Jonathan Douglas has been living on the road for a while now, skating and filming to his heart's content. We rang him up to ask a few questions about his migrant lifestyle. Check out some of his work for Loaded, both in front of the camera and behind it.
Justus: Where are you right now?
Jon: (Laughs) Right now I’m sitting by a dumpster outside of McDonalds using their WiFi, living it up!
Justus: Life on the road, eh? That’s awesome.
Justus: Why don’t you introduce yourself a little bit?
Jon: My name’s Jonathan Douglas, I’m 18 years old, just out of high school. I’ve been skating for a year and a half, almost two years now and it’s basically taken over my life. I had plans to go do the whole university route but skating took over and that’s basically my only option! I love it so much, it’s my addiction.
Justus: I think that’s a pretty common story! What was it that inspired you to go on the trip, beyond your love of skating?
Jon: It was pretty much the options that I had: Go to school and get a job, or do something cool with the little bit of savings that you have. I basically just thought of the coolest thing I could think of, being on the road for long periods of time in a really cool spot, escaping the Calgary winter. This was pretty much the best thing I came up with.
