When I started skating in 96 a dude I met out skating gave me my first video, Thrasher: The Truth Hurts. It came out in 93 but when I watched it for the first time, I was blown away. I'd never seen such good skating before. After that I choose Willy Santos as my favorite skater, but I also enjoyed Carroll, Karl Watson and whoever else was in the video ( I haven't seen it in years). My friend's fav after the video was Simon Woodstock because he loved the weird shit he did (anyone remember the vans ad where he had the penny suit and the board covered in pennies)?