Neil Blender is a skateboarding artist. He skates. He creates art and he is a creative and unique skater. Neil and Lance Mountain along with Natas, Mike V., The Gonz, and Hensley, are half a dozen skaters who have influenced skateboarding in a big way over the years. Blender was doing cartoons of skaters popping no complys as early as 1984. He had probably already invented the no hands boneless by then but it wasn't until I saw Natas doing it in a "How To" trick tip article that I learned it. That was maybe 1987 or 1988. From his layback rollouts to insane invert tricks such as the wooly mammoth it is a spectacle to behold when Neil throws down. He skated Falcon Snake Run in the old G&S video "Footage." He also ripped several indoor set ups in that video. Follow this link and check out this contest run. You'll see why Neil is an artistic and unique skater. The attached pics are of yours truly popping yet another no comply and that's Neil in Huntington WV at an early Alien Workshop Demo. Ahh Yeah...
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