Funny to see some names of people I know in real life mentioned in this thread.
Skated with Dan Murphy over this past summer in NC. He is helping run a rad bar / food spot near Endless Grind if any of you happen to be passing through Raleigh. He still rips.
Haven't seen Hillary in over 10 years. Used to film her when she was Mark. Got Mark on the team for the skate shop I was riding for but had a falling out at one point when Mark said some negative things to me. It was out of character for Mark. Years later I got a message on Facebook or Myspace from Hillary making amends. Gots mad respect for Hillary, hope to skate with her again one of these days.
YMHY, your mother hates you? If my memory is correct, pretty sure that was a homie Greg who was down to drive all over NC to skate during the Carolina LOVE days. Dude had a solid weed connect which was rare back in the early 2000s in NC. He also had a choco shroom hook up which definitely made high school more interesting for a few days.
Sinclair put together an NC skate event a couple summers ago which was real cool. Always rad to see old friends.
Anyways, I've told team riders about times the company they ride for or if their name is mentioned on the forums to check out the thread and maybe chime in. Sometimes they venture in, most of the time they stay away.
YMHY was such a dickhead, but I loved him. We talked on AIM all the time, he was a total sweetheart deep down.
You've been dating my OLDDDDD friend Michele for fuckin' like 100 years! Hell yeah Travis. Thanks for sending me those Satori wheels a few years ago, I'm still riding them into brittle little pieces lol. My boy (and neighbor) Matt Tomasello rides for you guys too I think.
Shout out to other old school SLAP heads such as Terrorsquad and Jon from New Jersey. DME, SON! Oh, and JA$ONWEAR NYC
also also shout out to Mike Fork, a real good homie who I originally met on here. I won't tell his current username, but he's still here rockin' hard.
I love you, SLAP <3
EDIT: OH also my neighbor who lives with Matt Tomasello, we originally got in touch via SLAP. His name is cool spot, he never posts. Much love to him, too. Love ya Peter.