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3 unusual facts about Tony Alva


Amery Smith

In 2012 Amery joined forces with DFL vocalist Tom Paul Davis (Crazy Tom), guitarist Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion) and skate legend Tony "Mad Dog" Alva on bass forming the Hardcore Punk band G.F.P. General Fucking Principle.

Mario Rubalcaba

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Rubalcaba was a professional skateboarder, skating for Team Alva.

Skip Engblom

Engblom sponsored the Z-Boys (the Zephyr skate team) including Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta.


Christian Hosoi

Hosoi started skating at seven or eight years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as his idols.

Jay Haizlip

Sporting contemporaries such as Tony Alva and Steve Olson, Jay recounts many instances of "guerilla" pool sessions, when a group of skaters would sneak into a backyard, drain and skate the pool.


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