Interview With Elliott Neese Captain On F/V Saga As Seen On Discovery Channels Deadliest Catch

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself?
EN: Captain Elliott Neese, F/V Saga, as seen on Deadliest Catch

MW: You have said before since you were 2 years old you want to captain a crab boat. How were you introduced to crabbing?
EN: My dad was a crab fisherman. The first time I was on a crab boat was when I was 2 years old. I fell in love with crabbing and wanted to own a crab boat.

MW: When did you start out in crabbing?
EN: I started pot fishing when I was 16. Everyone else was partying over spring break and I went fishing instead.

MW: When you got to work the first time on a crab boat how was it?
EN: Amazing! I got paid full share within a day of being on the boat. I worked with a group of great guys. It was like living on cloud 9. It was the coolest thing ever.

MW: Had you been a part of Deadliest Catch on Discovery TV before you became the captain of the Ramblin’ Rose?
EN: Negative

MW: When you became captain of the Ramblin’ Rose did you think it was going to be so hard?
EN: It wasn’t hard at all. What you see on tv and reality are two different things.

MW: What would you have done different in season 8 of Deadliest Catch?
EN: I wouldn’t have let them film my family if I had known how they would show it.

MW: How did you feel about your family stuff being on TV?
EN: I would have felt better if they had told me the truth. They told me they were going to film fun stuff with my family. They filmed for 5 days, and only showed the bullshit. They didn’t show the fun family stuff we did.

MW: Tell me a story that was not shown on season 8?
EN: I can tell you about a story that was made up on Season 8. When they said my boat hit the ice with a guy asleep at the wheel. That never happened. I got woken up at least 300 yards from the ice and slowly drove the boat through it to get to St. Paul. And if you actually watch the footage, you can see the frame rate was changed to make it look like we were going fast.

MW: Do you feel that you were a misunderstood captain on season 8?
EN: Misunderstood? No. Mis-portrayed? Yes. I feel like if they would just show the truth, things would be great. It’s like playing a game with somebody who already knows the outcome. They just twist and turn everything the way they want. If I was such a bad guy to work for, why do I still have guys working for me that have been with me a couple years, and guys still calling me wanting jobs?

MW: How will things change for you in season 9?
EN: In Season 9, I own my own boat. I should be shown truthfully, and everything goes professionally and well on the boat.

MW: Will you have a whole new crew?
EN: No.

MW: What happened with you and the owner of the Ramblin’ Rose?
EN: I went into partnership with the owner of the Ramblin’ Rose to buy the F/V Saga.

MW: If you lived in a perfect world of crab fishing how would it be?
EN: I would sit on the beach in Mexico, and have somebody else driving my boat.

MW: What do you like to fish for more King or Opilio?
EN: Opies because when you get on them, you can really put a smack on them. You can put 200,000# of crab on the boat in 2 or 3 days. The lease fee on the opies quota is lower so you can make more money.

MW: What do yo do on your time off?
EN: I hang out with my beautiful girlfriend and my kids. I like to go to Mexico to visit family, go spear fishing with my dad. The nice thing about crabbing is when you’re off you have money to do what you want and all the free time in the world.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?
EN: To all the people who doubted me, I love to prove you wrong. There’s a new kid on the block who’s taking over this town, aka the Bering Sea.

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Interview With Zack Larson Deckhand On Cape Caution As Seen On Discovery Channels Deadliest Catch

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself.
ZL: My name is Zack Larson and I work on the fishing vessel Cape Caution which also happens to be captained by my dad, Wild Bill, and is featured on Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch.

MW: Did you know from an early age you wanted to be a crabber?
ZL: No, growing up I never thought about fishing as a career. Even into my early twenties, I still hadn’t given it a thought.

MW: What did you think when your dad said “come out with me crabbing”?
ZL: He didn’t give me much time to think about it. I believe I had to quit my job in 10 days to catch the flight to Alaska. I figured it gave me a chance to really know my dad and test myself as a man in a harsh and dangerous world.

