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Name: Mat Richter / creativepro@sbcglobal.net Age: 39 Town/Area: San Diego Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 30 Fave terrain: Bowls Fave park ever: Boogie Bowl Least fave park ever: They're all good Fave board ever owned: G&S Tony Jetton Most memorable skate moment: Christmas Day 1988 I was skating a 12' tall wooden 1/2 pipe in Okinawa Japan on a skateboard purchased from a toy store. Needless to say that session didn't last very long. Brief comments: |
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NAME Dino AGE 34 AREA Cambs STARTED SKATING 82/83 YEARS SKATING 15 FAVE TERRAIN Concrete bowls,wooden bowls,anything carvable-the gnarlier the better!! FAVE PARK Wicksteed[rip]The Deaner!! LEAST FAVE PARK Chatteris FAVE BOARD Circle A Ricky Windsor with cutter trucks and crossbones MOST MEMORABLE SKATE MOMENT 1st Yate session with gnarly nick,dil and flip COMMENTS Just do it with a smile and a laugh |
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Name: Dean Tyrell Age: 42 Town/Area: Cambridge / Palma de Mallorca Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 5 years.1976 to 80. Back on it again since Palma council opened two free parks, one concrete! Plus the Spanish climate adds to fun! Fave terrain: bowls, pools, banks and long slopes. Fave park ever: Romford, Rolling Thunder Least fave park ever: Cambridge Fave board ever owned: Alva maple, Tracker full tracks, Yo Yo’s, My first decent set up, I learn to skate vert on this board. Most memorable skate moment: ConcussIon so bad I went "blind" for 3-4 hours after hanging up during a pool re-entry (not recommended) and Alva signing my deck at the Mad Dog Bowl back in the day…was it early 78? Brief comments: Falling off never hurt this much when I was 14 |
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Name: Lee Durham / leesilverburn@hotmail.com Age: 33 Town/Area: Bradford, Yorkshire Started skating: 1988 Total years skating: 4ish (1988-1992 i think) Fave terrain: Was street but goin for street and ramp now Fave park ever: Anywhere Brief comments: At least i don't feel too old to skate now!!! |
| Name: Hector I. Andino / hiandino@hotmail.com Age: 39 Town/Area: Wappingers Falls, NY USA Started skating: Approx 6 years old (on my belly paddling with my hands) Total years skating: All my life basically, long hiatus after early 90's, just resumed skating again. Fave terrain: Smooth concrete/asphalt, light and deep bowls, ramps, sidewalks. Fave park ever: Skate park in "La Carolina" in Quito, Ecuador. Anymore good parks out there? Fave board ever owned: My current SIMS E Kamikaze w/red SIMS street wheels, white Ran Alli trucks, (just replaced all ball bearings with Lucky 7's). Most memorable skate moment: Skating on sidewalks in Glendale, CA with my Doberman Pinscher ROCKY(R.I.P.) pulling me on a leash at top speed! Brief comments: Just got back on my board again and discovered that I can still skate like when I was a teenager, and pretty proud of it! Any old school skaters here in upstate NY or South Florida want to skate give me a holla! |
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Name: Chris Morgan / scnc@scnc.co.uk Age: 32 Town/Area: Clapton, London / Porthcawl, Wales Started skating: Discovered skating in 1985 or something like that, hooked for life. Total years skating: 21 so far Fave terrain: Street...lines on smooth flatland, blocks, hills, skating spot to spot, rolling for miles Fave park ever: Berkeley concrete park autumn 2006...sickest session Least fave park ever: All of those unskateable toy council parks...waste of time, waste of money Fave board ever owned: In terms of graphics, a Tracker Adrian Demain on a natural wood board...Wish i still had it. In terms of skating, the board im skating right now. Most memorable skate moment: Bombing the hills of SF and jsut getting to skate SF in general with locals...stoked Brief comments: Keep On Pushing!!! |
| Name: iain roberts / iain@themats.wanadoo.co.uk. Age: 42 Town/Area: edinburgh ,scotland Started skating: 76/77 Total years skating: Fave terrain: smooth Fave park ever: livi Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: ick stick slalom/alva/santa cruz Most memorable skate moment: too many.though seein shogo kubo skate stands out Brief comments:should have kept skatin |
