haribo board is sick. might just cop one if it's a 14.25 wheelbase

Fucked if so but for sure one of the dumbest things you can do is insta your crimes. Self incrimination for the sake of clout isn't very core. If drill rap has taught me anything its that live tweeting the evidence is a slam dunk for prosecutors.

Going by the end of May for 2 weeks, I'll take my trucks with me just in case. What's the local skateshop in there?

The shop when I was there was called Griptape but it went out of business unfortunately. The owner Alvaro is awesome though and I’m sure you will still meet him there if you skate around. https://www.instagram.com/riptape_alvaro?igsh=cXI1dzJycHBxdDRq

I loved it there and I was able to live there for a few months a few years ago. The skaters all link at the plaza de Marina in the evenings generally after 7. Fun session with lots of homies, great crew, old and young. They will be able to tell you where to get a board for sure, as there are other shops in the area.

Oddly enough I was just wondering about this dude recently. Forgot to look up his insta. Wonder if anyone knows the real story. Maybe his IG got nuked or he deleted it for other reasons.

He felt so emasculated seeing Moose bust knobs and cut kinks on YouTube for the world to see, he had no choice but to hang it up.

This is why I love it here! Thanks.

Alan "ollie" Gelfand

Great video, I have a funny Alan Gelfand story I figured I would share. I work at a skate shop in a pretty small city in Canada, it's in a bit of a sketchy area so we often get homeless people coming in that used to skate or even sometimes trying to steal shit. Anyways one day this older dude barges in and right away asks me who invented the ollie, I figured he was out of his mind, the way he came in asking was really rude. I actually at the time didn’t even know who invented the ollie lol so I just said I dunno buddy rodney mullen? The guy gave me a dirty look and basically demanded I google the name Alan Gelfand and then he will be back in an hour. It was a weird ass encounter, but nothing really out of the ordinary for me. Once he left I was curious, so I googled it and found out it is Alan Gelfand who is credited with inventing the ollie, he also had a pro board on Powell at some point. Then to my surprise after a google image search it was the fucking dude! He never came back in, unfortunately, but I have told this story to a few friends, and it turns out this has happened to other people that work at skate shops too, and never in a cool way. Alan Gelfands a weird guy.

Perfect time to revive this.