MW: What do you remember about that first day?
ZL: That it seemed to never end. Crabbing isn’t a nine to five kind of job. Our workdays can last over 50 hours. And normally we work easily 20-hour days. I was already used to working 10- to 12-hour days at my previous job. But nothing can prepare you for working on a crab boat.

MW: Tell me about starting out as a greenhorn.
ZL: Starting out as a greenhorn was extremely difficult for me. I wasn’t used to getting yelled at and made fun of all the time. I had next to zero fishing background and I was also the captain’s son. Life wasn’t easy for me and it took getting used to. I was used to working with people that had degrees or went to technical college for training. There isn’t a school that trains you to be a crabber. The deckhands are your teachers, and sometimes the teachers get tired of you. I was lucky to have some great deckhands and my dad on board.

MW: How was it being on the F/V Kodiak with your dad Wild Bill?
ZL: When we are fishing I don’t get to spend a lot of time with my dad. He is in the wheelhouse and I’m running around on deck. The time that we get to spend together is priceless. Normally when we are going back to port or have long distances between our string of pots we can chat. Nothing crazy, normal father-son talk. About life, women, money and cars. It is something that I didn’t have growing up, and I think my dad also didn’t have these talks with his dad. The conversation may seem bland, but they mean a lot to both of us.

MW: Was there ever a time you said F–K this I am going home?
ZL: About every fishing trip. The long hours and sometimes terrible fishing eats away at you. When fishing is great, you’re not thinking about being home and loved ones. When fishing is terrible, everything that is sore starts to bother you, everything anybody says annoys the hell out of you, and you start to question your career choice.

MW: Do you think it would have been easier for you to work for another captain in the fleet?
ZL: Sometimes I do think that, but I know I still can learn a lot from my dad. My next move is down into the engine room and that is where my dad is an expert. I believe my dad has a few more years left in him, and I need to take every opportunity I can to learn from him. Then I will be able to work for another captain and not look like a jackass.

MW: How has it been since your dad Wild Bill is now captain on the F/V Cape Caution?
ZL: The Cape Caution is a really great boat. It hasn’t fished crab in a long time and we have been getting her back into shape. The best part of that boat is the owner. He wants to see that boat be profitable and is investing a lot of money back into the boat. My dad is the perfect guy for that boat. He can see a problem and know how to fix it or get the right people down to the boat to fix it.

MW: Do you want to be a captain like your father Wild Bill one day?
ZL: I think that should be every deckhand’s vision for himself. I want to run a boat. Am I close to being ready? Hell NO! I have so much to learn and hopefully when the time is ready, I can step up and deliver.

MW: What can we expect this season from you?
ZL: Well I can’t reveal a whole lot, but I would say I continue my rise up the deck and possibly a little tension between my dad and myself at some point.

MW: What do you on your time off?
ZL: I’m like most men, with a cold beer and friends. I am normally in Mexico in the same town as my dad. We golf together on Mondays and enjoy the sunny weather. Not a lot of sun going on in Alaska.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?
ZL: Thank you for your interest in fishing and in Discovery’s Deadliest Catch. If people want to ask me questions, I’m usually good at answering them on Twitter. You can find me @ZackLarson. Thanks again.

Interview With Devyn DeLoera Of The Voice Season 3

Interview done by Mike Wilkerson

MW: How did you get on The Voice?

DD: I was approached by the casting agency on YouTube to audition privately and I went from there.

MW: Was it a long process?

DD: The process is a lot longer than it appears. I went through three auditions before making a team and some people go through more.

MW: What was your favorite song to perform on The Voice?

DD: I loved performing “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston as a solo and loved performing all of the group numbers!

MW: Please tell me about working with Christina Aguilera?

DD: Christina Aguilera She’s incredible. She knows her stuff and she is very invested in her team. I did not spend any time with the other coaches. I only saw them in tapings.

MW: You just released your first single Paralyzed. Tell me about it?

DD: It’s a fun pop song that people can totally relate to!

MW: Is there a video for Paralyzed?

