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	Name: Johnnie Blalack aka. HawaiianJohn Age: 36 Location:  Ft. Lauderdale, FL Started Skating: 1976 Total Years Skating:  Off and On about 10 years Favorite Type of Skating:  Pools and Ditches Favorite Skate-Spot: Wallows, Pearl Ridge, Zones and Stoker Hill (Ditches) My First Skateboard:  Plastic Banana Board Present Skateboard:  Automodown RHPS [Royal Hawaiian Pool Service (8.5” X 32.25”)],Indy Stage IX 149's modified w/ Grind King Kingpins, 60mm Spitfire Salba 99a’s. Favorite Skaters:  Shogo Kubo, Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Chris Cook, Jef Hartsel Most Memorable Moment:  Skating after HIC Demo with Jef Hartsel and Chris Cook!  FUN! Brief Comment:  You really can teach old dogs new tricks!
	Name:  Matt Towne Age:  34 Location:  Seattle, WA Started Skating:  1986 Total Years Skating:  5 Favorite Type of Skating:  Ditches Favorite Skate-Spot:  No favorite, loved em all My First Skateboard:  Powell Skull & Sword, Venture Trucks with Bones 90A Present Skateboard:  Powell Caballero, Indy Trucks Favorite Skaters:  Bill Danforth Most Memorable Moment:  Pulling my first air in front of the guys at Wallows! Brief Comment:  Get back into skating!  It's a trip!
	Name:  John Foster aka Funky Fresh Foster aka Brother Fos Age:  36 Location:  Makawao, HI Started Skating:  1987 Total Years Skating:  Still going but now I'm the man! Favorite Type of Skating:  Balls out, Sidewalk Surfing Favorite Skate-Spot:  Front Street, Lahaina My First Skateboard:  Sims Lester Present Skateboard:  The Triple B, (BigAss Bombucha Board) Misc. confiscated boards. Favorite Skaters and/or Murderers:  Gator, Charles Manson and Jeff Dahmer. Most Memorable Moment:  Being on a bunkbed with Matt,..er...you mean skating?  Skating Waikiki, no doubt. Brief Comment:  Sick my Duck!
	Name:  Leo Nakayama Age:  33 Location:  Kahului, HI Started Skating:  1986 Total Years Skating:  ALOT???  Not sure really!  I'm bad at math! Favorite Type of Skating:  Anything and Everything Favorite Skate-Spot:  Anywhere I can skate - even if it's illegal! My First Skateboard:  Vision Jinx Present Skateboard:  Alva Tri-tail Favorite Skaters:  Lester Kasai, Christian Hosoi, Adrian Demain Most Memorable Moment:  I can't remember that far back!  My first Rail Slide?!  yeah! Brief Comment:  "SUCH!"
	Name:  David 'Slyde' Thornton Age:  32 Location:  Somewhere in Washington Started Skating:  1979 @ age 6 Total Years Skating:  a bunch of 'em Favorite Type of Skating:  parks with lots of transitions Favorite Skate-Spot:  Kanis Pool in Little Rock, AR My First Skateboard:  little blue plastic (forget the name) Present Skateboard:  Duane Peters pig with tracker darts and Alva Ditch wheels (also have other boards in the quiver. . . this is what I'm riding the most right now). Favorite Skaters:  Duane Peters, Bill Danforth, Jay Adams, Tony Alva . . . Most Memorable Moment:  Skating with TA.  I dunno.  Most memorable moment hasn't happened yet. Brief Comment:  Consider the board the brush, the body the hand and the pool, ramp, curb the canvas.
	Name:  Wes Sharon Age:  35 Location:  OKC Started Skating:  1976 Total Years Skating:  27 Favorite Type of Skating:  ditches, bowls and carving neighborhood hills Favorite Skate-Spot:  OKC ditches (I know where they are) and the Mathis Skatepark in Edmond, OK My First Skateboard:  In 1977 an Alva 8" x 30" w/ Tracker Trucks and blue 65mm Kryptonics!!! Present Skateboard:  BDS Longboard w/ Sixtracks, Gravity wedges, Shogo softpours, Bones Swiss bearings Favorite Skaters:  Duane Peters, Marty Grimes, Jay Smith, Lance Mountain and of course Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Shogo Kubo Most Memorable Moment:  I got to watch, meet and skate with Shogo Kubo, Dennis Martinez, Steve Cathey and Frank Blood at the Ridge Rider Skateboard Park in Tulsa, OK in the summer of 1978. And they all signed my deck. For an 8 year old that was mind blowing!!! Brief Comment:  Wear wrist guards!!! (Take it from me, I crushed both wrists and broke the radius and ulna in each arm in September.)
	Name:  Mark Egdamin Age:  36 Location:  Mililani, Hawaii Started Skating:  1983 Total Years Skating:  8 Favorite Type of Skating:  pools, half pipe, ditches Favorite Skate-Spot:  Koko Head half pipe (no longer there) My First Skateboard:  Sims- Brad Bowman Present Skateboard:  Element- Donny Barley with Indy 129's Favorite Skaters:  Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk Most Memorable Moment:  watching the Bones Brigade Video Show for the first time in Cobra skateboards. Brief Comment:  skate hard, have fun!
