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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: DCLOVE on May 25, 2026, 03:51:42 PM
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Was looking at old shoes for sale online and came across the dc Ryan smiths and realized I haven’t heard anyone talk about that dude in years despite him being a top pro in the mid 2000s. Who else just disappeared one day between 2008 -2011 since we’ve kinda have pretty consistent team line ups since then.
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rather talk about SLAP pals who disappeared
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Ben Schroeder. He’s probably still huge.
https://youtu.be/P0L3ej7qMts
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tony hawk
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Mid 2000’s to 2008-2011 where are they now? thread edition.
Ryan Smith’s absence was due to his motorcycle crash that nearly killed him. One of the mags covered it. He was everywhere at the time though, he had the biggest bs lip at one point, was a DC ad.
(https://wallpapers.com/images/hd/ryan-smith-skateboard-jump-trick-85xftrofvcb53dc7.jpg)
Ryan Smith’s disappearance makes me think the same about Lindsay Robertson, Darrell Stanton and Levi Brown. Darrell answers your question. Probably the most obvious one I can think of.
We did have a mega where are they now thread at one point, but I’ll contribute:
This one is a bit later but Raymond Molinar. Dropped that Cons part in 2012 then I feel like that was it. I know he was involved in WKND but once him and Dgar stopped filming parts things were weird. Let’s blame Stereo.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gygcnrJ4_dE
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Deon Wilson. Can anyone tell me what happened there? Whatever happen can’t have been good. How can go from young guy with crazy footage getting massive push from big companies to now it’s like all his shit has been scrubbed from the internet. Something definitely happen there.
Can just message me if want lol
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Deon Wilson. Can anyone tell me what happened there? Whatever happen can’t have been good. How can go from young guy with crazy footage getting massive push from big companies to now it’s like all his shit has been scrubbed from the internet. Something definitely happen there.
Can just message me if want lol
damn didn't know this dude skated
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Bro it’s the weirdest thing I never met him or even saw him irl but years ago he was an am and he was getting a good push from sponsors he was on dc and element and others I can’t remember. His footage was very good. Everyone could see this.
Something happen FOR SURE
It’s like he never existed
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Bro it’s the weirdest thing I never met him or even saw him irl but years ago he was an am and he was getting a good push from sponsors he was on dc and element and others I can’t remember. His footage was very good. Everyone could see this.
Something happen FOR SURE
It’s like he never existed
I don't think anyone outside of Australia will know who he is or was
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You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
Sometimes you eat the dogshit. Sometimes the dogshit eats you.
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You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out
Deon Williams. I just pm’d you Matty.
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
That's true. Evan Smith deserves more credit for trying to teach us something.
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You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out
Deon Williams. I just pm’d you Matty.
Cheers bro I wrote back
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so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.
also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.
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Braydon was cursed by the battoo
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so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.
also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.
im curious too
spill the beans
(i always thought he got into something else and washed his hands of skateboarding...but if there is more too tell... please do)
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what happened to colt cannon. did he have a knee injury? ryan smith was sick.
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what happened to colt cannon. did he have a knee injury? ryan smith was sick.
I wanna say he had some heart surgery or something an retired
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so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.
also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.
Nah I’m fucked nothing crazy happen I make stupid assumption bro
Edit @fur lined sea sent me his YouTube
I felt like it was easy to look him up ages ago but for some reason I haven’t been able to find his footy on internet for years you know how sometimes you wanna watch old stuff you remember that you liked
But yea check this shit out he was so good hey
https://m.youtube.com/user/DE0NWILLIAMS?ra=m
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Colt Cannon is a good one. Nosegrind GOAT. Tony Tave, Adrian Lopez, a lot of the heyday Circa team ended up in obscurity.
Tosh Townsend although we all know what happened but he was SO big at one point.
Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz
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Huge is a stretch, but what happened to Omar Salazar? Had a pro shoe for Nike. Doomsayers seemed relatively big back in 2014-2017 but now seem to be some sort of bizarre Fast Times exclusive. Looks to be doing acting judging by his recent instagram posts. Any Pals know if he's done with skating?
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Colt Cannon is a good one. Nosegrind GOAT. Tony Tave, Adrian Lopez, a lot of the heyday Circa team ended up in obscurity.
Tosh Townsend although we all know what happened but he was SO big at one point.
Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz
Colt Cannon was a long time pro on Element, probably got paid well during the Bam days and was smart with his money.
