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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: cigarettedeer on February 10, 2010, 12:17:39 PM
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This kid went from someone I barely payed attention to into a Kirchart/Fowler hybrid of pure style and skill. He fucking kills it and is one of my top 10 favorite skateboarders these days. Appreciate the awesomeness of these videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0f6ggZoNgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR8DxwaiL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54nV8cUWQT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reHJzzXgQZI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-WrCbX_uJI
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We kind of already knew he ripped, I thought that was the general consencus here. He's got kind of an unfuckablewith thing going
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We kind of already knew he ripped, I thought that was the general consencus here. He's got kind of an unfuckablewith thing going
I know, I know. Why not talk about it even more though?
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everybody loves leo.
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Leo's the shit. One of my favorites.
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i look forward to the rippitude in his new emerica part
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As corny as it sounds, I can't help but call him a skater's skater. Straight up rips (no pun intended) and slams like a champ.
Anyone ever determine who the anonymous voice-over is in his TWS bonus footage? Kinda sounds like Spanky but Neckface is also a possibility.
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i look forward to the rippitude in his new emerica part
Me to, but I have more hope for Hermans part.
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one of my favourite parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfmnNkTV1Ko
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Anyone ever determine who the anonymous voice-over is in his TWS bonus footage? Kinda sounds like Spanky but Neckface is also a possibility.
it's not neckface. 80% sure it's spanky
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His ST part will blow minds. Remember how rad the second Emerica vid was? skating, editing and music selections were spot on
Stay Gold>Fully Flared
I love this sequence.
(http://www.johnbradfordphoto.com/images/SKTB_Leo_07.jpg)
(http://www.johnbradfordphoto.com/images/SKTB_Leo_08.jpg)
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I dont know how many of you
have been to that hubba he
switch back fifties, back 180
nose grinds, and switch 180
5-0s, but that thing is fucking
gnarly! Run up isnt the greatest
and its just fucking HUGE. He
owns shit for sure.
Im definitely more hyped on
Leo than Herman. Tre flips,
hardflips, and nollie inward heels
only go so far.
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As Reynolds put it
"Leo skating is the unhealthy kind, the type where you grab a razor and slice your arms"
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I think the whole skate world is showing Leo appreciation right now, which he totally deserves.
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(http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/jphuang4104/uno-leo-3.jpg)
this things right in front of my apartment. its so grimy and fucked to grind.
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he's aight. whatevs.
k
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i remember seeing him on that pharmacy video and other videos around that time and thinking like "damn this guy is goign to blow up" and i specifically remember thinking about all the other guys (matt specifically) and kind of thinking that they werent as good as leo... he actually changed skatingg a lot by going up a handrail. hes obviously not the first person to do it but i think he changed the way people look at handrail skating for sure.
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pure radness. how could anybody hate on this handsome fucker?
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/components/com_mojo/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_1012.jpg)
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(http://www.rvca.com/skate/wp-content/themes/default/images/2010/02/zumiez21.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0mUWpZEAdE
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MOAR
(http://www.rvca.com/skate/wp-content/themes/default/images/2008/06/rvcajunecontest.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTNLs6Ovt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBscl6t8ZI
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I remember chillin with Leo and Bryan Herman at Pharmacy about 7 years ago
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beginning to think a mustache might give me freakish pain tolerance and balls to start grinding whatever waist-high circular object I come across
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(http://www.johnbradfordphoto.com/images/SKTB_Leo_08.jpg)
This is a high school by my parents' house, could not believe it when I first saw it. I never would have even thought that getting over the fence was a possibility.
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apparently his neighbors are psyched on his skating too
(http://www.rvca.com/skate/wp-content/themes/default/images/2010/02/zumiez051.jpg)
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Yup,one of my definite favorites for a while now.Alot of people didn't give 2 shits about him until he 50-50'd up that handrail.He definitly puts out raw footage.
