- Hello Ty, so what's your name, where are you from originally and where are you living now?
- My name is Tyler Kelly Morrow, I am originally from West Palm Beach, FL and for some reason currently live in Greenville, NC.
- Florida? What a coincidence, that's where Shadow is located. How'd the first time you met Ronnie B go?
The first time I officially met Ronnie B was at one of the last Roots Jams. A couple of my buddies told me he'd asked about me while I was riding and later on that day I met him officially.
- How's Barcelona right now? What are you doing there?
- Barcelona is the shit at any point in time. I'm out here now for this Nike 6.0 filming contest similar to "Mean Streets" consisting of 5 teams with 4 riders; two filmers and one photographer each. The teams are France, Germany, Spain, UK and America.
- What is ++?
- ++ is two T's standing for the 'The Trip'. Miles Rogoish and I have been working on starting a company since the beginning of this year. We plan to drop on August 1st with a website @ TheTripped.com. The site is going to have a video with the team of 10+ dudes filmed and
edited by Miles and myself. With the help of Sparkys we'll have a few shirts and accessories available soon after the site launches and even more apparel at Interbike.
- When's the last time you clicked a turndown on a set of dubs?
- Probably a year ago when the trails in my backyard were running. That's really unfortunate.
- Do you ever scream or yell or break shit or act a fool for no reason, or are you even keel 100% of the time?
- I'm on an even keel most the time but after a long battle with a trick I've been known to act a fool. I don't really drink much so no drunk destruction.
- Any books or documentaries you suggest people watch or read, and why?
- 'Zeitgeist', 'Esoteric Agenda', 'We Are On TV' are all great documentaries. 'Esoteric Agenda' was produced by the makers of 'Zeitgeist' and talks about the era of time we're currently in ending in 2012. Also how fucked religion, money and government are by controlling everything we as a society do. I don't read books really, but I've had a Bob Marley biography for over a year that I haven't read a page of, that may be interesting.
- What are some differences between riding as a kid in West Palm and riding as a pro in Greenville?
- I had so much fun riding with my friends in West Palm as a kid. My eye for street hadn't opened yet, and there weren't many parks, so I always thought there wasn't shit to ride. But going back now, I almost regret moving. Living in Greenville definitely gave me some opportunities thanks to Stephen Lilly, Tony Ennis and Josh Harrington.
- When do you normally wake up and get your day started? What's a decent day?
- I normally wake up at about 2-4pm everyday if I'm at home. On trips there's usually someone that tries to get me up by 11/12, but if not I make the effort to be out by 2. I try and get out earlier in the winter cause of the shorter days, but I just really see no point of being up before 2 during the summer.
- Can you bench press more than Rob Darden?
- Yes, most definitely. That dude's weak. But he's the man.
- You travel quite a bit, ever forget where you are?
- Don't really ever forget where I am. I just get really adapted to the place I'm at during that time. I haven't been home more than two weeks this whole year so the ++rip really never ends. I love it.
- It's awesome you're part of Shadow now, are you stoked?
- Yeah man, it's sick to have a parts sponsor now, my bikes dialed. I've secretly always wanted to be apart of Shadow since “the Shadow is upon you" days at Roots. So I'm stoked for sure!