DD: There is not. But I have other videos on YouTube!

MW: How is the single doing?

DD: I believe it is doing well. I know my very loyal fans have it on repeat!

MW: Will you be recording a full length recording?

DD: I think I want to work on releasing singles. I want every song I put out there to be radio friendly and don’t want any filler songs. I may make an album of the singles at the end of the year.

MW: Will you be doing any live shows this year? If so where?

DD: Yes I will be performing in Los Angeles and surrounding areas this year.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?

DD: Check me out online. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram! Search devyndeloera! Thank you.

Interview With Amber Shinsel One Half The Duo To Win Robot Combat League On SyFy With CRASH

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself?
AS: I’m a 24 year old software engineer located in Portland Oregon.

MW: How did you get involved in Robot Combat League on SyFy?
AS: My dad is a hobby roboticist and has gotten some good press for the robots he’s designed and built. The creator of the show contacted him to see if he was interested, and he mentioned he had a daughter.

MW: How did you and your dad go about designing Crash?
AS: Mark Sertrakian designed and built all the robots.

MW: How did it come about to be on Robot Combat League
AS:

MW: Was the process long and hard?
AS: It was definitely tough. We were away from home for a little over a month, so that was hard.

MW: What did you think when Crash beat Steel Cyclone?
AS: It was pretty exciting. We definitely didn’t want to be the first ones eliminated!

MW: Then came Brimstone how was it beating him?
AS: We were really happy with that happened. We were really nervous about fighting Brimstone because of the leather armor, so it was so exciting when we won.

MW: You would then beat Scorpio tell me about that win?
AS: That was probably the most fun but most tense fight we had. Diana and Chris are tough competitors, and those blades on Scoripos’s fists were definitely worrisome.

MW: Crash would go onto the final showdown against Steam Punk. What did you think of the win?
AS: We were so excited. We definitely never would have expected to win, especially against so many amazing teams.

MW: Do you think Team Crash was the break out team?
AS: I think a lot of the other teams counted us out a bit because of the power up challange, but I never think we were as much of ‘underdogs’ as it appeared on the show. Crash was a pretty impressive robot, and we studied his armor and how he worked in order to use him to our best advantage.

MW: Will Crash be able to come back next season to defend his title?
AS: I’m not sure, we will have to see what Syfy wants!

MW: What will Team Crash do next?
AS: We filmed the show in October, and after that it was nice just to get back to normal life!

MW: What do you and your dad do when not fighting robots?
AS: He builds his own robots as a hobby, and I’m currently planning my wedding this summer.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?
AS: Participating and winning RCL was an awesome experience!

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Interview With Mark “Abba” Abbattista Contestant On Season 21 Of The Amazing Race

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself:

MA: My name is Mark “Abba” Abbattista but everybody calls me Abba.  I am a music/entertainment attorney based out of Beverly Hills and was a contestant on the last season of the 9 time Emmy award winning show, The Amazing Race.

MW: You were on The Amazing Race 21. What do you remember about getting the call you were going to be on the show?

MA: It was a total thrill!  Both James (Lomenzo, my partner) and I felt this sense that it was almost our destiny to be on the show, we just knew it was going to happen once we applied. 

MW: How did you pick James to be your partner for the race?

MA: Being in the music business we had both traveled extensively together and felt we had the skills that best suited the Race.  It was a natural process that initially started when we were running through an airport and I turned to James and joked that we should go on the show because essentially we were running the Race in our normal lives…except for the million bucks.

MW: Had you really wanted to be on The Amazing Race?

MA: Abbasolutely!  We’ve been big fans of the Amazing Race for a long time.  It’s the best show on television and has 9 Emmy awards as the Best Reality show to prove it.  The whole production of how they bring the world into your living room is truly unfathomable and it was an honor to have been a part of it.

MW: What was your favorite Road Block to do?

MA: The bamboo challenge in Indonesia was great because it showed how well James and I worked together as a team and the Turkish bath in Istanbul was a pleasurable break from the rigors of running the Race.

