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Name: Jason Hurley / [email protected] Age: 35 Town/Area: Chorley, Lancs Started skating: 1977 Total years skating: 6 after a 19 year break Fave terrain: Park Fave park ever: Stockport at the moment Least fave park ever: Tatton, Chorley Fave board ever owned: Current hideous green and purple Death board Most memorable skate moment: Pulling off a fakie rock on the fifth attempt Brief comments: KEEP ON TRUKKIN! |
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Name: Russ Howell / [email protected]
Age: 53 Town/Area: Southern California moved to Boise, Idaho Total years skating: 45 Fave terrain: Snake run skateparks and flatland freestyle Fave park ever: Concrete Wave, Anaheim 1976 Least fave park ever: Eagle Skatepark, Idaho (bad concrete work) Fave board ever owned: My own freestyle design – Howell Skateboards Most memorable skate moment: Performing at the Beach Boys Concert in front Brief comments: Skateboarding has always been important in my life. I have |
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Name: Andy Eaves / [email protected]
Age: 38 Town: London Started skating: 1974 total years skating: 10 fave terrain: small halfpipes (so it doesn’t hurt much) least fave park: monstrosity in Cambridge in about 1977 fave board: Powell Ollie tank 25th anniversary reissue most memorable skate moment: last year learning to do a frontside air aged Brief comments: why did I give up in 1985? what a stupid *@!~&{} I was, |
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Name: Gary Bliss / [email protected]
Age: 30 Started skating: 1982 Total years skating: 14 Fave terrain: Anything mellow! Fave park ever: Bedminster before they fucked it up Least fave park ever: aint got one Fave board ever owned: Schmitt Stix Bryce Kanights, Indies, Slimeball Vomites Most memorable skate moment: Skating a sketchy mini in a barn in southrop Brief comments: Started skating again because my kid got into it, forgot |
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Name: mark “trawler” lawer
Age: 40 yrs young Town/Area: plymouth and the south west Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 21+ Fave park ever: plymouth 78-82 and newquay wooden waves vert Least fave park ever: mount hawke Fave board ever owned: zorlac john gibson, deadbolt, trucks and zombu wheels Most memorable skate moment: my 40th birthday bash sept 2002 at bristol Brief comments: riding more than ever now for vision shoes , sector nine, |
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Name: Tony Goodwin
Age: 37 Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: Since 1976, with a lay off from ’91 – ’96, what was Fave terrain: Skateparks, grew up at Rom and Rolling Thunder (33 tube stops Fave park ever: Rolling Thunder (R.I.P.) Least fave park ever: A bulldozed one.. Fave board ever owned: All of them, but currently my slalom set up: Pocket Most memorable skate moment: Getting a gun pointed at me by a security guard Brief comments: The answer is never… |
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Name: Garry Reeves / Gaz / Gaza / The Gaza Strip / [email protected]
Age: 36 Town/Area: Singapore (Ex Burnley / Darlo / Jakarta) Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 76 to 91 + 00 to 03 = so, 20 … ish Fave park ever: Any – I’ve been to so few Least fave park ever: Same again Fave board ever owned: Nostalgia – My old Fibreflex with independents / Most memorable skate moment: When I was a kid, hitting a pile of horse shit Brief comments: If you ever knew the rush, feel, power, and even sometimes |
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Name: Guy Hague (M.O.T.H.S) [email protected]
Age: 44. Started skating: 2002 this time around. Fave terrain: Wooden ramps. Fave park: Dreamfields, Taunton and Wooden Waves, Newquay. Least fave park: At my stage of the game they’re all interesting. Fave board ever owned: Deathbox 32×8″ with Randall 150′s and Gravity Best memorable skate moment: Discovering the fun to be had at a skate park Brief comments: Just wanna say thanks to the great crew at MOTHS for all |
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Name: George Perlinger / [email protected]
Age: 43 Location: Location- Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; Heidelberg, Germany; Karlsruhe, Started: 1974 Total years: 7, 1974-1981, 2003- Fave Terrain, Wooden ramps and drainage ditches Least Fave: Is there such a thing??? Fave Board: Shugo Kubo Dogtown Skate Most memorable moment: Skating at the European Championships in Zurich, Brief comments: YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD!!!!!!!! |
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Name: Tim Woodrow / [email protected]
