Daewon Song #6.

So long and thanks for all the donuts.

At the end of 2018, Daewon left Almost after spending 28 years on World Industries or one of its related companies. He started a new venture with Torey Pudwill called Thank You. Daewon had been with World for so long that it was SMA World Industries when he first got on. He possibly had been riding for the company longer than Torey has been alive. It's a tie at the very least. Daewon would mostly ride for World Industries, but was also on Deca from 1999 to 2002 and Artafact in 2002 before starting up Almost with Rodney Mullen in 2003.

It's neat how Daewon incorporated his Z-Boy roots into his skating as his career moved along and skateboarding became a little more open minded about trick selection. You didn't just have to be a ledge tech guy in a schoolyard any more.

The photo is by Giovanni Reda.

Transworld - August 2004 Volume 22 Number 8