Jeff Sporting Some Sick Evel Knieval Goods...

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Shawshank
Shawshank Posts: 1,018
edited October 2013 in The Porch
A friend of mine named Mike Vallely is a professional skateboarder and owns Elephant Brand Skateboards. He just partnered with the Evel Knieval estate/family to produce some licensed decks. I just saw on their Instagram a pic of Jeff holding a couple of them. Pretty rad I must say.

http://instagram.com/p/f0JTOHBGhd/#
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  • HongKong
    HongKong Posts: 312
    Vallely!! that guy is awesome!! cool he is a friend of yours!!
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  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    Yeah, he's a good guy. I've known of him since I was 13 when he first became a pro for Powell. When my son started skating back in 2009, he was stunned to see that I had a Vallely deck hanging in my office. He asked if I knew who he was. :lol: I guess he couldn't believe his "old man" was hip to such an awesome skater.

    Anyway, my son was always Mike V this or Mike V that. He had to have heart surgery back in 2011, and on a whim I thought about posting a message on Mike's Facebook page, just seeing if he could possibly spare a minute and call my son who was in the hospital still recovering since he was such a huge fan of his. They had just taken my son to do a scan that evening, so I just posted the message and left my number not thinking much of it. Well within 3 minutes my phone rang..."Ya, this is Mike V. calling for Owen" My freaking jaw almost hit the floor.

    I told him that they had just taken him back for a scan and that I didn't expect a response so quick, but that I really appreciated him taking the time to call, and that I would tell him. He just said no worries, he was out with his family and if it was ok, he would call back in an hour or so. I was like YES!!!! So we were all waiting and ready with our phones, and this is video of that call. It still brings tears to my eyes...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfmIuJ_dH4

    Ever since then, we've stayed in touch. I even did some work for him on his company website. We met him a few months later, and have got together a few other times since then. Supposed to meet up for dinner this weekend since he's going to be in Texas relatively close to us.
  • HongKong
    HongKong Posts: 312
    cool man! glad your kid is alright.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Cool Story.

    Mike V. rules.

    Cabellero was my idol growing up.
    NERDS!
  • InLukinsFridge
    InLukinsFridge Posts: 597
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cool Story.

    Mike V. rules.

    Cabellero was my idol growing up.


    Cool story, PRICELESS video! :clap:
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  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cool Story.

    Mike V. rules.

    Cabellero was my idol growing up.

    Yeah Cab is still an amazing skater. Really the only other one I want to meet. When I was 13 I met Tony Hawk which was mind blowing at that age. Just last year my son and I went to screening of the Bones Brigade Doc and Lance Mountain and Rodney Mullen were there. I was just as stoked as my kid meeting those guys. Super cool and down to earth. They hung out for a couple of hours after the screening and just BS'd with everyone. It was awesome.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Shawshank wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cool Story.

    Mike V. rules.

    Cabellero was my idol growing up.

    Yeah Cab is still an amazing skater. Really the only other one I want to meet. When I was 13 I met Tony Hawk which was mind blowing at that age. Just last year my son and I went to screening of the Bones Brigade Doc and Lance Mountain and Rodney Mullen were there. I was just as stoked as my kid meeting those guys. Super cool and down to earth. They hung out for a couple of hours after the screening and just BS'd with everyone. It was awesome.
    Rodney Mullen is in another world. Wished I would have realized this more back in the day. I went to one pro meet-up with the Alva team once. They were so wasted they could barely even skate :lol::lol:
    NERDS!
  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I went to one pro meet-up with the Alva team once. They were so wasted they could barely even skate :lol::lol:

    Sounds about right. :P
  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    HongKong wrote:
    cool man! glad your kid is alright.

    Thanks.
  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    mitchmuhs wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cool Story.

    Mike V. rules.

    Cabellero was my idol growing up.


    Cool story, PRICELESS video! :clap:

    Thanks! Yeah, it still gets to me every time I watch it.

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