I've known Larry Clark since I was fourteen. I've always skateboarded in Manhattan. Larry got into the scene in the early '90s, taking pictures and skating with us.
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I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.
I have a very close friendship with the skaters.
I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955.
He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.
Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.
I haven't seen a professional player come out of New York in over 20 years since my brother Patrick came out. Blake spent a few years in Harlem, but he moved to Connecticut when he was a kid.
There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.
T.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.
Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.
I would worry if people always associated me with Larry Sokolov.