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Last week’s Chrome Ball post on Mike Maldonado, the proverbial East Coast powerhouse, led me to this old clip from 411 issue 13.4. For those who don’t know — before the days of YouTube and skate blogs, the best way we could get recent footage from our favorite pros in between video parts was by having a subscription (or a friend with one and a lot of blank tapes) to a video magazine. That’s right folks, VHS + the printed word — it’s an archeologist’s dream find!

Anyway, this is probably one of the best shared parts I can think of. It features the aforementioned Mike Maldonado and his partner in running from the Philly police, Pete Eldridge — both East Coast icons who eventually fell through the cracks a bit. These dudes should have had a skateboarding-buddy-comedy television spot way before Rob & Big got the job. Pete’s frontside heel up the Love Park five alone is a resume you’d be a fool to say no to. That shit’s not made of vegetable oil, kids, it’s straight butter.