Introduce yourself!

[DTinVA]

Wish I was headed out there!

[Crowbar]

Name: Wade Estepp
Age: 3-18-70
Years skating: 1978-now
Location: Lubbock, TX
How did you find SPS? Texas Pool Sharks
Profession: Body Piercer, Cabinetmaker
Main Board: Conspiracy cobra skull, indy 169's, 97a Bullet 66's
Favorite skatepark: the ones that are free
Married/Kids/Pets: divorced/0/2 cool ass dogs
What did you want to be when you grew up? Stuntman
Arrested for skateboarding? Not yet
Heros: Larry Flint - hehehe
10 years from now I'll be: hopefully making money and skating
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be: Different every year
Final thoughts/jokes: nice going guys! great site!

[Michael Muir]

Name Michael Muir
Age 42
Years skating 1967-1984/ 2003-present
Location Bellevue Idaho
How did you find SPS? Sleestak
Profession Carpenter/property mgr
Main Board Deathbox B BOWMAN indy169,swissbearings,bowlbombers.(fastestboard)A couple others i like also
Favorite skatepark [url=http://www.dreamlandskateparks.com]Hailey
Married/Kids/Pets YES/1/3dogs,turtle
What did you want to be when you grew up? never wanted to admit I grew up.
Arrested for skateboarding? nope (only detained)
HerosChris Strople,Wally,OLD and New Skatepark builders.RED.
10 years from now I'll be: SORE,and a better Surfer.,Skater
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be the newest Dreamland park
Final thoughts/jokes I've met some great bros through Internet skateboard forums, and been inspired to work on helping the cause.

KUDOS to the SPS

[Chris Eggers]

Name Chris Eggers
Age 39
Years skating 1976-present
Location Ettlingen, Germany
How did you find SPS? Concrete Disciples
Profession Educator Insurance
Main Board Project, Indies, Wheels 60mm+
Favorite skatepark Hard,Austria
Married/Kids/Pets Yes/1/Cat
What did you want to be when you grew up? Pro Skater
Arrested for skateboarding? nope
Heros: Cab, Lance, Chris Miller
10 years from now I'll be: Skating hopefully
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be our newest park
Final thoughts/jokes: wow, still stoked after all these years

[thechraveler]

Name Colin Riley
Age 29
Years skating since Back To The Future, man
Location Poughkeepsie, NY but more likely my car
How did you find SPS? Sleestak
Profession Web Designer & Photographer
Main Board Comet Sun Deck indy169,cheapest bearings allowed by law, Santa Cruz Bullet 60's & 5/8" riseage
Favorite skatepark http://www.thesidewaysguide.com/HTML/Skate/Skateparks/States/CO/Trinidad/trinidadCOSP.html

Married/Kids/Pets july 05/no/no
What did you want to be when you grew up? still workin' on that
Arrested for skateboarding? no Arrested for a headlight out? yes
Heros:many
10 years from now I'll be: totally kicking ass I hope
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be: someplace new
Final thoughts/jokes: a limo picks up the pope at the airport. once on their way, the pope tells the driver he wants to drive, and for him to get in the back. the driver, being a good catholic, obliges. back on the road, the pope starts hauling ass. a trooper nails him. at the window, the trooper sees that its the pope he's bagged, and backs away to get on the radio to the chief. he asks, "what do I do, I pulled over someone really really REALLY big? the chief asks "What do you mean, who did you stop?" the trooper answers "I dunno, but he must be big, he has the POPE driving him around."

[dustin]

Name Dustin Brewer
Age 32
Years skating 1986-present
Location Orange, CA
How did you find SPS? SoCalSkateparks.com
Profession Graphic Design
Main Board 9.5x32 Blank, Indy 169, Black Label 62mm 92a Wheels
Favorite skatepark Fontana, Ca
Married/Kids/Pets Yes/ Son /1 Dog, Fish, Hermit Crabs
What did you want to be when you grew up? Can't remember
Arrested for skateboarding? No
HerosChris Miller, Salba, Malba, Hosoi
10 years from now I'll be: Still skating
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be So Cal
Final thoughts/jokes This is a fantastic forum

[Andy Wylie]

Name Andy Wylie
Age 46
Years skating 75-80/ 90-present
Location Otautahi NZ
How did you find SPS? 'stak
Profession Auto Restorer
Main Board 8x31.75 Nelson Creek, Destructos, Coretech 61mm 98a/ 75d
Favorite skatepark Bologna
Married/Kids/Pets No
What did you want to be when you grew up? Mechanic
Arrested for skateboarding? No
Heroes DIYers and doers in general
10 years from now I'll be Skating
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be? The new destination park here
Final thoughts/jokes SPS Rules!

