Tyler Bledsoe #2.

You have all the time in the world.

I watched Tyler's part from Mind Field yesterday. I never really appreciated what he does until that All Clear OK web clip came out last winter. He's got a good balance for his tech tricks where they are very difficult yet refined so he's not overdoing it with ledge dancing. Tyler also took on some huge gaps back in 2009.

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Bryan Herman #3.

Top of the Hill.

Bryan put together a part full of technical street skating in school yards plus hardflips down big gaps for Emerica's Stay Gold video from 2010. The part also featured an odd musical combo of Tom Waits and Black Sabbath. He opened it up with a kickflip to forever and then some nose manual down Hollywood Boulevard.

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Al Partanen #6.

"I'm not actually one to drop loot on a power shirt. They come to me when they're meant to be."

Sage wisdom from Parts regarding adding fancy t-shirts and/or flair into your life.

For the quote: Thrasher - June 2017 Volume 38 Number 6

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Mike Carroll #19.

Riding on the wall.

Mike crail grabs a wallride where the Crail Couch normally goes.

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Ben Raemers #2.

It's a funny Friday.

This guy had a cool part in Oververt.

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Alex Olson #4.

"Chris Roberts made me a mixtape on VHS for my 16th birthday with all the old World Industries videos and Video Days. At the time everybody said Video Days was the best video, but you couldn't find it anywhere unless someone had a copy - which was kind of cool, too. But I saw that when I was 16 and Jason Lee and Mark Gonzales obviously marked me."

By my rough math, Alex would have turned 16 in 2003 so there was no YouTube to look stuff up on. The youth these days have it so easy, which I suppose has plenty of benefits.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how you can slappy into a feeble grind on a curb, let alone on a banister.

The Jenkem piece on nostalgia in skateboarding was an interesting read.

For the quote: Transworld - May 2015 Volume 33 Number 5

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Riley Hawk #2.

"If anything, I was excited for Riley to be recognized on a scale that was beyond nepotism. Obviously, he's super good and deserved to be on Birdhouse for his skills. The idea that he was just living in my shadow didn't sit well with either of us. I was just trying to keep him going until something happened, like, how Andrew Reynolds ended up recognizing him." - Tony Hawk

I like how Tony skates in his son's pro model shoe.

The photo is by Joe Hammeke.

For the quote: Thrasher - September 2017 Volume 38 Number 9

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