Final dose of Falloutitude. The event was a full go. I got there a little late and wanted to skate, so I didn't take too many photos, which sucks. I will post a link to some other folks' photos. One of my major regrets is not taking a photo of Russ and Janet, and the team and shop guys, all together. This photo has some heavies though: Marshall Stack (back to camera), Russ Battaglia, Larry Reid talking to Josh Peterson, Janet, Brad, Don, Tim, Wilma, Steve Betton, Laurie... A lot of those folks worked at the shop or skated for the team, or both!
When I walked in, this guy brushed by me and bumped. Typical Hubbard greeting. Here he is fronting Grindline, the Band.
Ms. Gallardo, Matt Gallardo, and Tom Peha. Wish I had more time to talk to the G-Man. Next time.
Kurtis "The Daddy" Head, still getting up in your grill to talk, still with the mustache (albeit slightly John Waters-ish), and still with the plan for skating. This time it's "Skate-Fu": "Dudes think it's sounds totally gay until they see me surrounded by 18-year-old chicks," says the Daddy.
Paula Sen, Tom Price, and I held down the store when Russ and Janet weren't there for much of the late '80s and through the '90s. Paula just got her J.D., Tom continues to shred in bands (from the U-Men to thge Kings of Rock to Gas Huffer to Monkeywrench and now in the Tom Price Desert Classic).
Larry Reid did some time at the shop. Larry is legendary, from pulling a Vespa out of a lake and riding it around for years, to running early punk clubs Rosco Louie and Graven Image, to promoting art with COCA, to helping run the show at Fantagraphics comics. Amazing dude. Josh told me a story of how a mom went into Fallout one time, was looking at boards, and asked Larry if her son would like the pink Hosoi on the wall. Larry's response? "That depends. Is your son a fag?" Larry, telling it straight.
Some of the Cretins dudes showed up. Killer SOHC with a wok for a seta bump.
Ryan Monihan, ex-H-Street pro, Josh Peterson, who worked the counter and Fallout for years, and Tim Hayes, who did the same and then wound up owning the shop for a few years.
Ket. Ray Stevens II (who DJed), and Scott Eatons.
Ronnie Bopo was glad to see me, right Grant?
Steve Betton. This is one of the guys I see skating every time I go to Seattle, and he is still ripping. Original Olympia Skate Park local.
Joe Kilbourne put in plenty of time at the shop, with the 1988 team shirt.
Bruce Jak and the Skate Drunks ended the night. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, especially Tim Hayes, the whole Fallout crew, the bands (Grindline, Midnight Idols, Lopez, Skate Drunks), Brian Foss and the Funhouse crew, Ray Stevens II for DJing and putting up with my late night and early morning shenanigans, Don Blackstone for designing the reunion shirt. Stoked to see you all again, and stoked to see many of you soon.
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