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# Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator used videogames to teach himself how to skate
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/pause-tyler-the-creator-used-videogames-to-teach-himself/
- Published: 2011-11-29T16:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:29:26.000Z
- Description: A segment of a larger Spin interview with Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future offered insight into his influences: When did you get your first skateboard? I was 12, I got a Blind. I had no one to skate with so it took me awhile to learn shit. Did you learn from watching videos? Pro Skater 4. It’s a fuc
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A segment of a larger *Spin* interview with Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future offered insight into his influences:

> **When did you get your first skateboard?**  
> I was 12, I got a Blind. I had no one to skate with so it took me awhile to learn shit.  
>  
> **Did you learn from watching videos?**  
> *Pro Skater 4*. It’s a fucking game. I would always play it and I was like, fuck it, I just want a skateboard.

For my money, *Tony Hawk’s Underground* \> *Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4*, but on the other hand, my album did not [sell 129,000 copies this year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin%5F%28album%29?ref=killscreen.com#Reception).

*\-Drew Millard*

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