Tave - got on LE, we all know how that went
Adrian Lopez - does Loser Machine now?
Ramondetta - quit and moved back home to deal with a family medical situation
Aultz - permanent fixture of 2000s Deluxe, no idea where he is now
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Colt cannon had a bad ankle and had to stop I’m pretty sure and ramondetta retired I’m sure he had like a big party and shit he was so sick hey
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Were there actually any kasperholics or was that just an ad and a url? I remember seeing the ad when I first started and pretty much only know him for jumping over the DJ.
I agree with the Omar Salazar take.
And where’s scott decenzo?
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Lem Villemin
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Were there actually any kasperholics or was that just an ad and a url? I remember seeing the ad when I first started and pretty much only know him for jumping over the DJ.
They existed. I used to skate with a dude in high school who exclusively rode Kasper boards and only wore Osiris with backwards flexfits.
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Chis Dobstaff, Huge when the Storm came out and then pretty much gone
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Chis Dobstaff, Huge when the Storm came out and then pretty much gone
i don't think he was well liked by a lot of people. maybe it was jerry hsu that shit-talked him once in an interview? can't remember
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Chis Dobstaff, Huge when the Storm came out and then pretty much gone
i don't think he was well liked by a lot of people. maybe it was jerry hsu that shit-talked him once in an interview? can't remember
He saw Marc naked on an Enjoi tour and bailed. He was also too serious for them, hence why he teamed up with Chetty Thomas to Darkstar. Not sure what happened there, but kickflip bs blunt a handrail is nuts.
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Lem Villemin
This is a good one. He was getting pushed heaps. Early Adidas was so dope. Still looking for that Adidas clip that has Tim O introducing him. Lots of flow people were in it: Andrew Pearl, Jon Nguyen, Robin Baker, etc.
So many people who were trying to live off skating disappeared due to the recession in the era DCLOVE is talking about (2008-2011). Was Covid the next wave? It’s almost been another 7 years (isn’t the 7 year cycle a thing?). Is 2026ish eerily similar?
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This is a good one. He was getting pushed heaps. Early Adidas was so dope. Still looking for that Adidas clip that has Tim O introducing him. Lots of flow people were in it: Andrew Pearl, Jon Nguyen, Robin Baker, etc.
So many people who were trying to live off skating disappeared due to the recession in the era DCLOVE is talking about (2008-2011). Was Covid the next wave? It’s almost been another 7 years (isn’t the 7 year cycle a thing?). Is 2026ish eerily similar?
Fucking hell, miss jons footy
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JT Aultz nearly died from a slam, from what I remember. I always assumed that’s what happened to him.
As for other names I can think of:
Jake Duncombe was huge, and I was convinced he was going to get SOTY around the time he Cab flipped the spine in KOTR (before shoe companies campaigned for SOTY). I know he piled out and his downfall was kinda his own fault, but man, he was incredible.
Sean Malto. If you stop and think about it, he never really had a ton of parts. He’s still around, but more of a “legacy” guy. He was billed as the “next Koston” but never met the expectations the industry and skaters thrust upon him.
Dennis Busenitz. Stay with me here - I know some people will think including his name here is slander. He’s probably my most influential skater ever. And he was incredibly productive for a long time. But he has been mostly absent for almost 10 years now. Yes his shoe is still in production, and he pops up with a clip here and there, but he hasn’t had a full part since Obama was president.
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^I don't think Busenitz was collectively forgotten in any way, shape, or form. He's just 44yo now and doesn't really need to put out full parts anymore. He's got the best selling shoe on Adidas and a cemented legacy. Away Days was 10 years ago, but he's still putting out at least a couple minutes of footage in promos every year and that's more than most 40+ skaters can say.
https://www.skatevideosite.com/skaters/dennis-busenitz
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Man, Jake Duncombe was so fucking good. I used to watch his Globe and Volcom parts on a daily basis when fuel tv was still a thing. Miss that dude’s footage.
I feel like Malto was on his way to earning the title of “next Koston” when he blew his ankle up on a varial heel down a gap and he was never really able to bounce back completely.
Busenitz is a bonafide Adult now. He’s gotta be pushing 40 at this point. I don’t think he has any obligation to put out a full part. Despite me saying all of that, I’d LOVE to see another full part from him.
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I think the cap’n hats did Duncombe in, unfortunately.
