{"id":2210817,"date":"2026-10-21T18:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2210817"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:22:36","slug":"inside-the-musical-universe-of-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2210817","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE THE MUSICAL UNIVERSE OF BAKER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFor over 25 years, Baker has given us some of skateboarding\u2019s most memorable videos and, with that, some of our favorite songs and soundbites.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Lou Reed and The Cramps to Andre Nickatina and Ludacris, their video soundtracks span decades, genres, styles, and sounds. And through rejecting what everyone was \u201csupposed to like\u201d and never playing it safe, they\u2019ve created an audio aesthetic that is unmistakable. <\/p>\n

Encapsulated in the landmark video Baker 3<\/em> (2005), the sound of the crew became as important as the clips\u2013earworms as important as their logo. That sound? You know it when you hear it, but what went into making these iconic musical decisions? <\/p>\n

As part of their latest collab, our friends at Skullcandy asked us to go deep on the Baker Musical Universe, so we hit up Andrew Reynolds, Shane Heyl, and Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long for the backstories on the music that raised us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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IN THE BEGINNING: I JUST WANNA HAVE SOMETHING TO DO <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> I remember when it hit me, how important music was. I was in a 411 video<\/a> and had a Pro Files part and the song used was Jamiroquai \u201cDigital Vibrations.\u201d I was like, fuck, I don\u2019t even know what Jamiroquai is. I was a little bit bummed, but you know, I wasn\u2019t editing it. It made me think that I really want to start having a say in what music goes in my part. Pretty quickly after that they made a \u201cBest of 411\u201d video and it had all this footage from my Pro Files and some new stuff. I went in and told them I wasn\u2019t really into Jamiroquai and maybe I could pick something else, I think I wanted a David Bowie song. They\u2019re like, \u201cAh, we can\u2019t really do that\u201d \u2014permissions or whatever\u2014so I threw out some other options. \u201cNah, can\u2019t do that either.\u201d I told them, \u201cLook, just put it to no music.\u201d People really ended up liking that section with the raw skating. I\u2019d rather have nothing than something I don\u2019t like. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> Skateboard video soundtracks are what influenced me to get into music more. You\u2019re watching a skater you like and hearing a new band, that\u2019s going to make you like it even more. Plan B Questionable<\/em> was that soundtrack for me. To this day, if I hear any of those songs from Questionable<\/em> I can tell you who was skating to it. It brings me right back. I carry that forever. I\u2019m always curious, do kids have that fire now? It seems impossible because you had to go buy those tapes and CDs. You couldn\u2019t stream it, so you had to go hunt it down. Hieroglyphics was the big one. Mike Carroll skating to Del, [Sean] Sheffey skating to Casual\u2026 Souls of Mischief, those were sought after. \u201cHow the hell did you get that?\u201d They didn\u2019t sell it anywhere? Did someone get a mixtape? Did they know Del? It was so dope and if one fucking friend found that song, he\u2019s duping it for the homies. That\u2019s how it was going around. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> It\u2019s almost hard to differentiate the discovery of any music (for me) outside of skateboarding because it\u2019s been such a big part of my musical experience. Baker 2G<\/em> was huge for me. It was right before I got on Baker, but I was such a sponge, soaking up all of that music. Just a couple years later those guys were my friends and we were all sharing music together. Andrew had these big CD booklets and we would flip through them, looking for songs. And later, everyone was getting iPods, so we were all sharing music. Someone would dump their whole musician library onto your iPod, so for the first time you were able to share your entire musical tastes. <\/p>\n

