We were all grommets at one point.

It is so cool to see these guys all growd up and ripping.

I have known them for a long time. Since they were tiny little rats. Now they are out there in the world killing it. Pretty amazing to see. Good on ya guys.

Will Cartier was a crazy little S.O.B. as a kid. And Ross was more careful and calculated. But both of them had it pure in them.You could tell.

I got them on a plank longboard one day for a shoot for Juice Magazine, and they were just having so much fun. Just rushing down the street on this HUGE board with 215′s on them. Their joy was so pure and infectious. So I thought I would share.

Ross Stevens riding a skateboard in WIlmington, NC

Little Ross Stevens with the double-grab pig dog on a skateboard that weighed more than he did.

Young William Cartier grooving on a nose ride

Young Will gets all stylee on a nose ride

True Love

Thomas "True Love" Lawson and his burnt car.My room mate and hardcore vegan, skater, animal lover and hell raiser Thomas “True Love” or “TL” Lawson. Not 100% on the last name at this point. But TL was a great dude. Every Christmas Season he went to New York to help with animal training and handling for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show. The year this image was taken he had just returned and was starting his car for the first time. A bunch of dried leaves and dripped oil had collected under the hood and when he left it running for a minute, it went up in flames.