back in the day, this dude was supposed to be the "east coast guy mariano". i remember a particular trip out-of-town to a skatepark (back before they were seemingly on every block) and all the older skaters there were talking about waldman and how ill he was. i was mad jealous of guy after ban this (every kid was)... and i jocked shut skates already... so the possibility of an underground east coast child prodigy that could take-out mariano had me crazy geeked.
immediately upon my return home, i told everyone i knew about how this future legend would soon by taking over the world (showing them that super good kickflip picture posted above) and they got pretty excited as well. once we heard the news he switched to world industries a few months later, it was a done deal: dude was a terror. we couldn't wait to see him skate.
then this came out. good thing i was still a little kid at the time cause some of the older dudes from around my way probably would've loved to have beaten on me. still don't know what happened with that part of his but it took a while for me to live that one down.
...felt like such an asshole.
...felt like such an asshole.