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brian emmers was crazy fucking good. i think he had the dobstaff problem where he was probably a cocky jock or something and it rubbed people the wrong way. what a solid style though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG-qgm3wac
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How has no one mentioned Devine Calloway
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
That gets me sad. He is one of the most talented and stylish from his generation
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How has no one mentioned Devine Calloway
http://youtu.be/Bue8AETYAMU
Devine was always a head scratcher. I think it was mostly a case of an ill-time injury. Too good on a board, looked cool, well-liked. Huge props to PRod for putting him on Primitive when it started out, but he definitely was never going to fit the Plan B-esque super team vibe.
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
You eat one teeny, tiny piece of dogshit as a goof and suddenly that becomes your legacy. Not Even Once. :'(
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Malto had his Pretty Sweet Part after his injury. The part was the worst part ever but that video did nothing for his career. Also skateboarding has just gotten progressively better. At Malto's peak, I don't think he was ever as good as say Jamie Foy. Even the term "the next Koston" doesn't even hold that much power as it used to unfortunately. At least to the younger generation.
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
You eat one teeny, tiny piece of dogshit as a goof and suddenly that becomes your legacy. Not Even Once. :'(
...but you fuck one goat!
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Matt Mumford comes to mind. Ripper.
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nate broussard had everyones attention, austin stephens too
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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics
You eat one teeny, tiny piece of dogshit as a goof and suddenly that becomes your legacy. Not Even Once. :'(
People don’t forget!
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Everyone on Expedition One
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Everyone on Expedition One
For real
Matt Miller went from being big enough to make the cut during the DC soft reboot where they introduced Nyjah and Mike Mo, to being someone you never hear mentioned. Crazy to think dude had a part with 829k views for a pro shoe. No one batted an eye when this dude basically left the scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKRYXYSyDc
Kenny Hoyle and Tom Remillard are another 2 who come to mind. I mean shit, you could make an argument for probably the entire Gone Fishin' cast. Even Zered, while still in the scene and a big deal in the Alltimers crowd, he went from being a top redbull dude to being slightly obscure. Spencer Hamilton was m.i.a. for years until he started gaining some ig traction and landed a spot on Primitive
(https://i.imgur.com/qG59Ko8.png)
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Stacy Lowery
Guy Kampfen
Jake Rupp
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I Think Busenitz Was Dealing With A Bad Back For Several Years, Seen Him Around Lately And He's Ripping Again
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We know what happened to him, but I feel like Nick Trapasso falls into this category. Dude had multiple pro model Cons and is now completely gone from the industry.
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Whatever happened with Sage and Kevin Terp on FA?
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Whatever happened with Sage and Kevin Terp on FA?
Sage has a successful rap career (Navy Blue) and still has colourways for Converse and i'm pretty sure he still has boards come out on FA(?).
Kev started Swim Skateboards and they seem to be putting together a really great team (Ethan Loy, Marley Humphrey, Dan Plunkett, Ryan Conners, Shane Farber)
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Sammy Winter
Kurt Winter
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Steve Olson (the Shorty's guy)
Smolik
Chet Thomas
Chad Fernandez
Gideon Choi
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Where are they now- slap pals edition would be great. Brooklyn Brawler had a stranglehold on this board in the golden years. Curious to know how she turned out
Mid 2000’s to 2008-2011 where are they now? thread edition.
This one is a bit later but Raymond Molinar. Dropped that Cons part in 2012 then I feel like that was it. I know he was involved in WKND but once him and Dgar stopped filming parts things were weird. Let’s blame Stereo.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gygcnrJ4_dE
He had a lengthy career. Popwar, stereo, habitat, es, cons. What else, wknd? Had one of two shared parts in Thrasher videos too.
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Darrell Stanton-Free Your Mind, This Is My Element, Wembanyama Physique. He was on Plan B and DC I think, for a hot second kind of faded.
Travis Stenger
Robbie Russo-First saw him in Beauty and the Beast, and just assumed he'd be GT 2.0.
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nate broussard had everyones attention, austin stephens too
I'll never understand why Nate didn't really ever get the flowers that his style deserved. His static 3 part is phenomenal but I don't often see him mentioned.
Austin Stephens similarly had great style but he officially retired, I think before Heath did.
Both Austin and Broussard had some of my favourite styles of any pro.
