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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => In Memoriam => Topic started by: TurdyBird on October 04, 2022, 03:27:44 PM
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Don’t know much about him, which makes me the worst to post about first. Remember seeing him in 411/411 Europe contest video.
Wishing his family peace. Too young, that’s for sure.
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Do you mean Jon Comer? Ex Powell pro with one foot? Dude was sick! Bummer if that’s who you mean.
Oh shit, just looked at his Instagram and he passed a few years ago.
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Do you mean Jon Comer? Ex Powell pro with one foot? Dude was sick! Bummer if that’s who you mean.
Jon Comer passed December 5, 2019.
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He died 3 years ago sadly, great skater.
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Not knowing much about him has become accurate, considering being 3 years late and spelling dudes name wrong.
Sorry legends. Saw someone post on instagram and should have dug harder on it. Requested to have this removed by mods because I can’t find out how to do it on my own
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I back this post regardless.
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Regardless, god rest his soul.
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Dang, I remember this dude used to sticker up his prosthetic. RIP legend.
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personally I can only hope to be remembered in a slap post three years after my death, with my name spelled wrong
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rip joe rogan
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Guys, I heard Phil Shoe might have passed :((. Didnt get into him too much, but what I saw I liked
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Guys, I heard Phil Shoe might have passed :((. Didnt get into him too much, but what I saw I liked
nike will never be the same
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personally I can only hope to be remembered in a slap post three years after my death, with my name spelled wrong
Had to sig this
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Guys, I heard Phil Shoe might have passed :((. Didnt get into him too much, but what I saw I liked
Sorry typo - Phil Shaw…the guy from Think
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RIP Coolio
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https://nostradawgmus.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/jon-comers-death-amputee-and-skateboarding-rituals/
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RIP Jon Comer
And RIP Aaron “Schmidty” Schmidt, who actually did pass away a few days ago.
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Haha love you dudes. As much as I’d love to get rid of my dumb post. I love the dichotomy(did I use this right?) of the posts. I love the fun jabs, and appreciate those who are able to pay their respects to a legend. You guys are why I won’t be shy to post again soon, tho, maybe with more caution hahah
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RIP Tim Brock
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Max “Croc” Rockatansky didn’t do it
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rest in peace to a texas legend
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saw jon do the fattest switch boneless 180 out of this bank to flat into a bowl when i was like 10. shit was like head high. rip
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I used to watch him rip the old Jeff Philips park in Dallas quite often when I was just a young buck. He had lines for days at that place. RIP both Jeff and Jon. Both legends gone too early.
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Regardless, god rest his soul.
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This part amazed me as a kid. Jon was a pioneer when it came to a skater with a handicap. He never seemed to make it an excuse for his skating it seemed like from a far. Never met the guy but from what ever videos and interviews that he was featured in.
This part was part of my early days of skating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci_577ISOS4
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Lots of the current tx rippers came out from under Jon’s wing when he managed an indoor park here. He was always an endlessly kind and supportive “pad nanny” (self-proclaimed, if memory serves me correct). I wrote one of my college entry essays on Jon and his impact on not only myself but the kids around me.
I remember one time, he told a 9 year old me that if I wanted to be a “skate monk” (a little crew name or something he had with some friends) I’d have to take an hour long vow of silence. Dude just wanted me to shut the fuck up for five seconds.
I also remember him letting me skate late a few times after the park closed because my parents were late to picking me up.
Jon was one of the realest.
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For a fraction of a second I read Brad Cromer and got super anxious.
I think it’s because it’s early morning here.
Rest In Peace regardless, way before my time but it’s good to get to know new old skaters, and huge respect for doing that with his “problem”.
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Can someone get the name right for this thread? It's the most important word in anyone's language.
I respected this man so much, imagine turning up as a youngster at the park and skating with only one leg. Pure grit. Sad loss as i think he could have done wonders for getting disabled people involved in skateboarding, (much like they have done for girls)
Didn't he do a 360flip in his 411 part?
RIP Jon Comer
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Jon Comer ripped, I saw his 411 part right when I started skating and it was humbling to see a guy destroy on a skateboard with a prosthetic leg.
I was aware of his passing in 2019, but this a a great opportunity to give him more well deserved shine
http://youtu.be/Kfpys7-O2E4
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First person I saw do a 540 on vert IRL, it's crazy cuz he skated super well but couldn't walk that well. Watching him skate street courses was kinda interesting cuz he was super talented but you could see he that certain things didn't work cuz of his foot and other things didn't affect him at all. I wonder what he could've done with a more modern prostetic. They spoke about him on HawkvsWolf last week and idk if they weren't aware that he died or just didn't want to get into it cuz they didn't even do an RIP after the story or anything.
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I saw him skate once and he had a really awesome “big guy” style that might not come across as well in videos. It’s one thing when a 120 pound kid does a trick but it hits different when the dude is probably closer to 180-190 (don’t know how to guess weight without the leg).
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I spent years hanging and skating with Jon. He was, in my eyes, one of the best skateboarders to walk this planet. Not because he could do every trick, but because of who Jon was. He was a skateboarder, being Pro just helped (barely) pay the bills. He was extremely fun to be around and I loved catching up with him and hearing his stories. When he skated everyone would be like, this dude rips!!!, then he would pull up his pant leg and adjust his prosthetic and everyone would be blown away. Most people didn't know Jon only had one full leg and if he was wearing pants you could barely tell. He was an inspiration and my friend. I hope this thread throws Jon some more shine, he deserved it all and then some for all he accomplished. I miss him and watching his skating. RIP Jon you were a fucking real one for sure!
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whats the shop video where he skates to "helter skelter"
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Can someone get the name right for this thread? It's the most important word in anyone's language.
I respected this man so much, imagine turning up as a youngster at the park and skating with only one leg. Pure grit. Sad loss as i think he could have done wonders for getting disabled people involved in skateboarding, (much like they have done for girls)
Didn't he do a 360flip in his 411 part?
RIP Jon Comer
jon had a mean 360 flip. he used to do them up the step up as well as big flips and a lot of other stuff you wouldn’t imagine being possible with one leg. he was one of the best people to watch skate in person, charging everything & doing stuff/hitting obstacles that a lot of people would overlook or not think to skate.
whats the shop video where he skates to "helter skelter"
that’s in ‘the fast forward flick’. his last part was in index’s skate shops ‘allergic to awesome’. there’s definitely some 360 flips & wild shit in there as well.
if you get a chance, watch his documentary. his story is great & really shows how jon’s attitude was towards skateboarding/life. never letting his leg be a hardship or something to get in the way of his skating & inspiring a lot of people to push through disabilities. one worth mentioning is mike anderson, he was really inspired by jon because he also had some sort of leg disability early on & was told he would never be able to skate either. here are some of jon’s parts below as well as the documentary. he was one of the nicest & humblest dudes out, especially for someone who was as well known as he was.
this is his last part :
https://youtu.be/Ya2DYA40THE
documentary :
https://youtu.be/_GGKrBTNVH0
part from fast forward video :
https://youtu.be/ZoJ_kw_KkSE
starts at 18:32,
song got copyrighted unfortunately for obvious reasons. just play ‘helter skelter’ while you watch it.
mike anderson odes :
https://youtu.be/7RH3vYZcya0
story starts at 3:44, jon part comes in shortly after.
https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/heroes-and-heavies-mike-anderson/
there’s a piece about jon in this too. as well as in the documentary i posted first towards the very end. it shows mike as a little kid doing a speech at school about his heroes, one being jon & the other being spiderman.
rest in peace jon.
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I always thought Jon was rad and inspirational. I did a school project about him in middle school. RIP