All of these stories are great! Growing up in the bay area, ive met a lot of pros.
When I was little going to vans milipitas everyday I met most of all the TMA dudes. I remember seeing marc wearing lakais for the first time and I was so bummed. I was skating the step up gap with poncho moler and friends and that dude definitely has a big ass hahaha. I never saw caswell skating but Id always see him outside smoking. One summer I went there randomly and i guess fuel was having a demo, evan hernandez, and josh harmony were there with others. Josh harmony is one of the nicest dudes.
months later it was a zumiez couch tour and circa had a gay setup in the parking lot, instead of skating vans park. apples, bledsoe, muska, ramondetta, colt, and lenny rivas were all pretty cool dudes. I had a small conversation with all of them.
and recently in the past 2 years ive met brian anderson a couple of times hes one of the nicest dudes. omar salazar chatted up with me and my friends when we saw him crossing the street and we were stopped at the light haha that was cool of him. saw beebs and stefan at B street park, theyre cool dudes. potrero del sol is a good place to see pros, BA, busenitz, tnt, frank, peabody, ive seen them all there. damn thats all I can remember right now, i know theres more but yea keep these stories comin!