Steve Olson & Steve Alba discuss meeting at the Fruit Bowl in Garden Grove CA, getting boards made by hand from school woodshops, Salba heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them a kicktail, skating against one another in the UASA contest, throwing trucks at the Sims van, the first sticker toss ever, the Big O contest, seeing tricks in the magazines and trying to figure them out, Hosoi's backside airs at the OP demo in Huntington Beach and much more!
Timestamps
00:00:00 Steve Olson & Steve Alba
00:04:17 Meeting at the Fruit Bowl - Garden Grove
00:07:41 Dudes that were ripping Pipeline - Dave Hackett
00:12:47 Getting boards made by hand from school woodshops
00:17:32 Skate Master Tate makes Olson a board
00:21:12 Salba talks heating up plastic boards over the stove to give them more kicktail
00:30:06 Logan Skateboards
00:33:40 Skating against one another in the UASA contest
00:35:32 Salba turned pro at the Spring Valley contest
00:45:08 The Hoffmans - Upland Skatepark
00:58:33 Competing in the early contests
01:16:36 Olson throws his board at the judges
01:21:39 Where and when did Olson turn pro
01:24:15 Big O contest
01:26:21 Olson & Dunlap doubles slam at Hester contest
01:44:24 Food fight / throwing trucks at the Sims van
01:52:19 Texas trip with no chaperone - madness on the airplane
02:04:24 George Powell hooks up Olson
02:09:10 First sticker toss ever - Amarillo Pipe
02:23:49 Bringing a medic with them on sessions
02:30:02 Inverts - seeing tricks in the mags and trying to figure them out
02:33:59 Edgers
02:35:57 Christian Hosoi's backside airs - OP demo Huntington Beach
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