	Name:  Lewis Brundige aka (IOWASK8ER) Age:  40 Location:  Des Moines,Iowa USA Started Skating:  1976 Total Years Skating:  Off and on last 28 years and still Skating) Favorite Type of Skating:  Totally Old School style, Vert, Downhill, Ditches, Favorite Skate-Spot:  The Ones with Roundwalls!! Good Lines, and NO Rails or Stairs. My First Skateboard:  Alva, Rockit, Sims Quicktail, Elgato, Sims,Logans, Kryptonics foam (see pic) Present Skateboard:  Alva Square Tail (w/ square nose, I cut) ,Indys, Alva Wheels,   Favorite Skaters:  Tony Alva, Z-Boys, DP, Salba, Hackett, Steve Olson, Elgato, Russ Howell, Most Memorable Moment:  Skating w/ Elguera & Dale Smith 1980 at Funpark DM, Iowa + Winning Highest Air Contest with a 4 foot 10 inches B.S. Air in 1979 at Roll'in Magic, (see pic) Brief Comment:  Old School Skater's Make all the Trick's (So Go for the Vert Kid's & Get Old School)  http://www.angelfire.com/ia/vidnight/Skate.html
	Name:  Ayd Age:  29 Location:  Warrington UK Started Skating:  1985 Total Years Skating:  on and off for around 6-7 years Favorite Type of Skating:  Carving and Street (a banned word on most old age forums) Favorite Skate-Spot:  Any that has friends to skate with My First Skateboard:  Jason Jessee Neptune, Ventures and American Flyer wheels Present Skateboard:  so many set ups, but current is a Karma Wired, Ventures, Karma wheels Favorite Skaters:  Mike Vallely, Rodney Mullen, Jef Hartsel, Mike Vallely, Mike Vallely oh and Mike Vallely. Most Memorable Moment:  getting back with friends I hadn't seen for years and skating again after a 10 year lay off. Brief Comment:  do it 'cause it's FUN!!!
	Name:  Mike Kays aka BDK Age:  41 Location:  Oahu, Hawaii Started Skating:  1976 Total Years Skating:  Ever since then....hehe Favorite Type of Skating:  Bowls, Mini-Ramps & Ditches Favorite Skate-Spot:  Hickam Skate Hangar My First Skateboard:  Sims Taperkick Present Skateboard:  Dogtown Muir (new school) Favorite Skaters:  Brad Bowman, Allen Losi, Tex Gibson, Neil Blender, Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, My kids Most Memorable Moment:  Traveling and skating thru the '84 MESS contests... building and finally completing the hickam bowls for all to enjoy... thanks DK crew Brief Comment:  Anyone that wants to hook up to sk8 hickam... give a shout/email.. passeries@aol.com
	Name:  Steen Kelsaa Age:  39 Location:  Copenhagen, Denmark Started Skating:  1978 Total Years Skating:  24 Favorite Type of Skating:  Curbs Favorite Skate-Spot:  Copenhagen streets My First Skateboard:  Hobie fibreglass (flat, 27x7, w. Kjell trucks and Pipeline wheels) Present Skateboard:  Flip Team deck (Rune Glifberg's otherwise unavailable vert shape, app 32x8) Favorite Skaters:  Nicky Guerrero, Rune Glifberg, Christian Hosoi, Natas, Blender, Cab Most Memorable Moment:  Hmm - I guess streetskating with Lance, Tony and McGill in Copenhagen. Mostly because McGill was so "vert" he couldn't keep up :-) Brief Comment:  Skateboarding has taught me more than any school could have. I will skate until I die.
	Name:  Dan Murray Age:  45 Location:  Coral Springs, FL Started Skating:  1974 Total Years Skating:  31 years... but with a pretty hard slack off from 85 to 95 Favorite Type of Skating:  Vert, Pools, Ditches, Banks and Freestyle Favorite Skate-Spot:  Currently YMCA L-Bowl West Palm, La Cueva Ditch New Mexico, Solid Surf Peanut Pool back in the day. My First Skateboard:  Roller Derby with Clay wheels Present Skateboard:  L.S.D. Lucky Skate Pickle "Dill" model, Indy 169s, Conspiracy Alien Shot 97a 60mm wheels", Destructo Trucks, Spitfire 101A Lightweights. Favorite Skaters:  Steve Caballero, Lincoln, Rodney Mullen, Andy Mac Most Memorable Moment:  Too many... Cal trip 78... stayin with Salba and Mickey... Mt Baldy... Original Upland... Stacy P... US Open 78... Cherry Hill East Coast Championships... Skateboarder Mag pics... Burger King ... the first OSSS reunion ... and on and on and on.... Brief Comment: It ain't over yet! Sponsors:  MR Skateshop, Team L.S.D., Claussen Hearty Garlic Dill Pickle Slices.
