@SteveCaballaro is such an #Skateboardinglegend that he was inducted into the @SkateboardingHallOfFame in 2010. #Stevie ranks as a #MacroInfluencer though I have always known him as just a #Mega #SkateboardingEnthusiast!

I thought I would share some #SkateboardingHistory along with a few stories about our latest #NewDealArtistEdition that will drop Wednesday at 12:43 PM PST. Go to the @NewDealSkateboards website for more details. If you missed his contribution to the #NewDeal1990 show, dig a little deeper as I take you back even further...

Our paths first crossed when @MikeMcGill introduced us in July of 1980 at #MarinaDelRaySkatepark on my first trip to California. Before that I had basically known #Cab through magazines and events over the years.

I thought I would share a few things from my #printedMedia @LookBackLibrary powered archives with these early 80’s images that are burned into my brain (and maybe into yours too). Enjoy...

In the summer of 1981 he visited Florida at the #KonaSumerNationals @KonaSkatepark and took his first solo @ThrasherMagCover on that trip with the win beating out my Florida #SkateBros showing us his expression of #SkateTivity that still flows with today. I had a front row seat judging that contest and was totally impressed. This Sep '81 issue was the 9th and final large format 10 ½” x 14 ¼” newsprint format issue of #Thrasher

Stevie Got his first interview and another cover of #ThrasherMagazine Feb 1982...

Stevie also came out to @KonaSkatepark in 83 and ventured with a few other California pros to ride our new #StPeteRamp in 83, but #Cab did not beat out @TonyHawk that day for the $50 first place prize on a #BackYardRamp. The #StPeteRamp set the standard for skateboarding ramps to progress in the 80’s, with 16ft of flat 8 ½” Transitions and 1 1/2 ft of vert.

At that time in life I was just peddling my #SchmittStix rails, and was much more well known for building ramps than for making boards.

In the early 80’s in the #BackYardRamp era we communicated thru photocopied zines that we would send to each other thru the mail. With magazines having closed down, this was the only obtainable skate communication by our generation at the time.

 Above we see a picture of Stevie doing an Indy air that day in the zine that our #RampLocals made, created by @Grigley @Twelve1seven @BillProcko @ChuckHults @CBsk8Mag  @Chuck_Hults  #JustForFun #JustForFunZine

The examples above are just a few highlights of the early years of the influence of @SteveCaballero

Stevie has always expressed his #SkateTivity on the board and off in so many ways that have inspired us all.

This #MyStevieStory, and it's perpetual, as #SteveCaballero will never be done contributing to our #SkateboardCulture

When @AndyHowell43 told me Stevie was going to be part of our #ArtistEdition I was blown away. As never rode my products but has ridden the results of my work in skateboarding since the 80’s. I can proudly say at least he rode some of the big ramps I built back in the 80’s.

Thanks for the influences #Stevie as my actions in skateboarding have always been influenced by my fellow skateboarders and I react to what I see taking place. You're part of #MyNewDealStory and beyond...

Even though we met back in July of 1980, we hadn't ever done a project together officially... until now!

Our interaction has always been strictly as fellow #SkateboardingEnthusiast, but I'm sure our paths will continue to cross for a long time to come... 

After all, it's skateboarding.

#PaulSchmitt

#ProfessorSchmitt

#ProfessorPaulSchmitt