Flatground, The Berrics and Lifestyle Choices With Christopher Chann

The Berrics undeniably plays in part in today's skateboarding culture. The Berrics has helped and catapulted  the likes of Cory Kennedy, Yoshi Tanenbaum and now more recently Christopher Chann. Christopher Chann is definitely the future of skateboarding not only because he's an incredibly talented skater but because he manages to embody a strong sense of fun and progression.

Hey Chris, how’s it been since competing in Battle at the Berrics VII, have there been any notable differences?

Hey Tim! Absolutely. I was lucky enough to pick up a few sponsors during and after BATB7. Also,  It definitely gave a boost to my YouTube channel, which I'm really hyped about  because I love making YouTube videos.

Has flatground always been a main focus of yours, could you ever imagine it being a platform for you  being able to skate The Berrics.

I wouldn't say a main focus, but it's definitely something that I love doing. Especially because you don't need much. All you need is your board and flatground. I could be on break between classes and just skate some flatground at school. It's very accessible, especially for kids in some countries that don't have access to parks. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to get into The Berrics on my own through flatground. Usually you have to be some kind of pro or am to get in. So when I got a text message from my friend telling me The Berrics was looking for me I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Then 5 minutes later I realized that I would have to actually play and try not to get skunked in the first round so that made me a little nervous haha.

Does it take a lot of motivation and patience when it comes to learning and filming your flatground videos?

Hmmm, I guess it depends on the trick and what phase I'm in during the learning process. I usually feel like I'm naturally motivated because I'm psyched on learning a new trick. Patience doesn't really occur to me because I'm just having fun and time is just flying by. I'm just in a state of flow, fully immersed and focused on the trick.  But sometimes If  I'm trying a really hard trick I go through this rollercoaster of ups and downs. And it's during the the downsides where I'm not even close to landing the trick where I try to stay motivated/ patient.

I noticed your pretty healthy is this a conscience decision so that you can skate for longer or just something your parents have instilled? 

It's a conscience decision to live a longer and higher quality life. But my parents definitely instilled it in me as well.

You also do a lot of unboxing videos, are these one off packages or is it a bit more legit?

I guess that depends on your definition of "legit". I'm definitely not AM for any companies at the moment. I guess you can call it flow? I haven't really talked to all of my sponsors about the labeling of my sponsorship deals haha.

With quite a big social following, do you feel as if skating is something you could pursue full time once you've graduated?

I don't really like to have any expectations from skateboarding such as becoming am, pro, or even just flow. I'm more focused on skateboarding itself, I just want to keep progressing and have fun with it. Being Am or Pro would be amazing because it would help me continue skating, but I don't want set myself up with any expectations.

Have you ever skated outside of the States? I can imagine living in Los Angeles means there’s no real need for travelling.

No I haven't, but I'm dying to travel. Los Angeles is great, but I've lived here my whole life and I just want to see what the rest of the world is like.

Skating is definitely going through a transitional period, living in what some might consider the hub of the skate industry have you noticed any struggles or changes( for you) in skateboarding?

I wouldn't say that there are any struggles of living in the hub of the skate industry, It's certainly more advantageous. More opportunities, skaters, spots, and  parks. I can definitely see skaters getting better much faster now because of the increased standard of the media.

Thanks man, any last words?

Yeah thanks for hitting me up to do this interview. I think this is my first web text interview.  And thanks to to everyone who's been supporting me.