I’ve told this story here before, but my first time skating in SF I met Karl. I was probably only 10 or 11 and the first spot my mom took me and my brother to was pier 7. I was trying to ollie up the small part for a good 20 mins and when I finally made it and was preparing to roll of the bigger part I was snatched of my board and spun around in a big circle. “Hell yeah lil homie!” I heard from above. “You got that!” I look up and it’s Karl with a big smile on his face. So stoked for everyone at any level. I will always remember that.
It was a heavy session: Karl, Henry Sanchez, Pat Washington, Fabrizio Santos, and I wanna say a young Jack Curtain were there. Sanch yelled at me for getting in his way. I’ll remember that forever too.
My mom bought me a pair of AWS wheels and my brother Spitfires from a sketchy looking dude who had an Indy logo tattoo that was colored outside the lines. I really wanted the Dan Pageau world deck he had but my mom didn’t want to give him more than $20 lol