Kevin Love was one of the first people to get involved with the launch of Sloppydays in 2012. With that in mind, we decided to follow up with Kevin Love to see what he is up to today; enjoy.

Sloppydays: Last time we talked, you were getting boards from Alien Workshop and had just moved from LA down to San Diego, needless to say, there have been major changes since then, what's going on with you these days?

Kevin Love:  Oh man, so much has changed, life, in general, has changed. As soon as I moved to San Diego, I instantly fell in love with the place; it's not like LA was, going to spots and them being blown out or running into pros. It's pretty mellow for the most part. Skating has changed a lot. I gave up the idea of wanting to be a pro skateboarder once I learned I needed a real job to support myself, no more living off EBT and on couches. I ended up getting a job at a night club for a while downtown. The hours were tight, Friday and Saturdays only for the most part, then I had Sundays and weekdays to skate. I started getting the taste of the good life, having money, being able to buy good food, and starting learning how to manage my money. I worked there for 2 to 3 years. I started working at another job around the two-year mark, so I had two jobs; cleaning up a pizza shop and working the nightlife. Randomly, one day I saw a post on Facebook about a job doing web development, so I applied. I ended up working as an intern at this company for 3ish months while working the other two gigs.

SD: Wow, three jobs at once, sounds like you were burning Both ends of the candle. Were you still traveling and skating at this point? 

KL: I wasn't traveling as much except for around San Diego and LA on occasion. I was still going hard with skating that point. Work then skate, I would leave sessions and get dropped off at work.

SD: Haha yea, the days of showing up to work sweaty, holey tee-shirt on and bloody palms, is only sustainable but for so long. What was the turning point?

KL: Haha man, I showed up to work once with a gash in my hand, that required four stitches, I only did it to get out of work for a week so that I could skate. My night time job knew I skated, so as long as I came in and took a "bird-bath," I was chilling, pizza place didn't care either I was just a dishwasher. The real turning point was on a cross country road trip. The company I was interning with told me when I get back, I'd have a part-time job. I was so stoked. I ended up quitting both my other jobs. I was making more money than I ever had. I was hyped, started thinking about long term goals, being able to travel and such with friends, got my first bedroom to myself, the first bed I've ever purchased, ended up getting a car. 

SD: New money is always great. I'm sure it helped fund something unexpectedly. 

KL: Yes, for sure, it made traveling a lot easier. I ended up filming a video "Sickhead" with my buddy/roommate, Steak. I put a lot of fucking work into that part, figured I'd give this skating thing another shot to see if I could get boards or something from someone, but it just didn't happen. So I just started focusing more on work and real-life shit and then just buying boards and stuff, skating what I wanted to skate, wearing the shoes I wanted to skate.

SD: Wearing whatever you want becomes a different type of freedom after trying to make your "sponsors" happy for years. Are there any projects you're currently working on skating or in life?

KL: Well, my close homies and I put out a skate shop video we have been filming over the past 3 -4 years. We just let footage linger for so long, no idea why. My current roommate edited it, and I kind of just stood on the sidelines and watched or gave him ideas. He killed it. Other than that, my close friends that I've known since I moved to SD started a little board brand called stress skateboards. It was a little idea we had such a long time ago. My homie would screen print random shirts with doodles or whatever. Eventually, we just figured fuck it; lets do something with it. We launched it like 3-4 months ago, have some solid SD dudes on the team, I bought a new VX and an MK1 and just have been filming for the most part, trying to give these younger dudes shine, push them like people used to push me.

SD:  Fucking love VX, but hate dealing with tapes and digital glitching, big ups to you for sharing/spreading love man, we need it in these times!  Good to hear from you. Any last words shout outs etc. for the readers? 

KL: Yeah, man the VX is worth it. Makes skating feel like it did when I was a kid. Last words- stay safe out there, and whoever reads this thanks for listening - shoutout to Slappy's Garage.