Wardo, Backdoor. Photo: Joli

Wardo burst on the scene at 15 as the latest radlet from the San Clemente stable, complete with skate-inspired moves and non- conformist attitude in the mould of Christian, Archy, Beschen et al, sporting a distinctive slouched shoulders square to the nose style, rather than sideways. Avid VHS rewinders marveled at his rad shit on tiny disk-like boards in Lost’s 5’5” x 19 1⁄4” alongside Cory, and for years from the late 90’s through the naughties was a kind of enigmatic outsider, rad in the air, a charger, kind of Archy 2.0. He qualified relatively late at 25, partied too much and never really pulled up trees on tour, before an attempted murder charge (with an icicle) in Mammoth brought things crashing down. Charges were later dropped.