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PERSONALITY CRISIS: BOOTLEG TO BAKER <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Baker 2G<\/em> was really just me and Jim Greco picking what we felt would be right for each person. Jim knew he was skating to \u201cGloria\u201d from the opening fight scene in The Outsiders<\/em>. He knew how it was gonna look, and where the tricks would go. Somebody who has that vision of who they want to be and how they want their part to look, that\u2019s the best. If the person doesn\u2019t think like that or just has footage, you have to make it good. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> We were very influenced by the music we listened to and as we got older and we started drinking more and more, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, Andre Nickatina\u2014those groups became our everything. When we partied, what we listened to on the way to the spot, those groups even influenced how we dressed, the way we walked, how we talked\u2026 it was everything. Look at Jim [Greco]\u2026 \u201cJimmy Thunders\u201d. I love Greco, man, he really went to that level. He embodied it so much. He turned into it and then he skated like that. It becomes a part of you.<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls, the Cramps\u2026 that\u2019s all Jim [Greco]. He was learning all those songs on guitar. We were living together, so OK, that\u2019s what I\u2019m listening to. That\u2019s how it was in our friend group\u2014you pick up little things from each person. Jim\u2019s also responsible for any Cam\u2019ron. That\u2019s all from him. I grew up in the South, I love Outkast and Goodie Mob, that kind of stuff. For him being from the East Coast, it\u2019s Mobb Deep, Cam\u2019ron. He looks at all the stuff me and Elissa [Steamer] listen to and thinks it\u2019s absolute garbage. He stands on that. Outkast is not anything he would ever even think about.<\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> I think it\u2019s the melting pot. You put Greco, Reynolds, Dustin Dollin, Terry Kennedy, Jeff Lenoce, and Mike Maldonado together and even by the looks of them you don\u2019t have one genre. We\u2019re all hanging tight together, so things are rubbing off and every single one of us loves music.<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> I always thought of Baker soundtracks as classic needle drop soundtracks. I think Andrew put those videos together and sort of took inspiration from Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson movies\u2014some of the best users of needle drops in film. Boogie Nights<\/em> was a big inspiration\u2014using those songs that evoke a feeling.<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Baker\u2019s kind of fried, so it\u2019s kind of everything. It\u2019s a punk rock company\u2014the Ramones, the Stooges, we love that shit, but I\u2019ll also use Dolly Parton and be happy with it.<\/p>\n

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STREET HASSLE: IT\u2019S A SONG LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> That little musical signature tells you, \u201cThis is Baker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> Finding that [musical] snippet is like finding a skate clip. Sometimes it\u2019s not even the trick\u2014it\u2019s that little movement before the trick or how he ollied up the curb before the banger. When you hear that little snippet of Lou Reed, you know it\u2019s gonna be Baker and it\u2019s gonna fuckin\u2019 mesmerize you. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> I had seen Requiem for a Dream<\/em> and there\u2019s the same music throughout\u2014that big song that keeps popping up in different sections. I thought that was really cool. I was probably listening to the Street Hassle album and that tune is so good and so long. There are so many moments where there\u2019s no singing. It wasn\u2019t thought out that well. It was just like, if there\u2019s an intro, I\u2019m gonna put that. Then I saw a couple clips and I\u2019m like, \u201cOh that\u2019s really cool.\u201d Then I just look forward to the next intro, I\u2019m going to reuse it. After Baker 3<\/em>, I don\u2019t know how long it was that I used it again, but if there\u2019s a \u201cwelcome to the team\u201d moment that\u2019s very \u201cBaker,\u201d I use that song and people will feel like \u201cOh, that\u2019s Baker.\u201d I try to save it for the right moments. I used the entire track when Rowan turned pro, because I felt that he\u2019s an important skater. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> The charm of Baker 3<\/em> is that Andrew was learning how to edit a video as he was making it. He had been around skate videos and had a hand in them for so long that it was like, \u201cOK, this is it.\u201d It was the perfect time in skateboarding to say a lot and make a real statement about what a brand was. I don\u2019t think it was mega-intentional, but I think the importance was to recognize that portion of music and use it as a tool. That\u2019s pretty genius to be like, \u201cOK, this is going to be a throughline for the entire video,\u201d because I can\u2019t think of many examples of that happening before. Seeing how people reacted to that and Baker 3 in general\u2013it resonated for years after and even to this day he\u2019s careful not to overuse it. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> There\u2019s certain stuff you just know is a no. Something like Animal Collective, it\u2019s owned by people with the history of Alien Workshop. I don\u2019t know if anybody else feels this way, but Hockey, FA, Quasi\u2014that\u2019s where they come from. They can use Dinosaur Jr. That\u2019s you guys. Shit, if I hear some Lou Reed or Velvet Underground [in a video outside of Baker], I\u2019m like, \u201cAlright now, go easy.\u201d Sure, no one \u201cowns\u201d it, but in my mind, that\u2019s Baker shit. The Cramps, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground. Pure Baker. Our theme music is Lou Reed, you know?<\/p>\n

