Tom Schaar: The Route One Interview

In the spring of last year, Tom Schaar's Verts Not Dead part dropped and people loved it. It was a great part, cementing his status as one of the top pros of this generation. Happy days. Then, in December, Tom Schaar's Curtains part dropped and the whole world collectively shat its pants. This was beyond special...
Following in the footsteps of Danny Way in 2003 and Bob Burnquist in 2013, Curtains was such a leap forward that a superlative drought was declared and one of the closest Skater of the Year races in recent times was run. Had it not been for Joslin's tre down El Toro, we’d probably be looking at the first vert SOTY in two decades right about now.
So when Tom hit London earlier this month as part of New Balance's fantastic Running Numbers tour, he was the very first name on our interview wishlist (and if you know who else was in tow, you know that says a lot). Sit back and have a listen to our chat with Malibu's finest - there’s a lot more to this lad than simply the biggest blunt flip the world has ever seen!