Skating has to be raw-you gotta keep it raw and I think Real has done a good job of that.It was all about just friends doing something together that they believed in. So we kind of took it back, back into the streets. Skateboarding is, it's not, it's not about stardom, or any of that stuff it has nothing to do with it. And we were sort of the first to start our thing on our own, in the sense that we were spearheading it and we did whatever we wanted. And I figured, shit, I want to stay, stay in this world for as long as I can. He approached me, but also Fausto and those guys approached me to be part of it, and at that point in time, at Powell, I was sort of being put on the back burner-'cause all the young guns coming, and I felt it, I knew, you know. You know, he skated for, for, SMA for a while, and then the opportunity came to do something with Real. We were skating together all the time, when he moved to the city and I was giving him Powell gear, and that's, and then he got on Powell, you know, after that-he just felt it wasn't right, you know? And, he went to skate for Natas.

I'm not quite sure how me and Thiebaud met through mutual friends, I think. Guererro explained in a twenty-year anniversary interview: Real Skateboards is a skateboard company that was founded in 1991 by Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud, ex- Powell Skateboards riders at the time of formation, with support from skateboarding pioneer and entrepreneur, Fausto Vitello. Notable video parts include Reynolds' introduction part, Capaldi's introduction part (in the form of a mock 'Sponsor-me' video), and Daewon Song's promotional part for the 'Enter the Daewon' signature wheel model. Individual video parts have been released by Spitfire team riders in the 21st century, either as an introduction to the team, or to accompany the release of a new product. Īs of fall/autumn 2012, notable team-riders from the company's roster include Bryan Herman, Andy Roy, Peter Hewitt, Theotis Beasley, Peter Ramondetta, Erik Ellington, Dennis Busenitz, Andrew Reynolds, Sean Malto, Brian 'Slash' Hansen, Trevor Colden, Grant Taylor, Dylan Rieder, Chris Pfanner, Vincent Alvarez, Louie Lopez, Eric Koston, Chris Cole, Omar Salazar, Mike Mo Capaldi, John Cardiel, Mike Anderson, Shane O'neill, and Guy Mariano. T-shirts, gloves, caps), stickers, and accessories (e.g. The company also produces skateboard bearings, skateboard tools, griptape, and soft goods (e.g. The company released a video, entitled Spitfire, in 1993. Spitfire is a wheel company that was founded in 1987.

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