EPICLY LATER'D VOLUME 1 DVD OUT DECEMBER 9th......Fred is one of the baddest dudes on the East Coast. I am such a fan. I saw him once in 1994 and took the above photo: a backside 180 nose grind at Love Park. This might be the first photo I ever took of a pro, though he probably wasn't pro yet. Anyway, Fred is awesome, and back in 1994 the Philly scene really brought something fresh to street skating. It wasn't about doing the most tech tricks in a school yard, it was about skating fast down sketchy streets, skating switch, and doing wallrides and pole-jams. It was a tremendous breath of fresh air.Though I am actually older than Fred I think of him as this legendary veteran pro. I like how in this episode he hides the beer from his grandma. Even though he is one of the most notorious piles in skateboarding he's still kind of a grandmama's boy.
