Circa 87′-88′, Morristown, New Jersey, I was at the Psycho Skates skateboard Demo near the shop located downtown. My friend Mark was on the Psycho Skates team and they were putting on a demo with Monty Nolder and a few other pros that were rolling through town. Basically it was a jump ramp demo, a runway with a jump ramp at the end that all the dudes in the demo were launching off of. It was cool, I think it might have been the first time I saw pros skating. My friend Mark did a backside 360 Judo Air, that was rad. After the demo we rolled around, or should I say sped around Morristown following Monty Nolder and his friends, trying to keep up. Stopping to session spots, I did some sort of wall ride trick and Monty gave me props, rad. I was so stoked, I think I was 12-13 years old. Shortly after sessioning the spot with the wall we sped away and I lost the group. I got dropped on my skateboard, my fitness was poor, my LT power was not high enough (<- cycling related analogy). I really think I just was not as savy in the "city" style street skating. I was a sheltered kid from some small town in Jersey, used to sessioning at the local elementary school and the small spots around there.

Recently I have been reliving those skateboarding era memories in my mind. They are probably my most fond memories as a kid, something that started to define me as a person. My friend Andrew at the time had a Monty Nolder board that was new, I think made by Tracker, or maybe it was Dan Wilkes, anyhow, he got it signed. I remember he retired it and it was more or less new, I think he had it the last time I knew of, maybe 20 years ago ( ouch). Hope he hung onto it.