Age: 31 Started skating: 1984 i think Total years skating: 19 minus 3 years when I discovered beer, women and Fave terrain: Conctrete. Curbs to Bowls Fave park ever: Dame Emily Smythe, Bristol before they took the bowls away. Least fave park ever: Dame Emily Smythe, Bristol after they took the bowls Fave board ever owned: Sims Kevin Staab signed by the man himself Most memorable skate moment: My first ollie up a curb. Brief comments: Stop Councils from building cheap, shitty, “freestyle” |
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Name: Andrew (Willy) Williams / [email protected]
Age: 35 Town/Area: Adelaide/South Australia Started Skating: 76-82, 2002-now Total Years Skating: 1&1/2 (properly) Fave park: West Beach Least Fave park: Adelaide City Fave Board ever owned: 1980, Mickey Alba K beam, trackers, Alva conicles Most Memorable skatemoment: my last skate Brief comments: A couple of beers helps you skate, too many fucks you up. |
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Name: Jon “spooky” Parsons ([email protected])
Age: 35 1/2 Started skating: ’79-90 (surfing 89- present), 2002-present Fave terrain: Concrete Fave park: Stockwell bowl (c.90ish) Least fave park: - Fave board owned: My current set-up, Lush longboard 46″, Death Skateboards 31″, Randalls, Krypto 76s Most memorable skate moment: Rediscovering concrete hurts at speed Brief comment: Are we all just having a mid-life crisis!!!! How do I get |
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Name: Mark Murphy / [email protected]
Age: 34 Town/Area: Nottingham via Tucson, AZ Started skating: 1983ish Total years skating: 5+2=7 Fave park ever: Newberg, Burnside, Brookings, etc. Oregon is Niicceee Least fave park ever: Edward Lane in Notts ‘an un-skatable turd’ Fave board ever owned: Latest, the shit just keeps getting better Most memorable skate moment: 1985 ‘Street’ contest w/ Hosoi, Cab, Brief comments: Should have NEVER taken 13 years off |
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name/david parry/[email protected]
age/ 39 started/at 15 total years/ always had a board fave terrain/concrete,pools fave park/harrow,stockwell least fave/ knebworths nasty skin flaying concrete snake run fave board/ powell mcgill,trackers and hosoi rockets fave moment/grinding pools at harrow and romford comment.meeting people of my own age and ability is fantastic thanks steve |
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Name: Rudee Rolston / [email protected]
Age: 38 Town/Area: Maidenhead Started skating: Long Time Ago Total years skating: To Many Fave park ever: Skatewave Least fave park ever: Any new park Fave board ever owned: My 1st A Skuda Most memorable skate moment: Seeing Bones Brigade @ Bracknell Brief comments: I Wear Boxers |
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Name: Steve Broomer / [email protected] Age: 31 Town/Area: Reading/Berkshire Started Skating: 1986 Total Years Skating: Approx 14 (a few breaks) Fave Terrain: Smooth Concrete Fave Park: Never really skated parks Fave Board Owned: Santa Cruz Jeff Kendal Graffitti, OJ 2s and Tracker Ultralites Most Memorable Skate Moment: Power sliding into a copper and getting a serious Brief Comments: Simply sliding, spinning and pushing your way through life |
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Name: PETE GEORGE – [email protected]
Age:38 Town/Area: NORTHAMPTON Started skating: 1977 Fave terrain: CONCRETE/BOWLS Fave park ever: NOT SEEN IT YET Least fave park ever: EVERY PARK HAS SOMETHING ! Fave board ever owned: ALL OF THEM (LOTS) Most memorable skate moment: FIRST FRONTSIDE GRIND Brief comments OLD SCHOOL BUT STILL NO FOOL ! |
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Name:Tony Luna www.nugz.com Age:32 Town/Area:Albuquerque Started skating:1977 Total years skating:10 Fave terrain:Ditches Fave park ever: Least fave park ever: Fave board ever owned:Vision Mark Gonzalez Most memorable skate moment:Being drunk off my ass and falling down a flight Brief comments:fuck |
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Name: Alan (Ratboy) Routledge / [email protected]
Age: 40 Town/Area: Hertfordshire Total years skating: I think the above totals 6 so far Fave terrain: Pools, bowls & pipes Fave park ever: I dunno – er, Meanwhile 1? (crap surface but great atmosphere – I learned a lot from those guys!) Least fave park ever: The ‘metal one’ in Flitwick, Bedfordshire Fave board ever owned: BB Comp2 / Tracker Midtrack / White Yoyo’s Most memorable skate moment: Seeing my 8 year old son kickturn the Harrow Brief comments: Thanks Mum, for not throwing out my old skate stuff!! |
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Name: Richard Clinker ([email protected])
Age: 34 Town/Area: Towcester; Northants Total years skating: 3 and a bit Fave terrain: Mellow hills; mellow bowls Fave park ever: Watlington, so far. Least fave park ever: Any with no concrete to carve. Fave board ever owned: Libtech Surfer Most memorable skate moment: Getting the wobbles when I first started skating Brief comments: Keep showing the groms how it’s done! |
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Name: Guy Mazza / [email protected]
