Rob Bellomy's Page

Favorite type of skateboarding?

I like it all!

What year did you begin skating?

1979

What's your set-up?

11" x 32" pig with Indy 215s, 60mm ABEC 11s
9x33" Popsicle with Indy 169s and wide 58mm Spitfires
8.5" Cockfight with Indy 149s and 58mm Spitfire Classics

Where do you live?

Dallas

Age:

38

Sex:

Male

My top three skateboarding influences:

These guys probably don't want to know this, but Ron Malippa, Greg Stubbs and Al Coker. These are some of the first guys I met in Dallas when I started skating transition and parks at age 34, and the guys who were the most encouraging and also have great style.

What was your first skateboard?

Dime-store "Huffy" plastic board with red translucent wheels and really bad trucks. Next one was probably 4 or 5 years later and was a Sears knock-off of a Bruce Logan Earth Ski... I was so behind the times; I had no idea there were professional skateboarders and didn't know kids were riding boards that were 10" wide by then. The Sears Board was solid oak... don't know what happened to it. All flat, no tail, total cruiser with soft orange wheels. Grip tape on top was two stripes of grip - not covered.

What skate mags do you read?

Diehard, Concrete Wave

Do you use safety gear when you skate?

Sometimes