MW: What was your favorite challenge to do?

MA: Believe it or not I most enjoyed eating the frog fallopian tubes in Shanghai, the rappel to start the Race in Pasadena and collecting the rats in Dhaka.  When do you ever get to things like that?! 

MW: Tell me how you all lost all your money on the 6th. leg and had to quit the game?

MA: You’re confused a bit here – our money was taken by two other teams in Bangladesh and despite the dire circumstances we actually prevailed in not only getting the money back from the generous gifts of locals but we also beat the team that took it.

We were eliminated 2 legs later in Moscow when a taxi driver drove away and stole all our belongings including my passport so we could not leave Russia and therefore could not proceed forward in the Race.  We tried everything we could to get a new passport issued by the US government and then the required exit visa from the Russian side but it just couldn’t be done in time.  It wound up taking six days before we had a letter of diplomatic immunity issued to us that allowed us to come back to the States. 

For the record, we never quit and I’d like to think we were never actually beaten.  We were eliminated by a uniquely ridiculous set of bad luck circumstances that has never happened in 22 seasons of the show.

MW: Do you feel if you were not made to leave you and James would have won The Amazing Race 21?

MA: I’d like to think that, yes.  We were a strong team that had won two legs previously and were hitting our stride but as we, and many teams before us, found out anything can happen and that’s the beauty of the Amazing Race.   

MW: What was your favorite team to hang out with?

MA: We don’t really get the opportunity to hang out together and it just so happened that we never really ran with the other teams very much.

MW: How was it when you were at a Pit Stop?

MA: It’s pure adrenaline as you run in to meet Phil and await the stressful declaration of where you finished the leg.  Once you step off the mat it’s like everything just flushes out of your body, you catch your breath and then exhaustion slams you immediately.   

MW: What was your favorite country to visit?

MA: I’d say China, Indonesia and Bangladesh only because I had never been there before (I had been to Turkey and Russia several times previously). 

MW: What was your least favorite country to visit?

MA: I loved them all!   The conditions in Bangladesh were by far the toughest but we won both legs there and had wonderful experiences with all the local people there – they all hold a special place to me.

MW: What happens when you get eliminated?

MA: You go back to the hotel and cry!  It’s really an emotional ride because you prepare so hard to win and the realization that you’ve just been eliminated is terribly disappointing.

Typically you would go to a secret sequester location with all the other teams that have been eliminated but due to our passport/visa problems we never went there and just went straight from Russia to the finale in New York.  We just made it in the nick of time. 

MW: What have you 2 done since The Amazing Race 21?

MA: I’ve done my best to transition back to normal life.  There are several months between when we finish running until the show airs on TV and I just laid low and recuperated from my broken legs during that time.  Once the show airs it was a whole new experience of people recognizing us in public.

MW: What reality conventions will you be at?

MA: I just came back from the Reality Rally which is a huge charity event for a breast cancer research facility in California called Michelle’s Place.  It’s put together by ex-Survivor Gillian Larson and features 100 guests from a variety of different reality shows.  It was a totally amazing experience!  I got to meet a ton of people, the event raised a tremendous amount of money and I feel blessed by the opportunity that my simple participation on a television show can unite me with such wonderful people in making a positive impact.      

MW: Tell me about being in the music business?

MA: It’s a unique world full of creative people that is a joy to work in – I wake up every morning wondering what’s going to happen and go to bed every night wondering what just happened! LOL

MW: Who have you worked with? 

MA: Due to confidentiality I can’t name specifics but I’ve pretty much worked with all the big names in the metal genre. 

MW: Give me a good story about a rockstar you have worked with?

MA: This guy I know very well, James Lomenzo, who played bass in White Lion, Megadeth, Ozzy and more, went on a television show called the Amazing Race!

MW: Would you want to MC a 3 day rock show here in Kentucky in 2014 as a tribute to Dimebag?