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BAKER SOUNDSYSTEM: FROM DEEP CUTS TO THE CLASSICS <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> Some brands are like, \u201cHey, we want to keep this lane.\u201d But for Baker it\u2019s like, \u201cNo, we\u2019re getting in Lou Reed, we\u2019re getting in David Bowie, and Andre Nickatina and Ludacris.\u201d Let\u2019s stir it up, because ultimately, if it feels right person to person, that\u2019s your soundtrack, even if it\u2019s all over the place. Take Mike Maldonado. Mike had always skated to The Misfits or Pink Floyd\u2014he\u2019s in the punk or classic rock genre and it fit him well. But then you switch to Luda and it hit so hard. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Choosing music is like 50% me just using what I feel like is best and then the other 50% is people picking their song. Unless it\u2019s something I really feel doesn\u2019t represent Baker, I\u2019ll edit to whatever they want. For instance, Elissa [Steamer] wanted the Violent Femmes for Baker Has a Deathwish 2<\/em>. I started working with the particular song and it was hard to make it work. So I started looking through all their songs and showed her a couple of other options and she found one she liked. So it led me in a direction I probably wouldn\u2019t have gone in. That\u2019s one of my favorite parts I\u2019ve made recently, her skating to \u201cAmerican Music.\u201d Another one was when Sully [Cormier] wanted Scorpions. He was like, \u201cDude, you don\u2019t listen to Scorpions?\u201d Not really, I like some of that music, so I\u2019ll just go listen to every Scorpions album at once. Then I realized, they aren\u2019t like Def Leppard, they\u2019re damn near Led Zeppelin or something. They\u2019re the real deal. I learned that from editing his part. Scorpions are so sick.<\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> I\u2019m always listening to music of all genres and I\u2019m putting together a little folder. Save it, save it, save it. There\u2019s gonna come a time, someone\u2019s gonna need the right track. I\u2019ll have a song but it\u2019s too fast\u2014I wish I could skate like T-Funk, but stop tryin\u2019 to fit the square in the circle. Chip away until it feels right. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> Balance is the unspoken key. You don\u2019t want [people to have] too much familiarity with a song. Sometimes an obvious song that\u2019s slightly off center will work so well. It happens with music in movies too, because I get really allergic to a song that I\u2019ve heard too many times but then\u2014an example that\u2019s coming to my mind is the movie One Battle After Another<\/em> and how it ends with \u201cAmerican Girl.\u201d I would never think that that song would work\u2014it seems so earnest and so played out. I\u2019m not suggesting we\u2019re like going for shit like that, but you never know until you put it in there and find out.<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> I only really like old music, but I\u2019m almost 50. My taste is probably different than most kids watching skate videos, so I try to think about that a little bit. The last video part I had was in Baker has a Deathwish 2<\/em>. I didn\u2019t have a clear song I wanted to skate to, plus the footage was kind of random for me\u2014I didn\u2019t have much, some guest tricks in there. I came across \u201cStrangers\u201d by the Kinks when I was researching music. I only know the Kinks\u2019 hits, you know? It\u2019s a really warm sounding song. It\u2019s hard to make a part in your late 40s. [laughs] But that was a different way of going about it, finding it right there after trying 50 songs that felt horrible. <\/p>\n

