Hi Nat,
Wow, thanks for the update. Your skate is going
to be incredible.
How would you like to borrow my RollsRolls for your
journey? If you can promise me that I will get it back when you are done I would
be honored to have you use it. I'll pay for shipping it to you, if you pay the
return shipping.
Look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Jack
Now for those of you who don't skate let me fill you in. Jack, is in fact Jack Smith and he is a bit of a legend. In 1975 he competed in the Del Mar "Bahne-Cadillac" Nationals. This competition was the inspiration for the films 'Dogtown and the Z-boys' and later, 'Lords of Dogtown' .
Thirty years later he played the part of the 'Del Mar' announcer in the 'Lords of Dogtown'.
In 1976 he skateboarded across America. In 1984 he repeated the journey to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. And in 2003, after his son Jack Jnr was diagnosed with the rare Lowe Syndrome he decided to complete the journey once again, aged 46.
So it is with great pride and honour that I will get to skate one of Jack Smith's skateboards for part of the SkateNewZealand journey.
nat
