wow, so much bickering! for what's it worth, when gipper was talking trash to me on the forum and i invited him to come through the office and talk in person, he came, and while he wasn't as intense of a trash talker in person, he did indeed let his opinions be known plainly in person, which i respected. COTG i can't comment on in terms of person vs. persona-- i tried to get the tranny challenge interview going with him to no avail. maybe some day. i like meeting forum people in person, but in the end it's more about who they are on here that keeps it all interesting and entertaining.
as for santa cruz, the main reason i took them there was to get in a good ditch spot for the week, the one people know as guzman's secret ditch, and that turned out great for pretty much everybody. we also wanted to skate the morrissey rail (stefan kickflip back tail, guzman, kickflip back smith, bledsoe fs hurricane, etc) but it was knobbed, so we skated some other crap. having lived in SC for years, yeah, lots of garbage, but some gems, too.