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Fabian Alomar
About this episode
Fabian Alomar discusses how he acquired his first board, getting on Z Products & being in the “Devastation” video, first meeting Joey Suriel, his uncle telling the gangs at Lockwood to let Fabian & his friends skate there, meeting Mark Gonzales & getting on ATM Click, Kareem Campbell putting him on Menace Skateboards, getting into drugs & going to prison for 8 years, worrying that skateboarding would welcome him back after prison, getting out of jail & straight to acting, the YouTube show “Cholos Try”, his part in the new movie “Flamin' Hot” and much more!
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The guest
Fabian Alomar
Fabian Alomar’s story includes Menace, City Stars and a career beyond skateboarding. He discusses the people and projects that shaped his path.
Chapters
- Fabian Alomar
- What kicked it off for Fabian to get into skateboarding
- "Getting" his first board
- Our Supporter: Athletic Greens
- Getting on Z Products and being in the Devistation video
- Meeting Joey Suriel for the first time
- Fabian's education
- Meeting Mark Gonzales and getting on ATM Click
- Menace skateboards
- Lockwood craze
- The short life span of Menace Skateboards
- Winding down from skateboarding
- Getting addicted to drugs
- Fabian's downfall
- Going to prison for 8 years
- Prison life
- Mentoring kids in Juvenile Hall
- Out of jail straight into acting
- Nike SB x Born And Raised
- Getting help from Danny Trejo getting his life back together
- Getting sponsored twice at Los Feliz School
- Worrying that skateboarding would welcome him back after prison
- Making the decision to turn his life around
- The feeling of getting out of jail
- Being in jail when the internet was becoming a thing
- Turning a 21 day sentence into a 3 year sentence
- What's going on right now with Fabian
Links
Talked about in this episode
World Industries "20 Shot Sequence" (1995)Skate Video Vault
Joey Suriel, Fabian Alomar, Junnosuke Yanesaka - City Stars – Street CinemaGoldenEra Skateboarding
Z Products - Devastation (1991)Damian Stachelski
World Industries/Blind/101 "Trilogy" (1996)Skate Video Vault
Cholos Try | Sushi #cholostry #bigtokesfromthewestcoast #sushi #hispanicheritagemonth #viralvideosBIG TOKES FROM THE WEST COAST
Videos / Articles
People mentioned
Selected names and timestamped moments checked against the episode’s English auto-generated captions.
Lance Mountain
Mike Carroll
Julio De La Cruz
Mikey Taylor
Tommy Guerrero
Richard Mulder
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