	Name:  Emil Busse aka. Fourandahalf Age: 32 Location:  Miami, FL Started Skating:  Who knows? Total Years Skating:  ?? Favorite Type of Skating:  ditches & pools Favorite Skate-Spot:  West Palm YMCA POOLS My First Skateboard:  Present Skateboard:  Team LSD Lucky Skate Pickle 9 1/4" X 33" (Gherkin Model), Indy 169's, Some wheels I got... I don't know. Favorite Skaters:  Everyone - I'm a happy guy! Most Memorable Moment:  Getting my finger chopped off - hence the "Fourandahalf" screen-name... DUH! Brief Comment:  It's good to have a license once again. A LICENSE TO SKATE!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!
	Name:  Jeff ‘Southpaw’ Baker Age: 39 Location:  Lake Guntersville, Alabama Started Skating:  1977 Total Years Skating:  ‘bout 8 Favorite Type of Skating:  Any style that flows. Favorite Skate-Spot:  Wherever there is smooth tranny to be found… My First Skateboard:  ’77 Alva deck, Bennet Pro trucks, 70mm Red Kryptonics Present Skateboard:  BDS Big Foot II, BDS Bulldog Model (Sacred Heart), Custom Rainskates flat nosed pig… all with Indy trucks. Favorite Skaters:  Stacy Peralta! (‘DT and Z-Boys’ got me back on a skate after 20 years off.) All the Z Boys, Jeff Grosso, DP, Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk, Cab…b> Most Memorable Moment:  My first vertical kickturn in 20 years! Brief Comment:  Don’t Be An Asshole. Vote Democratic!
	Name:  Andy Mamber Age: 41 Location:  Bay Harbor, FL Started Skating:  Started skateing in the 70's, but barely skated for over 25 years. Started again about a year ago. Total Years Skating:  I like half pipes, I'm still learning my lines in the pools Favorite Type of Skating:  Ditches & Pools Favorite Skate-Spot:  West Palm YMCA POOLS My First Skateboard:  Nash plastic piece of crap, but it was fun. Present Skateboard:  Now I have 2 Pickle Boards (LSD) thanks to Dan Murray, 2 Black Label (Ray Bones),2 Powell Ripper, Z-Cult(Jessie), Eastbilt, Santa Cruz (BOD), mini logo, Maya (Elongated Skull) and a custom made long board for all those hills in Florida. Favorite Skaters:  I like all the old school skater pros Most Memorable Moment:  My first drop in, My sons first drop in Brief Comment:  Thanks to the dudes that I skate with for all the good times, and Thanks to Hawaiian John for being "The cruise director".
Da Pups
	Name:  Shaun Blalack Age:  10 Location:  Ft. Lauderdale, FL Started Skating:  2003 Total Years Skating:  2 Favorite Type of Skating:  Street stuff.  Launching over spine ramps. Favorite Skate-Spot:  Piccolo Skatepark - Cooper City, FL My First Skateboard:  World Industries Wet Willy, Destructo Trucks, Spitfire 101A Present Skateboard:  Creation Lion Crest 7.5" X 31.5", Grind King Trucks, 52mm Autobahn Tsu's. Favorite Skaters:  Tony Hawk Most Memorable Moment:  Skating with my dad and little brother in Indiana. Brief Comment:  I can boneless better than my dad! Sponsors:  Mammy'z Factory Japan.
	Name:  David Blalack Age:  8 Location:  Ft. Lauderdale, FL Started Skating:  2003 Total Years Skating:  1 year Favorite Type of Skating:  Wood Ramps Favorite Skate-Spot:  In our garage My First Skateboard:  World Industries Flame Boy Mini Complete Present Skateboard:  Mystery 7.5" X 31.25", Destructo Trucks, 54mm Autobahn Dual Durometers. Favorite Skaters:  Tony Hawk Most Memorable Moment:  Skating in Indiana. Brief Comment:
	Name:  Jaden Dean Age:  8 months Location:  Venice, CA Started Skating:  Around 6 months Total Years Skating:  0 Favorite Type of Skating:  Just Cruising Favorite Skate-Spot:  Living Room My First Skateboard:  BDS PC Tail Tap II Present Skateboard:  BDS Longboard Favorite Skaters:  My Dad Most Memorable Moment:  Birth Brief Comment:  "Ride or Die"
	Name:  Zack "Pee Wee" Cicero Age:  7 Location:  Ft. Lauderdale, FL Started Skating:  2003 Total Years Skating:  2 yr Favorite Type of Skating:  All Skateboarding-Vert, Street, Longboard Favorite Skate-Spot:  Ramp48, "The Hills" and "The Dump"  My First Skateboard:  World Industries, Grind King Trucks, Mini-logo Wheels Present Skateboard:  Blind, Grind King Trucks, Spit-Fire Wheels                    Flip, Independent Trucks, Powell Wheels Favorite Skaters:  Danny Way, T. Hawk, Ragdoll, Bam Most Memorable Moment:  Mommy dropping in at the Savannah skatepark and breaking her foot. Brief Comment:  "One more session"

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