Mark Gonzales appreciation thread too.

Came to post this, nice :+1:

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Imagine seeing this in 1990. Mind blown. Big up the Elder Statesmen.

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More Gonz heh

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Loves a tick tack

1986!

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On the yellow face Andy Takakjian graphic, looks like second version. Wouldn’t have been able to skate jump ramps on the first version because the rear wheel wells made them all snap!

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being unable to see Gonz’s face, but able to see the graphic is bugging me out, in a good way, ha

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Just made me have a flashback…

When I was a teenager we used to skate with some Americans who’s parents worked on a local airbase. One lad was a proper ripper and used to be able to pull big methods off of a launch ramp.

One time he asked if we could see the picture and I answered that it would have made a really good photo.

To get to a point… friends can be piss taking Fabricants and it still haunts me a bit.

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:saluting_face:

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Some more above :+1:

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Gonz down my local outdoor. Which, nearly 20 years later, is rather weathered to say the least.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDR0NDxADjw/?igsh=NmI2Zm03NWJ0eXJo

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Blink and you’ll miss it bgps on the second slide.
Bright red north face that I wish I still had

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Gonz 60/40 era (1993-1996).

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Great smashing super, love his style, kickflips, slams. Not that it needs to be said really

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Skate Zone fs disaster found through poking about in the Thrasher archives, i’m guessing 1991 ish

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Looks like this is from the same final sesh at the Skate Zone.

That makes the date September ‘94.

That vert wall was no joke.

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The pivot or disaster was in some versions of Questionsble but not in others iirc as Gonz wanted nothing to do with Rocco/Ternasky.

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16ft on the caption. Wow. That’s probably the height of the roof of my local indoor :face_with_spiral_eyes:

Loving the 60/40 era edit too, watched it this morning. Perfect pre-skate vid.

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Stolen from@unofficial Gonz on Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHGcVLiRVyE/?igsh=c25oeWY3bmx3YXU0