Age: 42

Hometown: Bothell, Washington.

Occupation: Electrical Engineer @ Electroimpact, Inc., Mukilteo, Washington.

Skating Highlights: 2003, 2004 and 2005 World Cyber Slalom Cup Champion. 1979 Capitol Lakefair Skateboard Contest, Olympia, Wa., 14yr age group: 1st pool riding, 1st freestyle, 1st cross-country. Open classes (all ages): 1st 360's (21), 4th pro-pool riding ($25!), 3rd doubles pool riding. 2002 FCR Battle By the Bay (first slalom race) - San Francisco, Calif., Dual Slalom: 9th (tie), GS: 10th. 2002 FCR Sierra Cup - Lake Tahoe, CO., Hybrid Slalom: 9th (tie), GS: 5th (tie). 2002 FCR High Plains Drifter - Breckenridge, CO., Dual Slalom: 3rd, GS: 5th (tie). 11th place overall in FCR Series - Open Division as of 9/9/02.

Riding Since: 1975

First Skateboard: Borrowed friend's board for first 6 months (plywood, clay wheels) then bought an EZ-Rider from Pay-n-Save (solid fiberglass deck, no-name trucks, urethane wheels with loose ball bearings!).

Current Quiver: TS - Roe foam/carbon Crossfire stiff, Hybrid - Roe bullet foam/carbon med-stiff, GS - Roe SlingBlade medium. On both setups I use PVD3 rear, Radikal front, Retro ZigZags, Biltin bearings, TNR footstop.

Race Set-Ups: Same as minimal quiver. Soon to be a RoeRacing "Custom" model with Seismics and Abec 11 Flashbacks.

Best Skateboard Memory: My first ride on urethane wheels. Downhilling aboard my Santa Cruz slalom board on fresh blacktop, face-first on my stomach using leather patches on my hands as brakes. Cranking a perfect set of 360's to a standstill. Riding a plexiglass half-pipe at the Capitol Lakefair parade as it is being towed behind a car and hitting the streetlight on a backside air.

Favorite Race Event: San Francisco 2002 Battle By the Bay - my first race and first time really pushing it on a board in over 22 years.

Favorite Food: That first cup of morning coffee on the weekend - just when it reaches that short-lived perfect temperature.

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Currently BT, Cake, Wallflowers

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Age: 45

Hometown: London, England/Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ­ now living in Park City, Utah!

Occupation: Snowboard Teacher, BASI Snowboard Trainer, and Park City Mountain Resort Staff Trainer.

Skating Highlights: Getting a 4th place at the 1979 British Skateboard Champs (my first big race) losing the semi-final to Simon - Smokestack - Levene! Being British Downhill Champ in 1980/81. FCR Battle of the Bay 2002 in San Francisco, after 6 months off a board finished 2nd in the Dual Slalom and 1st in the GS. Morro World Champs 2002-5th in TS, knocked out by some guy called Dong. Winning the Amateur GS in the Antibes World Cup 2004 in a breathtaking setting by a big margin on a RoeRacing deck of my own design! - Thanks Steve Hopper!

Riding Since: 1977

First Skateboard: Grentec Coyote. I did lay down speed on it down hills with my buddy Paul Price, because we couldn¹t stand up on them and it was less far to fall... Had to stop using it because one day the back wheels melted on to my jeans!

Current Quivers:
Various RoeRacing prototypes in my own shape from 28 to 34 inches. Some vintage Turners, and some old prototypes. A G & S Longboard signed by everyone who was at the first Morro Bay (no I don¹t ride it!). An original restored Ick Stick and a board cut from a Santa Cruz blank.

Race Set-Ups: For super tight-RoeRacing Drayton 28inch, Lazers, 3DM Cambrias. TS-RoeRacing Drayton 29.2inch, Gus truck and Indy 88mm offset - waiting for the narrow Split-Fires!, Abec 11 Grippins. GS/Hybrid-RoeRacing Drayton 34inch with Gus truck and Split-Fire rear, Abec 11 Grippins/Gumballs.