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Not sure if I'd say "huge," but Ted De Gros comes to mind
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Malto had his Pretty Sweet Part after his injury. The part was the worst part ever but that video did nothing for his career. Also skateboarding has just gotten progressively better. At Malto's peak, I don't think he was ever as good as say Jamie Foy. Even the term "the next Koston" doesn't even hold that much power as it used to unfortunately. At least to the younger generation.
His injury was after Pretty Sweet, but JUST after. Went to the PS premiere in KC and he was there. Met HATE! There too which was cool. It went Street League Championship, Nike Sponsorship, Escapist Vid, PS, Ankle injury. If I dig around I could probably find pictures, but after that ankle injury he didn’t go as big as he used to. Kinda crazy that Girl’s future got destroyed by their 2 next gens decimating their ankles.
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Malto still ended up carving out a nice career for himself, I'm sure that Etnies money was good back in the day too. I wouldn't really say he was forgotten but as someone else alluded to, the level of rail skating is so much higher than even 10-15 years ago. He just doesn't really stand out in this era.
Surprised nobody's mentioned Theotis yet, dude has been an afterthought for years now but it's cool that he's still on Baker as a legacy guy. In that same vein, Cyril Jackson and Tyson Peterson.
Al Davis but we all know what happened with him. Finding out he was an abuser absolutely broke my heart. After all that news dropped he straight up disappeared.
This is a good one. He was getting pushed heaps. Early Adidas was so dope. Still looking for that Adidas clip that has Tim O introducing him. Lots of flow people were in it: Andrew Pearl, Jon Nguyen, Robin Baker, etc.
God I love Lem, I think he lives in Spain and he's still skating. He really deserved to have a bigger career. You're not thinking of the Adidas from 522 on the 411 are you? No Tim O intro but all the people you mentioned are in it.
22:01
http://youtu.be/eTkhqy_ExY4
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Steve Olson (the Shorty's guy)
Smolik
Chet Thomas
Chad Fernandez
Gideon Choi
Olson has some other company. Look Back Library posted some shit on it recently.
Smolik had a company as well, cant remember what its called, but its exactly what you think it is.
Gideon Choi became a court reporter shortly after dropping off of pro skating.
I gotta be honest, too often you dont really wanna know what happens to these dudes.
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Jason Maxwell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOaZ2uHzbxA
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Jason Maxwell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOaZ2uHzbxA
Actually really liked him and DNA, not sure why.
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Doug Saenz!
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Jason Maxwell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOaZ2uHzbxA
Actually really liked him and DNA, not sure why.
Same! Logic 12 there’s a DNA Alaskan trip and he is still at it there.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F_BytTvblMg
Looks like he got put on ‘holding the rail still’ duty that trip.
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This is a good one. He was getting pushed heaps. Early Adidas was so dope. Still looking for that Adidas clip that has Tim O introducing him. Lots of flow people were in it: Andrew Pearl, Jon Nguyen, Robin Baker, etc.
22:01
http://youtu.be/eTkhqy_ExY4
Not the one but same time period. It starts off with Lem asleep on a plane with Tim O’Connor introducing and narrating. He talks about wanting his strong fresh ankles.
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Damn I know exactly which edit you're talking about, forgot it even existed but I definitely remember seeing it on youtube back in the day. Diagonal-era Adidas was so fucking sick
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Kenny Hughes
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Lee Ralph.
Ben 10.
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Dawning on me that most of the skaters listed here were never huge, but were definitely forgotten.
Skating had such crazy media exposure (without the saturation that social media brough) in the late 90s/early 2000s that some guys who were "good" pros but maybe not incredible by any standards, had a lot of name recognition. Everyone buying every magazine where every page was an ad with a list of team riders will do that.
But alas, no one here has said Nate Jones yet. Last I hear he was a bartender in SF? Still the best BS flip in history.
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Other than LE flopping was there any other reasons Tony Tave stopped skating or getting coverage? Rewatched some of his stuff recently and he was a great skater.
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Ron Whaley was gigantic. Just a tall, gangly man. Forgot about him until I saw this thread.
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Lee Ralph.
Ben 10.
Ran into Ben 10's skate double 2 weeks ago at the Renaissance Faire.
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Ron Whaley was gigantic. Just a tall, gangly man. Forgot about him until I saw this thread.
He's like a team/product manager or something at NHS. He did some really cool/fun/interesting videos early during COVID about different products they were producing. He seems like the nicest guy on earth and being 6'4" I appreciated him for being tall.
