ISSUE 6 Cover
Welcome to Issue 6 of Art of Rolling!
Rider: Hyper Mike (sweatstance) Photo by Angelo Ferrer
Index
Things You See In New York
Articles
Cozmik
Layla Ferrer
Anthony Soto
Angelo Ferrer
Hudson River Skate Park The Last Man Standing competition
Photography
Night Shots
Angelo Ferrer
Lets Roll! Victor Mercado
Special thanks to
The Rollerdam Crew
Layla, London and Jaqueline for your support
Andrew Smolak National Museum of Rollerskating
For more info
Kaltik Frames
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Autumn Bowl Dave Ortega
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Things we bump into while in
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Living in NYC we are always around different kinds of people and different situations on our daily adventures outside, You never know who you will bump into or what situation may occur, As long as you have an objective to do, there will always be another force bringing you here or there. If you go down one block you may have a totally different outcome happen. Sometimes we choose to go in another direction instead of our set path and with those choices made, we encounter things- people and places that we never had planned, Here are a bunch of mini Photo Journals setting us into times where Art of Rolling had one thing in mind and the day turned towards another, Enjoy the situations that we never yet intended to show but now have become forever captured for us to enjoy.
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While shooting some issue 7 Chauncey photos, we quickly got disappointed by what we came across. We heard rumors of the Globe being closed down for good. Could this be visual proof?
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After a skate session in Lower Manhattan, we came across a few rollerbladers asking people to sign a petition to help them get a skate park built in a dead end that is adjacent to their building they live in. It is random rare experiences like this that show you that our sport not only thrives but is always backed up by our youth and our future generations with the help of people like William Claudio. At such a young age he can make a difference and it shows that anyone can make a difference even if it just starts with one signature at a time.
On a late night in the Bronx, AOR came across our friends Skeptic Media having a box sesh. Throughout the night we were impressed by the talent of the skaters there. But one kid stood out and that was Eric McCoy, He is jumping on the box below that is practically up to his waist, And if that wasn’t enough, he was nice enough to do it for us for a picture.
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We stopped at perfect ledges to get a little skate session, And some guy liked what we were doing on the ledge and asked if he could take a picture. He seemed really interested so I tried to throw down a few tricks on the ledge. Him and his family liked what they saw and he told me he would be right back. We didn’t think anything of it. I just continued to skate the ledge until he came back with a laptop and a web cam. We then figured out that he was no other than Stephon Marbury, the famous basketball player. He asked me would I like to rep our sport on national TV? I decided to try something that I had failed to do before, but was willing to attempt again
“We have discovered a new sport! Those are the famous skates that did it and we will never let those skates die!” “The tide was much lower and the current was rough so my landing was twice as hard as when I originally tried it. My first attempt, I didn’t land and I thought I would not get it again but I tried anyway to rep the sport and finally landed it. It felt great to land it and it felt even better to get back and hear cheers and hear Stephon say “Ladies and Gentlemen! We have discovered a new sport! Those are the famous skates that did it and we will never let those skates die!” Since it was live, he had people call in and give comments. It was a great experience!
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Brian Scott
Brian Cozmik Scott was a shining skater whos talent showed he was one with unique potential. He was a humble and good kid who attended school and had aspirations to become famous. Brian was certainly a familiar face seen around the new york scene. He proudly supported our sport and was consistently seen by skaters around nyc. Sadly on Tuesday Oct. 13 2009, The rollerblading community received an unexpected shock that would touch every single new york city skater. As a result of a presumably mistaken identity Brian Scott was gunned down by a man around the corner from his home in Brooklyn New York. This unbelievable event sent a shock wave around the rollerblading community. He will certainly be missed and always thought of from New York City skaters.
He could skate with the best skaters and not only standout with his skills, but he would bring a unique happy, sensational vibe to the session.
