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Rad Human Tom Boyle ripped the Encinitas Y Ramp back in 1996. 📸jgrantbrittainphotos.com #tomboyle #skatelegends #encinitasymcaskatepark #skatephotography #skateboarding #skatesouls #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain https://www.instagram.com/p/BxQxh18noFI/?igshid=hhaj1vnjtkcd

Looking back, I'd have to say one of my favorite memories from skateboarding were the summers spent with Neal, Tom, Frazier, Zitzer, Andy, Howard, Salman & Darren shooting on the Titanic (the ramp pictured here) at Woodward. It was hot and swampy out there, so we would try to shoot at dusk, after the afternoon rainstorm dried up. The ramp itself was so unforgiving (just ask Frazier) the kinks, the uneven coping, the seams that would spit leftover rain, and the slippery steel surface that we would spray and mop with a can of Coke to hasten the grip... In many ways the ramp was awful, but it was quiet, oddly secluded, and I can remember feeling like we could just all do our thing without anyone fussing with us. Seemed like nothing really mattered out there & we would just shoot into the evening. Frazier would bet me how many tries it would take him to land something "double or nothing bammer!!" Zitzer would be funny and dry as he always was, Neal, Howard, Andy, Darren & Salman ripped... and Tom, Tom always killed it, said the most funny, quirky comments and made everyone feel at home. Thinking back to times in your life such as these makes you miss those times more and more as you grow older and further away from that life. More than anything, today I would love to step back in time to those muggy summer evenings just to see this bear of a man grace this mythical ramp one again, give him a hug, and tell him (over and over) how much he meant to so many people 🙌🏼 Rest In Peace Tom 🙏🏻🙏🏻 #petethompsonphotography #tomboyle #mikefrazier #darrenmenditto #paulzitzer #nealhendrix #salmanagah #brianhoward #woodward #woodwardskatecamp #skateboarder #skateboarding #vertskateboarding #vertskaters #titanic @tomrockboyle @nealhendrix @mfrazier72 @paulzitzer @drmoose1 @andymac720 (at Woodward, Pennsylvania)

Saddened to hear that Tom Boyle has passed. Tom had a kind heart and a tremendous talent on a skateboard. RIP Tom. #tomboyle #skatelegends #skateboarding

R.I.P Tom Boyle #tomboyle

Supremely Bizarre in the most utterly charming of ways, I found out my old friend Tom Boyle passed away today. Tom was, at one time, one of the best skateboarders in the world. If you were lucky enough to see him skate you'd be hard pressed to guess how sensitive he could be. Despite his nickname (the Rock) Tom was warm and kind, the sort of guy that at times, somehow, in some weird way, you felt like you wanted to protect him. Stories involving Tom were always rich, kooky incidents, filled with the most odd/hilarious comments that would come out of his mouth. This picture was taken at his house in PA in 1994. After a day of skating not long after we first met. We drank beers for hours and shared stories about love and loss which was pretty unexpected.... I think I'll remember his kindness the most. Tom, you were a sweetheart, a good friend to all, a true original 💔 #petethompsonphotography #tomboyle #skateboarder #vertskater #skater #skateboarding #restinpeace

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