When I was growing up our next door neighbors had a pool and I kind of had a crush on their daughter, so I used to hang out over there all the time to swim and chill with her. This was like 1984-85, and I was 10 or 11. They had a skinny old yellow 70’s banana board, and I used to ride it all the time, I’d try and jump it off their porch and stuff, I had no concept of what an ollie or any other tricks were back then. Then they gave the board to me, and I started cruising around on it through the streets of my neighborhood.
The next year, 1986, my best friend got a Vision Psycho Stick and Powell’s Future Primitive video, and we were really hyped on skating. So for my birthday that year (21 years ago tomorrow) I got my first legit set up- A Powell Peralta Caballero mini deck with red grip, G&S trucks, and white Powell ratbones wheels. This was my first pro deck-
I’ve been hooked ever since, for over 20 years now. I’ll roll until I die.