In this lifestyle of rolling we start off as strangers and end up as family. Brian “Cozmik” Scott was a brother to many of us and this unfortunate event has impacted us all. Some of you may not have known Cozmik personally however if you skated the streets of NYC or showed up to any of the NYC comps you have skated, laughed or even chilled with him. He was a good kid with tremendous talent for what he loved to do and his time with us was short lived. Cozmik will be missed by everyone he has come in contact with and his memory will be as strong as his presence ever was. My heart truly goes out to his family, Roll in Peace my young brotha. Shardy Nieves
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Joaquin Fletcher Brian Scott better known as “Cosmik” and kid from Brooklyn who had the passion along with a true skill that he optained over the years. He was progressing every step of the way and now that progression had to come to and end with a great personality and always a smile on his face. He was one that shalll always be missed and Never forgotten ..cosmik wasn’t a friend he was a brother to me . Jesus Medina I am deeply saddened by the death of our young brother in rolling, and in life Brian “Cozmik” Scott. As a skater i was always inspired by his love for, and talent in rollerblading, and even more humbled by his genuinely good hearted disposition. Even though i may have not mentioned it enough; anytime i rolled up to a skate session and seen Cozmik already getting after it, i was happy that i was gonna be able to shred with one of the most talented skaters of the younger generation. One time while skating with Cozmik (just because of the excitement of the session) He approached me and stated his love for rolling and how it always made his day to be able to skate with the NYC “legends”. little as he may have known, with his rapid progression in our sport and dedication to the NYC scene, he has already become a legend. Now, in the most unfortunate and least expected way he has been taken away from us, but his impact on the NYC scene and love for the sport will let him live on in our hearts forever!!!
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Brian Scott Jr.was always full of such vivacHe definitely was the shining star in a lot of one. Brian always stood with his head held p for himself and for others who he cared for. d skater. An understatement when I say that ted. From our battles during recess and in eets of the FDR where he skates with such elwith great accuracy. Brian Scott has brighten left an impact on the world that we dwell in ow...but Send my regards to his family and I s through this time.
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I remember when i first met cozmik a few years back. He came up to me and told me he thought i was cocky, even though he had never met me, i was confused, because im really not, so i asked him why he thought that. He said because my skating looked like it. Which is weird, i never thought of myself like that, and he called me out on it, ha...but then he said “wow, man your cooler than i thought”...from then on everytime i saw him skating he’d be like “what up fish?” and i was like “what up cozmik?”, and we were cool. Everytime i saw him skate he was getting really really good. Truth be told i was surprised he was so young when this tragedy happened, because he carried himself like he was way older, skating and personality The last time i saw him was at the LMS and i remember him skating..Full of excitement, energy and a desire to progress Billy Oneil
Jordan Baez Brain cozmik scott a great skater closer friend watching this kid skate yo made you want to sit back and just think like wtf he just did so good especially with gapping and spinning he had no fear in his heart to try shit i don’t think there was one time he went to a spot and said na i cant do it i stood crying for hours when i got a phone call i stood where a great skater once stood from early this morning to late night stood in his room and just thought this shit was fake but there’s always the end of a book for everybody to bad his chapter ended early. R.I.P BRIAN COZMIK SCOTT ROLL IN PEACE
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What is your full name ? Gilberto Vasquez, How old are you and when did you start skating/aggressive skating? 27 and I started skating at 12, What borough’s have you represented in N.Y.? I definitely represented all boroughs but I’m from uptown Manhattan. What are some of your highlights in the rank circuit in skating? .My highlights would be winning ASA am NYC then the following week winning Boston ASA am, also turning pro in ASA finals ‘97. What are your best memories of skating back then? Are you still active? My finest memories would be meeting Rawlinson Rivera @ Riverbank park in 145th. We became friends and always skated together, I learned a lot from him not only skating, and we still are good friends till today / Also I can’t forget being down with FR and hanging with my team Dave Ortega Ryan Jacklone Nene & Ozzie, also Dclan. Whenever we rolled up somewhere it was a problem ( we would take over) I still skate with Ryan Jacklone every summer and we are still great friends and hang out. Around the time of big competitions was there a stigma that skating park made you a park rat and if you couldn’t skate street you weren’t a skater? Yes, definitely it was a big difference being a street skater and trying to do well in comps. I was lucky ‘cause I have Ortega to street skate with and Ryan to show me how to skate comps better, so I tried to be right in between both of them and still keep my street edge.
