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Whether it's fat caps or
fat snaps, Izzy will get
Bizzy. Here Mr. Forbes
bounces from a billboard
in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Patient 1: "Crisis"
When I was younger, I spent many
midnights grinding curbs, carving
banks, shooting hills, and skating my
city's streets aimlessly. Nowadays, I
often trudge through the AM with a
flooded Pilot or a can of Rusto
Regal. This mission has brought me to
strange and beautiful places that
average civilians will never see.
Whether lying in a snowbank watching
a maze of monstrous freights crash
and roll or taking in the desert sky
at an old drainage ditch in the mid-
dle of Nevada, I've gained a lot.
from this quest. I've found parts of
who I am in long stretches of train
tracks, in abandoned parking lots
with makeshift quarterpipes on banks,
under bridges, on rooftops...alone,
with the view of the entire city
beneath me. I've easily caused thou-
sands of dollars in damages, gotten
in fights, and injured myself and
others. But at the same time, I've
busted a perfect Smith grind on my
favorite curb, beautified a cold
train with a colorful wildstyle
piece, hit a perfect line at my old
local bank, and caught tags all over
the country. For me, it's about an
eternal search for a feeling, a vibe,
an attitude that's found in the curve
of a letter or the way you grind
over the death box. No matter how
commercial this shit gets, it's this
essence that true writers and skaters
know as "style."
Brob. of
META
1998
PERR
Steve Young frontside
boardslides a bar before
busting out a burner at
the Civic yard in Atlanta.
ECBO