I think it was 2003 , the first year of the bayview rumble tradeshow in sf, i got to go to a party at some bar/club that kent from ftc owned and met too many dudes. huf,reese forbes,matt field,satva,scott bourne,tnt,brad johnson,john igei,dan wolfe,too many others to list, everyone was really cool, such a good experience. Having it be my first time in California and basically having never met anyone I looked up to in videos, it was pretty mind blowing.
I remember getting up super early and bombing hills, i was dragging my foot and i look back and i see some guy with a coffee smashing, he waved as he went past, it was dennis busenitz. Probably doing 30+ mph.Pretty sick.