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Raymond Warner
@raymondwarner

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The year is 2011, I’m 19 years old. I remember vividly thinking about what trick I was going to do for ‘best trick’ at Da Compound in Perris, CA to try and take home the $1000 cash prize. I told one person what I wanted to do which was @nickdarger. He told me it was sure to win. I had no practice at this because I didn’t want to get hurt trying it. Somehow, I was the very last rider on the list for the day because word got out pretty quick. There were probably 200-300 people at the event and I remember struggling to get gas money at the time so my mind was really focused on pulling this trick that had never been done on a full sized box before. Took way too many run ups on this because I was terrified of clipping and landing on my face. I actually gave up one of my attempts because I ran up to it too many times. When I finally tried it, this was the outcome. First try. One of the proudest moments of my career to date. Mainly because I got rushed by so many people. What a day. What a time in scootering. Sad really that a best trick comp from 12 years ago when the sport was microscopic compared to what it is now was able to pay riders more than 90% of first place prizes nowadays. I miss these times. We need this again. Scootering needs this again. It needs this aura. It needs this community. It needs this friendship. It needs this camaraderie. #scootering