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| Name; Martin (big pandies) Wiseman
/ Age; 29 Town; bradford Started skating; 1988 to 1994, then 2007 onwards Total years; 6 Fave terrain; street, learning mini ramp tho! Fav park; any!! Fave board ever owned; Jesse martinez full, with gulwing bases and indi hangers, slimeball wheels! Most memorable moment; breaking my femur 1n 1990! Comments; Just started out again after 13 years!, gettin some stuff back,wanna learn some ramp as i never got the chance back in the day, don't laugh when you see me try, or i'll knock your teeth out! :D! just kiddin, i'm agettle giant really! |
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Name: Vikki Cartwright Age: 24 Town/Area: Hatfield, Herts Started skating: 2007 Total years skating: about 3 months Fave terrain: smooth tarmac and hills. Fave park ever: Harrow, very friendly, good for longboards. Least fave park ever: Welwyn Garden City full of chavs! Fave board ever owned: only had 1 - Lush Mako Longboard Most memorable skate moment: Nearly hitting a cattle grid at the bottom of a hill on the Lush - Boardfree Bath to Bristol skate. Brief comments: Come on girls get out and skate! |
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Name: Dean Cartwright Age: 27 Town/Area: Hatfield Herts Started skating: 2007 Total years skating: about 7 months Fave terrain: smooth long downhills and banks Fave park ever: Harrow Least fave park ever: Welwyn Garden City Fave board ever owned: Lush Samba Most memorable skate moment: Getting shouted at by a security guard in a multi storey carpark - he was younger than me! Brief comments: Don't get boring - get out on your board! |
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Name: Dale Bragg Age: 34 Town/Area: North wales/Chester Started skating: 1983 Total years skating: about 20 on and off Fave terrain: street Fave park ever: old concrete one that used to in chester Least fave park ever: none Fave board ever owned: Natas 101, gullwing trucks, santa cruz speed wheels (yellow) Most memorable skate moment: 180 flipping bus station stairs in chester (1992) Brief comments: Never stop thrashin!!!! |
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Name: Lucas Gomersall Age: 12 Town/Area: Braunton Started skating: 2006 Total years skating: 1 Fave terrain: bowls, pools, mini ramps. Fave park ever: Mount Hawke skate project. Least fave park ever: Motion skate park, Bristol Fave board ever owned: Zoo York 8 inch deck, Independent High Trucks, Powell Mini Logo wheels, Jacked bearings. Most memorable skate moment: First Drop-in Brief comments: Never too young to ride old-school. |
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Name: Craig Stringer Age: 36 Town: Leeds, Yorkshire Started: On my 5th birthday Total years: 31 on and off Fave terrain: Street, concrete, minis. Fave park: Rehab - Wakefield, Hyde Park - Leeds. Least fave park: Garforth, Leeds. You need to see it to believe it. Fave board: Pretty much any Natas deck. Most memorable skate moment: First time I did the pig & whistle handrail in Leeds. |
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Name: Joe Taylor Age: 34 Town/Area: Wrightwood, California Started skating: 1983 Total years skating: 24 Fave terrain: Ditches, red curbs, my ramp Fave park ever: Original Pipeline and probably Sadlands Least fave park ever: I make the best out of any park Fave board ever owned: Andy Howell w/ Indys and OJ Teamriders Most memorable skate moment: Anytime I was on a board w/ my buddies Brief comments: Enjoy every moment skating with your buddies |
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Name: Neil Davey AKA 'Beerday' Age: 31 Town/Area: Edinburgh, Scotland Started skating: '86/'87 ish Total years skating: 10 and counting Fave terrain: Steep smooth hills Fave park ever: Not a park but 'Governor's Hill' - Southern California Least fave park ever: Anything with potholes! Fave board ever owned: Gravity BE40 with Tracker BII's and Krypt ProI's Most memorable skate moment: Sliding with the Gravity guys in SoCal Brief comments: 'Roll with Soul' |
