2. Joe Crimo
2. Joe Crimo
Joe Crimo’s career as a pro surfer didn’t follow the usual trajectory. Raised in a rough Los Angeles neighbourhood, he started smoking crack aged nine (“it’s just what we did”), then moved to San Clemente and gave up crack cocaine for surfing. It proved a shrewd life choice. During the 90s he was at the forefront of the nascent aerial movement, manipulating his surfboard like a skateboard long before it was cool to do so. Somewhere along the line he changed tack once again, and traded in surfing for meth and a prison cell. It proved a less shrewd life choice. He learned how to tattoo, and took to tattooing his own face, usually but not always with the aid of a mirror (“sometimes I just did guess shots”).
According to recent reports Crimo has been missing his face of old, and started a Gofundme campaign to pay for the removal of his facial tattoos. The link to his fundraising page has since gone dead, however — hopefully because he reached the $5,000 target and has now restored his face to its former unblemished glory.
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