Age: almost 40 Town/Area: Palmdale, Calif (Los Angeles Co.) Started skating: 1974 Total years skating: About 7 (off/on) Fave terrain: Pools/Concrete Skateparks Least fave park ever: No such thing Fave board ever owned: Current: BDS Paul Constantineau TTII Most memorable skate moment: Skating with Z-Boys Brief comments: Great to be back skating w/my Bros. Im losing weight too, |
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Name: Mike Richardson ([email protected])
Age: Just 39! Started skating: 1976 Total years skating: 6+ Fave terrain: Bowl and Pools Fave park ever: The Barn, Brighton Least fave park ever: Pandora’s Box, Manchester Fave board ever owned: Dog Town Wes Humpston ’78 (see pic) Most memorable skate moment: First time I dropped into the half pipe at Brief comments: Left it far too long to start skating again – just do it! |
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Name: Brad “Oddy” Odland / [email protected]
Age:40 Town/Area: Waukesha, Wisconsin Started skating: 1974 Total years skating: 6 plus Fave park ever: Never had the chance to go to a good one, being from So.Dak. Least fave park ever: n/a Fave board ever owned: Hobie Flex Cutaway Slalom, Gullwing HPG IV, Hobie Most memorable skate moment: My daughter dropping in for the first time Brief comments: Started riding ramps again this summer, have been slaloming |
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Name; Phil House or P.K. e-mail; [email protected]
Age; 43 Started Skating; 1970! Total years Skating; 6 years during1976 to 82 period but always had Sk8 Fave terrain; Concrete banks, bowls or half pipes, anything with a bit of Fave park ever; Plymouth. Least fave park; St Austell (Cornwall 1978) bowl. Fave board ever owned; All faves at the time so; present board, Old G&S Most memorable Sk8 moment; 1976 (I think) Brands Hatch, Kryptonics team Brief comments; If it feels good, do it. Just have FUN! |
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Name: Tom Beardshaw / [email protected]
Age: 36 Town/Area: Cardiff Total years skating: About 2 years in the l8 80s and I picked it up again Fave terrain: The streets of Cardiff, bowls, smooooth street parks. Fave park ever: Wavehouse Skatepark at Gateway Durban, South Africa – snakerun, Least fave park ever: Castle Grounds, Cardiff… cos there isn’t a skatepark Fave board ever owned: My current setup: Alva special edition 34 x 8.5 with Most memorable skate moment: Carving my first bowl, whizzing faster and Brief comments: You’ll see me skating around in Cardiff – say hi. |
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Name, John Taylor / [email protected]
Age, 41 Town/area, Milton Keynes Started skating, 76 Total years skating, 6 Fave terrain, Concrete/bowls Least fave park ever, Most of the new stuff Fave board owned, 10″ Alva, A.C.S trucks, Lime green Kryps’ Most memorable skate moment, First time I stood on a board,August 1976 Brief comments, Just because the road has no destination doesn’t mean it’s |
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Name: Darren (Wilbut) Williams
Age: 39 Started Skating: 75 – now Total Years Skating: many Fave terrain: Pools, Bowls, Pipes, Vert Fave park: Parafield Gardens (circa 1980), The Turs Least Fave park: Any street park Fave Board ever owned: Salba K beam or Lee Ralph model Most Memorable skate moment: forgot Brief comments: All skate parks should have some decent vert sections and |
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Name: Joseph Vazquez III / [email protected]
Age: 38 Town/Area: Singer Island/ Tampa, FL USA Started skating: Mid 70′s Total years skating: hard to tell off and on allot Fave park ever: Olsener YMCA Least fave park ever: don’t have one, love them all Fave board ever owned: Red Kross Duane Peters Full/Sixtracks/No-Skoolz 60mm Most memorable skate moment: When I lost my virginity…isn’t it for everyone? Brief comments: Skating has brought back everything that I have lost when |
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Name: Geir Linge / [email protected]
Age: 27 Started skating: 1984 Total years skating: 19 Fave terrain: Langeland (Aalesund, Norway) Fave park ever: the Aase ramp Least fave park ever: the blindheim ramp Fave board ever owned: Santa Cruz Claus Grabke Most memorable skate moment: when i did 360 to grind on the coping. Brief comments: I just love to skate on the local mini-ramp with my old-school board. And the kids like skating with me too, because I do those |
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NAME: JAY ADAM SABLE
AGE: N/A TOWN/AREA: COLCHESTER,ESSEX. TOTAL YEARS SKATING:7.5 YEARS. FAVE TERRAIN:CONCRETE & WOODEN PARKS FAVE PARK EVER: F.D.R. {PHILLY}. FAVE BOARD EVER OWNED:ERIC KOSTON GIRL DECK,INDY STAGE 9′S RICTA CORES. MOST MEMORABLE SKATE MOMENT: WHEN I MET BAM MAGERA AT F.D.R. BRIEF COMMENTS: IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, SPEND 6 HOURS IN CASUALTY, |