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writing a complaint letter in that font just makes it seem like a joke, I read that in a Milhouse voice
(http://www.rvca.com/skate/wp-content/themes/default/images/2010/02/zumiez051.jpg)
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writing a complaint letter in that font just makes it seem like a joke, I read that in a Milhouse voice
http://bancomicsans.com/
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he's one of the few that makes skating handrails look like they're flatbars. his stay gold part is going to break shit DOWN
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he's one of the few that makes skating handrails look like they're flatbars. his stay gold part is going to break shit DOWN
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writing a complaint letter in that font just makes it seem like a joke, I read that in a Milhouse voice
http://bancomicsans.com/
they're very serious about their font type
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all he skates is rails.
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Anyone ever determine who the anonymous voice-over is in his TWS bonus footage? Kinda sounds like Spanky but Neckface is also a possibility.
im pretty sure it was shiloh greathouse if were thinking of the same thing
all he skates is rails.
he did a nosegrind nollie bigspin heel out on the top of a table . . . years ago
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he did a nosegrind nollie bigspin heel out on the top of a table . . . years ago
I completely forgot about this. That was a good interview.
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he did a nosegrind nollie bigspin heel out on the top of a table . . . years ago
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he did a nosegrind nollie bigspin heel out on the top of a table . . . years ago
i was gonna count all the "basic rail tricks" and compare them to his other stuff, but there was too much other stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0f6ggZoNgs
id like you to name 10 other skateboarders who skate rails at the level that he does (gap to nosegrinds on double sets, skating elbow high flatbars with ease etc.), who also have switch flip nosemanuals, switch back tail shuvs on steep banks, noseblunts on whoopty doos etc. in their trick resume.
disqualify anyone who puts out less photos/videos or skates slower than him
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There was so many lines not including rails in that part. Highspeed crooked grind across an entire ledge followed by a backtail bigspin out?
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i've watched that video part so many times and its pretty much impossible to get sick of it. that gap to nosegrind on the double set is seriously FUCKED.
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There was so many lines not including rails in that part. Highspeed crooked grind across an entire ledge followed by a backtail bigspin out?
i dont mind leo, but that spot where he does the crooked grind line.
that shit is a curb.
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so he treats rails like ledges, is that so bad ?
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Anyone ever determine who the anonymous voice-over is in his TWS bonus footage? Kinda sounds like Spanky but Neckface is also a possibility.
im pretty sure it was shiloh greathouse if were thinking of the same thing
shiloh does the voiceover on the actual part, he's talking about the extras (the video is on the previous page)
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all he skates is rails.
Watching Leo doing basic tricks on a flatbar is a thing of beauty.... 80 mph back tails where he ollies 6 feet before the front of the bar and slides the whole rail is good shit....
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I'm a fan.
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I never really paid attention to Leo in the beginning when his name was started to pop up, and still never really checked for him, but once I saw the grind up that Hubba at Maloof, he def caught me eye and I gotta say that he is extremely gnarly and is pushing boundaries. Appreash is def deserved, the kid is A-1 Gnar Sauce
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he did a nosegrind nollie bigspin heel out on the top of a table . . . years ago
i was gonna count all the "basic rail tricks" and compare them to his other stuff, but there was too much other stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0f6ggZoNgs
id like you to name 10 other skateboarders who skate rails at the level that he does (gap to nosegrinds on double sets, skating elbow high flatbars with ease etc.), who also have switch flip nosemanuals, switch back tail shuvs on steep banks, noseblunts on whoopty doos etc. in their trick resume.
disqualify anyone who puts out less photos/videos or skates slower than him
* I don't even think Poppalardo is that great, its just an example of all of the important traits Leo lacks
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Anyone ever determine who the anonymous voice-over is in his TWS bonus footage? Kinda sounds like Spanky but Neckface is also a possibility.
im pretty sure it was shiloh greathouse if were thinking of the same thing
shiloh does the voiceover on the actual part, he's talking about the extras (the video is on the previous page)
i thought it was matt allen
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what are you even talking about. he shows a lot of "flow and creativity" in the way he puts rails into his lines and how he attacks them . the dude says pretty bluntly that he enjoys skating rails a lot, it's just another kind of skating that, for some reason, you have no appreciation for. that's cool, like you said everyone's standards for skating are different, but don't call the skating jockish. what even qualifies leos rail skating jockish ? he looks for rails and skates them ?
