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He currently resides in San Marcos, California. It was pretty bad. Ill make it. Then when I landed, I dont know if I hung up or I slid out, but I fell forward into the transition going up into the shallow end. I was just going, Oh, my gosh! Id never even been to a skatepark. I had an older brother who surfed. There werent too many ramps around there. $84.99. Chris Miller retired 17 years ago when Zach was only 4. I had some great times growing up with that guy. The guy was total entertainment. North County farmers desperate to ditch expensive water supplier. It was just so small. I was last out of the group of finalists. I have nothing but respect and good things to say about him. Unless I could surf like John John Florence, Id say skating will always play that role for me! Having birthed Planet Earth skateboards in 1990 as the first true environmentally conscious skateboard brand, Chris was also able to transition his outside interests with a natural talent for running his own businesses. There were so many kids. Who were you skating with back then? Zephyr, Address:Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum1555 Simi Town Center Way #230Simi Valley, CA 93065Phone:805-842-1444. Tony Alva, one of the original Z-Boys skaters, was the first to form his own skate company, Alva Skates, back in 1977. Yeah. Schmitt Stix re-issue pro model Chris Miller. They had some other smaller stuff that was fun to skate. We skated all the back bowls. Independent In the mid to late 80s, skateboarding started taking off and you had to make a decision to turn pro. [29], Kroetkov was then assigned professional status in September 2014, during a team event at the Lafayette skate park in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on September 22. In 1980, I really started getting into skating. BMX was huge at the time. That rules out CeCe. They were doing their own thing, but they were looking after me. It was like, Okay. A lot of the guys that rode for Indy, Santa Cruz and the Nor Cal companies got photos in Thrasher, but I think it was always more of a conspiracy theory than it really was. It was a pretty good scene. Juice Magazine specializes in coverage of skateboarders, surfers, musicians, skatepark builders, artists, photographers, rock n roll, metal, hardcore, pools, pipes & punk rock. I was in awe. I remember opening day. I was with the younger kids that hung out in the back and rode all the little stuff. I was hanging out with Duane, Salba, Steve Olson and all these guys that were, in my eyes, men.