Name:
Shawn Diamond

Date of Birth:
3/24/83

Home:
Hollywood California

Years Climbing:
7

Favorite Climbing Area:
Ceuse

Favorite Route:
L’ami de tout le monde/Realization/Astroman

Favorite Bouldering Area:
Buttermilks

Favorite Boulder Problem:
Right Martini(Hueco) / Buttermilker(Buttermilks) / Never Ending Story(Magic Wood) / Serenghetti(Happys) / The ones I haven’t done yet…Empire of Dirt Project & Shine Project (Bardinis)

Favorite Climbing Goals:
To put up new Sierra FA’s deep in the backcountry both, boulder and wall.

What do you do to train?
Surround myself with beautiful women, climbing, skiing, trail running and in the gym @ “The meat market” aka West LA’s Rockreation. Home of stars, starlets, waiters, waitresses, me and my ipod.

What do you do to relax:
“What’s that stuff I used to eat back in the day….used to eat it all the time” (Half Baked) .. DESSERT, DESSERT, DESSERT… DANCE, DANCE, DANCE. wait…. what’s relax mean again?

Going out to dinner with friends – where and why?
The Watergrill, Downtown LA. There’s exceptional fish, drink and dessert. Most notably the salmon with small homemade crab and truffle ravioli on the side. As well as the perfect almond/persimmon tarte with fresh spooned yogurt flavor ice-cream atop. With ideal distance to LA’s make-out spot number 1, Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall’s garden and short drive to kick it at the Mountain Bar with exquisite dancing they got valet.

You just won a million dollars, what do you do?
1. Buy four door Maserati car with 310 dubs, Von Dutch pinstripes with naked lady flames, and Pink Vintage 1950’s Chanel upholstery 2. Buy HD cam with dually G5 to make my new film “Coming Up Diamonds” 3. Higher Natalie Portman to do a day shoot in Southern France with me for the film. 4. Fall in love 5. Live with her and millions for more cars, films and art…….a flawless plan!

Current Car:
Audi A6 Wagon rollin on 19”ers

Dream Car:
Bentley Continental GT Sport Coupe (the same car that Paris has rolled up to the club next to me in times three….she gave me the double take every one of dem)….I think I look a little like a Greek shipping heir sometimes.

Personal Hero/why?
Jeff Koons…cause he destroys the art market with pink paintings of white cake.

Favorite Films:
“The Bicycle Thief” de Sica, “Being Jon Malkovich” Jonze, “Cremaster Cycle” Barney, “RIZE” de la Chappelle, “CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY” (Old!!)

Favorite Books:
“Rule of the Bone” Banks, “East of the Mountains” Gutterson, “Life of Pi”

Favorite Music/Bands:
Yo-yo Ma, Emmy Lou Harris, Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Dredg, Massive Attack, Talib Kwali, Biggy Smalls, Atmosphere, Dead Prez, Heiroglyphics, Neil Young, Rilo Kiley, Bob Dylan, Radiohead

Secret to your success:
Being a dessert lover! Enjoy the sweets, man, why wouldn’t you? Oh yeah, and being an LA Artstar with a last name like mine helps. I could always go into porn.