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PICK YOUR KING: THE GREATEST HITS & GREATEST MISSES <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> I put Zach [Allen] to Freestyle Fellowship \u201cEverything\u2019s Everything\u201d in Baker 4<\/em>. I loved that album growing up, but Neckface is always on my head about it: \u201cNo more backpack rap! Fuck that, you fucked up the part.\u201d I still back it though. Freestyle Fellowship is sick. Baker Has a Deathwish Tour Summer Video<\/em> has a lot of really weird ones. I feel like with a tour video you can kind of do whatever. That had some Bone Thugs-n-Harmony in it, which is something I wouldn\u2019t normally have a place for, but to me, that\u2019s Baker \u2013 sometimes it\u2019s serious and you\u2019re watching a really gnarly part and sometimes I want people to think, \u201cWhoa, you really used Bone Thugs? You guys are idiots [laughs].\u201d <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> Baker Bootleg<\/em>, Baker 2G<\/em>, Baker 3<\/em>\u2026 can I pick them all? But Baker Has a Deathwish<\/em>. That video, man. Lizard King and Theotis skating to Cam\u2019ron. I fuckin\u2019 love that part. I\u2019ll throw myself in there\u2014fuck it\u2014\u2019cause we got \u201cOcean Man.\u201d That soundtrack really represents it all. But \u201cOcean Man\u201d\u2014that song working really surprised me. Andrew was like, \u201cYou wanna skate to this?\u201d I thought it was good\u2014it has a little \u201cha, ha\u201d to it. He absolutely nailed the editing. It caught a moment in time\u2014it captured more than skating and it puts a smile on my face. That one means the most. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> Something that jumps out is Jim Ford \u201cIt\u2019s My Life.\u201d Once I saw T-Funk\u2019s footage set to Jim Ford \u201cIt\u2019s My Life\u201d I was like, \u201cDamn, I wish I thought of that for myself.\u201d That\u2019s a really good example of a song that instantly feels classic, but it\u2019s also a deep cut. It really suited his skating\u2013calmed his whole vibe down. I like when your expectations are subverted\u2013you see somebody skating to a song you\u2019re not expecting. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> I almost didn\u2019t skate to \u201cOm Nashi Me\u201d [by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros] for Stay Gold<\/em>. The song was heavy, it\u2019s kind of instrumental, but around the time the video was finishing, they were getting car commercials. Not that song specifically, but \u201cHome\u201d was a huge hit. I was kind of over it. I told [Jon] Miner [Editor of Stay Gold<\/em>], \u201cLet\u2019s change it. Put Willie Nelson \u201cBlue Skies\u201d in there. It\u2019s gonna be sick.\u201d He\u2019s like, \u201cI\u2019m not changing it, it\u2019s too good.\u201d And he was right. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> I remember going back-and-forth with Andrew. If you saw the edit before it came out, you knew that was it. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> In my mind, or at least in my generation of skaters, we try to keep it raw. I want the music to line up with my beliefs. I\u2019m not doing car commercials. I would hope the band I\u2019m skating to would align with how I feel, but I definitely don\u2019t regret that one. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> It\u2019s the best skating of his entire life and this is gonna be the song. Fuck a commercial. That\u2019s peanut butter and chocolate, baby.<\/p>\n

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TURNING THE TABLES: THE GOAT & THE OCCASIONAL OTHERS <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> The Goat & Occasional Others<\/a>\u2026 That whole thing is really funny to try and break down and explain to people who I\u2019ve known more recently. They\u2019re like, \u201cWait, you were in a band?\u201d and I\u2019m like, \u201cNo, well, yes\u2026 I don\u2019t know how to even start.\u201d We were in a band and we got to tour with Cat Power, we got to play with Bad Brains and Dinosaur Jr in Paris, but it was almost this hilarious novelty act thing. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> I\u2019m fresh out of rehab. All I knew was skateboarding and you don\u2019t think in a million years you\u2019re gonna write lyrics to sing in a band. That was not on the radar growing up. So here I am at Andrew\u2019s house after rehab and they\u2019re playing some music. I knew they messed around, but it happened so organically. They\u2019re just jamming and I got a folder full of lyrics\u2014just throwing my brain onto paper and I need to get this out. I\u2019m singing along to these jams, Ramones-style. Let\u2019s get it in a funny way and let\u2019s record it. Fuck it, let\u2019s do it again. I didn\u2019t know if we were going to do a show or an album, it was just natural. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> If anything, it\u2019s like growing up, learning how to skate, and having fun. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re playing good or bad music, when the bass and drums and guitar and vocals come together\u2014even a little bit\u2014you\u2019re like, \u201cOh shit, we did that!\u201d Me and Spanky would play guitar together, he\u2019d play a little lead and I\u2019d be playing a riff that I made up and when we heard it, we were like, \u201cOh, we made a little song right there,\u201d and we built from there. Obviously, we\u2019re a bunch of skaters making punk music and it\u2019s supposed to be obnoxious and fun, but it\u2019s a cool feeling. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> The challenges were a lack of musical skill, but there were lots of accidental successes, if you want to call them that. Having a bunch of skaters showing up and wrecking the spot. We literally were the shittiest band and we\u2019re getting banned from venues. It was really fun, but at times\u2014as someone who thought of myself as a serious music fan\u2014I thought, \u201cFuck, this is crazy. We\u2019re doing all this shit and we don\u2019t really know how to play.\u201d I guess that\u2019s the ethos of punk rock. <\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Doing something I\u2019m not naturally good at was humbling. I know how to skate\u2014I\u2019ve been doing it since I was nine years old and I\u2019m pretty aware that\u2019s my thing. I wouldn\u2019t have got this far without some kind of like natural talent, but guitar you\u2019re fucking up all the time, trying to make it work\u2014one hand doing this, the other doing that. It was pretty cool to put myself in a position where it\u2019s like, \u201cOK, you\u2019re gonna play 10 songs in front of 50 people. Good luck!\u201d It\u2019s a whole new experience, but it\u2019s kind of cool to just suck at something and power through.<\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> It happened so quickly\u2014we got a record, we\u2019re going on the Thrasher Skate Rock Tour, we\u2019re opening up for the Bad Brains and Dinosaur Jr, but you got the crowds booing: \u201cYou suck.\u201d Fuck it, whatever, man, you\u2019re with your crew and it\u2019s just an extension of skateboarding. Just a great moment in our lives and I hold that dearly.<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> It was definitely music for drunk ears.<\/p>\n

