I think in 1994 I went to a Plan B, Menace, Blind, 101 etc. demo and worked up the courage to talk to Rodney Mullen. I bought a 101 Gino board at the skate shop hosting the demo and had just put it together there. We talked about some random stuff and he took my board to see what I was skating and he gave me his to check out. I was super excited/nervous and tried a kick flip and I think it flip 2.5 times and I landed on his board upside down. He did a couple freestyle things on my board and gave it back. This is probably one of the most memorable “meeting a pro” experiences I ever had. I was like 14/15 years old then.
Side note. I remember him telling me he was working on a truck design where there’d be little pins that went through the hanger so the axles wouldn’t slip (at this time slipping axles were a horrible problem for all trucks). Those trucks never came out but I’m sure whatever he was working on turned into Tensor.