i could switch flip, all kinds of crazy shit tho no where near as good as erik, but i broke my arm when i was 10 trying to drop in, i started skating again after that but i could never drop in so it got to the point where i was like fuck this, its too much of a mind fuck and stopped

The World Is Yours

dope man! especially Daewon of course!!! like i said, he's one of my favs too.

Daewon >>>>> Rodney Mullen at freestyle skating!!!!

anyways, the guy i was thinking of was Peter Smolik. he's my other favorite that i couldn't remember and this is why:

^^^ he's goofy and if you pay attention, about half of the tricks he does here he does switch but he does them so cleanly you would never notice. dude is fucking amazing. oh, btw, i've actually personally skated several of these areas myself, like the one where you see the big sign that says "Los Angeles" and Chad Muska goes first then Smolik and they thank the security guards for letting them just film that really quick and then leave. i boardslid that rail if i remember correctly. anyways...

favorite skate videos:

-Fulfill the Dream (Shorty's)
-Photosynthesis (Alien Workshop)
-several of the 411VM volumes (the ones before 50. after 50 it got a little... meh)
-Class Of 2000 (Bones)
-Sight Unseen (Transworld)

and a few others i can't remember. DAMN MAN! i had to look up "classic skate videos" to remember these too! damn! it's been TOO LONG!!!! i wanna get back into it! my damn little cousin (he's like 12) borrowed my Alien Workshop with the Ceramics and never gave it back! i need to get it from him damn it! i wanna go skating again!!!

my new theme song



erikboyd60@hotmail.com

"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"

-T.S. Eliot

battle record:

7-0-0

now that you mention that, since i totally fucking forgot everything! i too used Spitfire.

just a few local skate shops. i won/placed high in a few contests here and there, but it was more about just having fun and having our own little skate teams that we were "sponsored" by. i remember me and my boys started a skate team called "Apocalypse" and we had all the ladies at the school wearing "Apocalypse" shirts, but those dudes were dicks and i broke away from them. i was 10X better than like 95% of everyone in that shit (we were like 15-20 deep) but i have always been a bit of an outcast and the dudes who were the most popular in the group (and the oldest/most immature) were always like "nah, you're just an amateur" so i said "fuck you guys" and started my own crew with some dudes that weren't as good but were nicer. i taught most of them how to skate and when we made a skate video it was basically just me skating. lol! we were called "Corrupt." but yeah, this one dude has like ALL of my footage unfortunately. this was from my days with "Apocalypse". he has the video of me ollieing 11 stairs, breaking my wrist, getting back up, trying it again and landing it and also footage of me after i ollied a 6 foot gap at Venice Beach with sand on one end and hit my head, got knocked out and had a concussion. he filmed me being taken off into the ambulance. lol! it sucked too because i had just landed an 8 foot gap before that. lol! anyways, i've skated with a few pros/amateurs like Rob Gonzalez and Paul Rodriguez (he was an amateur at the time. i was able to ollie about as high as him). good times man. btw, anyone who comes out to Cali, idk if it is still as dope as it was, but Santa Clarita skatepark is BY FAR the BEST skatepark in the world. there may have been better ones made elsewhere since, but i seriously doubt it. it is absolutely FREE, no supervision, no helmets or pads required, and it is HUGE! two levels, the top being more vert, the bottom more street, they always bring obstacles into the park, everything is concrete and FUCKING IMMACULATE! if you skate and come out to Cali, go there. you won't be disappointed! if you are, tell me and i'll check it out again for myself. like i said, i haven't been there in a LONG time. it's right by Mountasia and 6 Flags. i know it is still there too because people have told me that it is and it is still free.

my new theme song



erikboyd60@hotmail.com

"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"

-T.S. Eliot

battle record:

7-0-0

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You fill the rest.

Nalin' Palin

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No idea who Willy Santos is but yeah

Im starting back up this summer but I'm stuck on a wal-mart board with good bearings..... REAL skaters can skate anything.