Post #650822 by tikiskip on Wed, Sep 5, 2012 8:20 AM

I was at my old friends house the other day, we used to skateboard together make ramps, Go to the principals office ect..
And he's still into skating at 50+ so he tells me about the Coleman slide a new trick he picked up.
Now this guy grew up with me and was skatin back when I was, he got Skateboarder mag, well
our pal Coleman took the Ty slide (as in Ty Page, ya I know he's not Dogtown and sucks) but
this guy Coleman put a slight tweek on the Ty slide and Wham Coleman slide.
Whos Ty Page, what Ty Page? Gone, Ty did it first, Heck Andy was there at the time and he even forgot.

And so it goes with the tiki creators here today gone tomorrow.
It's why a lot of us create, as kind of a legacy you leave behind.
And it's a big part of why I do it.

So here's to you Ty (you tight shorts wearin so and so)
And here's to you Wayne Coombs.
You both were creators with your own style, and I won't forget that style that is yours alone.
(even if that bonehead Andy does)

I think Wayne Coombs put it best.

“It has bugged me forever ... to the point of being real grouchy about it,” Coombs told Rockledge writer and photographer Chris Kridler during a 2006 interview. He also said, “imitation is the sincerest proof of plagiarism.”
Rip Wayne

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2012-09-13 05:28 ]