ONE Staff / June 15th, 2010 / Spotlight
PRINT: 15 MINUTES with B Luv Hardin

This was the best-trick in the first X-Games. Farside soul to soul.

What was the position?

I am not sure. They were going to create it for me or train me for an existing one.

Why did you turn it down?

Two reasons: I didn’t want to move out of Venice, and I wanted to dedicate my time to the band!

This was the best-trick trophy in the first X-Games. This was my hair in a fashion era of buzz cuts. If I could grow it out like that now, I would. Ramp builder “Skip” on my right and his O on my left.

Favorite place ever skated?

My home for years, Venice Beach, has to be my favorite place. If you ever skated with me back in the day, then I took you on the Venice Beach circuit. It started in T.J. Webber’s parking lot! In a close second are the Lausanne competitions that we attended. The aura was unprecedented.

You have always been a man with style; who has some sweet “B Love-like steeze” these days?

Jeff Stockwell is the skater that reminds me of me. Only 10 times better.

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  • Anthony - June 15th, 2010

    Excellent Read here.B Love still rules today. Now I’m wondering what happened to Matty Mantz.

  • Lars Echterhoff - June 16th, 2010

    You was the guy I looked up to, when I startet grinding sidewalk curbs and jumping small stair sets back in 1995! You are one of those guys that ignited all of this rollerblading we have now!

  • Travesty - June 16th, 2010

    Nice article. Now, if they could track down the king of old-school style-TJ Webber, then that would be amazing.

  • Jeff Hughes - June 16th, 2010

    Just awesome, best guy ever.

  • joey - June 17th, 2010

    Fantastic article! Pleaaaasssse do a 15 minutes with Dion Antony and TJ Webber. This was just too good.

  • Somethingblue - June 18th, 2010

    Great, I remember seeing B Hardin section on Day of the Rope, but I had seen nothing before that of him, im glad I read this as I feel I know more about the history of rollerblading before I started in 96/97

  • Jordan - June 23rd, 2010

    Great read. Please keep writing these kind of articles. I can’t get enough content on old school skaters.

  • Malik Glenn frm bflo - July 29th, 2010

    grinds with tongue out..keepin it steezy son!

  • Anonymous - August 5th, 2010

    Awesome article bro, I remember you letting me borrow your skates all those years ago when you came back to visit and I trashed your bearings in those tarmacs, You were so pissed but I learned to grind those few days, years later I followed in your steps here in Houston but never went too far. I am glad you got the recognition I always thought you deserved and are seen by many as the great skater I always looked up to.

    Congrats on the interview and you were always my favorite skater.

    Your little bro

  • Randall - January 18th, 2011

    I just randomly came across this and am totally pumped to see it! B has been a great friend of mine since back in the day. I have so many great memories and random stories that I still tell on a regular basis! Shit I was seriously telling a B story to a friend of mine about 2 hours ago!!haha…B is an awesome guy and the recognition couldn’t go to a more deserving person!

    And whaddup Josh AKA “little bro”?!?!?! haha

  • James Q - August 12th, 2011

    LEGEND

  • anthony simpson - May 16th, 2016

    Bit late to the party I know, but these guys were inspirational. I remember watching hoax 2 and thought b love , brooke-howard smith & co were legends, the number of kids who strapped on a pair & went hitting rails. Anyone know what happened to ryan jacklone? That dude was amazing

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