What did it mean to you to be a NYC SKATER? Being a NYC skater just meant that no matter rain, sleet, or snow, you were gonna skate and that no matter how long it took you to land anything, you wouldn’t leave the spot till you conquered it...NYC skaters have a lot of passion for what they do and when I skated I wanted to skate my best and I also learned as much as I could by seeing different styles. What are your opinions on the current day skating tricks? Did you ever think it would get like this? I think skating tricks are amazing and have definitely evolved. A lot of the stuff happening, I used to think about doing back then, but didn’t think it was possible without a launch ramp to the rail. What are some things that occupy your extreme tendencies nowadays? I still try and skate. I started snowboarding and I also ride my motorcycle (ducati monster) Did you ever slow down in skating and if so, what happened? It started slowing down when I started working and finishing up school but that didn’t stop me from going to IMYTAs on the weekends and traveling.
What were some of the k2 proto type colors skates you have had? I had some pretty fresh K2s. My favorite must be the reflectors, and I made a lot of heads turn when I showed up with the white pattern leathers. What was skitchin like back then? Skitching was a rush and my best memory was going to one of the first NISS comps, I think in ‘95, and me and my boys skitched down to Central Park and we got there in like 10 minutes. I wasn’t letting go till I saw grays papayas on 72nd. I think I’ve seen 5 skaters holding on to each other while one of them held on to a car. What would you change? I wouldn’t change much. I am very fortunate to be on some dope teams like K2 FR and Rise Above and I’ve met some great friends in the process. What’s up( TJ Webber B-Love, Brian TURBO Smith, and the GOST Arlo)... I got mad props from all the illest skaters back then- Jon Julio, Josh Petty. They showed me love and they thought my section was sick... But everyone knew I was from 161st uptown and the director of the video thought that was the BX Yankee stadium so he was like I got the perfect song for you, but I still rep the BX I love krs1 and the Yanks.
Hudson River Park Pier 62 Skate Park
Art of Rolling’s Angelo Ferrer and Hudson River Park’s David Catz collaborated to bring you the exclusive first look at New York City’s newest and most massive concrete park ever! Equipped with a hard hat and protective gear, Angelo was able to snap shots of the upcoming skatepark that is currently under construction.
Scheduled to open in May 2010, this skate park is designed to attract the skating scene worldwide in New York City territory. Designed to be New York’s most difficult skating facility, the Pier 62 Skate park is built with challenging obstacles comparable to a black diamond ski slope in difficulty, with nothing smaller than 10 feet. It’s grand opening in May has been long anticipated by New York Skaters so come with your skills and partake in the historical opening of New York’s biggest Skate park.
Every floor had at least 3 people outside their window cheering Adonis Taylor on his rocket backslide down this drop rail.
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Jordan Baez was complaining of a tear in his right knee at the time, I’m pretty sure that’s why he decided to do this crazy cross grab fence stall.
