"Check out the attached dusty flatbed scan of an old print i found! the year was... well I'm not sure really. musta been 2000 or 2001. i was in high school cause that's when i screened my own pixies shirts, and that's when we used to drive down from Racine Wisconsin to Mundelien Illinois to skate 3r [ramp rail and roll - hopefully one of the last parks to name itself something so dumb]. the toy team came and we were fuckin stoked! especially me cause ed was always my favorite pro [you can tell cause i look almost a little too happy in the photo]. i was nervous as fuck but i ran up to the van before you guys had even shut it off. ed was super cool about posing for a photo right away. i handed the camera to Caswell who had just lit a cig. I was worried the smoke would obscure the photo. he said "ok, ready, 1, 2, suck it." and took the picture. ill never forget that. its weird to have heroes but i think even weirder to not. fuck it, I'm 26 now and still am hyped to see what you guys do - eds art and skating inspire daily. I'm glad skateboarders recognize that shit too. if i ever upload the footage from that demo ill try to send it over. thanks!!" –dane haman