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──Junichi Arahata(English)

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First time on a skateboard:
11 years old, 1988.

First time people called you 145:
Probably when I was 8 years old.

First skate vid you got blown away:
The first Savannah Slamma.

First combo trick you landed:
A kickflip bs stall on a curb.

First coverage in a magazine:
Fine.

First skate injury:
I think I pulled my muscle in my thigh or something.

First hair cut at Peekaboo:
Probably when I was 18.

First time skating overseas:
LA, in the summer of 1996.

First skate rival:
A kid name Harisen whom I skated together at Koku Park.

First overseas pro you made friends with:
Enrique Lorenzo and Bennett Harada.

First thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word VHS:
Sponsor me video.