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National Museum of Roller Skating Recorded roller skating dates back to the mid1700s. However, skating hit the masses in the early 1800s. M. Petitbled designed the first patented roller skate in 1819. The "Petitbled" from Paris, France featured three in-line wheels, a wooden plate, and leather straps. The wheels were constructed from wood, metal, This skate was known as the Circular Running Roller Skate, or or ivory. This skate was the first mass produced of its “rocking action” skate. Skaters were able to lean into turns beindustry and set the stage for later skate development. cause of his new adaptation; the attachment of the roller to the The idea for new skates plate of the skate bore against soon entered the minds blocks of rubber. This new of many inventors. Skates skate increased the popularity like the "Volito" were seen of skating in the United States as an improvement to the and Europe. Plimpton’s conPetitbled, because the uncept in this skate is still used in equal size of the wheels althe construclowed for the skater to extion of modern roller skates. ecute turns by shifting their Roller sports contain four weight. The inventor, Robmain disciplines. These are: ert John Tyers, also included speed, figure, hockey, and a rudimentary brake on his 1823 design. His five-wheeled, derby. In the late 1800s and inline skate would soon be improved upon as well. early 1900s, speed skating was very popular in Roller skating really took off into the mainstream with the the United States. Competitors would travel the counadditions of James Leonard Plimpton. He achieved many try in circuits, competing against other professionals. Rinks things including: inventing the first modern roller skate, would even sponsor local and regional championships. opening the first public roller rink in Newport, Rhode Island, Figure skating is also another popular form of artistic expresin 1866, and founding the first roller skating association. sion. Types of figure competitions included singles, pairs, Here is a picture of the original Plimpton skate from 1863. fours, figures, and precision. Each year the United States holds national competitions for figure and speed skating. Roller hockey and roller derby are also important aspects of roller sports. The United States Men’s and Women’s Roller Hockey Teams have recently won the world championships. Roller derby boosts the largest participation of any roller sport in the country. Although commonly viewed as a newer sport, roller skating has been around over 200 years. Its broad history should not be ignored. Please visit the National Museum of Roller Skating in Lincoln, Nebraska. Here you can experience the rich history of a sport that will not be forgotten.
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ANTHON Makio
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Ever get asked to leave by security within minutes of arrival? Well, this was one of those, but in this situation the guard let us have just one last trick and with Anthony that was all it took to get this one footer thingy ma jiggy as the guard called it , all the way down to our exit out of there.
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When your friends see what you have came With the release of Kaltik’s second frame up with are they willing to support you? what can you say you have improved on the I find huge support through fellow rollers,especially frame since the first release? the twins Kevin and Paraic who help me with designs/ logos , edits and other stuff, Kaltik wouldn’t be where it is with out them ..and all others who stayed with it through good and bad .,...
Where do you see your company years down the line, like what are some future projects and what not that people should keep a eye out for?
Hopefully we can continue to grow...Develop new products/support skaters/events/ and rolling in general ... .We have been concentrating on the new frame a lot recently trying to get it ready for production asap . We had some samples on show at the weekend at SlammJamm in the Liverpool. It went well , alot of positive feedback .some ideas there too for “next” frame already .. get a Kaltik wheel out and keep pushing on from there.
Well with the first frame we had issues finding the right plastic compound and getting tools made for the injection moulding , now we have been through all that , we dont have to go through it again as we have learnt alot from the first frame.
What makes your frame so different then all the other freestyle frames?
Our freestyle frame is different in many aspects , firstly with straight angled grooves ,, where all other freestyle frames use a round groove . There is less friction between our frames and the object being grinded than other frames on the market . Also the plastics we use are unique like most frame companies we use our own plastic/nylon compound . And also our frame is the lightest on the market , and still is one of lightest on the market , if not the lightest !
Will there ever be a flat setup frame from you guys?
Yes our new frame is designed to be skated with a flat set up . using wheels up to a 58mm and allowing enough grind space so there is no wheel contact when grinding .
What would u say to everyone out there if u was to sum up your frames and its quality to perform well while skating?
Well most of us Irish skaters are street skaters main reason being we only got our first skate park in 2001 , so prior to that none of us really had skated ramps. So obviously the heads that still skate and have been around since back in the day are still all mad for street skating , anyhow my point is these frames are designed by these guys , who put skate product to the ultimate test . Also we are sampling our new flat set up frame now , and obviously not until we are 100 % happy with it , will we put it in to production .