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Name: Sally-Anne (SalAbama) Scrivener Age: 33 Town/Area: Leicester Started skating: 1996 Total years skating: Fave terrain: Bowls & Minis, Fave park ever: Stockwell Skatepark Least fave park ever: Victoria Park, Leicester Fave board ever owned: My Jamie Thomas Zero Most memorable skate moment: Finally learning to do rock fakies after about 5 years of trying! (on and off that is ;-) Brief comments: I wish I'd started earlier, so I'd got all the scary learning bits out of the way when I healed quicker! But still get the urge to go out now and then, need people to skate with tho. Esp. girls! miss the London crew! Have a long board too now - need some good terrain for cruising that about. |
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Name: Billy Savage Age: 43 Town/Area: Los Angeles Started skating: 1969 Total years skating: Took 30 years off between 1978-2008 Fave terrain: Steep! Fave park ever: The Big O Least fave park ever: The Concrete Wave Fave board ever owned: Dogtown Bulldog Most memorable skate moment: Destroying my left arm in a Canyon Jump attempt in '78 at the Big O. Brief comments: I just got back into it after a 30 year sabbatical. I still suck! |
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name- Nigel Pinnick-Smith age- 35 town/area- Lowestoft, SUFFOLK started skating- 1985/86 total years skating- 10 (85 to 91 - 04 to now) fave terrain- mini, midi, bowls, pools and vert fave park ever- Rom, Stockwell, Chingford and gillingham least fave park ever- Don't really dislike any fave board ever owned- Powell & Peralta Mike V. with Indy's and T/Bones most memorable skate moment- Dropping into Latimer Road. And a bad one, shattering my kneecap in 2006 on a midi doing a 50/50, the coping had been waxed and I over rotated on the way back in, still waiting for an op to remove metal work. Hasn't stopped me skating though. brief comment- I will only stop skating when my body is to broken or to old |
| name - Matt age - 42 town - Cardiff Started skating - 77-Early Eighties / 2005 - Present Total years - >10 Fave Terrain - Curvy surfaces Bowls & Halfpipes Fave Park - Havn't been there yet Least Fave park - Havn't been there yet Fave board - Fond memories of a Sims Lonnie Toft, Trackers and big Red Krypt's. Most memorable moment - 1; Getting burgled in the early eighties.... ''The VCR?? Fuck the VCR, they took my SKATEBOARD!!!!'' 2; Replacing said board 20 years later.....''aaaahh...now I remember...oh....that feels good!'' brief comment - Got back into skating just before moving away from London
to a place where there is nowhere to skate and it rains all the time....DOH! |
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Name: Jonny Floater (jonnyfloater@googlemail.com) Age: 42 Town/Area: Hayling Island, South Coast, UK Started skating: 1974 Total years skating: errrm, 34!! Fave terrain: Downhill, Banks, Ditches, anything smooth Fave park ever: Barnstaple, North Devon (RIP) Least fave park ever: none Fave board ever owned: Hobieflex Pro Slalom, California Slaloms, Tunnel Rocks (still got it, still using it) Most memorable skate moment: Trying to do stuff I did when I was 14 at the local skatepark (HI) – frontside grind on my Alva Pig, lost it on the coping, nearly broke my back (seriously) – no kiddies watching (thank Christ). Brief comments: Still lovin it after all these years. Mainly recreational downhill, slalom, and cruising / carving. Love it when the kiddies point and laugh at my Turner Summerski 'what the f**k is that?!' |
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Name: ben carey / carey505@msn.com Age: 33 Town/Area: lymington, south coast Started skating: 1988 Total years skating: 20 Fave terrain: concrete and home made stuff Fave park ever: southsea Least fave park ever: that huge one in shanghai. lucky, lucky bastards!! Fave board ever owned: new deal templeton V-ply Most memorable skate moment: street skating in town centres on sundays before tesco got their breadhead way! Brief comments: grind it! |
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Name: John Fudala Age: 40 Town/Area: From Va. Beach and still frequent, but reside in NYC claiming all of the Mid-Atlantic Started skating: 1975 Total years skating: do the math Fave terrain: Tranny Fave park ever: Charlston SC Hanger and the old parks of Va. Beach Thunderbowl, Norfolk Skatepark and Concrete Pipline. Least fave park ever: not worth remembering Fave board ever owned: eh Micky Alba K beam for the memories. Most memorable skate moment: WRV Van Road trips to the Florida Cambodia Ramp Jams. Putting on the Mid-Atlantic Skateboard Series and more Scarr.tv |
