My friend Eddie Cruz.
It seems rare that you meet someone you want to meet without knowing that you want to meet them, believe it or not if you think that statement out, it actually makes sense. It is also the statement that best describes the way I met my friend Eddie. I had heard many people speak about him over a pretty large span of time but never actually came into contact with him or even really knew what he looked like until one day when I was at his shop (UNDFTD) and he told me that I had a nice bike. It was this brief compliment that stemmed into a few more run ins and then eventually us sitting down and discussing our different trades that I realized Eddie was different than anyone of his position I had ever met. For the most part when human beings accomplish great things for themselves and become distinguished and respected by others, their motives change and they lose sight of why they originally started doing what they do. There is no fine line between those I just described and Eddie, he is way on the other side of the spectrum. I know this because when hardly anyone knew what I was doing, Eddie sat down with me and took notice of what I had going on, just out of genuine interest. It takes the open mind of a true artist to continue educating themselves with what’s currently happening in areas that don’t even involve them. I think a lot of people are so concerned with finding “inspiration” that they don’t really give that term the credit it deserves. Eddie Cruz is one of the few indivduals that offers me constant inspiration just by being himself.
And the winner is….
Andrew Litten!! Andrew was the first submission that gave the fully correct answers. I want to thank everybody that took part, I’m really happy to know that there is a community of you guys that do and don’t skate but are still excited about skateboarding. I would have been just as happy if this board went to someone who’s skated for 10 years or to someone who never saw a skateboard until yesterday. I’m going to try and give things away to you guys more frequently now. Good job and thanks again for taking part!
Win this skateboard!!
As you may have seen in this season’s 3rd episode of Maestro Knows I had Geoff sign a board for me, thinking that one of you may like to have such an item! All you need to do is comment on this post with the correct answers to the 3 questions below. The first comment with the correct answers wins!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Good luck!
1.) In what episode of Maestro Knows did this board graphic first appear?
2.) What city (and country) is Rowley from?
3.) What are the last tricks that Louie, Mark and myself do in episode 3?
My homie Perm is illy!!!
His name is actually Andy and he’s a beast! We use to skate when I lived down in Carlsbad. This is skateboarding at it’s finest. More coming