Interview - Robert Háberl (Ratz Skates)

1.Destructive greetings from Peru Hell,Rob! hows going the sick things in Ratz Skates?

Hi buddy !! SICK! Cheers from Slovakia,Robert Háberl (RATZ SKATES) from small town called Senica. Yeah, everything its fine, i am still skating..its 17 years of my skateboarding now,i still shooting photos, filming(now its in process documentary about me and ratz called 100%SKATEBOARDER OR NOTHING),i have a sick team,i still draw designs for patches,stickers,and new shirts,will be hopefully 

soon...

2.Tell us how you started this chaotic project? is a great idea to support the true and underground skateboarding! 

Everything started in 2013. When i was Angry for that, in Slovakia doesnt people who keeping skateboarding RADICAL and underground..keep it real..you know what i mean.

That all started when i drew skateboard desings for fun with SKATEROCK in my ears hahhhaa..in this moment i get a idea..start own small UG skateboarding brand called RATZ SKATES. Why RATZ? Coause rats live in underground hahah.

3.What are your influences and motivations to continue supporting skateboarding underground? 

My biggest inspiration is my obssesion to SKATE, like Muir from SUICIDAL sing..Beware he´s POSSESSED TO SKATE! Its a big big fun to see RAD stuff in skateboarding,small  UG skate brands like Ratz, its big fun to see when your drawnings are in stuff like stickers,patches,shirts, and its fucking RAD when you have sick team, people who keep skateboarding radical too..and its fucking sick when if you cant skate, you do something what is about skateboarding, like brands..post pictures,videos,draw designs like the 80s,doing stuff..etc.

Its another dimension of skateboarding for me hahh.

4.Ratz Skates have stuff? like t-shirts,patches,stickers?

YES! But now we have only patches and stickers. But we had a shirts,decks..and i want to tell,thats all RAD but its not so much about the stuff..its about keeping skateboard ROOTS alive and skateboarding RADICAL.

5.Tell us some more about the underground skateboard scene from your city,explain more

maniac!

Ha, in my hometown we dont have skate scene..really..its here only me and one skater and he is a rookie hah..In Slovakia is few true skate maniacs..but really only few. In my hometown we had a spot build by me and local bikers..thats was really sick but now its demolished(RIP RATZ SPOT).I really like skating the streets in my hometown..old school street skating from the RAD 80s!!! I really love skating walls,curbs..street lights..everything is spot!!

6.You know the underground skateboard scene from Southamerica?

I dont know about this scene. Only that..what i saw in Creature video Hesh Law scene from Peru..i saw in this scene Rad spots..really RAD. The skate scene in SouthAmerica must be sick...better than Slovak.

7.A word to:

BAD BRAINS: How low can i punk get ???

JAY ADAMS: R.I.P

STREET OR BOWL: Both

DUANE PETERS: MASTER OF DISASTER !!!

8.Ratz Skates have a crew?

Yes,Ratz skates have a TEAM!! Its Valera fucking Rodkin,Brian Brannon legendary skateboarder and singer JFA and Peter Kočiš..real dude..big thanx you guys for taht you are in TEAM. Big thanx to Brian Brannon...thats sick..unbelievable.

9.Morbid future plans?

I dont have plans...nothing plans in Ratz Skates, in life, in skateboarding..why? coause skateboarding creates all that stuff..skateboarding controls my life,brand..all that stuff

10.Rob thanks for your time in this interview,last words mate!

Big thanx to you for this interwiew..thats RAD..big thanx to my Mother and Father..big thanks all who support Ug skateboarding brands..and keeping skateboarding RADICAL.

Who cares about your problems with life? Fuck!! Nobody..go SKATE and get RAD fuckers !!!