In 6th grade I begged my Mom for a skateboard, but she always said NO!  Since my parents were divorced since I was young my Dad had no clue that my Mom didn’t want me to skate.  For my birthday my Dad bought me a Powel Peralta Ray Barbee board with clear grip tape.  I was so bummed on the clear grip tape because I wanted black so bad to be bad ass.  Funny how you think when you are young.  The craziest thing is we walked into a Bodybuilding Muscle Shop in the town my Dad lived in (Sayreville, NJ) and had to walk to the back of the shop were they sold skateboarding products.  I have never seen an odder place to sell skateboard product….only in Jersey kids.  After I got that board I spent every day skating a kicker ramp with the only two other skaters in my town and always trying to see how many boards we could ollie.  I remember being made fun of in school for my Airwalk High Top Sneakers with the velcro to protect the laces and bones jacket, but I guess now I would be the coolest kid in school???  After each day of skateboarding I would run in my house to push my sister off the TV to watch this VHS Vision Sports tape that had BMX, Downhill Bikes, and Skateboarding.  I would watch the “Gonz Goes to NY” part over and over.  I would beg my dad to take me to NYC when he was teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology to take me to the spots that Gonz skated!!  Well that never happened, but at least I found the video part on you tube.  Here it is for your viewing pleasure. And if anyone knows who sings this song please email me.