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Pretty sure all the flipping off was a joke. I mean fuck you and you're benihana ya know. He drove the van most of the way.
I laughed a lot at that edit. Tug McClung and Bob Altamirano pulling a Bam at the fast food joint were some high points.
Judging by how I heard his exit from WKND went down, I really felt this was a more heartfelt fuck you to Austyn.
edit: I am an idiot someone mentioned this in another thread earlier today.
It was the first switch benihana I ever saw, probably the last. I think it was just a joke. They don't seem like the most serious guys. I think they thought he was going to be temporary from the beginning anyway. They kinda brush over it in the the launch ramp tour article in thrasher.
This is the direct quote from the article, when they were giving descriptions of all the riders:
"Austyn Gillette: Austyn is like the hot girl you date that's totally out of your league and everyone knows it. But you continue being with her knowing for damn sure one day out of nowhere you’re going to come home to an empty apartment with a letter on the counter saying she's met somebody else. When that moment finally presents itself you stop and think, nobody is ever going to treat you as good as I did. But then you remember that really hot chicks always fall upward. Then you start to get a little angry and crazy because you know the next person will probably treat them even better than you did. Love stinks!?"