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it's a 30 year old board and maybe 2-3 exist. You'll pay around $3k for it... still want to know? your best bet is to call the shop and make a generous offer as to what you're willing to pay... for what it's worth his rate is $250 an hour for those that have waited his million year wait list. This isn't speculation, it's information that he's posted on his facebook page linked above....

You're stoked!! Actually, I'm stoked for you!! :D

You can always try and find the one remaining skate deck he's looking to collect. There were two but I believe someone just got him the other one ;) :D ;)

Like you had to ask :D A big ass Cobra!!

Just secured an appt. with Chris O'donnell at the Long Beach convention in June... Beyond stoked!!! :D

At this point, the wait for a response on whether a certain tattooer will accept my proposed appointment is way worse than the wait to get tattooed...

Welcome! I've been following your process, great tattoo!!!

is it just me or is Con Safos getting super played out these days?

I just contacted someone for an appt., if it goes through I'll definitely be there :D

bump this up for all the new people... Anybody else still watching these like I am? :D

I don't want to jinx anything by saying who but I will say that he's in San Francisco ;)

I'm getting it done at a dermatologist so they have a bunch of different lasers and procedures they do that require numbing creams

Did session 3 today and to my surprise it was a breeze! They were supposed to use a 23% lidocane cream last time and it hurt like a motherfucker so I've been dreading this session. Well, I found out today that they accidently used the 6% cream last time and they had the right stuff this time. Between the cream they used today and the machine they used to blow cold air on the area they worked on there were some parts where I didn't even feel it! It was such a relief! I met up with the tattooer this past weekend and he said to laser the black 3 more times, the grey once and 4 months after the last session we'll be good to start the tattoo. That means it's still at least 10 months away but I like to have something to look forward to so it's all good :D It looks pretty brutal right now but it feels fine...

buying a large laser session tomorrow morning :D

Chicago Tattoo Company, home of our own @mario desa

I believe Stewart is....

Just scored a super rad appt. for SFO! So stoked!!

I'll add that we're hoping to find a spot with 'Americanized' sushi with fancy sauces and what not. Not super traditional Japanese stuff if that makes any sense. We know sushi isn't usually cheap but we also don't want to end up at the most expensive spot :D

My Wife and I are headed up there for the weekend and we're trying to plan out some good places to eat. I was hoping some of you guys from the City could suggest a couple places. There seems to be a lot of different places to get sushi up there, same where I live but if you're from Santa Barbara and like sushi you'll mention one or both of the 2 best places here and I'm wondering if that goes for SF. Hogg recommended a place that looks really good but I'm just looking for a few choices to look at. Any suggestions?

headed to FST?

Ben Grillo

was that session 4? I'm going in for #3 April 11th...

aaah, I get it now....

do you mean upside down word tattoos?

SUFFO.