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I would say Mark Suciu. He's still around and skating but his profile and presence in skateboarding between the release of Cross Continental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3BYLv403k
and Verso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcxbZbHTj8
was inescapable. The industry pushed him hard, and he was widely respected within skateboarding.
He moved to NYC, seemingly didn't integrate into the city's skate scene, and his output decreased both in terms of quality and quantity post-winning SOTY. Nowadays I only see him in an occasional Adidas edit or a Habitat tour video.
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What happened to Sage Humphries and Jessie Roach?
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Carl Shipman.
Not HUGE per se:
Also I wish Mike Daher had stuck around considering he had the first part in Stereo's highly influential "a visual sound".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xik9C_RAsCA
Nate Jones too. Man had a lot of buzz. 6 Newell will continue to be a pre skate part I love.
All 3 of those dudes held it down in SF and knew how to rock a crew neck.
EDIT this is a much higher quality version of "A Visual Sound" to peep Mike Daher et al:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8YIYZtfz0&list=RDFd8YIYZtfz0&start_radio=1
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Chet Childress
Adam Alfaro
A bunch of Label dudes i guess
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Carl Shipman.
Not HUGE per se:
Also I wish Mike Daher had stuck around considering he had the first part in Stereo's highly influential "a visual sound".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xik9C_RAsCA
Nate Jones too. Man had a lot of buzz. 6 Newell will continue to be a pre skate part I love.
All 3 of those dudes held it down in SF and knew how to rock a crew neck.
EDIT this is a much higher quality version of "A Visual Sound" to peep Mike Daher et al:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8YIYZtfz0&list=RDFd8YIYZtfz0&start_radio=1
Daher! Yes! Remember the ollie to layback grind on the EMB big block...? Uh!
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I'm gonna go with Davis Torgerson. He had a lot of hype built up following his Boondoggle part where he nollie hurricaned a handrail(nbd at the time) and put out some really solid parts during his time at REAL. Unfortunately it seems that injuries got the best of him(from what I heard) which is a shame because he was/is so fucking good. One of the best switch heel and fakie flippers of all time for me.
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Tosh.
He was on top of the world and now I hear nothing about him.
I doubt anyone forgot about him, but he doesn't generate a lot of attention.
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I always lump Davis torgeson and Nick dompierre together, like Davis’s skating more but for some reason they 1 n a half men 2 me.
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Gator?
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Always wondered what happened to the original baker ams (the ones that thrasher did the feature on) + trainwreck. I think I was a similar age to them and they were all over magazines etc for months.
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Was just thinking of Pat Rumney the other day. Whatever happened with that dude?
Always wondered what happened to the original baker ams (the ones that thrasher did the feature on) + trainwreck. I think I was a similar age to them and they were all over magazines etc for months.
I think Trainweck had too many injuries and maybe burned some bridges along the way. He does metal work and art now, he’s on instagram.
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Trainwreck seemed like he blew up really fast, then was gone. Scott Kane did some of the most insane tech rail shit ever for his time and kinda just fizzled out fast.
Uh... The Arcade team? Bryan London was doing absurd shit and then vanished. Guess he never gained the popularity as some others, though.
Eric Bork's part in Santa Cruz's Uprising was a standout. I remember he made a small resurgence around like 2014 as a wannabe social media influencer type of guy for a bit, but that didn't equate to much.
Those are some that come to mind.
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Chet Childress
Adam Alfaro
A bunch of Label dudes i guess
re: chet childress
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhse4DN25i/?hl=en
also curious what happened to adam alfaro. assume his career died the same time the whole tie dye, hippie, dreadhead aesthetic in skating died
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG-qgm3wac&ra=m
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I would say Mark Suciu. He's still around and skating but his profile and presence in skateboarding between the release of Cross Continental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3BYLv403k
and Verso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcxbZbHTj8
was inescapable. The industry pushed him hard, and he was widely respected within skateboarding.
He moved to NYC, seemingly didn't integrate into the city's skate scene, and his output decreased both in terms of quality and quantity post-winning SOTY. Nowadays I only see him in an occasional Adidas edit or a Habitat tour video.
I wouldnt say hes forgotten. I think he just doesnt have as much formal output through parts anymore. He still puts out IG clips pretty consistently. Other than for Adidas im not sure what other outlet he would put out a big part for unless its a personal project. Habitat is a shell of its former self and who knows how long it will last for under CCS.
