IT'S PAPA DA BROPHY

Posted by Justin Ward on 19 January 2011 | 0 Comments

Tags: Skateboarding, Interviews

Andrew Brophy is a true line of inspiration for today's average skater from Australia who hopes of accomplishing good things in this world by thrashing out on four wheels.

Brophy skates hard and strong and he's a living breathing ball of energy, a real life monument to the up and comers of the sport. For the past four months, Brophy has had to neglect his skateboard because of a gnarly knee injury that sent the giant under the lights of an Australian surgeon. Breaking your body is fucking taxing, and with serious injuries come serious realizations that our bones aren't unbreakable. Brophy may just be on the verge of going clinically insane, because like most skaters who are left sitting on the side lines due to breaks, he too is finding it damn tough not being able to jump on his board and roll with his homies. Thankfully all that pain is about to be pushed to the back of his dome, and all of his worries are going to seem pretty miniscule when his soon to be child breaks into the world. Via Fakebook, the worlds crookest chat avenue, Justin Ward randomly sprung an interview on Brophy and quized the cat about his injury and birth into fatherhood. Yep, Mr. Brophy is gonna be a nappy nanny!

 

Ward: Broph

Brophy: Sup

 

Wanna do a quick interview about you being down and out?

Sure

 

Right now?

Sure

 

So what's ya middle name?

Patrick

 

Yew sounds Irish! So you've come across some bad luck in the way of injuries. What happened?

I was in South Africa and got served! Trying to skate a really long double set, put the feet down wrong when I landed and BOOM my knee was dead.

 

Hectic!

I broke some bone and cartilage off the underneath of my patella and did some damage of the femur cartilage. At least it was not ACL or MCL. I got off lucky

 

Luck of the Irish! But seriously, sounds nasty! So did you manage to avoid the surgeon?

Ah not that lucky, I had surgery 7 weeks ago and I'm in rehab for it right now. I haven't skated for 3 and a half months. I'm fuckin' off it! Soon to be back on it though

 

Ohhh my! Are you allowed to drink beer whilst at rehab or is it purely leg exercises and shit?

Pure leg exercises. Health trip.

 

Don't go straight edge on us man! So what does this mean for 2011, do you expect it to mess with your program?

I hope to be fine by mid Feb, back to normal and back on it. So I don't think it will have any effect on the year to come. I think it will make me stronger to be honest, I know just how lucky it is to be injury free now.

 

For sure, that's a good way to look at it. So until Feb, what's keeping you entertained?

I'll be a Dad any day now. My wife Brogan is about to have it. Haha so that's going to be very entertaining!

 

I didn't know the baby was coming so soon. That's rad! Have you got all the toys and shit sorted for the little dude?

Yeah we got everything, mini skateboard and all hahaha.

 

Yeww. Well dude all the best with the birth and cheers for ya time! Hope you have a speedy recovery! Still can't believe your gonna be a Dad! Mad cunt.

Hahah yeah man it's going to be fucking ripping. I'm pumped. I'll be doing frontside grinds with a baby backpack on hahahaha.

 

haaaaaaa I can picture your next Cliche clip with you doing exactly that.

It's going to happen.

 

Do it! Anything else u wanna add?

Nah , just fuck reading go skating haha!

 

Ahh music to a child's ears from the Pappa Broph! Take it easy, Dad!