![]() ![]() I remember being at my friends house and him showing me the Union Wheels Right To Skate video and Kris’s style and energy captivated me right away. Speaking of classics Kris was the very first skater I saw that made me really want to pursue skating. The 50 best Metallica songs of all time (opens in new tab).The Top 10 Halestorm Songs (opens in new tab).Skate or die! How skate-punk took over the world (opens in new tab).The Ten Most Metal Skateboarders (opens in new tab).Watching his skate parts was like controlled chaos, every trick he did was insanely fast and on 10! Still to this day Jamie has one of my favorite video parts of all time in the toy machine “Welcome To Hell” video, his song selection of Iron Maiden’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name” couldn’t have been more perfect too. Jamie’s one of the original godfathers of being a daredevil. I think it’s safe to say there would be no Aaron “jaws” Homoki without a skater like Jamie Thomas. Regardless of whether you are a fan of skateboarding or not you should go check this guy out and be blown away! He definitely takes the sport to a level far beyond What I could’ve ever imagined. I would classify Aaron as the Evil Knievel of the sport, He defies gravity and pushes the envelope on what the human body can withstand! I remember the first time I saw one of his video parts I couldn’t believe that it was even humanly possible to jump off buildings, gaps, and stairs of that height and actually roll away. Rob helped move street skating from the underground to the forefront ![]() He also pioneered public skateparks called “skate plazas” that consist more of stairs, handrails, benches, and ledges to represent more of a true street skating vibe verses the traditional way of ramps and bowls. Being a street skater from the 90s, I relate more to the video games ( Skate) and professional competitions (Street League) that Rob helped develop because they center more around the urban style of street skating I grew up with. There’s a generational gap from the style of Vert ramp skating Tony grew up with in the 70’s and 80’s to street skating that didn’t really start to become popular until the 90’s. As much as I credit Tony Hawk for everything he’s done for skateboarding I have to give Rob the same respect. ![]()
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