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I would say Mark Suciu. He's still around and skating but his profile and presence in skateboarding between the release of Cross Continental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3BYLv403k
and Verso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcxbZbHTj8
was inescapable. The industry pushed him hard, and he was widely respected within skateboarding.
He moved to NYC, seemingly didn't integrate into the city's skate scene, and his output decreased both in terms of quality and quantity post-winning SOTY. Nowadays I only see him in an occasional Adidas edit or a Habitat tour video.
i swear to god some of you people just get on this website and write fan fiction about real life people
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Tosh Townend
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Pat Corcoran. Not huge but a promising up and comer.
https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2011/12/chrome-ball-incident-728-swiss-grid.html
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Colt Cannon is a good one. Nosegrind GOAT. Tony Tave, Adrian Lopez, a lot of the heyday Circa team ended up in obscurity.
Tosh Townsend although we all know what happened but he was SO big at one point.
Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz
Colt Cannon was a long time pro on Element, probably got paid well during the Bam days and was smart with his money.
Tave - got on LE, we all know how that went
Adrian Lopez - does Loser Machine now?
Ramondetta - quit and moved back home to deal with a family medical situation
Aultz - permanent fixture of 2000s Deluxe, no idea where he is now
Edit because I dunno wtf happened to my post in posting - im pretty sure he works for BBS/Generator
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Rodrigo TX
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I would say Mark Suciu. He's still around and skating but his profile and presence in skateboarding between the release of Cross Continental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG3BYLv403k
and Verso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcxbZbHTj8
was inescapable. The industry pushed him hard, and he was widely respected within skateboarding.
He moved to NYC, seemingly didn't integrate into the city's skate scene, and his output decreased both in terms of quality and quantity post-winning SOTY. Nowadays I only see him in an occasional Adidas edit or a Habitat tour video.
If there’s Suciu footage, then great! But there’s nothing left to prove. Forreal
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Seems like a lot of skaters who enter the SOTY race in recent years get kinda burnt out whether they win or not. Or maybe it’s just the way my algorithm is setup.
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Running to Malto’s defence he had Nike Sb Constant, Nike Sb trust fall, and Girl “Splendor”
/ “Doll” footage or part post ankle injury.
https://youtu.be/AB2kpLrXYWA?si=mA1l1sZ8tfWcUnpy
https://youtu.be/Qub-8ydas9o?si=-9POQVlxR6rMB07J
https://youtu.be/Aje-5OPG2kY?si=MIAUeDFZu3LX30u-
Not to mention all his announcing for SLS, PSL, Olympics.
“Go on, get hongry on it gurllllll!”
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Correct answers are like Luis Tolentino, Josiah Gatlyn, Mike Barker, Nick McLouth, Trainwreck, etc. - instead we get people saying Suciu, Malto, Gator (!?).
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Rammy Issa (Baker 3 am)
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This is a good one. He was getting pushed heaps. Early Adidas was so dope. Still looking for that Adidas clip that has Tim O introducing him. Lots of flow people were in it: Andrew Pearl, Jon Nguyen, Robin Baker, etc.
22:01
http://youtu.be/eTkhqy_ExY4
Not the one but same time period. It starts off with Lem asleep on a plane with Tim O’Connor introducing and narrating. He talks about wanting his strong fresh ankles.
Probably was this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fLy5ApJbis
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Everyone on Expedition One
I’ll even say pretty much everyone on DC.
They dominated for more than a minute, and now Ozymandias vibes
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Correct answers are like Luis Tolentino, Josiah Gatlyn, Mike Barker, Nick McLouth, Trainwreck, etc. - instead we get people saying Suciu, Malto, Gator (!?).
Louis passed away, Josiah is a Jesus freak, mike barker had a short stint on HYPE! And went back to college, trainwreck welds art, but I would like to know what happened to Nick mcclouth that dude was sick
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Correct answers are like Luis Tolentino, Josiah Gatlyn, Mike Barker, Nick McLouth, Trainwreck, etc. - instead we get people saying Suciu, Malto, Gator (!?).
Louis passed away, Josiah is a Jesus freak, mike barker had a short stint on HYPE! And went back to college, trainwreck welds art, but I would like to know what happened to Nick mcclouth that dude was sick
When did Luis pass away? I never saw anything about that and a quick Google search isn't pulling anything up
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Correct answers are like Luis Tolentino, Josiah Gatlyn, Mike Barker, Nick McLouth, Trainwreck, etc. - instead we get people saying Suciu, Malto, Gator (!?).
