Set Freedom Plaza free.
It's weird how we mythologize skateboarders who are wistfully obscure. Sean isn't exactly an unknown, but he wasn't getting the same amount of coverage that Chet Thomas and Willy Santos were back in the day. He certainly wasn't on the level of fame like Chad Muska or Tony Hawk either. That's fine. The more esoteric characters are somehow more appealing because you don't know much about them beyond a handful of photos and a couple blurbs on how they totally destroyed the local spots. What makes them fascinating is the not knowing. We know that Sean had more pop than everybody else and that he possibly works on very expensive automobiles. That's it. And that's plenty.
I legit can't believe I've been scanning and writing stuff for this thing for 18 years. Thanks for the support.
The photos are by Pete Thompson.
Capital: Slap - June 1996 Volume 5 Number 6
Nicotine: Slap - December 1996 Volume 5 Number 12
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