I know some talented Mofos. Added that i never had to jock them or convince them on what i did in the past, present, and what i am doing in the future is legit. The only way i gained that kind of trust is true relationships with these people. My homie, crew member, and insighter – Fibes is one of those talented mofos. I met Fibes back in 1998-99 in Mililani. I was invited to skate with the Mills Vills skaters at City Mill and up at Mauka by Jerome James a.k.a. J-rome the Jramaja! I was going to school at LCC and was hungry to skate. The Mililani skaters I would compare them to the LOVE park locals or the DC skaters, while the A’ala Park Bastards were the EMB Locals/Pier7 equivalent. In that time period i became friends with Ian, Morgan, Clint, Mark, Ross, Jared, Mark, Darin, & a host of other skaters.
Back then i lived and skated all my life in town. Kapahulu was where i started and from my recolection we were the first to skate Paki Park Walls – the ones outside the Firestation basketball courts. In Kapahulu the crew was Brandon, Ryan, Erin, Scott, and Me. Before me i only remember a skater name Micheal Chang that lived up the street, but he quit later. If not skating Kapahulu i would meet up at Kaimuki Park. At Kaimuki Park, all the Palolo, Kaimuki, & some Kahala skaters would meet up and skate the walls for hours with the occasional running from the Palolo Valley Bloods. This crew was thick from Laotians to Gang Members i gotta give the homies i remember some props – Frank, Bozo, Sampet, Darin, Joel, Balut, Brandon, Lil’ Chris, Jojo, Gato, Francis, Bryce, KC, Jeff, Aaron, Jimbo, Hiro, Errol, Benton, Ants, Kelaula, Frank, Omar, Noguchi, Miles, Vega, Ala Boy, Kurt, main homie Bradley (theres more i can’t remember) From there we would either skate down Waialae Ave and skate through town eventually ending up at A’ala Park or head east and skate LihoLiho rails & banks, Liliokalani benches, Petrie Park stage, Holes in Kahala, Niu Valley Inter, Wallows, Park & Ride, and Unevens in Kalama Valley. No car, all Bus!
I only seen Rob Carlyon killing A’ala and on videos. I eventually got to work with him at LMID. Along with Rob, Darin Lee, Kekoa Rogan, Josh Norgren, Jeff Oshiro, and the homie Fibes. See Fibes got me the job at LMID. At LMID i got intro’ed to Larry, Shane, Chad, Neil, Ryan, Jerald, and Kenny. Through the years i’ve either bumped into all the skater mentioned at a skate spot, at a skate park, or went out skating with them. We all share a common bond the love for skateboarding. So when the need fits the cause, we gonna do it up BIG! The Deck the Halls show. All skateboarding from those who did it, done did it, and still doing it. All you fake mutha’s can get the bozak!
