Name: Kyle Kimberling

Age: 28

Home base: Studio City, LA

Write your pithy Banquet introduction. Who are you? What the hell is it you do? I work as a post-production slave at this fine establishment, Banquet. In my spare time I enjoy riding my useless wooden toy, and hanging out with my girlfriend, Lisa.

Give us a summary of your life and skating, how you got into it, etc. Try not to use the letter 'e':

I started skating when I was 13 and just got hooked on it, kinda like a drug! I made a lot of friends who were into it as well, and skating became my life. Santa Cruz Skateboards sponsored me when I was 16 and I began traveling, filming, competing, shooting photos, and more with them until I was around 24 years old. In that time, I picked up a few more sponsors such as Thunder Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, and Circle Sports skate shop. Good Times! I was introduced to filming/editing/photography through skateboarding, and have always enjoyed that side of it, so when I was 25 I decided to enroll in film school, and now I'm working in the 'field'. I still skate whenever I have the chance, and I always will! Skate for fun!!!!

Why the hell would a nice guy like you want to come work for Banquet? After film school, I worked for a production company, Refused TV. I shot music videos, live band performances, making of the videos, and more. Not only was I shooting, I was editing as well. I had to edit commercials, music videos, presentations, and more. This was great experience and I even had some of my work air on MTV and Fuse, but my workload was taking over my life. I needed a change, so I decided to work at The Banquet. The content we work with at Banquet is definitely up my alley. It's a way better working environment, and everyone here is chill! Good times!

Tell the good people what you do all day, and how little we pay you to do it. I am the post-production coordinator. I export, encode, organize, and upload videos to the site. Basically, I pretend as if I'm working, and raid the booze when nobody's looking. Towards the end of the day, I'm wasted. Kidding!

Top five things in your life right now: My Girl. My Friends. My family. Skateboarding. Good food.

Simplest trick you can't do? Frontside 360 ollie. I just cant seem to turn my body that way 360!

Hardest trick you can do? Switch 360 flip, I hardly ever land those.

Trick you're afraid to throw? Switch back tails are scary for me.

Top three names people should know in skating that they might not: Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Kenny Anderson. Girl/Chocolate riders (If you're under a rock you might not know them)

Out of the films you seen from Banquet's catalog, which films/segments are you digging the most? I love Cheese and Crackers! Such great technical mini ramp skating!!! I love mini ramp skating.

Favorite guys to watch on film? Marc Johnson, Eric Koston, Kenny Anderson.

Favorite places/set-ups/people to ride? Street, Ledges, mini-ramp. I like skating with my homies!

Have you ever appeared in a courtroom? Yes.

If you were forced to drive either the Pontiac Aztec or the Plymouth PT Cruiser, which would you choose and why? Um' Neither. I have a crappy explorer which guzzles all my gas and money.



What's the longest you've ever made it on a date without telling the girl you're a kickass skater? Be honest. Ha ha! They usually already know. Kidding.



Give the kids some good musical tid-bits, what's on your dial right now? Mew, Built to Spill, Statistics, you know… mellow stuff.

If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, except Paraguay, where would you go and why? Italy, Spain, Europe.



Word-association (first word that comes to mind when you hear the following):

Cobblestone: Yuck!

Rutabaga: Huh?

Cornwallis: Cobb

Huckleberry Hound: Russell Jack Terrier

Truthfully, how much pornography do you look at each day on Banquet company time? No time, my friend, no time. Especially when I'm so busy raiding the booze.

Were you the guy who stole all the office pens? Nope.



Ugliest guy working in Banquet? probably me, everyone here is pretty good looking!



Have you ever seen a more poorly-run operation than this one? If so, describe. Yes, my last job. My boss basically had a sweatshop production company running out of her house.



Tastier treat: Pop rocks or Pop-tarts? Pop-Rocks.

Pick the Funnier word:

Shrubbery or Woodchipper? Woodchipper

Droopy or smock? Smock


Better name for a band? 'Intimate Secretary' or 'The Springtime Snowblowers,' 'Cummerbund Smock,' or' Dudes and Vans?' Duh, Intimate Secretary! It'll be all hot girls, dressed in their secretary attire!


Can you top those? Nope





If you were stuck on a deserted island with an unlimited water supply and no food supply other than 50 pounds of corn flakes and 50 chickens would you:

a.) Feed the corn flakes to the chickens to fatten them up and then eat the chickens

b.) Eat the chickens without feeding them and then eat the corn flakes

c.) Combine the cornflakes and chickens into some kind of stew.

(If C., what would you call the stew?)

A

Final shout-outs/thank-yous/general musings?

Thanks to all of the Banquet guys for letting me drink all their booze and for this interview! Thanks to my friends and famz, and Lisa. I love ya all' Ya heard!