The standard demo question at the shop now-a-days kids always fuckin ask me, "Aye yo, can you Hardflip?" Then I do one on carpet and they look at me like they are pushin shit thru their cheeks. I never know if this is a good or bad thing. ANyhow, years ago the standard demo question (Besides "can I have your board"?) was, "aye yo, how high can you ollie?" When I stuck Pang's flyer for our high ollie jam up on the wall, the local heads went all 1989 on me and it became the new standard fuckin question. I was almost waiting for Matt Hensley to come fuckin walkin in with Donger and Reese Forbes or some shit. (for the record Reese has skated here a few times and can ollie over your mama.)
Harley and the Substance crew as well as the Bodega brothers were coming thru to add to craze levels as well. Pang was bringing up my secret weapon and Shut's fuckin illmatic Luis Tolentino. You see lovers and haters....Luis fuckin destroys shit at mach 10 and although he owns the world record for highest ollie, homeboy can put it down like a champ on any surface and object. Whats more important is he's nothin but good peeps and real people with the correct attitude in and outside of skating.
The homeboys got busy and started to put a beating on the parkin lot. Jimmy Grant ws showin who's house it was and does tricks I don't know the name of on the regular. Ricky-J.Arnold.-Hawkins put on his best Daewon impression and does fuckin blunt tre flips out in the bowl. You try that. Then follow it with a blunt backside flip out. In that bowl. Exactly. Lil Ben also puts it down harder than most and is about to shut down all shit talkers. Either with punches to the face...while I hold you.....and some serious forth coming hook-ups. I ain't lyin and congrat a G when its due. My little man is choppin heads.
While the fellas were killen it outside I shoulda been out there and watchin. But I wasn't. I was handlin business myself but managed to snake a bunch of runs with a bunch of the crew in the back. Buy that man a beer when you see him cause Dan Carreiro is Lair's newest official mob member. Not just for beatin up our little brother Powley,(we still love ya Mikey!) but for also the fact Dan fuckin kills shit on a stunt wood and fits in perfectly with our derelict squad. Soccer Mini Van Sheckler program mallcrap we are not. Carreiro fuckin ripped the bowl to peices and my man Harley showed what true skate companies should be about and ripped shit up himself. Robert Lopes is fuckin mental and fuckin slayed it crazyman style. This fuckin kid just fuckin tre-flipped the flushing Meadows stairs a few days before. Why the fuck is this not on a cover of a mag yo? Fuckin sleepin surf brahs!..... but peep the new issue of Focus Mag centerfold for the proof. Nuts yo I'm tellin you. Phil Ladjanski will also crush whatever you put in front of the tall lanky bastard. Homeboy kills it and definatly support these heads. These dudes live it like you should.
Another dude definatly livin it up was Oscar. Damn! I thought I had Hunter S. Thompson on my hands! Bodega crew represented and Tato got the micro-phone. The police were by shortly after. They're cool and fam with us and it was let the good times roll from there. Luis then showed everyone how he can ollie oh about tit fuckin high from the flat and do flip tricks over the whole ledge box lengthwise. He also would casually throw 180's over the whole slant ledge length wise as well. Every flip trick regular and switch, slide grind, man you fuckin name it there buddy! Luis laid it down while haulin ass and has that east coast steez you just can't fake. Homeboy has got some bionic legs and I'm goin roof jumpin with him the next time we're in brooklyn. I'll bring Jed with us. That'll be fuckin awesome.
The mobile keg party hit up to Josh's bowl where again it was the Dan Carreiro show and he blasted airs 8 feet out..over the fuckin lights.......at Josh's...so yeah, our boy rips. Thanks to Josh for the always hospitality and good vibes and times. Thanks to brotha Pang, Luis (SHut Posse motherfucka What?!), Substance, Bodega, Lair Mob and all the heads that came out for the good times. Before the buzz could even wear off I was on a plane to the next shitshow. Hang tight cuz. Nike don't bullshit on the party tip.
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