Louie Barletta: people I've known

[leopoldstotch]

https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/louie-barletta-people-i-ve-known/

That story about how Rodney thought MJ crook nollie varial heels is pretty dope

[Brguy]

Already on a great start with the Jerry story.

[BroBruhBra]

Yea, this is one of the better ones. Louie rules.

[LonleySk8er15]

The story about Caswell is hilarious. Weinerschnitzel is the worst of the worst fast food...actually their dipped cones are pretty good

[slappies]

If you read the Puleo story in this about the naked Blind rider, and then read the Kasper story in Jerry's "People I Know" you can deduce that it was Kasper who showed Puleo his glistening nude wet body.

[Atiba Applebum]

Louie was in 7th grade in 91 when the first Gulf War started.  Deduce his age from there

[ilikebigbutts]

Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

[Youoverthere]

That Leticia story is weird

[birdplops]

That Leticia story is weird

Fact- when does the slap pile-on start?

I loved the whole thing and bet there are infinitely more stories.

[Sila]

That Leticia story is weird

That one creeped me out

[companguero]

Louie was in 7th grade in 91 when the first Gulf War started.

I don't think so.

He met his friend in 7th grade. Then he says "The first Gulf War started (January 1991) and I remember asking him, “What are we gonna do if they draft us?”

We're usually only around 13 in the 7th grade so If he was concerned about being drafted he was more likely closer to the age of eligibility in 1991.

1991 - maybe 17 years old = 1974

2021 - 1974 = 47 years old

EDIT : I took a break from calculating budget formulas in my spreadsheet to relax on slap and this is what I end up doing SMH

[Mr.Jenkins]

Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

I skated that contest. PJ was literally invisible at that contact, he skated behind the q-pipes flat by himself mostly, then dropped in and won. Beat out Bastien on his peak who got second.

Me and a friend somehow linked up with PJ that weekend and skated around Helsinki with him. Had no idea who he was more then that he rode for Element and had won the contest. A week later I was at a skateshop in Stockholm and they popped in the WHL video. Was pretty chocked and no-one believed me when I told them I skated with him last week in Finland.   

[birdplops]

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Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

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I skated that contest. PJ was literally invisible at that contact, he skated behind the q-pipes flat by himself mostly, then dropped in and won. Beat out Bastien on his peak who got second.

Me and a friend somehow linked up with PJ that weekend and skated around Helsinki with him. Had no idea who he was more then that he rode for Element and had won the contest. A week later I was at a skateshop in Stockholm and they popped in the WHL video. Was pretty chocked and no-one believed me when I told them I skated with him last week in Finland.

That's so rad. Do you remember the sorts of tricks he was doing?

[Atiba Applebum]

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Louie was in 7th grade in 91 when the first Gulf War started.

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I don't think so.

He met his friend in 7th grade. Then he says "The first Gulf War started (January 1991) and I remember asking him, “What are we gonna do if they draft us?”

We're usually only around 13 in the 7th grade so If he was concerned about being drafted he was more likely closer to the age of eligibility in 1991.

1991 - maybe 17 years old = 1974

2021 - 1974 = 47 years old

EDIT : I took a break from calculating budget formulas in my spreadsheet to relax on slap and this is what I end up doing SMH

Could be 17 in 1991 but it could also just be a kid worrying about being drafted for no legitimate reason

[Burt Ward]

I was in year 7 in '91, and he's definitely older than me.

[Burt Ward]

BTW, that article was piss-funny.

[ramplocal]

Tyrone ripping up a 6k check, damn. Great read

[ok boomer]

Smolik rules

[shannamal]

jim once again proving he's the only pure dude in skating

[Atiba Applebum]

curious people were doing the Louie age estimations around the time of Bag of Suck and determined he was 47 back then as well

11 or 12 in 91 would be 42 or 43 now which checks out for me

[L.S]

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Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

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I skated that contest. PJ was literally invisible at that contact, he skated behind the q-pipes flat by himself mostly, then dropped in and won. Beat out Bastien on his peak who got second.

