James was a real good friend of mine, we skated together in Japan for ten years.
He was a pisshead and a total menace, but one of the good ones.
He loved skating and loved posting on here, stirring shit up.
My friends and I found out Monday that he had passed, and its been a long few days getting in contact with everyone, a lot of us have moved out of Japan and are in all different time zones now.
He would be stoked to see all these nice messages, probably even a little embarrassed.
The funeral is being held in Hong Kong this weekend.
Tokyo Team Scumbag for ryfe boss.... see you in the Big Tamachi in the sky.