dougie g in at number 4!
just to out myself as a pathetic little starfucker weasel for a moment, he gave me a polite 'yeah' of approval on a trick once - - but it wasn't actually the trick i was trying (did front 5-0 180 out instead of front tail). i felt this weird level of guilt at having dishonestly obtained something i considered valuable, so my socially awkward ass spent the rest of the session desperately learning front 5-0 180 as some kind of 'penance' or like a way of retroactively changing events so that the trick i'd got a slither of high level approval for was one i could actually do.
all time stella skate anecdote for sure.