It’s been a wild ride these past 16 years and theres definitely been some ups and downs, but its nights like these that make it all truly worth it. We have some of the best locals and supporters who we can’t thank enough for helping us get this far. Billy started the day off by finding a new grate kicker spot across from the shop. Dre captured the ollie and took photos of our party/ video premier, take a look and relive the night.
Stance: Why does everyone always wanna talk about politics?
Hometown: Temperance, Michigan
Years skating: 16
Board size: 8.25
Favorite skater: Brad
Best skate video: Boyish, by Jackson Casey
Dream spot: Any downtown area.
Favorite city: San Francisco
Proudest skate memory: I nose grinded up this pretty gnarley pole jam rail thing once during Emerica wild in the street in Detroit. I think it was in 2010.
Best feeling trick: Nosegrind
Bad speed wobble experience: An ex-girlfriend was skitching me and got all the way up to 35 miles an hour. I went down pretty hard and hit my head. Super embarrassing haha.
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: The guy who has the exact same name as me who has 100 orgasms a day. (Not clickbait)
Stance: Regz
Hometown: Columbia, SC, I tell everyone Long Beach, CA though, because I’m embarassed.
Years skating: 16, more years than most new pros have been alive
Board size: 8.25 when I’m actually skating a normal board
Favorite skater: Sebo Walker atm
Best skate video: Yeah Right’s my faves
Dream spot: diy flatbar and box in super open parking lot
Favorite city: LA
Song recommendation: “i go to sleep” by Anika
Proudest skate memory: getting on Bluetile
Best feeling trick: fakie flips
Bad speed wobble experience: traveled through woods, found unfinished road, bombed whole thing, got rekt, now i live with a somewhat numb area above my left knee.
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: I secretly make youtube videos talking about my deepest insecurities
Worst camping experience? only been camping once, and it was awesome. So that one was the worst, and the best.
Stance: Regular
Hometown: Auburn NY
Years skating: 13
Board size: 8.38
Favorite skater: gt yo
Best skate video: LOTM
Dream spot: ramp in the woods
Favorite city: asheville
Song recommendation: strawberry letter 23
Proudest skate memory: 50 50 20
Best feeling trick: frontside grinds
Bad speed wobble experience: when I was in 5th grade, my friend reggie and I decided to try to skate to school and we both got speed wobble at the same time going down a super mellow hill otw. We walked into school all scraped up and shit. Put the boards in our lockers and went to class lookin rugged.
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: photo stuff
Worst camping experience? blizzard
Stance: Goofy
Hometown: Savannah, Georgia
years skating: I lost count but I think it’s been 11
board size: 8.25
favorite skater: Jason Dill
best skate video: Mindfield
dream spot: not sure about my dream spot but any spot can be fun with your friends there.
favorite city: Santa Fe, New Mexico
song recommendation: anything by the Bob Dylan or Beach House
proudest skate memory: it’s a tie between my first kickflip and getting on Bluetile. They were both super sick days.
best feeling trick: frontside airs
bad speed wobble experience: luckily I haven’t had one yet
if we googled you, would we find anything out??: I did a really bad 720 bigspin down some skatepark stairs when I was 15
worst camping experience? Driving to New Mexico for 30 hours straight and when we got there it was pouring down rain. The roads were washing away on the way to the camp site and when we finally got there it quit raining for just enough time to set the tent up. Then it didn’t quit raining for the next day.
Stance: goofy
Hometown: Columbia
Years skating: 17
Board size: 8.5
Favorite skater: Tom Knox/Bobby dekyzer/Ryan Lay
Best skate video: Photosynthesis, Blueprint lost n found
Dream spot: Street version of owens bump to ledge
Favorite city: valparaiso Chile
Song recommendation: Reputation by Zack Mexico
Proudest skate memory: Chris cole thought I did a cool trick once at the berrics (it wasn’t a cool trick) all the camp bluetile days are good times
Best feeling trick: bs ts
Bad speed wobble experience: On a bike, hat fell off
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: You actually do find me because there aren’t too many weirdos out there with the same name.
Worst camping experience? The worse they are the better they are!
Stance: Goofy
Hometown: Myrtle Beach
Years skating: 12ish
Board size: 8.25
Favorite skater: jerry and Dan Lu
Best skate video: Giant spider skates to rave on PCP* or something like that, I just really like watching it with all my friends and laughing and freaking out at the same time
Dream spot: some sort of wallie or slappy
Favorite city: Albuquerque was so nice
Song recommendation: ashton martin music chopped n screwed
Proudest skate memory: I’ve never thrown up at a contest before, I feel pretty proud about that. Also, skateboner cover (shout out to Matt)
Best feeling trick: a phat O from the deck to flat
Bad speed wobble experience: I’ve had soo many… one time Garet and I bombed this impossible hill in PA at the same time and we both started getting the wobbles at the same time. He was a little ahead of me so I watched him go down so hard, he slid on his neck on the curb and ripped up his sweatshirt… I made it through the wobbles but like I said it was an impossible hill so i had to either make a 90º turn or dive into this yard so I penguin slid like 20 yards into these peoples yard. It was our first day in Pittsburgh and the homies literally told us not to do it because it was impossible so I guess thats why we wanted to try it?
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: one time my friend sent me a screen shot of a google search and somehow there was some article about me on some skate lesson website and I was referred as “Irving the skate guru” I never found this article myself
Worst camping experience? Nothing too out of the ordinary, I’m just a complainer so like waking up in a puddle of sweat or being in a tent full of stinky ass dudes and their stinky ass feet. Always great times still.
Stance: regular
Hometown: Columbia sc
Years skating: 13
Board size: 8.5
Favorite skater: Leo Romero
Best skate video: all the transworld vids rule
Dream spot: Rutledge brand new
Favorite city: large fan of Atlanta
Song recommendation: errythang good
Proudest skate memory: the day I started
Best feeling trick: bs flips
Bad speed wobble experience: seen a lot of bad ones never really none my self
If we googled you, would we find anything out??: don’t google me hahaha
Worst camping experience?: I ain’t got no bad ones
Stance: Regular
Hometown: Aiken
Years skating: 11
Board size: 8.38ish
Favorite skater: Silas Continue reading “DAVID GLADKOWSKI”
Stance: r
Hometown: chapin, sc
years skating: not enough
board size: n/a
favorite skater: bart simpson
best skate video: bagofsuck
dream spot: no dreams, only nightmares…
favorite city: n/a
song recommendation: “vanished”
proudest skate memory: kickflipping the middle school loading dock…switch
best feeling trick: the ones i land
bad speed wobble experience: of course…
if we googled you, would we find anything out??: only one way to know…
worst camping experience? no such thing
