Justin Keeley

Photo: Steve Gourlay
Photo: Steve Gourlay

Name: Justin Keeley
Age: 27
Hometown: Taupo / Keri Keri
Sponsors: Vans, Antihero, Spitfire, Thunder

How long have you been riding for Vans? 
About 5 years riding for Vans

Whats your favourite Vans shoe?
Probably the TNT 2 mid or low and AV Eras

What tunes are you listening to right now?
Mastodon, Pig Destroyer, The Black Dahlia Murder, Metallica

Why Skateboarding?
Its better than anything else you can do and who would want to be a rugby jock dude? or a roller blader?

Best place to ride:
Probably Lynfield or the whole of Australia and Melville Bowl

Who are your influences, when you started and now?
Jamie Thomas and Jeremy Wray when I started. But for the last 10 years its been Cardiel, Alan Petersen and Julien Stranger. Oh and Geoff Rowley.

What cant you live with out?
The missus, coffee, iPod

Whats the worst injury you ever had?
I had a compound fracture on my ankle and had a little fountain of blood coming out every time my heart pumped.

Whats your fav trick?
Probably backside and frontside ollies and backside tailslides