Best Skateboard Memory: Old- The long hot (by British standards i.e. no rain) summer of 1979 skating everyday with my crew-Paul Price, Michael Stride, Floyd Reid, Ed Brockman, Dobie, Frank Wheeler, Phil Burgoyne, Chris Charalambous and Master of the 4ft straight, Martin Sweeney! ­AND- Going with the same bunch to the European Champs in Paris in 1980 and Tarby, Sweden in 1987, both unforgettable! Recent- Standing at La Costa racing with my teenage heroes Hester, Skoldberg, Olson, Hackett, Peters. Then someone taps me on the shoulder and asks if I am Martin Drayton. I turn around and it is Bobby Turner ­ I was speechless!

Favorite Race Event: Henry Hester's La Costa Open 2001. Started off with cute teenage cone heads offering to carry my bags as I parked, two brilliant days of racing at a venue I never dreamed I would see, topped off by meeting Bobby Turner!

Favorite Food: Watermelon to start then every Trinidadians favorite, Roti and Curry, washed down by a drink of Sorrell (adding Rum is optional)!

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: British Electronic band Hybrid, Diam (French female Rapper), Tupac, Thin Lizzy and Sounds of Blackness.

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Age: 43 going on 72

Hometown: Golden, Colorado

Occupation: Impostor

Skating Highlights: Winning the 2004 World Slalom Championship (Hybrid) in Morro Bay. Winning at Luna and the Farm a few years back when I didn't expect to skate cause of ACL surgery. Podiums in Paris. Getting a second chance at the sport of my youth. Back in the 70's I rode for Sims, Madrid, and a bunch of little surf shop teams. Competed in California and Colorado. I won the Capitola Classic Am Division in 79'. Raced old school downhill with Hickey and Hutson around that time. In 1984 Jack Smith, Paul Dunn, Bob Denike, and I skated from Oregon to Virginia to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. That ride was a world record for 20 years (Jack set the new record in 2003). But I think 2006 is going to have the best highlights!

Riding Since: 1973

First Skateboard: I had this Hobbie Sundancer thing. A weird two wheeled
contraption that didn't turn very well.

Current Quivers: Roe Unlimited PS for Hybrid with 107mm Splitfires, Roe
S-Camber with 90mm Splits for TS, and a couple of over sized Unlimited decks
for GS. Wheels= Seismic and ZigZags.

Other Sponsors: SplitFire, ColonCare™

Race Set-Ups: S-Camber for TS. Unlimited for GS. Bigfoot for GS and SuperG.

Best Skateboard Memory: Holding on for the win after totally screwing up my
start against Mollica at the Worlds in 2004. Either that or watching my kids
drop in for the first time.

Favorite Race Event: Paris World Cup, Morro Bay, La Costa, Hood, Farm, I
love them all.

Favorite Food: Thai

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Whatever is on the iPod.

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Age: 29

Hometown: NYC, Boston

Occupation: Research and Development

Skating Highlights: Racing in Paris with Mollica and Bruce Brewington, Meeting Henry Hester, First WLAC race

Riding Since: 1973

First Skateboard: First Good one was a Fibre Flex Slalom with Bennetts.

Current Quivers: Roe Bottle Rocket,anything I could borrow on raceday.

Other Sponsors: Madd Snowboards

Race Set-Ups: Roe Bottle Rocket, PVD's or Seismic/TTC

Best Skateboard Memory: Meeting Bobby Turner after all those years

Favorite Race Event: Da Farm, NY

Favorite Food: BBQ, any meat really. Fiji water.

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: House

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Age: 29

Hometown: Del Mar, California

Occupation: General Manager at Dive Lights International

Skating Highlights: Did well in the mid 70's with 7 World Slalom Championship titles, competed again in the mid 80's on a Turner BlackBird and was unsuccessful aganist Pro wigglers, Dunn and Korten. Reemerged in 2001 with about 8 Ok results ranging from 23rd to 8th place.

