I recently watched Epicly Later'd the other day, a documentary about John Cardiel, one of the most Epic skaters of his time. I think his rein of terror went from the Early nineties until 2003 as one of the gnarliest skaters ever. In 2003 he was shooting Tent City in Australia, while there his spine was injured due to the van he was running beside ran over his back with the trailer it was pulling after John lost his balance and fell in its path. The Doctors told him he would never walk again let alone skate. They were wrong about the walking but he really can't skate anymore. I think he plays golf, rides a fixed gear bike, shoots guns and is heavy into DJ-ing Reggae music.
The Documentary is mostly a interview with John sitting in his living room at home. He talks about the past as film clip after film clip shows John just killing every place he hits. Its great because they show a film clip and then John fills it out with a story. The guy is so chill as well. I know if I saw him out somewhere and said hello he would be really happy to meet me, that kind of guy. Then again, the skating community is full of those kind of guys. Yeah, there are a few cut throat people out there but all in all, the skateboard community stick together. That was one of the ideas that John talked about in the documentary was how skaters from all over the World just get along or see eye to eye, we all speak the same language. Not every single skater can be said to be like that but I will say that as I travel around and meet skaters from other cities I tend to agree that they do exist.
Anyway, I have watched the film several times before the other day but I might watch it again tonight and get something new about yet again.
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