Not depressing: recently I ended up at the house of a Iranian 60 year old guy who lives with a Russian 30 year old blond bombshell in Barcelona, to buy some good value Rimowa suitcases.
His house was a mess and in one corner I spot an old deck with worn griptape. Kind of like a reflex I pick it up, to see what board it is. It's a JART Salabanzi. One of my all time favorites, and I ask the guy how he got it.
He tells me his son skates and used to see Bastien often at MACBA, and he gave or sold him this board one time.
So I am holding a board Salabanzi once skated, while a Russian chick and an Iranian guy are arguing in broken English over the price of the suitcases.
That day was better than most days.