Naturally unique style, naturally awesome person. Happy for him that it all worked out so well- he put things on the line to make it happen. He had saved up for college and then decided to live off that money and skate as hard as possible and see what happened, and taking that risk put him where he is now.
My favorite Stefan memory is when I got to go shoot photos of the Meat Puppets for the mag and got a plus one for the show. He skated to Nirvana's cover of the Puppets' "Lake of Fire" (see the Expedition video above) and I knew he was a fan, so I called him up randomly to see if he wanted to come with me. He was so hyped and drove down from Sac at the drop of a hat. I introduced him to the Meat Puppets, explained who he was and that he had skated to that song, and they were so stoked. I have some photos of them together chopping it up. The show was amazing and Stefan just grinned the entire time.