Push.ca had the chance to catch up with HUF rider, Zander Mitchell, check it out and enjoy!
Skateboarding is skateboarding. We all love skateboarding, and we all love watching skateboarding. Fact. Another fact? It’s easy to tell when someone is way better at skateboarding than most people. Some have natural talent, some have drive and determination, and others just have a mixture of the two. Some you just love to watch and others you just don’t care. Alexander Mitchell is one of these people. At just 17 years old, he’s already impressing people everywhere with his effortless skating and style. I caught up with Zander to ask him about his current state of arrangements.

So, Zander. does anyone call you Alexander anymore? Your mom?
Yeah, my mom still calls me Alexander. My brother Stuart does too.
Fair enough. Where are you living at the moment?
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia? It’s tropical there this time of year, right?
Yeah it’s amazing, it was -14 last night. It’s only -1 today though, somehow there’s no snow.
So what you’re saying is… skating outside isn’t the easiest during the winter?
Yeah, I usually only get to skate a few times outside from January until March. I’ve skated three times since the end of December.

How do you deal?
Skyrim, dank, beer.
Skyrim eh… what level are you?
I’m level 30; I’ve had it since Christmas (laughs). It’s like a Lord of the Rings-type video game, pretty nerdy.
Don’t you worry, I know all about Skyrim. I tend to plunder every dungeon and cave I can find – ridding the land of scum.
Hell yeah, same.
What are you, a Warrior? Mage? Thief?
Thief, I steal everything in sight. I’ll pickpocket everyone.
Next time I’m around you, I’ll remember to check my pockets. Anyway…so, you don’t get to skate much I guess… is it killing you inside?
It’s definitely crushing, but I shouldn’t really be skating anyways… I’m trying to heal a broken toe before March break.


Is there an indoor park at least?
Yeah. Three hours away in Moncton, New Brunswick. It’s pretty fun, good mini ramp. I went a few weeks ago.
Three hours away! So as an amateur skater with a bunch of great sponsors, you have to drive a combined six hours to go skateboard?
Yeah dude, I have to get out of here! I’m trying to go to San Francisco for a few weeks in March.
You definitely should. Where all did you go last year? Do you spend anytime in Nova Scotia?
I went on a Quiksilver trip in July where we went to Vancouver, Kelowna, Penticton, Kaslo, Calgary and Edmonton. I was in Montreal from June until the end of August in between the Quiksilver BC trip and a Muskoka Woods trip in August. Good times!
So that’s where you got all that footage. People were loving your Quiksilver edit on them Internets.
I had to come back to Nova Scotia to finish high school. Yeah, people told me they were stoked on that skating but bummed on the music.
Well, dubstep tends to do that. Other than SF, what other plans are you working on?
True. Right now it looks like I’m going back to Van in May with Quiksilver. Might be heading out to Manitoba and Winnipeg for a Quiksilver trip in July too.
You’ve got it all lined up. Quiksilver’s got your back, who else hooks it up?
Habitat, HUF, Thunder, Spitfire, and Pro Skates.
Well, Zander, your star is on the rise. Just get the hell out of Nova Scotia.
I’m trying! (laughs)
If you don’t get out of Nova Scotia, you’ll be trapped in Skyrim forever.
I’m already a full-fledged addict.