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From: Colin Bane June 15, 2009 |
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Great blog entry by Kyle Lightner yesterday: Living Legend: 16 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Gonzales. Includes revelations about the first ollie at Embarcadero (henceforth, the Gonz Gap):
The Gonz was actually duped into ollieing the big gap at Embarcadero, now affectionately known as The Gonz Gap. “He was launching off the high part of the gap to the ground,†says photographer Mofo. “I told him, ‘Dude, why don’t you ollie all the way across this thing onto that flat square out there?’ He was like, ‘No way, it’s too far; that’s impossible.’ So I lied and told him, ‘Some kid already ollied it, I guess I’ll just have to go photograph him.’†With this new motivation, Gonz nailed it third try. To this day, Mofo has never told Gonz the truth.
Also this:
Many famous people collect The Gonz’s artwork, among them Donald Trump and P-Diddy, who also owns a stash of Krooked skateboards.
Who knew?
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