Riding Since: 1959

First Skateboard: 2X4" wood with metal roller skate wheels just like what we saw at La Costa, only shorter at 18".

Current Quivers: Two GS Hesters and one TS Nina Hester.

Race Set-Ups: For GS: the longer Hester, fairly soft with a flat 1/2" riser on front and 1/8" flat riser on the rear, Indys with offset on the rear, 88-92 Abec wheels in orginal width. For TS: 29" Nina Hester model with heavy wedge front truck (Seismic or Indy) and the same truck as the GS setup on the rear. TS Wheels are Abec or Turner 90+ range cut to Old Road Rider Hester width, around 38mm.

Best Skateboard Memory: A good race aganist Piercy at Long Beach Arena, the fanfare at Akron, Ohio, rolling up on LC for the first time, winning aganist Alva at the Hang Ten Pro.

Favorite Race Event: Probably the Hang Ten even though I really don't like TS that much. I was very nervous in the finals and had to pick up .7 on my final run. At the time, I didn't realize how many people would see the event across the world (10-20 million?).

Favorite Food: Mexican, fish tacos, carne asada burritos, all types of steak, sushi, good thick crust pizza, Chicken Supremes

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Old School ZZ Top and ACDC, 80's techno, Duran Duran, ABC, Hair Cut 2000

Web Site: http://home.san.rr.com/h2hester

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Age: 45 years young

Hometown: Palo Alto, CA

Occupation: Business Process and Systems, Apple Computer

Skating Highlights: every time I ride it's a highlight!

Riding Since: late '75

First Skateboard: Hang Ten fiberglass with Chicago trucks and Road Rider 2's

Current Quivers: Roe "Gary Holl 28" for tight slalom, Roe " Gary Holl 31" for hybrid courses, Roe "Gary Holl 34" for G/S and slalom cross. Re-shaped Skatekings deck for freestyle, Label deck for skatepark, pool or street.

Other Sponsors: Etnies Shoes, Pleasure Tool bearings, ProDesigned Safety Equipment, 3dm Wheels, Seismic Trucks and for Freestyle/Flatland: SkateKings boards and wheels.

Race Set-Ups:

For tight: Holl 28, Seismic 105mm 45 degree truck wedged up front, 30 degree de-tuned in the rear, 3dm Cambria wheels or cut down Avalon's and Pleasure Tool Ceramic bearings.

For Hybrid: the Holl 31, Seismic 105mm 45 degree truck wedged up front, 30 degree de-tuned in the rear, 3dm Avalon wheels and Pleasure Tool Ceramic bearings.

For G/S or Slalom Cross: Holl 34, Seismic 105mm 45 degree truck wedged up front, 30 degree in the rear, 3dm Avilla wheels and Pleasure Tool Ceramic bearings.

Best Skateboard Memory: every time I've ridden with friends is a "best" for me. I can't pinpoint one single time. Every time I ride with friends and we all progress then its a "Best" for me.

Favorite Race Event: I like racing at La Costa. Great road surface and pitch. When Hester ran the race it was real organized. I like organization.

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: anything fast and loud.

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Age: 50

Hometown: Mechanicsville, Maryland

Occupation: Environmental Engineer

Skating Highlights: Pro 70s and early 80s, Vert and Racing. Only pro to finish in top 10 in both the 1978 vert series (Hester Series) and 1978 downhill/slalom racing series (Another Roadside Attraction, Colorado)

Riding Since: Racing and Skating Pools for 30+ years.

First Skateboard: Homemade (roller skates on board)

Current Quivers:
Roes, and ICKs with dozens of others from the old days. Deathbox for pools.

Race Set-Ups: Roe, ICK, Tracker, Abec-11, Pleasure Tool, Osiris

Best Skateboard Memory: Carving Baldy Pipe in early 70s on plastic Grentec pintail, barefoot, over half way, hauling ass. Traveling around the country with my future wife, Badlands friends Steve Evans, Harvey Hawks and Charlie Ransom. Skating pools with Wally Inouye and Chris Strople.