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Loved him since the days of Chily and Madness and Mayhem. Stay Gold will be amazing.
Nearly all the jeans/cords I own are rvca leos, such a good fit. Had about 3 pairs of his first shoe and one pair of his second (which kind of sucked but his newest one looks like an improvement). His boards aren't usually 8.25 so I support him by buying that kind of shit instead. One of my favourites for sure, no doubt.
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i like lots of rail skaters (heath, allie, arto, etc.). i have no problem with skating rails, but leo is insanely boring. he does 5-0s and nosegrinds on blown out rails in southern california. he sucks almost as bad as cotg at skating ledges. it's fucking boring.
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i like lots of rail skaters (heath, allie, arto, etc.). i have no problem with skating rails, but leo is insanely boring. he does 5-0s and nosegrinds on blown out rails in southern california. he sucks almost as bad as cotg at skating ledges. it's fucking boring.
watch the videos posted on the first page, then eat twelve or thirteen dicks
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what are you even talking about. he shows a lot of "flow and creativity" in the way he puts rails into his lines and how he attacks them . the dude says pretty bluntly that he enjoys skating rails a lot, it's just another kind of skating that, for some reason, you have no appreciation for. that's cool, like you said everyone's standards for skating are different, but don't call the skating jockish. what even qualifies leos rail skating jockish ? he looks for rails and skates them ?
Gnarles is jockish for demanding that I name ten skaters better than Leo Romero using his specific qualifications.
And I am sorry, NO, he doesn't show creativity at all by putting rails into lines. That's just him finding another way to skate nothing but one obstacle.
Leo is jockish because all he really does is the same things over and over, just adding a stair or something. Its not really an exploration of skateboarding, or using a skateboard to transform the world around him. Its just this very mathematical progression. Its predictable and one-dimensional. It reminds me of a pitcher learning how to throw a ball faster and faster, or a golfer or baseball player working on his swing. As athletically impressive as it is, it has no soul.
As for not liking rail skaters, its not even really the obstacle as much as it is the fact that anybody who skates only one object, no matter what it is, is boring and dull to me. He's like a vert skater or something that just skates a fucking halfpipe in his part. I don't give a fuck how good he is at that one thing. Honestly, I like it when dudes who don't skate rails usually skate some gnarly one, the same way if a street dude got on a vert ramp and did a mctwist I'd be impressed. The dudes who do it every day can do the most advanced flippy 720 stalefish shit though, and I barely even notice.
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what are you even talking about. he shows a lot of "flow and creativity" in the way he puts rails into his lines and how he attacks them . the dude says pretty bluntly that he enjoys skating rails a lot, it's just another kind of skating that, for some reason, you have no appreciation for. that's cool, like you said everyone's standards for skating are different, but don't call the skating jockish. what even qualifies leos rail skating jockish ? he looks for rails and skates them ?
And I am sorry, NO, he doesn't show creativity at all by putting rails into lines. That's just him finding another way to skate nothing but one obstacle.
Leo is jockish because all he really does is the same things over and over, just adding a stair or something. Its not really an exploration of skateboarding, or using a skateboard to transform the world around him. Its just this very mathematical progression. Its predictable and one-dimensional. It reminds me of a pitcher learning how to throw a ball faster and faster, or a golfer or baseball player working on his swing. As athletically impressive as it is, it has no soul.
As for not liking rail skaters, its not even really the obstacle as much as it is the fact that anybody who skates only one object, no matter what it is, is boring and dull to me. He's like a vert skater or something that just skates a fucking halfpipe in his part. I don't give a fuck how good he is at that one thing. Honestly, I like it when dudes who don't skate rails usually skate some gnarly one, the same way if a street dude got on a vert ramp and did a mctwist I'd be impressed. The dudes who do it every day can do the most advanced flippy 720 stalefish shit though, and I barely even notice.
have you even watched his parts? He does lines with just ledges and skates banks and transitions. Rails are his forte but he does explore his surroundings.