Louis passed away, Josiah is a Jesus freak, mike barker had a short stint on HYPE! And went back to college, trainwreck welds art, but I would like to know what happened to Nick mcclouth that dude was sick
God I hope I’m mistaken, but I could have sworn there was a big RIP movement on insta when I was still on that app, if I am mistaken I am sorry for spreading any falsehoods I honestly didn’t know
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Collin Provost seems pretty low profile these days. Is he filming a part?
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Jimmy Carlin.
Everyone that ever was a promising am then went to Darkstar purgatory too.
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Seth Cheeks?? Really enjoyed his Logic part.
Also, Joey Pulsifer?? Loved his 411 part. He skated to Fugazi.
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Seth Cheeks?? Really enjoyed his Logic part.
Also, Joey Pulsifer?? Loved his 411 part. He skated to Fugazi.
To be fair, about 90% of everyone who appeared in a 411vm skated to Fugazi.
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Collin Provost seems pretty low profile these days. Is he filming a part?
I saw a toy machine reel like a month ago and fully thought it was provost before I read the caption, don't even know if I can say he piled out but he definitely fell off, I think he had the unfortunate circumstance of being really good at a certain type of skating right before the kids started going crazy
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Jake Duncombe !!!!
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Correct answers are like Luis Tolentino, Josiah Gatlyn, Mike Barker, Nick McLouth, Trainwreck, etc. - instead we get people saying Suciu, Malto, Gator (!?).
Louis passed away, Josiah is a Jesus freak, mike barker had a short stint on HYPE! And went back to college, trainwreck welds art, but I would like to know what happened to Nick mcclouth that dude was sick
God I hope I’m mistaken, but I could have sworn there was a big RIP movement on insta when I was still on that app, if I am mistaken I am sorry for spreading any falsehoods I honestly didn’t know
Mike Barker runs a really cool skate-nerdy insta similar to the built environment but I can’t recall it off top
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Kenny Hoyle, Slash, lizard king, furby, Jamie tancowny, marquise Preston, Entire LE team
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Kenny Hoyle, Slash, lizard king, furby, Jamie tancowny, marquise Preston, Entire LE team
That whole Deathwish team was huge for a year or two and then crickets.
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Seth Cheeks?? Really enjoyed his Logic part.
Also, Joey Pulsifer?? Loved his 411 part. He skated to Fugazi.
I remember in 411 31 (I think), the one where stacy lowry sacks at the beginning of his profile. He talks about Joey Pulsifer and says something along the lines of ”Joey is rad, hes just a little missunderstood”. Always thought that was strange.
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Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz
Aultz - permanent fixture of 2000s Deluxe, no idea where he is now
Edit because I dunno wtf happened to my post in posting - im pretty sure he works for BBS/Generator
Yes he said on the Bunt he works for BBS
Brian Lotti is one that comes to mind for me. A lot of skaters probably don't know who that is nowadays and he was very infuencial on street skating. I dont think really people "forgot who he was", its just the new generation does not know his impact. probably a lot dont know the impact of natas, julian, cardiel either. this is all before my time even. but people likely know gonz cause hes always been around.
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Sizzla mi waan ask where all dem Rastas ah go? Ipath even haffi come back but deh nah haffi natty dread pon dem team
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Rodrigo TX
This might be one of the worst answers in the thread. Rodrigo is 43, still puts out footage like a monster, and is on Adidas. He’s still very much a big name.
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This might be one of the worst answers in the thread. Rodrigo is 43, still puts out footage like a monster, and is on Adidas. He’s still very much a big name.
Isn’t he also dating a 15-17 year old or something foul?
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Seth Cheeks?? Really enjoyed his Logic part.
Also, Joey Pulsifer?? Loved his 411 part. He skated to Fugazi.
To be fair, about 90% of everyone who appeared in a 411vm skated to Fugazi.
While you’re correct. Joey’s second song is Foreman’s Dog off of End Hits.
Still one of my favorite Fugazi songs. Guy coming in with the second guitar always blew me away.
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Don’t know about huge and/or forgotten but Gailea is one of my favorite skaters of all time and I always wished that there was more footage to watch
On another note, maybe also some of those blacklisted by Thrasher?