Everyone who follows the skateboarding industry in the slightest knew who Fausto Vitello was, and what his contributions were, but Eric Swenson was arguably equally as important. He took his own life outside of a police station. The San Francisco Examiner reports his friends and family believe he ended his life as a result of his struggle with a debilitating motorcycle injury. The photo above is Eric Swenson, Craig Stecyk, & Fausto Vitello, at the Independent foundry in San Francisco, CA, 1983. It was taken by Mofo and lifted from Thrasher – Thanks to anonymous tipster at Skate-Planet.com.
6 comments
steelwheeler
Eben Sterling is full of horse shit.
Prickly Pete
“Skateboarders wouldn’t have been able to scale pool surfaces without the high-performance technology.”
CCKEN
Think about all the skating done on Indy’s and how many people flipped thur a copy of Thrasher at one time. Eric thanks and R.I.P.
Egbert
Whoa, dude. Kind of old news. You should troll Slap to stay up to date on current skate gayness.
kilwag
Yeah old but… I’m busy mofo! Maybe you should do it for me.
egbert
OK, I will. I’ll email you.