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February 20, 2008
Interstate Welcomes Gary Smith
A message from Gsmith
Hello skaters, info junkies, and anyone else who thinks skateboarding is cool.
My name is Gary Smith and I am a professional skateboarder who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. I’ll be writing a couple blogs a week for Interstate on skateboarding related issues.
First off I just turned thirty and have been skating for 18 years (wow I didn’t realize it’s been that long). I currently skate for Hoodlum skateboards, Krux trucks, Ergophobia clothing, Dakine backpacks, Mobbtown wheels, SOC skatepark, and View skate shop.
Being part of this sub culture and now culture if I may, I’ve seen my fair share of everything from huge pants and small wheels to tight pants and big rails.
Through the years I’ve been lucky enough to travel the world on other peoples dimes and been on skate sessions with people like Mark Appleyard where he nollie front boards a rail 8 times in a row. I was living the “dream” out west for 7 years in Long Beach when 3 years ago I was over it and ready to move home.
Skateboarding has let me experience things in life in which I could not have learned in a math textbook. The best thing about it is the brotherhood we all share from riding a piece of wood. The people who don’t skate will never really understand why we do things we do, that’s what makes us special and unique.
These blogs will be just that, from the fetus who has just realized how cool skateboarding is, to the slasher that has actually hung out with Animal Chin. I would greatly appreciate every ones feedback, questions, comments, etc. I want to write these to keep our lively/brother hood strong and to guide the new generation on the right path. Hope you will all enjoy and happy 2000 sk8!!!!
Gsmith
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