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Originally posted by nononono
Ah, yes, I knew him from the 80s - wasn't Thrasher the mag then? I didn't know he went bankrupt - just know that I've been amazed to see him still kicking around (and still skating! and making money!) 15 years later.
Who was the big freestyle guy way back when? From Florida, maybe?
When you get really rich from doing all the law stuff, you can build a 20-foot-high concrete wall around the back of your palatial estate and skate in private to your heart's content, with no mocking eyes present.
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The freestyle guy you're thinking about is probably Rodney Mullen, the pioneer of the picnic tables. Amazing. I think he's still skating, and I think may be included as one of the default skaters in the TH video game series, so hopefully that's bringing him a little money.
The private skate village would be nice. It was always a little embarrassing showing up to the public skatepark, and the young dudes would skate in just shorts and shoes, and I'd show up armored out like a Stormtrooper.