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10 year itch

[Elizabeth Rockett]

Name Elizabeth Rockett
Age 16
Years skating 94-96....and 1999 to current
Location Bainbridge Island, WA
How did you find SPS? One of the Sleestakers told me about it.
Profession: School, N photography
Main Board AWS, Destructo trucks, Foundation 60 mm wheels.
Favorite skatepark: bainbridge
Married/Kids/Pets no/no/2
What did you want to be when you grew up? since im still growing up, photographer on the side, and a audio engineer as a career.
Arrested for skateboarding? yep, but i got let go, i was trespassing but I knew the cop so i sorta pulled my way out of that one.
Heros my mum
10 years from now I'll be: a sucessful photographer/audio engineer, married with kids....haha scary thought
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be hm i dunno any grindline or dreamland park
Final thoughts/jokes: what are these thoughts you talk about?

[stosh burgess]

Name-............stosh burgess
age-...............31
home-............cleveland, ohio
skating since-..1985 (lots of hazy years thoughout this time)
family-............wife, kid, 2dogs
occupation-......ups tractor trailer driver
favorite park-...mason mi
specs of board-.big and clunky
heros- .............Ralph Nader, Che, Anyone who is a DO ERrr
10 years from-..i work for myself, not the man, f ups
Local activism-..Lakewood Skaters Association, Public Square Group, Lakewood Dog Park
final thoughts-...if there is one thing that pisses me off ,it is when people bitch about things and they are not doing anything to improve things

[Nick Dallett]

Name- Nick Dallett, or Snake, or PM Hellbeast
age- 42 years and 2 weeks
home- Finn Hill in north Kirkland, WA
skating since- 1975, on and off. Since 2001 this time
family- wife, daughter, dogs, cats, bunny, in-laws, friends, girlfriend, etc.
occupation- Micro$erfer
favorite park-Ballard, Aumsville, LC2, Donald, Chino so far
specs of board- Skaterbuilt piglet, Tracker 6tracks, Sh**fire wheels. Trucks are tricked out with some arcane mix of custom bushings. Biltin bearings - don't like 'em, but too lazy to get a set of Ron's. For street, Jake Nunn "Think" deck (new, still getting used to it), Grind king trucks (ground to shit), Minilogo wheels.
heros-Shawn McLean, Max Hohlbein, Tim Demmon, Dan Barnett, Chris Hildebrand, Frank Shields, Todd Dickens, Pete Townsend, x452, Dan Hughes, Fox Mulder, and my dad
10 years from now-I'll be doing something totally different than I am today
Local activism-MW, Ballard, and wherever I'm needed and my hour of free time will help
final thoughts-not enough dang hours in the day

[Meredeath]

Name Meredith Gilligan
Age 14
Years skating 2 I think... But only about a year in parks
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee
How did you find SPS? My dad aka. Chris Gilligan
Profession Student?
Main Board Dregs Pool Service
Favorite skatepark Nashville, TN
Married/Kids/Pets No/No/Yeah
What did you want to be when you grew up? At first I wanted to be a vet until I figured out that all they do is give cats abortions all day and rip people off on pet medications... So now I think I want to be clothing designer or something
Arrested for skateboarding? No, but my dad got a ticket when I was skating on the Blue Ridge Parkway...
Heros Just a bunch of random people basically
10 years from now I'll be lost most likely...
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be Wherever people wanted it to be or on the moon or something...
Final thoughts/jokes Nope.

[Kent Dahlgren]

Meredeath is Gilligan's daughter? Hahhahah I thought it was some fat old hession rocker dude or something hahahahahah

[Meredeath]

That's great.

[Carl J.]

Name/ Carl Jorgensen
Age/ 28
Years skating/ 85-90 93-now
Location/ Seattle
How did you find SPS? It found me
Profession/ fraud prevention, compliance, operations officer for internet's 4th largest domain registrar.
Main Board/ 8 inch whatever, Independent 139, 54mm wheels, Bones Swiss bearings.
Favorite skatepark/ Carlsbad, CA.
Married/Kids/Pets No/Yes/No
What did you want to be when you grew up? A Sonic.
Arrested for skateboarding? Yes. University of Washington is a very dangerous place to skateboard.
Heros/ little Colin.
10 years from now I'll be:A homeowner.
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be? Via conference call.
Final thoughts/jokes- I like coffee.

[Matthew J Levens]

Name- Matthew J Levens
Age-32
Years skating-77 to now
Location- Tacoma
How did you find SPS? TXS /Sleestak/Peter Whitley
Profession-MNGR NORTHWEST SNOWBOARDS
Main Board- UNION STATION SKATEBOARDS 377 Model -Krux trucks(215) BONES CERAMIC BEARINGS -BOWLBOMBER wheels
Favorite skatepark-Milton-L.C.-Arlington
Married/Kids/Pets- wife-daughter Paige-Dog Bailey and 3 catholes
What did you want to be when you grew up?- Rodger Decoster- Mike Bell Pro Motocross
Arrested for skateboarding? no
Heros -Wife daughter- Bill Hicks- D.P.
10 years from now I'll be: Walking I hope
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be-Canada
Final thoughts/jokes- In all known cases life itself has been proven 100% fatal.