Comments on: Calling out Jeff Kendall http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/ Skateboarding for the disenfranchised Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chantel http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-127606 Chantel Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:30:09 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-127606 <p>Shannon,</p> <p>I just heard about Sean...Im just sick with the news of his death. Found out at a skate park..go figure. I saw your blog on the myspace about why now...I wonder that myself. It just made me remember so many troubled nights at your house as well as some fun childhood memeories..watching him skate over at jeff's and by the ROCK, playing frisbee, stealing his clove cigs, Sunkist and the best 8 track collection I ever saw.haha God bless you and your family.</p> Shannon,

I just heard about Sean…Im just sick with the news of his death. Found out at a skate park..go figure. I saw your blog on the myspace about why now…I wonder that myself. It just made me remember so many troubled nights at your house as well as some fun childhood memeories..watching him skate over at jeff’s and by the ROCK, playing frisbee, stealing his clove cigs, Sunkist and the best 8 track collection I ever saw.haha God bless you and your family.

]]> By: Shannon West http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-111407 Shannon West Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:39:18 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-111407 <p>I want people to keep talking about Sean. Can some of you guys do that for me?</p> I want people to keep talking about Sean. Can some of you guys do that for me?

]]> By: mark plumlee/quigley http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-105446 mark plumlee/quigley Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:28:11 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-105446 <p>sean and i shared alot in common, we were both skaters, punks, carpenters, addicts, alcoholics, but more than anything we both just wanted to have some fun. i mean fuck, it was the eighties. sean was the quintessential skate punk, icon, enigma, hero. i first met sean at fathers day mondo along with eric lee, jeff kendall and the rest of the east side skate crew that i had no idea existed and they had a ramp. a fucking big ramp, "love ramp" was its name, so it was ripple meets lawrence, if i remember correct it was stern and jeremy and myself piled in colliers honda but before we could get on the road it was a quick trip through broad ripple and who do we find? jesse manduley(R.I.P.), of course jesse wants to skate love ramp and of course we want jesse to come. so off we go, when we get there we are blown away. kendall is ripping of course, smithverts, ho ho plants, etc. but seeing sean skate was something different, sean could skate, sean could skate anything. he would rock and roll slide the length of the ramp(28') while tipping up a longneck. drop in from the tombstone and blast backside airs over the channel. sean skated with such authority and power, commitment. i think my favorite was watching sean do hang ten nose wheelies as fast as he could, clear across the vogue parking lot, big carving turns getting smaller and smaller until he was just spinning 360's on the nose. sean was awesome, he had a huge heart and looked out for all of us kids, he inspired me on many levels not just skating. when we were moshing, sean was one of the big guys i would try and find when claiming a stage dive. sean was always punk, and true to what he believed. i will miss sean very much,i have been procrastinating writing this since wednesday because it's been tough to face that sean is gone. he was the familiar face i seemed to always find in what once was broadripple, i will miss sean, i already miss him. the world was a better place before sean died. R.I.P. SWEST</p> sean and i shared alot in common, we were both skaters, punks, carpenters, addicts, alcoholics, but more than anything we both just wanted to have some fun. i mean fuck, it was the eighties. sean was the quintessential skate punk, icon, enigma, hero. i first met sean at fathers day mondo along with eric lee, jeff kendall and the rest of the east side skate crew that i had no idea existed and they had a ramp. a fucking big ramp, “love ramp” was its name, so it was ripple meets lawrence, if i remember correct it was stern and jeremy and myself piled in colliers honda but before we could get on the road it was a quick trip through broad ripple and who do we find? jesse manduley(R.I.P.), of course jesse wants to skate love ramp and of course we want jesse to come. so off we go, when we get there we are blown away. kendall is ripping of course, smithverts, ho ho plants, etc. but seeing sean skate was something different, sean could skate, sean could skate anything. he would rock and roll slide the length of the ramp(28′) while tipping up a longneck. drop in from the tombstone and blast backside airs over the channel. sean skated with such authority and power, commitment. i think my favorite was watching sean do hang ten nose wheelies as fast as he could, clear across the vogue parking lot, big carving turns getting smaller and smaller until he was just spinning 360’s on the nose. sean was awesome, he had a huge heart and looked out for all of us kids, he inspired me on many levels not just skating. when we were moshing, sean was one of the big guys i would try and find when claiming a stage dive. sean was always punk, and true to what he believed. i will miss sean very much,i have been procrastinating writing this since wednesday because it’s been tough to face that sean is gone. he was the familiar face i seemed to always find in what once was broadripple, i will miss sean, i already miss him. the world was a better place before sean died. R.I.P. SWEST

