I met Ishod in April 2012 back when I first started skating and didn't know how to use the front camera on my phone.
I had missed my train at suburban and thought I'd wait it out at LOVE across the street. Walking into the park, I remember thinking, "damn, it'd be sick if Ishod were here," in that daydreaming sort of way. At that point, I had only seen his Since Day One part, so I thought he had moved out to SF. Next thing I know, I saw someone whip out a perfect switch (? memory is fuzzy here) tre, briefly catching a flash of a yellow REAL oval. I look up - it's fuckin Ishod. I watched him do lines for like 15 min before I talked to him and asked for a photo. He was super chill as I fumbled with my phone trying to use it backwards and gave me a parting high-five (which I missed, lol).
Favorite memory might be him threading the needle up the 3-stairs between tourists. It was really crowded that day and he ollied up one of the 3 stairs between a lady with a baby stroller and another dude with like inches to spare.