By your dense stubborn logic Kalis is a jock skater cause he just skates ledges and benches going slightly longer and higher, surely he should also skate rails? Don't be so fucking stupid.
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LEO IS A FUCK JOX!!!!!
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pure radness. how could anybody hate on this handsome fucker?
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/components/com_mojo/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_1012.jpg)
I agree with whoever mentioned his un-fuckable-with-ness. Then there's the porn-stache; it's like it's a dare to hate! But as hard as I try, I can't. Damn, I feel so small right now!!
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Dear Gipper,
How come you use so much words to say something raelly simple?
How come you talk so much when your so dumb lol
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oh man, id like to apologize (on leos behalf too), for being a jock. from now on i promise to have higher standards for skateboarders, and will base these standards around anothony "god" pappalardo. again, i apologize for any inconveniences me and leo have caused to this message board with out jockish antics.
<3
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it's funny how you can tell how bad the gipper got bullied by 'the jocks' his entire life
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it's funny how you can tell how bad the gipper got bullied by 'the jocks' his entire life
haha all anyone has to do is watch a leo part and know that his long-winded rants are false. leo is definitely one of my favourites. did you see that front noseblunt in first love down that rail/hubba? people have to be just jealous to try to hate on this guy.
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i like the fowler/kirchart comparison, as leo definitely has that powerful and reckless approach to what he does, i sometimes think of misled youth jamie thomas when he skates these big rails.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL52iUSaeVg
in a fucking line, yeah, I'm pretty sure no one was thinking about using that like a hubba that day besides him.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL52iUSaeVg
in a fucking line, yeah, I'm pretty sure no one was thinking about using that like a hubba that day besides him.
the noseblunt was amazing, but doing a back 5050 on the like four stair hubba on the other side of the park before it does not qualify as "in a fucking line." although i will admit that it's better than had he just gone back to the curve and thrown down his board for each attempt.
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im not saying youre wrong , but back when the term "line" was made, it just implied your chosen path around the obstacle(back then it was generally used in pool skating). thats why you hear older dudes talking about "finding a line" at a park/bowl/pool.
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im not saying youre wrong , but back when the term "line" was made, it just implied your chosen path around the obstacle(back then it was generally used in pool skating). thats why you hear older dudes talking about "finding a line" at a park/bowl/pool.
ah, makes sense, considering it's a skatepark.
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i'm pretty convinced gipper had a bad encounter with leo, bringing on this total illogical hate. I've stated this before to gipper, if you hate on leo for being a boring rail skater, then by your standards ave and heath are boring rail skaters, seriously show me how much different heaths skating is from leo's.
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leo became one of my favorite skaters as soon as i saw this
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some moar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSzlLGbQIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktu3a5RJBy0
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(http://www.tumyeto.com/images/uploaded/leo-vagina-shirt_opt.jpg)
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some moar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acSzlLGbQIY
man look at him kick that soccer ball, what a jock . . .
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(http://www.tumyeto.com/images/uploaded/leo-vagina-shirt_opt.jpg)
yes.
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i want that fucking shirt
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i want that fucking shirt
(http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/313762/2/istockphoto_313762-adult-size-white-t-shirt.jpg)
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(http://eehard.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/librarian.jpg)
(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/100091856/Cusco_Vaginal_Speculum.jpg)
(http://www.chapellerie-traclet.com/hat/images/french-beret-black.jpg)
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you're right omelette..im gonna go get to work on prying open the misses
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get to it, doc.
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Can't say that I'm a fan of Leo's moustache; I prefer my twinks with smooth, delicate faces.
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leo became one of my favorite skaters as soon as i saw this
Yeah same here. I already liked him...but seeing him noseblunt up that shit at Maloof made me realize he was really something special. Been ultra stoked on him since.