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COMING FULL CIRCLE: VITAL IDOLS <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> There was a little bit of a connection with Nick Cave. He came to Baker a few times and I think that definitely connected the dots with some of his music being in Baker videos. There was also some communication back in the day\u2014maybe a party or something\u2014with Andre Nickatina. Some exchange between Robin Fleming after Baker 3<\/em>. It might have been about money or something\u2026 I forget. It was a long time ago\u2013I apologize, my memory is so shot.<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> Robin Fleming used to do a lot of stuff for us. She\u2019s been in the skate industry forever. Back when we were making Baker 3<\/em> you had to contact people and maybe give them some money to get the rights because we\u2019re making DVDs and selling them. So she got a hold of Andre Nickatina and was like, \u201cWe want to pay you for this song we want to use.\u201d He was like, \u201cYou can use it. I want $100\u2026 I mean, I want $1,000. Cash.\u201d Alright, cool. No managers, no nothing. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> When we found Dre Dog. When we found These R the Tales\u2026 Daiquiri Factory (Cocaine Raps Volume 2)<\/em>, that was it. Put that in there for [Jeff] Lenoce. Make that work. I feel like Baker helped with Nickatina. Sure, Mike Carroll and others have used him, but Baker really kicked that off. I know someone in the comments is gonna have something to say, but when I think of Nickatina, I think of Baker. It takes me right back to Warner Ave.<\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> Apparently it got back to Leonard Cohen that I skated to his music. To me that was mind blowing. Someone in his camp or his family told him about me skating to \u201cWho By Fire\u201d and he thought it was really neat. <\/p>\n

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AFTER BLACK: YOU CAN\u2019T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Andrew Reynolds:<\/strong> When I\u2019m done with the videos, I just move on. I don\u2019t have hard drives with anything saved. I just give everything back to Beagle or whoever. I don\u2019t care if I ever see it again. But the music, it\u2019s ongoing. I\u2019m still learning. I didn\u2019t realize Harry Nilsson had all those songs. I came across an Instagram account with all this hardcore music a while back and I\u2019m like, \u201cThis is going strong right now.\u201d It\u2019s endless. I just heard Greg Sage [frontman of the Wipers] solo record, Straight Ahead, and it\u2019s so good. It\u2019s so exciting. It\u2019s the same feeling as when I heard the Beatles for the first time, you\u2019re like, \u201cWhoa, this is insane!\u201d Hearing the first Wu-Tang album or breaking down Andre 3000\u2019s lyrics. What is he even saying? It keeps happening with old and new stuff. You know, there\u2019s never really been an epic part to Fleetwood Mac yet. Dude, somebody\u2019s got to really come through to a Fleetwood Mac song. <\/p>\n

Shane Heyl:<\/strong> To this day Andrew will hit me up and be like, \u201cLet me get one of your songs. What\u2019s in the folder?\u201d I\u2019ll break him off one, and to this day we want to make the best soundtracks for skating. <\/p>\n

Kevin \u201cSpanky\u201d Long:<\/strong> At the risk of being corny, one of the coolest parts about music is that it meets you where you are in a really specific and interesting way. It\u2019s all about context and there are multiple things that can open your ears to something. I love being kind of wrong about music. My skater friends were always much older than me, so when I was a teenager I was trying to catch up to their musical sensibilities and trying to sponge all that shit. I missed a lot of shit my friends were listening to when I was in the van instead of being at high school. I missed out on a lot because of skating, but you can always catch up.<\/p>\n


\nWritten by: Anthony Pappalardo<\/a>
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