Somehow, whenever I think of Daniel Johnson, I think a young, short grown-ass man that smokes chinese cigarettes, all while listening to Bob Dylan in his blue Volkswagon Jetta. After interviewing him, I found that I didn't stray to far off the track with those thoughts. A calm, mellow, all around talented guy, with a bag of tricks to make your mouth water. The only way he's going is up!
You ready to do this?
yeah yea
basics, How old are you and where are you from?
I am 18 and from Raleigh,NC
what got you into skateboardin?
I saw some random dude in my neighborhood bomb this hill and it that shit looked right, he kept showin us his deck some brand new shortys
he never really skated though, and i started going up to his house everyday after school and he'd let me skate on his board in his drive way. I would just come everyday and fuck around on his board, cause i didnt have one
Shortys huh? you came into the game recently then. What are you up to lately?
shit tryin to find some bad ass hills just cruisin man
Do you get bummed during the winter?
Nah man a little shred will keep you warm
but fuck snow man, im over that shit
winter does kinda suck though, but yeah after a while you get used to it i guess.

Yeah I hear ya, hows senior year of high school treating you? got any plans after graduation?
I'm so stoked to get out of school for sure man, as for after im not really sure man i think maybe go down to wilmington actually.Theres some shredders out there.
Planning on getting an apartment out there?
Yeah i guess man, my homie Coley Martin told me to live with him and just skate all the time so i guess thats whats up
Anything new happening in your world?
Pretty much the same old shit man, skatin, smokin herb and trying to live simple.
oh yea i got on vertical recently. haha
Really? How'd that happen?
yea yea man it was kinda random haha but im hyped on it
Brett (Abramsky) called me up the other day and just asked me if i was down and i was like fuck yeah! why not? we're gonna film some shit after the snow, some shit for the web i think
Speaking of Brett, whats your take on yougottagetthat?
oh shit that video was soo tight man
its good to see that shit still comin out in your hometown, shits goin down in NC man!


Yea it seems like NC spots are finally getting some coverage, is that a good thing or a bad thing in yours eyes?
Dude thats for sure a good thing man, i always get hyped to see a trick by some pro on a local spot. It's pretty tight,
theres mad spots around here, i think even more then people realize!
Yea a lot of people say they hate Raleigh because of the spots, but you really got keep your eye out for spots here
were a different breed than Cali.
Yea for sure man i like it better , but i never been to Cali
Ahh you gotta travel more, got any travel plans coming up?
Yeah dude i want to man i dont know im down for sure.
Well im filming a part for this dude Luke Bennets video and he said something about goin up north to his hometown in Pittsburgh for like a weekend to premier it. I ain't heard nothin about it in a while but id be down to go skate Pittsburgh
sounds solid
fuck yea
Anything else going on ?
well, my birthday was recently
How'd that go?
dude it was straight. We went out and skated some shit, smoked a cross joint like in that movie Pineapple Express haha
So you didnt party it up for your bday this year?
I mean i ain't into the partying shit.It's too much noise man i like to keep it mellow, i just got up with some homies and drank some brews and smoked some shit. chilled out, you know?
Alright so do you have any new tricks you want to learn?
dude fuck yea mad tricks; front 360 so bad, I used to be able to do switch 360 front shuvs but then stopped doin 'em a long time ago. Id be down to learn that again

So what do you get into off the board now adays?
Uh really not much other then skatin, and listenin to tunes always
Last time I saw you, you and Mikey (Lynch) were so hyped on Joanna Newsom, whats up with her?
Dude shes an angel, she really makes me melt just listenin. I'm so hyped and she has a new album comin out, im like enthralled and shes playin a show in Durham sometime in march im so hyped
You going to go see her live finally?
Hell yeah dude!
Any other inspirations?
Dylan of course man the most of all probably that dude is straight as hell