Favorite Race Event: DC Outlaw Races and Surfrider Banked Slalom

Favorite Food: Carne Asada Burritos

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Jimmy Buffett, Cake, Bare Naked Ladies

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Age: 48 and "retired"

Hometown: Danville, California

Occupation: Sales Consultant, Huthwaite

Skating Highlights: Many 1st places in NW slalom races 1977 through 1981. Beat John Hutson in tight slalom, Bellevue, WA, 1981. Beat Bob Piercy, tight slalom, Salem, OR, 1981.

Riding Since: 1976

First Skateboard: G&S kicktail, Bennett Pros, Road Rider 4s, GMN Bearings.

Current Quivers:
- RoeRacing Crossfire, Radikal front, PVD rear, Zig-Zags, Pleasure Tool Ceramics
- RoeRacing Unlimited Custom, PVD Series 3, Zig-Zags, PT Ceramics
- RoeRacing Bonita Custom, German Seismics, Zig-Zags, PT Ceramics

Race Set-Ups: Mix and match any of the above.

Best Skateboard Memory: Since I was a poor college student and couldn't travel much, I was happily surprised when I hitched to a race in Ashland in the spring of 78' and beat everyone who used to beat me in the PNW. Beating Huston in 81' is a close second. All that practice on the University of Oregon campus at 11PM payed off!

Favorite Race Event: La Costa 2001. Skating on hallowed ground.

Favorite Food: Anything asian or grilled with good friends and a good cabernet.

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Devo, Ramones, B-52s - the good stuff

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Age: 38

Hometown: Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

Occupation: Dogs

Skating Highlights: Racing against the big boys at Morro 03.

Riding Since: On and off since 78

First Skateboard: California Freeformer

Current Quivers: Roe Crossfire and Holl 34

Other Sponsors: Pioneers Board Shop

Race Set-Ups: PVD's and Foam core Roes

Best Skateboard Memory: Breckenridge, 2002

Favorite Race Event: La Costa, Breck, Da Farm

Favorite Food: My wife's cooking

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: 50 Cent

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Age: 45

Hometown: Santa Cruz, California

Occupation: Art Director Giro Sport

Skating Highlights: The Skateboard Mania skate tour. The Winchester Open skate contest getting third by one point. I did the gnarliest carve grind I'd ever done during the event. Skating for Santa Cruz, Indy, OJ's, Rector, Off Shore Clothing and Vans. Skated slalom, downhill, and parks back in the late 70's early 80's.

Riding Since: 1972

First Skateboard: 27" Bahne, Sure Grips and Cadillac wheels.

Current Quivers:
Tim Brauch Santa Cruz skate, Downhill set up J-Gordon, Indy's, with 70mm Red Krypto's.

Race Set-Ups: Hester Roe, Indy's, 3DM wheels, and Pleasure Tool bearings.

Best Skateboard Memory: Skating downhill on Rodeo Gulch road with Alva and having him look over and be surprised that I was on his toes and getting a big smile.

Favorite Race Event: The Capitola Classic downhill event beating Duane and Tony Alva's times in the downhill and not getting invited the next year. Was told it didn't look as gnarly when a girl can go downhill.

Favorite Food: Dark Chocolate

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Madonna, Madonna, Madonna

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Age: 45

Hometown: Morrison, Colorado.

Occupation: Snapping boards on race day during qualifying, doing ollies off the start ramps during big race events, and, of course, my endless pursuit of beating Fluitt on race day, and not just in practice.

Skating Highlights: 1977-1979- Top amateur slalom skater 16-18 age group- ARA series. 2004- Slalom Amateur World Champion.

Riding Since: 1977

First Skateboard: Fibreflex with tracker trucks and kryptonic wheels.