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Name: Steve Beed stev.annie@virgin.net Age: 43 Town/Area: Teignmouth Devon Started skating: mid 80's Total years skating: 20ish (but never a frequent skater) Fave terrain: smooth concrete Fave park ever: The Rom Least fave park ever: eh? Fave board ever owned: That beat up Schmitt Danger Stix in the corner Most memorable skate moment: what, just one! Brief comments: I suck, and truly don't care anymore - I'm just happy not to fall over! |
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Name: steve bayless Age: 34 Town/Area: happisburgh,norfolk,uk Started skating: xmas 1983 Total years skating: 25(i think)no stops Fave terrain: pools,mini ramps but i will give anything a go Fave park ever: milipitas CA,saffron walden,knebworth(rip),yarmouth,bowes lyon,the list goes on.... Least fave park ever: not many i can recall cos it's not the park,it's how you ride it.you can enjoy a curb and a vert ramp equally if you want to. Fave board ever owned: easy this,zorlac aaron deeter,gullwing street shadows,oj street razors(89/90 ish) Most memorable skate moment: s.u.a.s southsea,bones demos(latimer,stevenage,rom)dropping in my first vert ramp,seeing some friends ride concrete for the first time ever,too many others Brief comments:jumped this train in 83,hope the guard don't catch me cos i don't wanna get off. |
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Name: Lewis (Lewy) Harvey Age: 42 Town/Area: Middlesbrough Started skating: 1974 Total years skating: 74’ – 79’, 05’- 08’ so 8 in total. Fave terrain: Ramps, Vert, Pools, Pipes. Fave park ever: Blackpool, R-Kade, Prissick Plaza, Tiffany’s Nightclub (Old Bowling Alley in the 70’s) Least fave park ever: None Fave board ever owned: Simms Lonnie Toft, Gullwing Pros, 65mm Red Kryps. Most memorable skate moment: Skating with Gliffberg & Mountain @ Flip Demo, Prissick Plaza Brief comments: You are never too old to start again!!!! |
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Name: Felipe "Mongoose" Campos
Age: 37 Town/Area: Chile, Southamerica Started skating: 2003 Total years skating: 5 Fave terrain: lost hills Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Parque Bustamante Fave board ever owned: Dregs pinstripe Most memorable skate moment: My first time with a board Brief comments: ..never give up!! |
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Name: Osvaldo Mellado Age: 38 Town/Area: Chile, Southamerica Started skating: 1987 skate, 2007 longboard Total years skating: 5 skate, 1 longboard Fave terrain: concrete wave maitenes, marbella Fave park ever: parke bustamante Santiago Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned: dregs surf, sector 9 Most memorable skate moment: saca eh shucha en los maitenes Brief comments: skate or die |
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Name: Patrick Gunn Age: 25 Town/Area: Manistee, Michigan Started skating: 1996 Total years skating: 8 Fave terrain: Smooth park concrete Fave park ever: Mason Skatepark, Mason, Michigan Least fave park ever: Local Manistee skatepark Fave board ever owned: Neil Heddings Black Label Most memorable skate moment: My first arrest :) Brief comments: Ive been bumming about not skating lately and then I found your site. I have a kid and a fiance and skating is always on my mind. I cant wait to get a new board and take my Daughter to our local park and shred. |
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Name: Ed Roman Age: 36 Town/Area: Sterling, VA Started skating: 1983 Total years skating:10 Fave terrain: Street Fave park ever: Potrero Del Solm San Francisco, CA Least fave park ever: Adam Curtis Park, Manchester, NH Fave board ever owned: Element #13 7.87 Helium Most memorable skate moment: First handrail slide when I was a kid Brief comments: |
| More shredders and pics to be posted soon, so email me at carnfield@yahoo.co.uk .... and if you can include the following info and a pic it would be a great help | |
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