When I first started skating with Justin Brasco, he was a pale, chubby, short haired Long Island kid who spoke too fast for everyone to understand. Some of that's still the same but he's come a long way since then. For the past few years, I've probably been skating with Justin more than anyone else and he's been laying shit down continuously since then...
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#TBT - Joey Graziano - Vertical Soul Stall - Staten Island, NY
The original date on this photo was March 3rd, 2007, so this is almost exactly 9 years old. I don't remember much from this day but it had to have been one of those sessions where everyone comes out to skate because it's starting to get warm in NYC again...
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#TBT - Adam Caroselli - Ally-Oop Fishbrain - Brooklyn, NY
Adam is one of my closest friends and one of the few people I've known since I started blading 20 years ago. Him and brother used to destroy the underground NYC scene in the 90s until they both went on hiatus for a few years. This was a few years after Adam's comeback in 2010 and he was proving that he didn't get left behind...
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#TBT - Casey McFarland - Backside Royale - Phoenix, AZ
Before my brief stint living in the Phoenix area, I used to visit every year with my friends from here in the east coast. This was one of the last of those trips in the beginning of 2010...
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Tear Sheets - AggressiveMall Catalog Interview
Its getting tougher these days but I would LOVE to see more print these days, something to hold in your hands and be proud of. Something you can read on the bus or train and show off to your friends at school and let them know how sick skating is. I remember getting the new Daily Bread when I got home from school then rushing out to a session so everyone can read the latest pro interview or discuss which "Section 8" photos were worthy of hanging on our walls. It's just the way technology is heading in our industry but there's still a whole isle of magazines at Barnes And Noble, so people are still buying them...
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#TBT - Billy O'Neill - Royale - Short Hills, NJ
This epic skate spot is known for having some of the best line ledges around and also having the most unpredictable odds of getting kicked out. You can go and skate for hours with 20 people no problem, or you can go with just you and someone else and get kicked out before your first trick...
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#TBT - Jay Cotrell 360 Lu Kang - Wayne, New Jersey
I think it's safe to say that everyone who skates has been through this before. You're young and stupid and you build sketchy obstacles and hope you come out alive. Back when I used to skate New Jersey with the Gnar Mobile crew every weekend, we were all about that...
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Tear Sheets - ONE Magazine New York City Scene
A few years back I was asked to write a scene report about blading in the city where I grew up and lived most of my life. I think this was the first time I ever had anything that I wrote published and I am by no means a writer of any kind, nonetheless, I'm still happy with how it came out. The thing I am most proud about with this article was that I shot the photo as well, so the whole Scene report really felt like it was my own...
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#TBT - Tim Adams 360 - Scottsdale, AZ
A large group of my friends from the north east have an annual tradition; ESCAPE THE WINTER AT ALL COSTS! Our group has changed over the years but back in the beginning it was mostly skaters from NYC and skaters from Rochester who used to migrate south for the winter. This was either our second or third trip to Arizona in January when Tim did this massive 360. As far as I know, Dustin Latimer 360'd this also... but then Tim then 540'd it...
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#TBT Sean Kelso - Truspin Front Torque - Philadelphia, PA
From what I remember, while we were filming for The Truth, Sean Kelso and Billy O'Neill both wanted to have truspin front torque clips on rails for their sections. Even today I still can't think of many other people who have done that trick on a down rail. Billy did his earlier on while filming in Philly and this was Seans...
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