Less is more?

Sorry for the lack of posts recently..this thing is a lesson in patience and tediousness.

90's shredder, Tom Knox.























Don't know what the story is but Tom seemed to come out of nowhere, had a ton of coverage and won some contests then disappeared...skateboarding's funny like that.





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