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Dearest Karl, any LOVE park stories to share? good, bad, funny. Preferably if any of them have Josh in them. I know Kalis has an abundance of stories. Much love from the east coast buddy
Gotta love the East Coast fam!
I have not LOVE park stories but I can tell you what it was like when he came to SF.
Not to kiss his ass or anything but Josh was the only dude to come to SF that was literally untouchable. Josh had the utmost respect from all in SF. He would show up to Pier 7 and do the most amazing tricks with vigor and style.
One thing that really stands out is not really skate related but it was still impressive. Well, there was this model chick who was affiliated with the EMB crew that was insanely gorgeous. Not one person out of our crew had enough "game" to ever get through to her but when Josh came he brought that east coast confidence with him. She ended up falling in love with him but he never seemed to focus on anything else but his skateboarding so I think she just kind of faded away.
Thanks for the question, my man!
Wow...
Big thanks homie!! Thats crazy.
Thing is.. when i came to SF i already knew how rugged it was. Kelch, Sanch, Carroll yelling at kids, You, Lee, Shelby, Rain, Jocco, Smurfs shady ass...lol, Big Guy, Twan, Geezy, Shamil, ect.
You guys rolled hella deep.. and i heard the stories... so my approach was to earn respect rather than try and be accepted.. if that makes any sense.
I remember dude at FTC reamed me out for trying to borrow a board until my Toy Machine box showed up. I was with Drake Jones so i thought i had some clout. Nope..... lol... dude said... "who the fuck are you... i don't give a shit about your Toy Machine box. You can't just get in the Black Book!!"
I was like... "damn.." Head all low and shit. haha.
But when i finally made it into the Black Book... i was hyped! It was like getting your first pro model board!
I miss those fucking days. People are so fast to accept shit today.
Thanks for the words Karl. Very cool.