Current Quivers: RoeRacing boards, though the RoeRacing Unlimited with PVD¹s and 3dm wheels is my favorite when it will fit through the course.

Race Set-Ups: RoeRacing S-camber for TS, RoeRacing Unlimited for hybrid/slalom, and RoeRacing Bonita for GS, 3dm wheels, PVD trucks, or PVD(back)/Radikal(front) combo.

Best Skateboard Memory: : Breckenridge, 2003 TS- after taking 24 years off from the sport, I practiced a week and took 4th in the Open Class. Though I¹m still not sure if everyone just sucked, or I realized that I still had it after all these years...the jury's still out on that one...that and 1st at Hood River's Gorge Games in 2004, which was my first podium in 25 years.

Favorite Race Event: Hmmm, tough one...probably Da Farm in NY for TS, because win or lose, there's a world-class party afterwards in your honor....For hybrid, Breckenridge, Co...nothing like mandatory powerslides through offsets at 25 mph...and for GS, this year's World Championships in Morro Bay was by far the most fun I've ever had on a race courseŠit was like the best amusement park ride you will ever be on.

Favorite Food: Mexican food, and steaks cooked to perfection.

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Anywhere from Puddle of Mudd to Poe to Supreme Beings of Leisure, depending on if I need to juice myself up or juice down.

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Age: 43

Hometown: Oakland, California

Occupation: Ideo - Innovation Design Consultancy

Skating Highlights: 2nd places at Breck and Paso in 2003, 3rd place at La Costa 2002, and a 4th place at Battle by the Bay (SF) in 2002 after a short 23 year break from standing on a skateboard. I love racing at different venues - Presidio, Hood River, Lake Elsinore, Paso, Breck, Avila Beach, Morro Bay and the fun Norcal series. Racing keeps you young.

Riding Since: The Cuban Missile Crisis

First Skateboard: Wayne Brown 24" with X-caliber trucks and Road Rider 2's. Favorite park board was a Kryptonics P-tex foamcore w/Indy 131 and Gyros.

Race Set-Ups: Handcut Holl 31, Trackers 45 degree truck wedged up front, 30 degree de-tuned in the rear w/Chicken Indy offset, 3dm Avalon wheels (always) and black market NASA ceramic bearings. Secret sauce sandpaper decktape from Miko's favorite Santa Cruz surf shop.

Best Skateboard Memory: Arab tracking me down and introducing himself at a 2001 SF race where I was watching from the sidelines. I ended up trading him some vintage equipment for all new gear - he got me back into the scene.

Favorite Race Event: Breck and LaCosta

Favorite Food: Barney's Burgers

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Pixies "Doolittle", The Carpenters "Christmas Collection"

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Age: 43

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Occupation: Land Use / Environmental Planner

Skating Highlights: First Place, Washington State Coca Cola Skateboard Olympics, 1977 - Cascade Slalom Association series 1979, 1980. Second Place, Tight Slalom - 2005 World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding.

Riding Since: 1974

First Skateboard: Sidewinder with Cadillac Stokers

Current Quivers: RoeRacing SlingBlade with Asphalt Playground SplitFire's front and rear. RoeRacing PS2.8 with SplitFire's front and rear, Abec 11 Retro ZigZags and Grippins! RoeRacing "Ol' Skool" Pool/Park board (9.75 x 30 - single kick) with Indy 166's and Rain Skate Yellow Jackets.

Race Set-Ups: GS - RoeRacing SlingBlade, SplitFires, Retro ZigZags, TS - RoeRacing PS2.8, SplitFires, Retro ZigZags.

Best Skateboard Memory: Discovering NCDSA and going to Morro Bay followed closely by stepping out of the car at La Costa the day before the race! Being in Breckinridge, CO for the ARA races and getting to meet a lot of the racers, being a "cone-boy" for one of the mid-week 8 hour practice sessions - Thanks Jim Whalen for the pointers! Summers in San Diego at the Moving On Skate Park, Oasis Skatepark and Del Mar. Charter Member of the "Concrete Cruisers" Skate Team.

