- Andy's five favorite bands are:
Mos Def
Gang Starr (Guru)
Steel Pulse
10,000 Maniacs
Digable Planets
- Andy's five favorite books are:
From Yale to Jail-
David Dellinger
Mohandas K. Gandhi- autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom-
Nelson Mandela
The Color of Water-
James McBride
Time of Wonder-
Robert McCloskey
- Andy's five favorite movies are:
Harold and Maude
Star Wars (original)
Condor Man
The Search for Animal Chin
Gandhi
- Andy's five favorite candies are:
Red Vines
Nerd Ropes
Shock Tarts
Haribo Gummy Bears
Japanese green apple candies
- Andy's five favorite songs are:
Prison Bound
Social Distortion
Mommy's Little Monster
Social Distortion
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie
Bigger than Hip Hop
Dead Prez
Numbers Game
Mos Def
- Andy's five favorite videogames are:
Asteroids
Defender
Star Wars (OG)
Joust
Donkey Kong (OG)
- Andy's five favorite cities are:
San Diego, CA
Boston, MA
Tokyo, Japan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marseille, France
- Andy's five favorite drinks are:
Egg Nog
SoBe Cranberry Grapefruit Elixir
Root Beer
SoBe Lizard Lightning
Root Beer Floats
- Andy's five favorite ice creams are:
Triple Caramel Chunk (Ben & Jerry's)
Brownie Batter (Ben & Jerry's)
Eggnog (Baskin Robbins)
Half Baked (Ben & Jerry's)
Dulce de Leche (Haagen-Dazs)
- Andy's five favorite colors are:
Red
Yellow
Olive drab
Burgandy
Chocolate Lab Brown
- Andy's five favorite skateparks are:
Aumsville, OR
Marseille, France
Louisville, KY
The Cradle in Australia
Clairemont YMCA San Diego, CA
- Andy's five favorite Toys:
Flybar
Arcade style Asteroids
Juggling Clubs
Trampoline
The Green Machine Big Wheel
- Andy was the motion-capture model for the Sony Playstation games Street Sk8er and 3Xtreme.
- Andy's first real board was a Powell Lance Mountain.
- Andy's favorite song to play on the kazzo is, "Highway To The Danger Zone".
- Equipment:
Decks - Andy Mac pro model
Wheels - Andy Mac, 62mm
- Andy weights 165 lbs.
- Andy is 5'8.
- Andy has his own line of skateboards.
- Andy's favorite skateboarding tricks are: Frontside Air
Frontside Benihana
Lien Rodeo 540
360 Kickflip
Frontside Carve Grind
- Andy's sponsors include: AndyMac Skateboards, SoBe, Airwalk, Verizon Wireless, Flybar, and Eastern Boarder.
- Andy has been skateboarding since 1986.
- Andy became a pro skateboarder in 1994.
- Andy's other interests are snowboarding, wakeboarding, trampoline, and puppy training.
- Andy (Talking about his profession): I get paid to do what I love to do.
- Andy (Talking about his profession): I get paid to do what I love to do.
- Andy: My skateboarding travels have taken me to all but two states in the United States (Alaska and South Dakota), to most of Canada and Eastern Europe, and to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Scandinavia and the Middle East.
- Andy (Talking about when people ask to have his board): I get asked this at contests alot and the answer is "No. If I give you my board, how am I supposed to skate the contest?"
- Andy: I guess my greatest achievement has been winning the World Cup overall combined title for the past seven years. The award that meant the most to me was winning the 1998 Transworld Readers Poll for the Best Overall Skater.
- Andy: My worst injury while skateboarding was a broken ankle. Since then, numerous rolled ankles have kept me off my board.
- Andy (About what got him started): I was playing basketball one day when I saw a kid roll across the court on his skateboard. I asked him if I could try it. For Christmas that year, I asked my mom for a skateboard. My brother got a board around the same time and we would skate together.
- Andy (About training method): Ride my skateboard as much as I can.
- Andy (About training method): Ride my skateboard as much as I can.
- Andy (About superstition): Never say "Last Try" or "One More Try" at the end of a session.
- Andy: Simple advice: Recognize that skateboarding is very hard to do and everyone learns at their own pace. Don't get caught up in what is cool, what is not, or what tricks you should learn. Do whatever makes you happy. Most importantly and above all else, have fun and enjoy it.