MALIK AO SOUL
A rainy afternoon seemed to be the reason that we ended up at this spot, but who would have guessed that a rain safe-haven would have been the spot where an epic switch and natural soyale would get engraved into the history of this new spot
TREVOR JOHNSON BS FARF IN THE TWILIGHT
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JAN ROCKET 180
Daniel Breuer managed to show up to N.Y.C during a Lets Roll session at Owls Head skatepark. Art of Rolling bumped into Dan at camp Woodward a few months ago and got to speak to and witness Dan skate. AOR got a glimpse into why Daniel has quickly become one of the most down right Extreme skaters. While in Woodward Dan said he would come up to N.Y.C some day and get a few pictures, Little did we know that within 1 day of arrival Dan would hit a spot that no other rollerblader skated before. With big strides, Dan managed to maneuver through the fence and over the bank to a stylish mute 180.
Will Sorto broken finger didt seem to have any effect on him as he hit the drop rail in Long Island City
Ramelle Knight came all the way down from the Bronx to skate , I don’t think he knew he would be going all the way around this snake rail in Woodhaven, Queens
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Kevin Cintron Stale 180
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Martin van Drunen
Amazing people come in and out of our city everyday but every now and then they come in a batch. Max van Hooren, Martin van Drunen, Giorgio Oehlers are 3 skaters who hail from Amsterdam’s Rotterdam. Between juggling school and daily jobs the three students manage to take a break and visit N.Y.C with a camera paid for by their city { how cool is that} and their skates and carry on bags with all their clothes, the three extraordinary skaters managed to meet everyone from New York and skate a good percentage of the spots we have to offer. Here are a few pictures from their vacation. Be on the lookout for their NEW Online Video ROLLERDAM VOLUME2.
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Victor has been a legend in Brooklyn, ever since his start in skating, He impressed the O.G crew TEAM PUSH and was quickly turned into a member. While growing up in Brooklyn Victor learned the hard way that skating was about style and style and style. Even till this day if Victor does a trick and is not happy with it, he continues to do it until he gets it right. Years in NYC skating victor grew up and moved to Florida, We manage to catch up with Victor in Florida were he showed us around to his local skate parks, And even manage to kick it with us as if we knew him forever. There no doubt that when he moved from NYC that the city lost a great skater a great individual and a even greater style creator. We are going to be seeing Victor again shortly and will keep everyone up to date on how our good friend is doing down in the Florida coast. Until then we know that there is one NYC skater by blood out there in Florida representing our sport and our borough to the fullest.
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Built by Bikers, used by Skateboarders, MasMastered by Us. Ramelle Knight made our tered by Us. Ramelle Knight made our sport sport proud with this remarkable 25+ ft proud thisonremarkable 25+ quarter ft high high with wallride this make shift wallride pipe on this make-shift quarter pipe.
Sal Zaso was probably the luckiest guy in the world this night, Security was watching him attempt this when just then a police a police car pulled up and said do that already, With the authority demanding something, he knew he had to step up to the plate, When he landed the cop put the siren on and drove away while the security proceeded to clap as they told Sal to take that somewhere else.
Trevor Johnson with a much needed stall on the vert wall that is a big feat to get up on with a skateboard now stalled for a second and preserved in this picture.
Ramelle Knight caught this wallride so smooth you almost forgot that he had to get off the wall and back into bowl
Minutes from arrival John and Ramelle are touching base and realizing the exclusiveness of it all they are moments from dropping into history
John Pace soars from hip transfer to a 2 minute long line threw out the bowl which ended in a skateboard thrown into the pool.
The Autumn Bowl has always been a skateboarder only facility and over the last 10 yrs it has been
open in Brooklyn. There has never been any roller blader to skate it. On a twist of fate however, Art of Rolling managed to get a 1 hour skate pass to break down the barriers and skate through history in the first ever Autumn Bowl Roller blading sesh. We brought out 3 of the best NYC skaters- John Pace, Trevor Johnson, Ramelle Knight, and offered them the chance of a once in a life time bowl run in one of the most historic skateboarding spots in New York. Within minutes the skaters managed to warm up to the unfamiliar terrain and started breaking- in the bowl, Speed was no word to describe how the skaters were flowing through the course. Each bend and slant was met with ease and resistance, If every skateboarder’s board left a paint streak on the floor while they rolled, the bowl would have been deeply painted and completely covered, The skaters freshly added colors that left marks that were never noticed and never covered. It was almost as if each inch was theirs to call their own. Every move they made was a step in a direction no other skater had been , they truly have the right to say they owned that bowl for the night. While the access was granted, tempers still rose and we had an overall, uncomfortable feeling going on, Most of the skateboarders that night weren’t aware of our pass to skate, so to them it was as odd as seeing Roller blading in the X-GAMES. It wasn’t 20 minutes before the skateboarders were amazed at what they were seeing. All eyes were on us while we managed to pull enough photos and experiences to last a life time. Maybe there will be another sesh there or maybe one day the doors will be opened for us to share our passion in their terrain but for that one night in Brooklyn, N.Y we can say that we were part of a secret mission gone successful. Art of Rolling would love to thank our friend over at Autumn Bowl for this once in a life time opportunity and we are forever in your debt- you know who you are.