Me and a friend somehow linked up with PJ that weekend and skated around Helsinki with him. Had no idea who he was more then that he rode for Element and had won the contest. A week later I was at a skateshop in Stockholm and they popped in the WHL video. Was pretty chocked and no-one believed me when I told them I skated with him last week in Finland.

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That's so rad. Do you remember the sorts of tricks he was doing?

He nollieflipped into a quarterpipe from the deck. I don't really remember any other specific tricks but his board control was ridiculous.

[Bunk Moreland]

Class of 91. Do the math.

[lemonchicken91]

Lol at Mike carroll
"know why you're clapping? Cause that's the best goddamn switch heel you've ever seen"

Also the Leticia manager story Sus.

Casell berry LMFAO the usual

[HeavyAndExpensive]

Loved everything except that Leticia handler one. Might not want to tell anyone that.

[Bronson]

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Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

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I skated that contest. PJ was literally invisible at that contact, he skated behind the q-pipes flat by himself mostly, then dropped in and won. Beat out Bastien on his peak who got second.

Me and a friend somehow linked up with PJ that weekend and skated around Helsinki with him. Had no idea who he was more then that he rode for Element and had won the contest. A week later I was at a skateshop in Stockholm and they popped in the WHL video. Was pretty chocked and no-one believed me when I told them I skated with him last week in Finland.

[close]

That's so rad. Do you remember the sorts of tricks he was doing?

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He nollieflipped into a quarterpipe from the deck. I don't really remember any other specific tricks but his board control was ridiculous.

Nollie flip into the quarterpipe, 360 flip the pyramid, kickflip down a gap, fs 360 heelflip a hip, kickflip feeble grind a handrail, fs big heel a bank and a hardflip revert on a quarterpipe.

I remember this because it was one of my favorite childhood skate memories and I am a total nerd. I had not sen the the WHL videopart yet, but had heard about it on this very forum. I remember being disappointed because he was nowhere to be seen during practise and I thought he had skipped the contest. But he was just chilling in the corner by himself. And only touched the course during his runs. A couple of the tricks are in this clip .

[Sold Out]

The whole thing was hilarious.

[MOUNTAIN]

The Dylan story made me cry

[Noble Experiment]

Such a good read.
Sinclairs “People I’ve Known” piece is still my favorite but this one is definitely a close second.

[KUberry]

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Good one. Specially nice to hear a PJ story from the WHL days.

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I skated that contest. PJ was literally invisible at that contact, he skated behind the q-pipes flat by himself mostly, then dropped in and won. Beat out Bastien on his peak who got second.

Me and a friend somehow linked up with PJ that weekend and skated around Helsinki with him. Had no idea who he was more then that he rode for Element and had won the contest. A week later I was at a skateshop in Stockholm and they popped in the WHL video. Was pretty chocked and no-one believed me when I told them I skated with him last week in Finland.

[close]

That's so rad. Do you remember the sorts of tricks he was doing?

[close]

He nollieflipped into a quarterpipe from the deck. I don't really remember any other specific tricks but his board control was ridiculous.

[close]

Nollie flip into the quarterpipe, 360 flip the pyramid, kickflip down a gap, fs 360 heelflip a hip, kickflip feeble grind a handrail, fs big heel a bank and a hardflip revert on a quarterpipe.

I remember this because it was one of my favorite childhood skate memories and I am a total nerd. I had not sen the the WHL videopart yet, but had heard about it on this very forum. I remember being disappointed because he was nowhere to be seen during practise and I thought he had skipped the contest. But he was just chilling in the corner by himself. And only touched the course during his runs. A couple of the tricks are in this clip .

Checks out. Mainly because those were all tricks he was doing at the time.

[Atiba Applebum]

Reading them all, there’s def some names like Markovich who get brought up a lot.  I’d love for an article that’s stories from all over about one person