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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #30 on: April 11, 2023, 12:54:32 PM »
What the hell?! Hope it isn’t true, one of the true OG’s of Slap.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #31 on: April 11, 2023, 12:58:02 PM »
WTFFFFFF



condolences to his friends and family

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #33 on: April 11, 2023, 01:01:22 PM »
Wow I had no idea Loaf posted on Slap. It sort of makes sense considering how much he knew about skating and how interested he was in it. Loaf was a local at Shoreview skatepark in San Mateo and I spent many afternoons after school skating and shooting the shit with him there while I was growing up. As park locals filtered in and out over the years Loaf stuck around, his welcoming and fun-loving attitude as well as his seniority (the dude really knew his shit and it was easy to tell when talking to him, also he could do just about anything within reason on the curb at the park and could also do a whole lot of stuff on the higher obstacles like the ledges and the flatbar) maintained his status as a central facet of the local skate scene. I'll miss him dearly. I shot the photo of him that Thrasher posted on their story at a skate jam hosted by Atlas skateshop at Shoreview in April 2018. I found out Lester had passed when I woke up to Tony Vitello in my DMs asking me to email him the photo, which felt weird.

Op, you ok man? Being real here, you doin alright?

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #34 on: April 11, 2023, 01:03:25 PM »
RIP

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #35 on: April 11, 2023, 01:04:56 PM »
RIP BGT

Please stop driving like maniacs
them cats are out getting mashed up to jungle, he's out mashing up jungle cats. it's just not gonna work.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #36 on: April 11, 2023, 01:06:04 PM »
Damn RIP pal

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #37 on: April 11, 2023, 01:09:04 PM »
RIP, unquestionably a GOAT of slap. thoughts to his family and friends

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #38 on: April 11, 2023, 01:11:24 PM »
What an absolute bummer.   Is there something permanent the boards can do to memorialize him on here outside of gnarring him to infinity

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #39 on: April 11, 2023, 01:14:33 PM »
damn man :'(

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I think he was in SLAP aol instant messenger group chats we used to have way back when…good times. A true OG of the slap message boards. RIP
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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2023, 01:14:47 PM »
Rest in Power


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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2023, 01:16:04 PM »
Damn this one is a true bummer. He was an og since I was a lurker. Rest In Peace a true legend in the Pals community. You will truly be missed.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #42 on: April 11, 2023, 01:16:45 PM »
Did anyone on here know him personally and can confirm that is indeed him?

I have gotten confirmation from a mutual friend of ours that Lester was indeed BGT

Op, you ok man? Being real here, you doin alright?

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #43 on: April 11, 2023, 01:18:10 PM »
RIP Bubblegum Tate.

Aside from the sneaks, I remember him having worked for Street Corner and being the Think/City/Venture/Hubba connect back in the day if I’m not mistaken.
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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #44 on: April 11, 2023, 01:18:19 PM »
RIP Lester

What a bummer.


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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #45 on: April 11, 2023, 01:18:27 PM »
Damn… RIP

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #46 on: April 11, 2023, 01:19:23 PM »
RIP TATE, my condolences to those closest to him

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #47 on: April 11, 2023, 01:22:23 PM »
Huge loss. RIP Tate.
We all know you have two sexy anthropomorphic wolves who buttfuck each other on the bottom of your board.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #48 on: April 11, 2023, 01:23:02 PM »
This one hurts RIP Tate 😞
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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #49 on: April 11, 2023, 01:25:52 PM »
He was #2 top poster with 24,475 posts over the past 18 years.

RIP to a real one.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #50 on: April 11, 2023, 01:26:26 PM »
didnt believe my eyes when i saw this thread :(

RIP BGT

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #51 on: April 11, 2023, 01:31:38 PM »
DAMN. What a bummer. Tate got his share of kooks and roastings way back (“Save on bandwidth”), but he was a super helpful and knowledgeable guy.

RIP to Bubblegum Tate and thanks for everything you did to hold it down in Shoes & Gear and all over.

This is really sad.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #52 on: April 11, 2023, 01:34:32 PM »
fuck dude

Rest in power. Thoughts are with their loved ones. Look after yourselves everyone.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #53 on: April 11, 2023, 01:35:10 PM »
DAMN. What a bummer. Tate got his share of kooks and roastings way back (“Save on bandwidth”), but he was a super helpful and knowledgeable guy.

RIP to Bubblegum Tate and thanks for everything you did to hold it down in Shoes & Gear and all over.

This is really sad.

Yeah was always amazed by his ability to take teasing in stride and never have to fire back.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #54 on: April 11, 2023, 01:36:53 PM »
This one fucked me up. We’d text back and forth about shoes for hours. He somehow always had the scoop on new shoes, even on shit I was working on that I thought nobody knew about.
Pay fucking attention when you’re driving, this is such an unnecessary death.
RIP Lester BGT
Get litty.....

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #55 on: April 11, 2023, 01:38:54 PM »
RIP, unquestionably a GOAT of slap. thoughts to his family and friends
Facts
Get litty.....

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #56 on: April 11, 2023, 01:39:29 PM »
RIP Pal ☹️

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #57 on: April 11, 2023, 01:42:36 PM »
RIP BGT

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #58 on: April 11, 2023, 01:43:06 PM »
Shit! He was always so friendly and cool on here.

R.I.P.

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Re: RIP Bubblegum Tate
« Reply #59 on: April 11, 2023, 01:46:01 PM »
No way...RIP