Top 10 Best Investments Made by Pro Skaters

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text-autospace:none"> color:#333333">Okay, so we all know some make a stack as a pro and others
make very little. No matter if it is board royalties or a steady
paycheck they receive for their talent, you can count on every pro to spend
their money. Some, as we know, act foolish but others make smart decisions.
This is a tip of the hat to pro's who have made the wise decision to
not blow their cash but rather invest it to make more cash.

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never drink 10 cocktails of Vodka and red bull or you might look scary Like I do here.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">1. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Chad Muska -
Muska Beats. Man, just look at the roll call. Biz Markie, Afrika Bambaata,
Raekwon & UGOD, Melle Mel, Guru, KRS-1, Jeru, Prodigy, MC Lyte, Special
Ed, Ice-T, and Flavor Flav. It took some major capital to get this dream team
of hip hop legends all to collaborate on this now
legendary album. I have to say it is so rad Chad did this for all us hip
hop nerds like myself. As well as to educate the younger cats on some of the
best talent in rhyme skills in the world.

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Wade f/s ollie, over hip.

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">2. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Wade Speyer and his Peterbilt truck. Now he can haul anything and go to job sites and pick up scraps.


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Matt tending bar.


none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">3. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Matt Hensley
- buying a bar. My mother's uncle had a bar and he put 3 kids
though school and retired at the age of 60. We should all start a bar.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">4. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> RICH ADLER - makes brew at
home. He saves money at the bar.
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Willy hard at work @ 2 am.


none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">5. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Willy Santos owns
a part of a sushi joint named Tiki Hut.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">6. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Danny Way -
buying real-estate. The man has houses from Hawaii to California and I
am sure he could make a bundle off of them if he ever wanted to sell.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">7. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Anthony Acosta
and
jaya
bonderov

bought a full on pro camera setups. You know, slave flashes, lens, etc. and
now travel the world shooting skate photos making great cash as well...


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">8. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Satva Leung - buying
turntables and more vinyl than can be held in a 2 bedroom apartment. Now he
can DJ all over the world as he travels skating and filming and make some
extra money.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">9. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> So many pro's,
such as
rob
dyrdek
,
Tony Hawk Reese Forbes have all bought art and watched it go up in price as
it hangs on their walls. That list could be a mile long though.


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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> 16.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#333333">10. 9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#333333"> Kenny Anderson bought a diesel car and turned it into a car that runs on veggie oil. This
will be rad when the oil crisis hits he will still be able to skate all over
LA by just by filling up at a local grease trap.

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I bought this bottle and torch candle to heat my apartment this winter. it works rad.

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never let your friends drink and drive.
have a safe last weekend of holiday radness.

Nate.


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Comments (4)

NATE SHERWOOD
Posted on January 3, 2009 12:38 PM
yeah Andy rules he still does a ton of work for many people. i guess what i am saying is the people who buy there art it goes up. word rocco and rodney the jack lemon and walter mothoew of skating
burger000
Posted on January 3, 2009 11:06 AM
Sweet article Nate. Quite a few went on to make art also, which is now worth a bundle. Ben Horton, Kris Markovich, and Andy Howell name a few...
Skautism
Posted on January 3, 2009 10:03 AM
There's the story about how best friends Rodney Mullen and Steve Rocco were complete opposites when it came to managing their money: Rodney did his best to invest everything he got, while Rocco would spend every single cent he got on food and stupid things as soon as he'd get it. My autism comes with such a bad case of OCD that all my money goes to my music collection, putting me on Rocco's side...
Hesh and son
Posted on January 3, 2009 09:27 AM
sushi is rad, who knew. What did WillIE do with that barber's chair in his original shop? That was an ill combo barber shop/ skate shop. get a fade do some nollie heels then grab some sushi. He next needs to buy into a bar.

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