I met up with International man of mystery Paul Shier on a trip out to LA in the summer of 2014. You would have thought with all the added responsibility of being DVS team manager, husband, Bernard the dog carer and recent addition to the over 40s club, Shier might have decided to slow down his own skateboarding a little. Not even mate. If anything, this South London expat seems to be keener than ever. Over a period of 24 hours we shot 4 photos (none of them at an ‘easy’ spot by any means) plus Shier took a few of his trademark slams. This wallie wasn’t the most difficult in terms of the trick, more the fact that the cycle path you have to skate down as run up is busy with angry nut cases intent on causing injury. And there’s a steep bank leading straight into a river. Paul’s board went for a couple of swims during this session, once getting rescued by a guy walking his dog through the river (it’s only half a foot deep) and once involving himself wading out to get it. Luckily it’s LA and the sun dries things out pretty quickly. The wallie got steezed and we both left to get I.D.ed in a bar.