I've met Merlino once and on a separate occasion watched from afar as he was being abnoxious and rude to kids at a park (nobody was really fanning out or bothering him, he had no reason to be an ass). I don't really like what ive seen of him as a person, but he's one of my favorites to watch skate. He's done some truly incredible shit, that tactical manual 2 leaked part and his WTF part are both fucked on so many levels.