Dennis Busenitz #7.

"When Dennis came into our lives he had led a sheltered existence, mostly skating in a barn in the Kansas countryside. He was also a German immigrant, and although he spoke English just fine, we liked to pretend that he couldn’t and would translate for him in ridiculous German accents. “Dennis! We are go for make EATING!” we’d tell him. Nate Jones and I used to tell him about these two skaters—Ducky Dunsworth and Gary Headlock. They were cousins. We’d tell Dennis all the amazing tricks Ducky and Gary had performed. We’d tell him Headlock did a back 360 to overcrook nosegrind down a nine-stair rail. You could see the wheels in his head spinning as he tried to picture it. “I need to see the footage!” he’d demand. “Not everybody films everything, Dennis,” we’d explain. Soon enough he realized we were lying. ‘Til this day he still doesn’t believe a word I say. I stopped lying to him years ago but he never believes me. “Bullshit!” he always replies." - Frank Gerwer

Reject success.

Frank's People I've Known article from the August issue of Thrasher was hilarious and yielded a whole lot of funny stories.

Dennis blasts a street ollie that was seen in his part for Real's Seeing Double video from 2002.

For the quote: Thrasher - August 2020 Volume 41 Number 8

Thrasher - December 2002 Volume 22 Number 12