Tuesday, May 10, 2011

RIP Daniel Nevela

So a little more than a week ago, I was out and about in SoCal. From there I was to embark on a road-trip back to Chicago, stopping by some places along the way, taking my time, kickin it, and just enjoying life ya know? Surly it sounds like a blast and I assure you that it was.. until one of the last legs of the journey.
Upon departure from my last stop in Long Beach, CA, I headed to Arizona to stay with a good friend of ours, Dan. He's one of the OG members of ASC and I'll tell ya, he's been skating way before any of you even heard of PacSun. If any of you have ever met him before, you'd have no problem vouching for his truly unique personality. I know people say that type of shit all the time but seriously, there was no one as free-spirited and humorous as Dan. I had a good time kickin it there with him considering the fact that he was free of his fiance for once. I'm not trying to make this a novel but once we hit the road and got to New Mexico that night, something wasn't right when he wasn't texting back. He was supposed to meet us back in the midwest later that week. I've never thought about putting someone's personality into words before until recently and it's tough. Especially with someone as cool as Dan. It sucks when people ask 'Who was Dan?' cause there's no way in hell you could justify a being with words. This feels like it's becoming one of those coming of age stories and I'm sure I can rant and weep all day but I'll just leave this at that. I was stoked to be able to share all of my stories from the trip but now I couldn't care less. Dan, we all miss you buddy. We haven't realized how much of an impact you've left in all of us till now but you know your legacy will continue on through our crew and everyone else from the garage. It was truly an honor to be able to spend the very last few days with you. Rest easy until we can meet again.