]]> By: Raegan http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-103246 Raegan Tue, 27 May 2008 20:35:35 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-103246 <p>I have so many good memories of our Dear Friend Sean. Alot of you on here, are also in those memories. I pray he is at rest, and skating that huge ass skate park in the sky. Shannon- I am very sorry for your loss! Alot of us looked up to Sean. He will be greatly missed! He will always be remembered.</p> <p>A true LEGEND as far as I am concerned!</p> <p>Raegan</p> I have so many good memories of our Dear Friend Sean. Alot of you on here, are also in those memories. I pray he is at rest, and skating that huge ass skate park in the sky. Shannon- I am very sorry for your loss! Alot of us looked up to Sean. He will be greatly missed! He will always be remembered.

A true LEGEND as far as I am concerned!

Raegan

]]> By: drickd http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102739 drickd Sun, 25 May 2008 14:23:44 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102739 <p>Shannon,</p> <p>This is Rick Daugherty. I am very sorry to hear about Sean. Even though I wasn't coordinated enough and to big to really skate I always thought your bro was the coolest. Back in the day getting off the bus at the corner by your house and there was Sean skating in the street or riding wheelies. It was always a blast going over to Kendalls with my little bro to watch them all skate and Sean always giving the young dudes advice. ELee gave me your email I'll send you a note. My prayers are with your family. Look for drickd69@yahoo.com.</p> Shannon,

This is Rick Daugherty. I am very sorry to hear about Sean. Even though I wasn’t coordinated enough and to big to really skate I always thought your bro was the coolest. Back in the day getting off the bus at the corner by your house and there was Sean skating in the street or riding wheelies. It was always a blast going over to Kendalls with my little bro to watch them all skate and Sean always giving the young dudes advice. ELee gave me your email I’ll send you a note. My prayers are with your family. Look for drickd69@yahoo.com.

]]> By: matts1w http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102513 matts1w Sat, 24 May 2008 11:51:01 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102513 <p>Shannon-</p> <p>I am so sorry. I thought you might like to see more discussion of Sean on this website: musicalfamilytree.net</p> <p>Actual links are here: http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blog/show?id=2000984%3ABlogPost%3A31459</p> <p>and here:</p> <p>http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/photo/photo/show?id=2000984%3APhoto%3A30924</p> <p>When you find time email me at schaf_matt (at) yahoo (dot) com. I would love to get caught up.</p> <p>Matt S.</p> Shannon-

I am so sorry. I thought you might like to see more discussion of Sean on this website: musicalfamilytree.net

Actual links are here: http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blog/show?id=2000984%3ABlogPost%3A31459

and here:

http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/photo/photo/show?id=2000984%3APhoto%3A30924

When you find time email me at schaf_matt (at) yahoo (dot) com. I would love to get caught up.

Matt S.

]]> By: Shannon West http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102459 Shannon West Sat, 24 May 2008 05:41:15 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102459 <p>Hi. I'm Sean's sister. (the one who used to hang out and watch you guys skate all the time, and smoke a clove or two). We will be burying Sean Tuesday. I still can't elieve he is gone. It is good to hear that he touched so many lives, despite his own being so unmanagable. He would have loved to know that you guys still thought about him.~ Swestra</p> Hi. I’m Sean’s sister. (the one who used to hang out and watch you guys skate all the time, and smoke a clove or two). We will be burying Sean Tuesday. I still can’t elieve he is gone. It is good to hear that he touched so many lives, despite his own being so unmanagable. He would have loved to know that you guys still thought about him.~ Swestra

]]> By: Swamp http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102162 Swamp Fri, 23 May 2008 16:40:44 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102162 <p>Swest was hardcore...built more ramps than most people have skated their entire lives...favorite Swest memory: Acid Dropped Roxbury...made it...went for it again, fully slammed straight to bottom and bounced a foot in the air...got up and started skating again (all of which was caught on the only video footage of Roxbury, which Swest promptly took to a party and lost). - Chip</p> Swest was hardcore…built more ramps than most people have skated their entire lives…favorite Swest memory: Acid Dropped Roxbury…made it…went for it again, fully slammed straight to bottom and bounced a foot in the air…got up and started skating again (all of which was caught on the only video footage of Roxbury, which Swest promptly took to a party and lost). - Chip

