Sergie is from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was sponsored by Christian Hosoi back in the day. When Christian started Tuff Skates in the early 1990s with the backing of Vision, Ventura rode for that short lived company. He is riding one of their boards in this ad. After Tuff, he rode for Formula One and set a then world record for the highest air with an 11.81 foot air in 1996. Sergie was also on Think and was on some of the Tony Hawk arena tours. He currently rides for Hosoi, Ace Trucks, Type-S Wheels and Etnies.
Speaking of Tony Hawk, he's got a new video clip out where he goes totally Todd Congelliere with the backside bigspin.
I got to skateboard for the first time this year yesterday. We had initially made plans to hit up an indoor park in Buffalo. However the weather was nice enough that we could go to the outdoor local park. It was a little cold and windy, but nothing gloves and layers couldn't overcome. Everything was dry and there was no snow around. Good times.
Thrasher - September 1990 Volume 10 Number 9
2 comments:
Big airs on vert have always been awesome to me. What blew me away about him the first time I saw him in person was how short he is. A short guy getting that much air makes it even crazier to me.
Keith you should see it from the deck of the vert ramp!
I had the pleasure to be at DC Vans sessions and Va Beach sessions with Sergei many times.
The first time I knew who he was was after skating the bowl at Vans numerous times before seeing him on the Jumbotron at the first Boom Boom Huck Jam Tour in DC.
I was like “Holy shit! I skate with that guy!”
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