RIP Dave Abair

Dent_Face · June 23, 2021, 7:35am

Has been one of my favourite skaters to watch over the last few years. RIP

BDF · June 23, 2021, 7:53am

Wasnt he the dude that had a part wearing woven slipons that he took off and his foot was mangled. Really gnarly

tbk11 · June 23, 2021, 6:16pm

Ah man this is fucking gutting. One of my favourite skateboarders ever, absolute genius.

franc · June 26, 2021, 5:33pm

So sad. His skating was very unique and he seemed like a really sound guy.

Gonna rinse his parts on YouTube with a few beers sometime soon.

franc · June 26, 2021, 6:43pm

From an interview in Thrasher in March:

What’s the most memorable trick from this part?
Well, it’s not a trick; it’s a line. Actually, it’s an entire day—one of my favorite days of skating ever. Thanks for sticking with me through that. We started with the manual heelflip, ollie over the median line up in Diamond Heights. After that we went over by the Cow Palace and got that narrow run with the front shove into the big bank. That spot is scary and takes a lot of energy to skate. I remember after that I was pretty tired and wanted to call it, but we decided to go down to EMB and skate around. We ended up trying another line. The day was already half over and I was stressing about getting to work by 4 PM. I was just struggling with the line. I stuck and slammed on the nollie frontside flip down the six at least ten times. My legs were so shot by the time I got to it that I had no energy to stand up. Somehow I managed to roll away and I just collapsed after that—no time to celebrate. We got in the car and you took me to work. No shower, I just went straight into a 12-hour shift. it’s still one of my favorite days of skating ever and those are a few of my favorite clips in the part.

Legend.

Maldoror · June 26, 2021, 7:52pm

Great skater. RIP