MA: Abbasolutely!  Having known Dime it would be a honor.  He really was like no other – his playing speaks for itself and anybody who ever met him has a story of that day forever.  He made everybody laugh and was a lot of fun.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?

MA: My simple message is Be Dipherent – Be Yourself.  Whoever you are, that’s who you are supposed to be.  Embrace yourself, do things that make you, and others, happy and cherish life.

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Interview With Nick McGlashan Deckboss On Cape Caution As Seen On Discovery Channels Deadliest Catch

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself?

NM: I’m Nick McGlashan, the deckboss on the Cape Caution captained by the great Wild Bill.

MW: How did you get involved with crabbing?

NM: Crab fishing has been in my family for generations. My dad was a crab boat owner and captain for 30 years. My uncles ran boats. Two of my aunts were deckhands on crab boats. One lost at sea.

MW: What was the first crabbing boat you were on?

NM: My very first crab boat I ever fished on was named the Westling owned and captained by my father Bruce Lanford at the age of 13.

MW: How was it being a greenhorn?

NM: I was a greenhorn at a young age in the derby days working for my dad who was a hard ass and turned me into a man at a very young age also. He was a screamer and I remember never doing anything right. He said that I must let no one out work me. That trait is still instilled in me. I would leave school for weeks at a time to go crab fishing and have to bring with me school work to do whenever I had a chance to do it.

MW: Tell me about getting your start on the Kodiak?

NM: In April 2012 I lost my job on the Arctic Mariner where I had been working for 6 years. Wild Bill hired me at the bar in Dutch Harbor as his new deckhand aboard the Kodiak. I worked with Zack and Mike V.

MW: Now you are on the Cape Caution. How has it been so far?

NM: the Cape Caution didn’t fish crab for almost 6 years and was a bit neglected and not used to the punishment we were about to throw at her. It was a difficult time to make the boat operational. She threw everything she had at us. That boat did not want to crab fish! With time and effort of dedicated deckhands and captain it will be a successful crab fishing vessel.

MW: How is it having Wild Bill as a captain?

NM: Working for Wild Bill has been one of my greatest memories. He takes care of the boat and pushes us to become better on deck and as a person. I have a lot of respect for the man. He wants to break us with long long hours of nonstop physical work. My kind of captain. I’ve known him for many years his friendship with my father goes back almost 40 years.

MW: How is it working with his son Zack?

NM: Zack is one of the nicest guys I know. He’s a hard worker that thrives to be just like his father Bill. We have a lot of laughs together. I’m happy to say we get along great.

MW: Give me 24 hours in your life on the Cape Caution?

NM: I can some up 24 hours on the Cape Caution with saying that there is a lot of yelling laughs and pure frustration. When Bill says lets shut down for a bit at the end it feels good to sleep knowing that we worked harder than we ever have before.

MW: Are you excited about the season being on Discovery?

NM: I can’t wait for everyone to see what we overcame this season on Deadliest Catch. The equipment broke the crew broke. It’s quite the journey. We overcame so many obstacles.

MW: Can you tell us what to expect for this season?

NM: Who came out on top? You’ll have to watch and see. But I can tell you it’s a well recorded story of pain and suffering.

MW: If you could pick another Captain to work for whom would it be, and why?

NM: if I wasn’t working for Wild Bill I would work for Scott Campbell Jr. he is also close friends with my father and I’ve known him for years. He wants to just work as hard as he can and have fun and wants a crew who also wants that. And he will make you money. A def. plus. There’s opportunity with him.

MW: What do you do on your time off?

NM: I try to work as much as I can. I am young and love to work. When I am not working I spend a lot of time traveling. I snowboard, rafting, I enjoy seeing my family, most of which I see in Dutch Harbor, Akutan and St. Paul. I enjoy the college life maybe a bit too much. I’m working on it but damn it’s fun.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?

NM: I see myself in the future owning and running crab boats. That’s my dream. When I was a little kid I wanted to be a crab fisherman, now I am. I am living my dream. My dream is on the Discovery Channels Deadliest Catch and you must watch every minute of it!

 

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