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Who Dat? - The annoyance of skater nicknames
Everyone wants to have a cool nickname. A name the insiders know about. Having one kinda separates your cool-factor from all the run-of-the-mill jerks. On the other hand they can be sort of annoying. Have you encountered some of the ones in the pro sk8 scene?
Who did what? you ask. Hard to say.
Here are a few translations of pro skater nicknames and who they really are:
- Lizard King = Mike Plumb
- Ragdoll = Anthony Scalamere
- Big Black = Chris Boykin
- Trainwreck = Alex Gall
- Donger = Kien Lieu
- Furby = Ramiro Salcedo
- JUB = Jason Jams Taylor
- Street Rake = Pat Rakestraw
- Sluggo = Rob Boyce
- Spanky = Kevin Long
- The Mule = Erik Ellington
- P-Rod = Paul rodriguez
- The Gonz = Mark Gonzales
Now when you see these nicknames roll during the credits on your favorite sk8 vid, you'll have some idea who the hell they are.
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