Turbo and Skateboarding define my childhood. I still skate regularly and have been since '91 or so.
If anybody has seen the video "The Hot Chocolate Tour", there is a scene at the beginning that was filmed in Boston. Spike Jonez directed it and I was an extra. There is a pack of kids chasing Marc Johnson, Richard Mulder, Gino Ianucci, Rick Howard, and many others through the streets of Boston and I was one of the "pack" chasing them.
I have collected quite a bit from my skateboard past, but too bad (like games), the boards are commanding top dollar since the runs were so limited.
Anyway, here's me somewhat recently...
I also have a pretty massive sticker collection...
By far, my most cherished belonging is this deck. It's a prototype Tony Hawk (signed) from when he first launched Birdhouse (Jeremy Kliens team prior to Hook Ups and after World Industries if I remember correctly). My mother went to San Diego in '92 and stopped into the Carlsbad Pipeline. Tony happend to be there along with Ray Underhill and he gave her the board. It's gripped and ridden for one day (GGRRRRR), because we all remember how impossible it was to hold on to a shiny new deck when you needed one!
Somebody offered me $1000 on another forum once, which I refused. He understood.
