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FIRING LINE: COREY DUFFEL Corey Duffel is a popular professional skateboarder from Walnut Creek, California, United States. He was born on April 11, 1984 as William Corey Duffel to Steve and Sharon. He is known for skating big gaps, rails, and stairs.  

DOB DOB
abbr.
date of birth



DOB

abbreviation for date of birth; used in medical records.

DOB Date of birth
: April 11, 1984

Years skating: Ten

Handrail or ledge: Chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter.  cookies ... mmmm

Walmut Creek or Pleasanton: The Creek--yeah, yeah, yeah

Inspiration: Mom and dad and tunes

Pet peeve pet peeve
n. Informal
Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation.

Noun 1. pet peeve - an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"
: Nothing is cool

Salvation Army or the Good Will: Amoeba amoeba: see ameba.
amoeba

One-celled protozoan that can form temporary extensions of cytoplasm (pseudopodia) in order to move about. Some amoebas are found on the bottom of freshwater streams and ponds.
 

Candy of choice: Mr. Big

Band you would join: Catholic Comb

Song of the now: "We've had enough," "Ice and the Iced"

Favorite cartoon: Donald Duck

Girls: Mmm ... Brittany D

Words of wisdom: Never trust a hippie, Skate and destroy

POET'S CORNER

I sit in my bed and think in my bed about my blunt and hardflip I need to land.

I think,

What's fear?

Why are we here?

Where will we be in a year?

What's worth living?

Then the answer hits me like a knife, when's my Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush.
thrasher

Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs.
 come?

--Nick Granruth; Eldersburg, Maryland

FUNBOX

Q: What kind of beans do monsters eat?

A: Human beans (beings)

--Jeff Dester, Miami, FL

FIVE ...

Killer Video Parts

1. Danny Way, DC Video

2. Eric Koston, Yeah Right

3. Geoff Rowley, Sorry

4. Justin Strubing, That's Life

5. Mark Gonzales, Video Days

Reserve Video Parts

1. Mark Appleyard, Really Sorry

2. Chris Cole, Dying to Live

3. PJ Ladd, PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life

4. Andrew Reynolds, This Is Skateboarding

5. Rubber Boys, Public Domain

--Andrew Murrell, Marietta, GA

Best Matin mat·in   also mat·in·al
adj.
Of or relating to matins or to the early part of the day.



[Middle English, from Old French, sing. of matines, matins; see matins.]
 Skaters

1. Lucian Moon

2. Bart Fasano-Jones

3. Eric Kirkwood

4. Chris Sanders

5. James Norton

Marin Runners-Up

1. Pat Duffy

2. Jesse Hotchkiss

3. Shane Reuter

4. Christian Bojsen-Moller

5. Eddie Dibiase

--Derek Stevenson, Santa Barbara, CA
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