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i think of all the people jamie helped bring up over the last 15 years, lopez has been my favorite. he helped define those early days for zero, the raw and dirty days. he had a unique style from day one, and i always loved the trick selection and the speed. extremely proper back lips and back tails, and his front blunts were perfect. probably the best full-cabs, too. bummed to see him stepping away the last few years, but i wish him good luck with loser machine. thanks for posting up that edit jamie, rad to look back.
I was just talking to my bro the other day about how Zero should bring this back...
Totally. Thrill of it all is so sick. That video probably has more slams then makes in it. Its like every dude was doing shit that they probably shouldn't have even been trying. Ellington especially. My favorite part of his is in thrill of it all. That part has so much heart. Also, Aaron Harrison was fucking rad.
I always liked how Adrian Lopez did everything backside or facing backwards (like frontside noseslides, boardslides, and blunts). Back when he first started you didn't see much of that type of stuff going down on handrails either.
Also, not yet discussed, he actually had a really sick backside 5-0.
And to the shit talkers, I think the attitudes are different now because he's retiring. Sure, in his later years I doubt he was zero's top board seller, but he had a long and respectable career, when he's retiring, its better to talk about the good shit about him than talk negatively. He's already out of the game, what more do you want from him?