JEFF KENDALL SHREDDING EVERYTHING 1989The year: 1989, Münster, Germany. Jeff Kendall, Ffej, Bob DeNike and Bod Boyle were visiting Claus Grabke (video coming soon) and ripping some epic cement spots and ramps leading up to the big contest and getting some footy for the "Speed Freaks" video. Kendall took 3rd in vert and 7th in street. Not many skaters were in Jeff's class when it came to all terrain shredding and he always made it look amazing. KT of Thrasher magazine interviewed Jeff after the contest to get some insight: Do you think Street skating helps you develop your vertical skating? -Yeah they help each other but street skating was just a sidekick... it was really nothing compared to ramp riding. What do you think you'd be doing if you weren't skateboarding? -I probably be attending college and trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life I went to college for a little while right when I started doing well at skating and it didn't work out. I had to quit after about 3/4 of a semester. I might go back eventually, it depends on what happens. Did any skaters influence you as you were coming up through the ranks? -Definitely. My major influence was the magazines. Until the video thing started coming out that's all we had to go by. We didn't even know what someone looked like when they skated. I looked up a lot to people Caballero, Hawk, Christian. I'd see them in the magazines doing a certain trick and go out and have to learn it. You'd set goals for yourself, try to look at a certain trick, come as close as possible, even though you didn't know what it looked like in actual motion. What's it like now skating with those guys and beating them on occasion? -I'm totally stoked. I never planned on getting as far as I did it just happened. I can't see doing anything else. If I wasn't making a living at skating, I'm sure I'd still be doing it. Now I can skate full-time and concentrated