Not simply Dickies’ prime canine, Joe Face is a lifer who’s crossed paths with an absurd solid of the world’s most enigmatic figures. From Lengthy Island legends to literal billionaires, he is bought a narrative for ’em all. As seen in our November ’24 magazine.
At 16, Gino was the primary professional skater I ever noticed. I used to be too shook to say hello, as he was (and nonetheless is) my favourite skater. Just a few years later he could be the primary professional skater I ever filmed. I owe my profession to him. They are saying don’t meet your heroes, however mine was cooler than I ever may have imagined. Thanks, Luigi.
Kevin informed Antonio Durao he wanted to follow smoking weed, so you possibly can thank Kevin for the Antonio you see in the present day.
After I first moved to LA, I used to be dwelling with PJ and had some anger points. He thought going to yoga would possibly assist. Properly, it was Kundalini yoga, which entails singing, chanting and respiration workouts—all of which simply made me angrier. Demi Moore was within the class, although, so I suppose that was fairly cool.
Grosso was the one man to ever name and introduce himself earlier than asking for a field—and was additionally the one man to ever name and say thanks afterwards. I assumed that was cool as hell. Nonetheless do.
The primary time I ever skated with Cairo I requested him if he may nollie hardflip a picnic desk. He did one first attempt.
Adrian bought so sick of Sam Muller and me that he moved to Hawaii for 5 years. He’s again now. He missed us. 
Bob has a pet tennis ball named Alfred, a stolen-menu assortment that he’s been amassing through the years, had a pet hamster named Throckmorton, as soon as climbed a tree each day for a yr, can skate higher than most individuals and has a coronary heart of gold. He’s really one in all a sort.
I as soon as noticed a very-drunk Chad beat up a man at a strip membership—twice. As soon as inside and as soon as exterior within the snow an hour later as a result of the man waited for him. Chad’s sober now and holds a Guinness World Report for skating throughout America within the quickest time (57 days!).
Has a behavior of falling asleep on you mid-conversation.
His first winter in LA, I left Antonio at a home get together with Sam Muller and Adrian Adrid. I used to be awoken that night time with a textual content of him handed out in luggage of rubbish. We went filming the following day and he bought 5 clips.
I used to be in a cab heading to our Airbnb in NYC when Tom referred to as asking if I used to be going to be again quickly. He was locked out and it was 4 AM—and raining. After I bought there, I walked as much as him with a giant smile, smoking a cigarette and he stated, “Mate, I shit my pants.” He had, the truth is, shat himself.
Pete as soon as informed me, “It sucks I by no means had the final half in a video.” I needed to remind/persuade him that he closed out Bootleg 3000.
On one in all our annual Dickies journeys to NYC, we went to a flowery Chinese language meals restaurant, and the invoice was just a little too excessive for the way many individuals had been there. After I bought questioned about it at work, I simply replied, “Foy was hungry and wished to attempt every little thing.” That smoothed it over. Humorous factor was, he ordered a pizza that was on the menu for some cause. The meals sucked, too.
Mike claims his first “non-party skate journey” to NYC was in 2022. He spent your entire journey dropping little Whip-It containers from his pockets. He did just a few hundred in like seven days. He filmed his enders for Honeymoon on that journey in addition to a bunch of different clips. Each journey since then has been Whip-It free and he’s been far much less productive. Nonetheless love him, although.
Rising up, I all the time assumed Mike was Spanish, therefore the nickname. It seems he’s half Dominican and half Italian—he simply by no means bothered to appropriate me. Italian Mike or Dominican Mike sounds kinda bizarre at this level, although.
Zack and I purchased a plastic WWE championship belt. Whoever was the Tremendous Smash Bros champ bought to put on it. Zack’s had the belt for seven years. Don’t let him play as Donkey Kong.
Whereas driving for Dickies, Jake as soon as informed me that Asphalt Yacht Membership was enthusiastic about him. After I pried additional he confessed, “Nah, I can’t mislead you. I simply desire a elevate.” I’ve identified Jake since we had been 14; I gave him the elevate.
Steve as soon as requested me to work for the Berrics. I needed to cope with their hiring supervisor who provided me a job/contract for “70% of my time.” I declined.
He shot the quilt of Time Journal and swap ollied a 15 stair.
