park series

Dreams or goals: win x games, travel the world, professional skateboarder

Albums: Wu-tang forever,Type O Negative Bloody Kisses, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Movies: step brothers, the jungle book, lords of dog town

Places you have traveled to: basically everywhere in the US

Places you want to travel to: Brazil, Australia, and Iceland 

Steven wears the S1 Lifer Helmet  Black Matte w. red Straps 

Steven McKaig / highlight reel 2017/2018 from Gatorskins from S-One Helmet Co | S1 Helmets on Vimeo.