Post #113605 by Chongolio on Fri, Sep 10, 2004 12:56 PM

Yup, Them were the days. I rode all those boards; 12" Dogtown by Wes Humpton model, skinny Alvas, The first Sims 10.0 models by 8-skate master Lonnie Toft and Brad Bowman, Powell double Beamers & Powell-Peralta Ray Rodriqez's models, and Gren-tecs from Zody's :).
I never took any serious injuries but some will say its cause I wasn't goin' big. I knew a couple of the pros from the Valley and skated in a few contests. Also worked a few of the Powell Peralta skate demos in Santa Barbara. Our home park was Sktecross in Reseda. There was another in Thousand Oaks called Aloha but it was one of the first to close. Knapp park was our local ditch complete with local skate bum. Good times for sure! The Z-boy movie by Stacy gets me all nostalgic everytime I see it.

thejab- I guess I am a skate geezer too. I got my first knee scrapes and Mr. Wilsons on a Black Knight board with no kicktail or grip tape and clay wheels that would make one hell of racket. sob...I miss that board too.

Chongolio