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bump - how many days to go? http://theskateboardmag.com/watch/maloof-money-cup-part-two/ (http://theskateboardmag.com/watch/maloof-money-cup-part-two/)
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I went skating around Nashville with him this summer and saw how amazingly consistent he is on rails.
he also prefers coke over pepsi
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he also prefers coke over pepsi
Reason enough to like the guy.
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i'm pretty convinced gipper had a bad encounter with leo, bringing on this total illogical hate. I've stated this before to gipper, if you hate on leo for being a boring rail skater, then by your standards ave and heath are boring rail skaters, seriously show me how much different heaths skating is from leo's.
????/
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(http://www.skateboardermag.com/rvca-california-dreaming/images/photos-1/rvca-polaroid-03.jpg)
leo gets down
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well, these days it's more 'leo goes up'
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everyone likes Romero....
except for gimpper dude
backing him fully
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/2252045700_7346065108.jpg)
(http://www.livincool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/leo-romero.jpg)
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0701/as_skate_leo50_576.jpg)
(http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/leo%20romero%20bs%20flip%20tripple%202.jpg)
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Me and my blurry photo are fully backing Leo.
(http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn237/03wrxer/leo.jpg)
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his parts on That's Live and First Love, ones of my all time favorites ;D
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I don't think he'll get the ender in the emerica video tho, too many amazing ppl on that team
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I heard that Westgate is getting last part and his stuff is completely fucked. I think Leo will probably get the opener.
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i look forward to the rippitude in his new emerica part
Me to, but I have more hope for Hermans part.
Westgate, for me.
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His ST part will blow minds. Remember how rad the second Emerica vid was? skating, editing and music selections were spot on
Stay Gold>Fully Flared
Emerica > Lakai is a given... ;D
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LEO KILLS IT ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1odT5BqV6y0&feature=related#)
Leo Romero for Thrasher Skater of the Year! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT0zLeAT5KQ&feature=related#)
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Seems like a rad kid:
Strip clubs, huh? Let's talk about this. Do you mix it up or is there just one that you go to?
Actually, TJ's is definitely one of my faves, but I do like to mix it up from time to time.
Why is TJ's one of your favorites? You're going to have to expand on this.
Well, some of the main reasons are, because the girls are ugly they seem depressed and so do the people that go there. So it's a pretty good mix.
I don't get it. This is a good thing?
Yeah, the place is fucked. Before the girls go up on stage you can see them take shots of alcohol. That's cool right? They must really like their jobs?
You really like that?
Yeah, it's entertaining. Are you saying that you don't like being entertained?
No, I'm not saying that at all. It's just that I think our perception of entertainment differs. It actually sounds pretty sad if you ask me.
You're crazy.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Leo+Romero-a0133107317 (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Leo+Romero-a0133107317)
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LEO ROMERO - RVCA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwmgKUksTUE#)
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The Rip Clip w/ Leo Romero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9b98AdH_P8#)
Emerica - This Is Skateboarding - Leo Romero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6iJTpmEWNg#)
Funny Emerica News coverage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOBoFiBiUis#)
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he also prefers coke over pepsi
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I gotta admit, his interviews amuse me a bit... and the skating up handrails is sorta neat, but i'm not really into this guy besides that. Lots of chaps in St Louis worship this guy, it's disgusting. "oh man Leo did this...when emerica was here, leo was all..... then leo was like ...oh man leo wears tight pants, i wear tight pants now"... it's mega gay.
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someone post the sequence of leo eating shit up that handrail
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posting to appreciate leo. dude rips.
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EAMERICA
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(http://www.johnbradfordphoto.com/images/SKTB_Leo_08.jpg)
I saw that interview, did that rap off with danny way in a cannon or something ever go down? I couldnt stop laughing when chris niertako said he was gonna go with jeremes "heightened" rap skills over terry, who is black and is naturally good at rapping. All he does is whisper.
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SOTY mother fukckker
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This is old, but Leo is still rad. His new ‘Skater’ part is sick.