]]> By: PRBL http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102105 PRBL Fri, 23 May 2008 11:41:27 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-102105 <p>it was really sad to hear the news about Swest...he was the most hardcore skater and punkest dude out of all of us back in the day...he was always down to ride and always down to have some fun...I would love to hear from some of you guys I lost touch with and those who knew Swest...e-mail me at prble (at) yahoo (dot) com</p> it was really sad to hear the news about Swest…he was the most hardcore skater and punkest dude out of all of us back in the day…he was always down to ride and always down to have some fun…I would love to hear from some of you guys I lost touch with and those who knew Swest…e-mail me at prble (at) yahoo (dot) com

]]> By: matts1w http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-101704 matts1w Thu, 22 May 2008 13:28:50 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/05/09/calling-out-jeff-kendall/#comment-101704 <p>Although I hoped to never hear this, I have to say that many people always feared this would happen. Anyone who knew Sean West through the years remembers two people. He had a very dark, troubled side that, quite frankly, was very scary and self destructive. Nonetheless, I will always choose to remember the side of Sean that made him so popular and carefree. He had great charisma and a huge heart that I loved. </p> <p>Sean and I shared a house in 1988-1989. At that time he was clean and trying to put some pieces of his life together. I ended up heading to Bloomington, Indiana, and Sean soon dropped back off the deep end…I will never forget the times I would sit on the front porch and watch and him, along with legends such as Chris Cook, Bill Danforth, John Gibson, and Sergio Ventura skate the ramp in our front yard. We traveled all over to see great bands like Social Distortion, TSOL, and Agent Orange. One day we broke into the Officer’s Club pool at Fort Harrison army base to skate the pool with some of the other Broad Ripple skaters. Eventually the MPs showed up, but luckily Sean’s smile and skating ability managed to keep us out of jail. </p> <p>Maybe we were too young to see his shortcomings (I was only 18 to Sean’s 30), but he served as some sort of outlaw hero to us kids who grew up in Broad Ripple in the late 1980s. he still remains a symbol of a great time long gone in Indianapolis history. For me, it was a great time in my life that still shapes some of who I am today, and I have Sean to thank for much of it.</p> <p>My thoughts are with the West family as his father, mother, and sister are wonderful people, although I have long lost touch with them. I truly hope they find/have found peace, and that Sean is hanging out in Heaven’s version of Del Mar, California and he is free of the disease he could never could beat. I will never forget him.</p> Although I hoped to never hear this, I have to say that many people always feared this would happen. Anyone who knew Sean West through the years remembers two people. He had a very dark, troubled side that, quite frankly, was very scary and self destructive. Nonetheless, I will always choose to remember the side of Sean that made him so popular and carefree. He had great charisma and a huge heart that I loved.

Sean and I shared a house in 1988-1989. At that time he was clean and trying to put some pieces of his life together. I ended up heading to Bloomington, Indiana, and Sean soon dropped back off the deep end…I will never forget the times I would sit on the front porch and watch and him, along with legends such as Chris Cook, Bill Danforth, John Gibson, and Sergio Ventura skate the ramp in our front yard. We traveled all over to see great bands like Social Distortion, TSOL, and Agent Orange. One day we broke into the Officer’s Club pool at Fort Harrison army base to skate the pool with some of the other Broad Ripple skaters. Eventually the MPs showed up, but luckily Sean’s smile and skating ability managed to keep us out of jail.

Maybe we were too young to see his shortcomings (I was only 18 to Sean’s 30), but he served as some sort of outlaw hero to us kids who grew up in Broad Ripple in the late 1980s. he still remains a symbol of a great time long gone in Indianapolis history. For me, it was a great time in my life that still shapes some of who I am today, and I have Sean to thank for much of it.

My thoughts are with the West family as his father, mother, and sister are wonderful people, although I have long lost touch with them. I truly hope they find/have found peace, and that Sean is hanging out in Heaven’s version of Del Mar, California and he is free of the disease he could never could beat. I will never forget him.

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