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Jessie Newhaus (I know I butchered that name). He skated for Fun skateboards in the early 90's.
Side note. I grew up wearing glasses (still do, contacts often though). I thought for a long time I could never be a good skateboarder because all of the pros didn't wear glasses. Whenever I'd see someone in a mag or video wearing glasses it made me so happy. It gave me hope. And guess what, I still suck.
Muska said that he had terrible vision but skating with glasses made him scared because everything was clear.
I use contacts as well.
I've started skateboarding without glasses and ended up having to wear them around 3/4 years ago. It's a huge change of prospective actually seeing what's going on clearly and being able to asset distances. It has surely slowed down my skating, plus there's the fear factor of smacking them + your face/eyes. (in case you're wondering, no I cannot wear contacts)