It is difficult to believe that it was only a year ago that news began getting out that Transworld Skateboarding Editor Eric Stricker had died. Guess when you miss someone it seems like they’ve been gone so much longer than they actually have.
We didn’t hang out with Eric, travel with him, or spend the kind of time that so many in the skate industry did, but every single time we saw him we left happier and more stoked on skateboarding than when we’d arrived. Whenever we had a stupid skateboarding history question or a “what’s the story behind this guy” query, Stricker always, no matter what deadline he was on, took a minute or ten to give the answer or tell the story. It was almost as if he wasn’t doing it for us, he was doing it for skateboarding. He wanted to make sure the stories all got out correctly. Which is what made him such a great magazine editor.
Today our thoughts are with everyone who had the gift or being close to Eric. Especially his family.
Click here for a video edit from Transworld’s Eric Stricker Memorial Skatepark.
