Less popular Pros, guys who never made it past the Am stage, dudes trapped on shit sponsors, Local Heroes, Friends - who do you think should have had a bigger skate career or gotten more recognition?
I'll nominate J. R. Neves (RIP). First time I saw him he was skating with Dustin Dollin and both of them were on an unreal level of consistency and very similar ability-wise. Always thought JR would have fit in with Baker guys or someone like that but he was also a straight up park destroyer. Huge boned out airs, ollie in/ollie out 5-0s at speed; could have gone the Anti-Creature route had that been his thing. Dude ripped so hard but I don't think the footage he put out ever properly conveyed it. He didn't seem too interested in selling himself so it was probably difficult to get built up by west coast sponsors as an east coaster but I remember watching JR vs. other Pros and wondering how he wasn't a bigger deal (no height puns intended).
Also deceased and arguably more famous now, Tim Brauch didn't get much notoriety when he was alive but probably would have been more popular in the decade after his death when skating fast became cool again.
Who do you guys got?
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