Skaters that were huge and then collectively forgotten.

[DCLOVE]

 Was looking at old shoes for sale online and came across the dc Ryan smiths and realized I haven’t heard anyone talk about that dude in years despite him being a top pro in the mid 2000s. Who else just disappeared one day between 2008 -2011 since we’ve kinda have pretty consistent team line ups since then.

[ziggy]

rather talk about SLAP pals who disappeared

[GardenSkater77]

Ben Schroeder. He’s probably still huge.

[D10S]

tony hawk

[fur lined sea]

Mid 2000’s to 2008-2011 where are they now? thread edition.

Ryan Smith’s absence was due to his motorcycle crash that nearly killed him. One of the mags covered it. He was everywhere at the time though, he had the biggest bs lip at one point, was a DC ad.



Ryan Smith’s disappearance makes me think the same about Lindsay Robertson, Darrell Stanton and Levi Brown. Darrell answers your question. Probably the most obvious one I can think of.



We did have a mega where are they now thread at one point, but I’ll contribute:



This one is a bit later but Raymond Molinar. Dropped that Cons part in 2012 then I feel like that was it. I know he was involved in WKND but once him and Dgar stopped filming parts things were weird. Let’s blame Stereo.

[matty_c]

Deon Wilson. Can anyone tell me what happened there? Whatever happen can’t have been good. How can go from young guy with crazy footage getting massive push from big companies to now it’s like all his shit has been scrubbed from the internet. Something definitely happen there.
Can just message me if want lol

[The Mexican Nancy Chin]

Deon Wilson. Can anyone tell me what happened there? Whatever happen can’t have been good. How can go from young guy with crazy footage getting massive push from big companies to now it’s like all his shit has been scrubbed from the internet. Something definitely happen there.
Can just message me if want lol

damn didn't know this dude skated

[matty_c]

Bro it’s the weirdest thing I never met him or even saw him irl but years ago he was an am and he was getting a good push from sponsors he was on dc and element and others I can’t remember. His footage was very good. Everyone could see this.

Something happen FOR SURE
It’s like he never existed

[The Drew]

Bro it’s the weirdest thing I never met him or even saw him irl but years ago he was an am and he was getting a good push from sponsors he was on dc and element and others I can’t remember. His footage was very good. Everyone could see this.

Something happen FOR SURE
It’s like he never existed

I don't think anyone outside of Australia will know who he is or was

[matty_c]

You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out

[urbneathme]

Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics

[Blind Fisherman]

Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics

Sometimes you eat the dogshit. Sometimes the dogshit eats you.

[fur lined sea]

You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out

Deon Williams. I just pm’d you Matty.

[ThatIsNotCricket]

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Feel like we're trending that way with Evan Smith. He was a upper echelon pro, maybe even won SOTY a few years back and now is basically sponsorless and kinda a footnote mostly known for TV antics

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Sometimes you eat the dogshit. Sometimes the dogshit eats you.

That's true. Evan Smith deserves more credit for trying to teach us something.

[matty_c]

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You’re right idk how many of us are on here I thought worth a shot
I’m gonna message ventress now lol lmk if you wanna know too if I find out

[close]

Deon Williams. I just pm’d you Matty.

Cheers bro I wrote back

[botefdunn]

so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.

also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Braydon was cursed by the battoo

[The Drew]

so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.

also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.

im curious too

spill the beans


(i always thought he got into something else and washed his hands of skateboarding...but if there is more too tell... please do)

[spooky electric]

what happened to colt cannon. did he have a knee injury? ryan smith was sick.

[Allen.]

what happened to colt cannon. did he have a knee injury? ryan smith was sick.

I wanna say he had some heart surgery or something an retired

[matty_c]

so you aussies just gonna keep this a mystery? you can't just bait our curiosity then switch to pms for the nitty gritty, come on now out with it.

also, braydon szafransky, he was pretty huge and an original baker or.pd no? For how big baker still is, i feel like he just kinda fell into the blender.

Nah I’m fucked nothing crazy happen I make stupid assumption bro

Edit @fur lined sea sent me his YouTube

I felt like it was easy to look him up ages ago but for some reason I haven’t been able to find his footy on internet for years you know how sometimes you wanna watch old stuff you remember that you liked
But yea check this shit out he was so good hey

https://m.youtube.com/user/DE0NWILLIAMS?ra=m

[Kielwasser]

Colt Cannon is a good one. Nosegrind GOAT. Tony Tave, Adrian Lopez, a lot of the heyday Circa team ended up in obscurity.

Tosh Townsend although we all know what happened but he was SO big at one point.

Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz

[Rustin Cohle]

Huge is a stretch, but what happened to Omar Salazar? Had a pro shoe for Nike. Doomsayers seemed relatively big back in 2014-2017 but now seem to be some sort of bizarre Fast Times exclusive. Looks to be doing acting judging by his recent instagram posts. Any Pals know if he's done with skating?

[rocklobster]

Colt Cannon is a good one. Nosegrind GOAT. Tony Tave, Adrian Lopez, a lot of the heyday Circa team ended up in obscurity.

Tosh Townsend although we all know what happened but he was SO big at one point.

Some of the Real greats are kinda just gone - Ramondetta, Aultz

Colt Cannon was a long time pro on Element, probably got paid well during the Bam days and was smart with his money.

Tave - got on LE, we all know how that went

Adrian Lopez - does Loser Machine now?

Ramondetta - quit and moved back home to deal with a family medical situation

Aultz - permanent fixture of 2000s Deluxe, no idea where he is now

[matty_c]

Colt cannon had a bad ankle and had to stop I’m pretty sure and ramondetta retired I’m sure he had like a big party and shit he was so sick hey

[Allez_Jambon]

Were there actually any kasperholics or was that just an ad and a url? I remember seeing the ad when I first started and pretty much only know him for jumping over the DJ.

I agree with the Omar Salazar take.

And where’s scott decenzo?

[my english is bad]

Lem Villemin

[Cuban_Lynx]

Were there actually any kasperholics or was that just an ad and a url? I remember seeing the ad when I first started and pretty much only know him for jumping over the DJ.

They existed. I used to skate with a dude in high school who exclusively rode Kasper boards and only wore Osiris with backwards flexfits.

[Blue Fescue]

Chis Dobstaff, Huge when the Storm came out and then pretty much gone

[lowline]

Chis Dobstaff, Huge when the Storm came out and then pretty much gone

i don't think he was well liked by a lot of people. maybe it was jerry hsu that shit-talked him once in an interview? can't remember