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While scouring 4Q instead of attending to real responsibilities for the first time in a while, I came across this shot of Duane Peters from 1981 that was just too sick not to share.

Duane Peters - photo via 4Q

That photo was taken almost 30 years ago and its radness hasn’t diminished at all with the passing of time. Some trends in skateboarding come and go — and when they go, it’s usually for the better. But other things are immortal, like style, which is something much harder to accurately describe than jump ramps, pressure flips or grind switch-ups.

Maybe that’s why good style on a skateboard is so everlasting, because it can’t be easily bottled and mass-produced, metaphorically speaking. Style is more unique — everybody’s personal style is a limited, one-of-one edition. Now, whether yours is simply a uniquely disgusting take on someone else’s better style is another issue entirely. Nonetheless, I think we can all agree that Duane Peters’ is simply inimitable.

And if somehow you disagree, well, I encourage you to take it up with him. Enjoy that quick death you’ve got coming your way.

Duane Peters - photo by Jay Watson, jaywatson.com