NAME: Hugo Liard DATE OF BIRTH: 19 september 1977 HOME: Lyon SPONSORS: vans/carhartt/antiz skateboards/vestal/von zipper/wallstreet skateshop/eastpack Q: Why and when did you get hooked on skateboarding? A: I get really hooked on skateboarding in a ispo in grenoble (SIG) where some people introduce me people from carhartt after a contest where i was 3rd i think. I receive my first package of stuffs after that. Q: Q: Whats the best thing about being a Pro skateboarder? A: Like everybody can say to you: traveling, tours, and skate all different stuffs... Q: What are you into besides skateboarding? A: I'm working on grafics for antiz and i manage some others stuff for the company. Q: You prefer contests, filming & shooting or skating for your own? A: Skating for my own will be the pure anwser, but filminf and shooting is a part really cool which push you up to everything sometimes. Pff contest for me looks just too much in one time, that's why it's cool for the show, but for the feeling it's killing sometimes... Q: Who are your influences? A: Some friends at the begining, and later came :kirchart, trujillo, speyer, cardiel, willburn... Q: What makes you happy? A: When everything come naturally without effort, that's make me happy, like in a party in one point it's becoming harmony. Q: Where is the nicest place on earth for you? A: The nicest place on earth for me can be argentina, or costa rica i don't know but sometimes in my home town after a good day and at the sunset it's the best place on earth, i mean if you try you can make everyplace lly the best.