The Hot Crew

Almost half my life has been wasted on this thing called IRC. For you n00bz out there, IRC is the oldest and most chaotic chat network ever. It’s like walking into a super loud and packed bar. I mostly hang out in #skate (on efnet) and have seen a ton of nerd come and go. I even met some amazing #skate people in real life.

A few months ago some oldskooler joined the channel and asked where everyone was. That got me thinking, so I decided to do some research.

I started at the IRC sexchart which has a little #skate section:

               .----- liquidnun     capital7
               |           |           |
nicki -- herculez -- pinar | vlinder --|-- miesj -- katskate -- earwax
         |               | |  |        |                   |
       lisi  superzan -- huphtur -- tigerkat -- kindje     |
        |                               |                  |
      maui                punkgirl -- yakuza -- maryjane   |
        |     cchicken ---------------'|   |               |
     moldie                ftzdomino --|-- caroline -- rhy |
                                       | .-----------------'
          no_fievel -- nobaboon -- conchita -- superfly
                                     |
                         angee -- mrjoost -- makita

And with the help of some other #skate regulars I came up with a list. For privacy reasons I left out any real names and links to blogs. If you are on the list and wish to reveal more information about yourself, or know the whereabouts of some of the missing names and details, leave a comment or gmail me and I will update the list. Better yet… /join #skate

• achenar: lives in SD, wears lots of osirus shoes and races rice rockets.
• alleycat:
• alleyoop: keepin’ it really real in Pasadena with a dog and a bf.
• anarchy: working for some game company in SF.
• angee: owns a bunch of properties in Hawaii and a husband or two.
• atmclick:
• bakunin: baller working downtown Chicago doing lunix admin.
• bengus: works for nofievels mom and is in love with BJ Penn.
• blair: doctor/shrink/flikker in NY.
• capital7: has become the ultimate Hollywood hipster.
• caroline: being a heroin in Seattle.
• cchicken: loves mules.
• conchita: works at fine arts theater in SF.
• devildog:
• earwax: married the world’s nastiest pr0n chick.
• evilive:
• ftzdomino: works for nobaboon at NNI.
• g0dboy:
• gitdown: solving math in SF.
• gsus:
• hardkore:
• henk:
• herculez: works with mrjoost on dot.tk
• huphtur: I’m still Dutch.
• jrockone:
• jsoy: skating/skimming/writing in Vancouver.
• k8: in Chicago somewhere.
• katskate: alive and living in So-Cal
• kaytee:
• kindje: BMX nerd in HB, art nerd for Vans.
• knots: runs Rodolfo’s skate shop in Amsterdam.
• korngirl:
• liar:
• liquidnun:
• lisi: working and living in London.
• logan: lives in Austin TX with a wife and a two year old named Aiden
• makita: married, living in Tokyo.
• maryjane:
• maui: works with mrjoost on dot.tk
• miesj: retired, sold his skate empire in Holland.
• milo: hunting for wild bears in Minneapolis.
• minerva:
• mnctech: still watches 20 Shot Sequence every day.
• mntgirl:
• moldie:
• morbideza: married with tons of kids, webnerd for Xavier University in Ohio.
• mrjoost: bought an island and their tld: dot.tk.
• nicki:
• nobaboon: runs NNI in Chicago.
• nofievel: married to some rockstar, livin in LA.
• nollie:
• omae: hangs out with 17 year old skate 18 year old party girls in Thailand.
• p4nacea: hard working art nerd living in the triangle of awesome in Chicago.
• pants:
• pinar:
• pipsqueeks: designs coolguy shoes at Vans.
• punkgirl: last seen drunk in the gutter.
• rhy: fistpumper in New Jersey.
• rique: attending journalism school in Kentucky.
• scoville:
• skategurl:
• skatty: running the scene in New Zealand.
• snowgrl:
• spike: married a Dutch guy, trying to find a way to put people on dry ice.
• superfly: loves wearing ties. Bigtime baller at some online borkerage company.
• superzan: married and lovin’ live in the NYC.
• tabacman:
• tigerkat:
• togusa: strolling the streets of LA.
• vlinder:
• xgirla: also married a Dutch guy!
• xtermz:
• yakuza: techmology consultant in AZ.
• zevsk8r:
• zok:
• zorlac: