The Muska - some random kid asked him what do keep in your stash pocket. “Weed.” 14 year old me thought that was awesome.
PRod - 14 year old Paul does nollie heelflip noselide nollie flip out in front of me at el camino. So sick. 14 year old me? Mind blown.
Elissa Steamer - drunk as fuck at McDonalds on sunset and vine at 2:45am. She was loud and kinda annoying but in a great/memorable way.
JCassanova - LAX with a stack of boards hopping a flight. Two weeks later he was being interviewed on Ventura Blvd, saw him as I was driving by
Flacco - he was 12 when I first started doing going to pedlow. He’d do 10 kickflips then 10 heelflips 10 nollie flips 10 nollie heels etc. he’d vibe lots of people/he was the best kid at pedlow
JDubs - skated pedlow. Never landed one trick.
Curren Caples - 12 and blasting higher than anyone at pedlow. Never saw him again.
T.A. - skated up to me at pedlow and told me how much he “loves this park. especially when the suns setting and there’s no shadows.” He was boardsliding the flat bar without popping onto it just lifting and lapping it over. He landed 3 long ass ones then 4th try he doesn’t lift high enough and slams harder than any 49 year old man I’d ever seen in my life. He didn’t really come back after that but was there all the time before.
AVE - saw him at a nofx show. We were at the bar told him his mindfield part was sick and he “pffffffffft
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JWray - same show same bar two seconds later. Just said what up after being vibed by AVE. Super nice guy.
The Boss - I went to PRod park at 8am after getting it in with a chick that lived near by. I was skating alone, he rolled up and did the most beautiful kickflip I’d ever seen. You could hear his foot drag for what sounded like forever. Perfect flick perfect catch and it was like 3ft high. That day 29 year old me was kickflipping like 14 year old me before 2 broke ankles. I was so stoked.
Dressen - I was at supreme waiting outside for my trendy friends to come out. I look to my right and this dude is smoking. I think to myself this short guy looks like Eric Dressen. His epicly laterd comes out the following day with the tattoo shop intro.
Heath - bartending at black. I knew he did that but seeing it in person was gnarly. Slanging drinks like me. Normal life shit. I wonder if I bartend better than Heath.
Seeing all the pros at black and how short some are in real life. Low center of gravity helps in skating for sure.