Full Name: Clayton Jack DeMooney
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA
Residence: Jasper, GA
Toothpaste: Aquafresh Whitening
Clayton DeMooney: I guess it started back in the day, the year 2000, cinder block walls around the school. Me and my friend David McLean...whew, thats old school... walking around school, walking off lockers and cinder block walls.
FSW: Have you ever sustained any injuries?
CD: Its pretty dangerous. You dont really get injuries like cuts and scrapes, but you get little, uh...you know when you fall on a gym floor...
FSW: Rasberries?
CD: Yeah, rasberries. Thats it. I also dislocated my pinky once.
FSW: Ooh, pinky finger. Prior to the cinder blocking, was there any special training involved?
CD: I did skateboard for a while in middle school. That ended when I had a run in with a branch. I guess there was training on the football field, preparing me for the physicality of freestyle walking.
FSW: Hmmm. Do you have a favorite move?
CD: I dont know, I just kind of go out there. I like to walk off walls and do other crazy things with other objects like that. Flips are hard.
FSW: Would you say you had a signature move?
CD: Pretty much the 360 spin fakie heel grab.
FSW: If you could be a type of rock, what would it be?
CD: (without hesitation) Metamorphic.
FSW: Hmm, I thought youd say that. Do you have a most memorable freestyle walking moment?
CD: We were in Chapel Hill, NC and there were a bunch of recycling bins lining the sidewalks. It must have been recycling day or something. And I decided to take my chances and I ran and jumped across 5 or 6 of them. And did a toe touch tuck at the end. Crowd went wild.
FSW: Sick. Favorite word?
CD: Like cuss word?
FSW: Whatever.
CD: I actually like the word sacapuntas, which means "pencil sharpener" in spanish.
FSW: Sacapuntas...I like that. If you could go freestyle walking anywhere in the world...
CD: The Great Wall of China. HA! I said it! I said it!
FSW: Oooh. China. In all of your travels and experiences of freestyle walking, who would you say is your favorite freestyle walker.
CD: New favorite would have to be Craig Mycoskie. I dont worship idols, but if I did worship idols, Id worship Craig. I mean, he has a move named after him.
FSW: How sweet...
CD: But if I were goin old school, Id have to say Josh Zilner.
FSW: Ive heard of him, hes good.
CD: He actually, in Branson, MO, was in a beauty contest...where the guys would dress as girls, uh...
FSW: Cross dressing.
CD: Yeah, cross dressing. So his talent was freestyle walking.
FSW: Boxers of briefs?
CD: Commando.
FSW: Commando?
CD: IVE SAID IT! Ive said it.
FSW: Im glad you were wearing shorts today...What would you tell an aspiring freestyle walker?
CD: Never give up. Keep on goin. Keep on keepin on. Just create, improvise, and just be disciplined in it.
FSW: Hmmm, discipline...Is that something you feel you have?
CD: At times I do I think. Sometimes I get home from work, and Im just too tired to freestyle walk. Thats when you gotta dig down deep... for the good of the sport.
FSW: Word. If you were trying out on American Idol, what would you sing?
CD: Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah.
FSW: Jeff Buckley...thats something they probably dont hear at the old American Idol much. Final Question, and perhaps the most important: If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only have one food and one dessert, what would they be?
CD: Pizza and Peanut butter pie. No doubt. Ohhh, wait. Milk? Do I get milk?
FSW: Sure.
