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That’s awful. And crazy that it’s been kinda swept under the rug for so long. I wonder if the people in attendance felt so bad for what actually happened they’ve offered up such a vague history. Reminds me of the Cardiel and Van Wastel thing too.
Don't leave us hanging
I think he’s referring to Cardiel’s Tent City accident and Van Wastel’s death, the details of which were both left pretty vague to the public for a long time (and still kind of are to some extent).
I was watching Cardiel's Epicly Later'd the other week, and I noticed that the recollection of the story he tells has him approaching the van to ask about directions to the next location they were headed too. But in Matt Rodriguez's Chrome Ball, he clearly states that Cardiel was trying to get a lighter and was refusing to wait until they got they were going. Thought that was interesting, but I can see why he would lie about it since he was almost paralyzed from the waist down because he was impatient.
Yeah there's pretty much no chance those dudes were sober...last day on an absolutely epic trip, hellride, etc. but substances are never, ever brought up in relation to that accident. I get it being an incredibly sensitive subject, but also the stigma needs to be dropped. What's done is done and there's no changing it so ignoring it is pretty fucked up.
Skate culture never addresses how ruthless substance abuse is, which is weird because at this point it's so prevalent in everyone's lives; pretty much everyone knows someone who has died from substance abuse.
Dead:
Van
Shane
Phelps
Keenan
Mike Davis
Phil Shao (hit by drunk driver)
Permanently Injured:
Mike mo
Cards
Ali
I'm sure there are many others.
Too much secrecy and gatekeeping in the industry and it's straight up harmful.