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Alec "TheYetti" Olschner

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February 20
TheYetti is now friends with Lars Ljungström and Smilenoises
February 15

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Favorite type of skateboarding?
Longboarding
What year did you begin skating?
2000
What's your set-up?
-Homemade 'Shralp' 5 foot dancer, Randal II 180's, 75mm Pinks
-Homemade 'Yetti' 44" cruiser, Randal II 180's, Abec 11 No Skools
Where do you live?
Arvada, CO / Spokane, WA
Age:
21
Sex:
Male
Occupation?
College Student
My top three skateboarding influences:
-My friends, always exploring, they make longboarding worth so much more to me

-Adam Colton
-Adam Stokowski
to show me how God intended longboards to be ridden
What was your first skateboard?
First Skate:
Element with Tensor Trucks
First Longboard:
Homemade 48"
What skate mags do you read?
None
Are you sponsored? If so, please list your sponsors.
Nope
Do you use safety gear when you skate?
Sometimes

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My Story (how I got into longboarding)

So, I'm from Colorado and I have been making boards since December of 2003. My boys and I cranked out our first set of boards cause our youth leader (from CA) was wondering if I could make him one in my dad's wood shop. After a fair amount of research (which consisted of looking at Sector9.com a lot cause they were the only one's out there) we drew out our shapes, cut, routed, sanded and varnished out decks. They looked pretty sweet but turned out kinda lousy. Not horrible, just nothing amazingl… Continue

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 10:30am —

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At 5:05pm on February 20, 2009, The Shmoo said…
Yo Yetti! Do you have any tips on creating concave?
At 5:33am on January 16, 2009, Ryan said…
yeah for sure bra anytime, yeah ive been wantin to take a road trip and find some mad nasty spots to longboard. yeah if im anywhere near there ill look ya up and we can cruise around.
At 7:02pm on January 1, 2009, The Shmoo said…
I like your dancer!
At 3:16pm on December 24, 2008, ROBO said…
Great stuff!!
At 5:56pm on December 21, 2008, Jack Smith said…
Hey Chipper, welcome to TSJ. Nice decks!
 
 

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