Bobby Rachel decided to put me in the grave while taking this picture, He gapped to unity on the rail of this tomb and left me below to crawl out.
Dave Ortega
Art of Rolling met up with Dave Ortega to shred through some bike trails, They also shredded through some questions everyone has been dying to know, while barely keeping up to Dave on the track we were able to slow things down a pace and get some knowledge of what one of the best N.Y.C Legends has been up to and his opinions on skating now a days.
How was the transition from blades to bikes? I rode bmx before I skated. I was loving bmx since ‘83! Around ‘93-’94 I broke the top tube on my GT Performer and could not afford another bike. So I started skating on some crazy old hockey style rollerblades too! They were called Tours I think. I saw that movie Airborne too and that kind of sparked a new fire.
What do you think getting back on your skates would be like? I just put some on at that last jam at the Brooklyn Banks. Ray Mendez let me use his strap in skates. Which I think is pretty fresh. I don’t know if it was me or the booze but I was having so much fun just busting out some little airs and like a soul grind or two! Wish I had my 18 year old knees again!
After skating what brought you back into bmx? I guess I started riding again because of a few factors. The primary one being I always loved bmx and traveling to those B3 contests and the X games reminded of how much fun it was. That old flame came back
What extreme activities do you do now a days? I hate the word EXTREME, always have, always will. LOL reminds of Slim Jims. As far as my personality, I guess you can call me an adrenaline junkie. I love things that make my heart race.
Who did you look up to skating back then?
How can you compare bmx to skating? I guess the freedom to just roll through the streets. I love dipping in and out of traffic. Hopping up a curb to avoid death or some fat lady getting in the way. Making my way to a destination without having to stop at a red light.
The whole Dare to Air crew yo! Chris Edwards, Arlo Eisenberg, etc. All the skaters from the Hoax videos, the bottom line, mad beef. All the pioneers!
What did it mean to you to be a NYC skater?
The whole city was our playground. So many spots and so many people were skating, it was incredible. We were living and skating in the greatest city in the world, what more could you expect?!
Are there any great memories in your skate life that stand out to you till this day?
There were so many great moments in my skating life. Hard to pick out a few. I can definitely say one of them is being able to be one of the first skaters to hit the Great Wall of China . Being able to travel to Europe and South America. Taking 4th place at Universal Studios and using the money to go to California with Ryan. The list goes on and on... Where have you been Dave? I have been hiding out in Brooklyn. Flying under the radar for some years now.
What would you change from the Industry back then if you could?
I don’t know really, it might have been better to have asked me then. Right now, I don’t think I would have changed anything because I only have great memories
How can we get you back on your skates and out skating with our new generation of skaters? How about a pair of skates?? Oh, and some old school friends to sesh with me. Anyone want to go to 108th st? Any shout outs? Just want to give a shout to all the peo-
ple I met, all the friends I made along the path that skates led me. I am very grateful for the life I was able to have while I skated. I thank the companies that sponsored me for hooking me up and paying me to have fun. It was an experience I shall never forget. Even though I roll on a different set of wheels now, I will always have love and respect for the ones who keep rolling on 8 (4 if your’re anit-rocker) haha!!!
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