I’ve solely sang karaoke as soon as and it was with Zack Wallin and Louie in a bowling alley in San Jose. I’ve footage of Louie double fisting microphones singing “Tackle Me.”
Steve traded me a damaged VX1000 for an previous Zoo York board. I fastened the ribbon cable and began filming. That is all his fault.
Frank was making an attempt to change ollie over a bump to can to get his “XP up.” On one try he landed contained in the can and slammed. I heard him mutter to himself on the ground, “See what occurs if you imagine in your self, Frank?”
Throughout the Woodward Riviera Maya grand opening, Tony was signing autographs after placing on a spectacle of a demo. Jake Johnson and I waited in line for over an hour so Jake may get his copy of One Step Past signed. The road bought lower off just a few individuals earlier than us. Shut name!
Glenn gave me my first job in skateboarding once I was 15 or 16 years previous. I’d grasp across the Chapman skateboards workplace/skate store each day earlier than going to scrub dishes on the restaurant subsequent door. He finally simply requested me to work there, and people had been a few of my favourite years of my life. Thanks, Glenn.
I watched Jake break his foot after which attempt to go shoot a photograph for a possible cowl the following day. He kickflipped this actually tall bump to bar in 4 tries, however then jumped over it one other 40 occasions to attempt to get the proper picture. His foot was utterly purple for weeks after that.
Kelly and I are good associates, however we’re form of just like the odd couple—Laguna Seashore’s dangerous boy and a guido from Lengthy Island. Kelly drove throughout the nation with me once I moved to LA, however he solely drove 1.5 hours out of the entire journey. “Bro, I can’t preserve my eyes open.” It was midday.
Lui was as soon as a private assistant for a porn star named Kristina Rose. He hooked me up with a job filming her make private movies for her followers. I bought paid 250 bucks for about quarter-hour of labor. I watched her chug a Redbull so she may squirt on a photograph of a man’s abs. After, she informed me she didn’t know the way to squirt and had simply pissed on her ground, which was carpet. That was the final time I labored for Lui’s boss.
I came upon at a household reunion that Frank and I are distant cousins. Yearly we attempt to determine how precisely we’re associated. We haven’t solved it but.
Kevin drives 50 miles spherical journey for a weekly haircut.
Papke began going bald just a few years in the past and has since bitten my look and turn out to be my doppelgänger—a much less enticing one, nonetheless. He went to a Vans’ occasion and Steve Van Doren got here as much as him and stated, “Joe! It’s so good to see you!” I’m unsure if that’s an excellent or a nasty factor but.
Dylan informed me the worst factor that’s ever occurred to him was he rolled his ankle as soon as. Down dangerous for good.
There was a quick stint the place I didn’t do something skate associated for work, and I discovered myself at Geico as a customer-service agent. It was most likely the worst 18 months of my life, and demise sounded higher than answering the cellphone for eight hours a day. Warren Buffett as soon as visited the workplace to take photos with the entire worker teams. He’s actually tall and solely likes to face subsequent to women.
Stacey was my boss at Dickies for seven years, and on our first Dickies journey she insisted on being within the van and turning the beer faucet off. However by the tip of the journey she was shopping for beer for us at drive-through liquor shops. She helped struggle for the skate program the entire time she was at Dickies and we wouldn’t be right here with out her.
I’m nearly optimistic I bought him fired from the Berrics. He later informed me it was the most effective factor that ever occurred to him.
After I first met Ronnie all he would speak about was the great previous days and the way a lot he missed them. He was 17.
The bar on the Fairly Candy after get together required you to provide a bank card and an ID to begin a tab. After I went to shut out, the bartender realized he’d unintentionally given my stuff away to another person. I began dropping it on the supervisor and made them inform the DJ, who occurred to be Snoop Dogg, to ask if anyone had my ID and card. Listening to Eavesdrop on the microphone saying, “If anybody has Joe Monteleone’s ID and bank card, please convey it to the bar,” just isn’t one thing I ever imagined occurring to me.
I’ve all of the gen-Z slang down due to him. On God, bitch.
Frankie “unintentionally” grabbed Stacey’s ass after dinner on her final night time at Dickies. His excuse—he thought it was Sam. AGF strikes once more.
He’s my greatest pal in the entire world. Cher tried to fuck him as soon as.
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