Favorite Race Events: 2001 La Costa Open, 2005 Hood River, 2005 World Championships

Favorite Food: Barbequed Salmon

Favorite Pre-Ride Music: Nada Surf, James Blunt, Jack Johnson, The Shins, Led Zeppelin, Ramones, Dave Mathews

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Date of Birth: June 16th, 1988

Resides in: Gloucester, MA

Goes to school: Landmark School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Running cones, tweaking boards, Fishing, Golf, Sailing, collecting cans, greenpeace, women's issues, volunteering at the assisted living facility in town. winner of Most Dq's by a junior award.

Race results and experience: 2nd in Slalom at 2004 World Championships - Morro Bay, CA

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Unlimited Seismic 110 front flat German silver springs with Radikal offset rear, 80a Avalons. RoeRacing Cut-a-way Crossfire, Radikal front truck clear top and red lower bushing Indy 101 offset rear, Cambrias 86a front 82a rear.

Why he slaloms: It is easy to set a course right in front of my house. The wipeouts are gnarly.

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Date of Birth: April 8, 1990

Resides in: Beverly, Massacusetts

Goes to school at: Briscoe Middle School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Snowboarding, mountain biking, wakeboarding, dirt biking

Race results and experience: USASA Snowboard Alpine and Freestyle

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Crossfire, Tracker RTS/RTX trucks, and Turner Avalon wheels

Other Sponsors: Eastern Boarder (skate and snowboard shop)

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Age: 13

Resides in: Puyallup, Washington

Goes to school at: Broullet Elementary School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Video games (Dynasty Warriors IV) Playstation

Race results and experience: FCR Hood River 2002, Cascade Slalom Association NW Regional Series 2002/2003/2004/2005. 1st place-GS 2004 Gorge Games, 2nd place-TS 2004 Gorge Games

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Bullet, Tracker RTS/RTX, 3DM Avalons & Cambrias, Pleasure Tool Bearings

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Date of Birth: MAY 20,1990

Resides in: Stratton, Vermont

Goes to school at: Stratton Mountain School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Snowboarding, Baseball, Soccer, Marching Band, Jazz Band.

Race results and experience: 1st Place Jrs' GS - 2005 European Championships, 1st Place Jr s' TS - 2005 European Championships, 2004 World Slalom Championships, Morro Bay, CA. 2005 USASA Nationals - Copper Mt. CO. 2004 USASA Nationals - Angel Fire, NM. 2003 USASA Nationals, Sunday River, ME.

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Unlimited PS, RoeRacing S-Camber PS, RoeRacing Unlimited TC

Other Sponsors: Prior Snowboards, Whistler, BC. Evil Sports, Springfield, MA. Alpine Trader Sno-Shoppe, Mount Snow, VT.

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Date of Birth: March 6, 1994

Resides in: Madison, Mississippi

Goes to school at: Madison Middle School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Riding all types of skateboards - street, longboards, slalom, whatever... also a mean softball player. I play catcher and catchers have to be tough.

Race results and experience: I have raced all over the country. I came in First Place at the 2005 World Championships of Slalom Skateboarding in the 11 and under Girls division.

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Henry Hester Model and RoeRacing "mini" Hollien.

Other Sponsors: Abec 11 Pink Wheels. They Rock!

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Date of Birth: June 21, 1994

Resides in: Beverly, MA

Goes to school at:Briscoe Middle School

Hobbies/Accomplishments: Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Softball, Soccer, Surfing, Snowboarding

Race results and experience: The Farm, Luna, Red Clay Cup, Hood River, The Farm Grass Roots Series.

Current skate quiver: RoeRacing Custom, RoeRacing S-Camber, SplitFire Trucks and Chicken Offset Indy's, 3DM Wheels and Oust Bearings

Other Sponsors: Eastern Boarder, Atomic Snowboards

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