The fluid style and raw talent of a serious man brings Joe Sierro to mind.

Control, speed, slayer along with his mellow calm expression make Joe shine above the rest. His time has come.(again) -Jeff Landi

Mako Urabe & Joe
All Photos by Matt Kennedy

Background: Skating for 8 years. Started in the Bay Area where I used to live. San Mateo. Born in San Francisco. Moved up here to Sacramento about 6 years ago.

Early influences: Mark Gonzales, Natas, Guererro, Tony Hawk, Hosoi.

Likes to skate because: I like certain rushes it gives me. It's a cool thing.

Future of skating: Things getting burlier and bigger.

Skate spots: Downtown Sacramento, The Grind, Santa Rosa's cool, Phelp's vert ramp, spots in the City; blocks, bumps, hills. Hills are bad. Ninth Street run is fun.

Skates with: My usual skate friends are Chad Lunsford, Masher, Acid Boy, The Doughmaster. Cardiel's fun to skate with; that guy amps me up. You (Mako Urabe), my friend Jason Bean, Raeben, Hondell, Rafter, the whole downtown crew.

Besides skating: Play guitar, listen to music, drive my car, hang out with my girlfriend and burn the greens.

Mako: Hey dude can I ask some questions I want??
Matt: Yeah dude, go crazy.

Who do you ride for: Think and Indy. Props to Greg Carrol. Everything's pretty cool right now. They treat me good.

Who do you like to watch skate: Cardiel, Carrol, Sanchez, Gurerro, Stranger, Joey Tershay, Nick, Frazier, Carl Shipman, Matt Rodriquez. Anyone who's got a good clean style.

Road Trips: Went to Burnside with Wade Speyer, Joel Price and most of the Think crew. Peter Bici from New York. Went up there during the Halloween weekend. That was rad. Everybody was rippin'.

TV: The news, Star Trek, Married with Children, The Oddity. The Head. that's bad

Music: Lots of good hip-hop, The Roots, EPMD, Keith Murray, Tribe, Peterock, Extra Prolific, Lot of Sabbath. Speed metal like Slayer. I just went to their concert with the Masher, it was fresh. It was cool, I got an album cover signed by the guitarist, Kerry King. Classical, Jazz.

Books: Car magazines and skate magazines and that's about it.

In closing: I'd like to thank my sponsors, Greg at Think, Joey at Indy, Mike at X-21's been hella' cool. Props to my friends, they keep amping me up and pushing me forward. My girlfriend Kristen, I love you. My parents and anyone who's helped me out along the way.