If you know Steven Tat, you know his happy-go-lucky, scatter-minded personality. I’ve never been able to figure out how that guy works. He can roll up to a rail, and you think he’s just looking at it, but he’ll whip out a back savannah. It almost pisses me off how he can’t see the danger in what he’s doing. It’s almost like because he can’t see it, it doesn’t exist, because he never seems to get hurt, or even fall for that matter. He is without a doubt one of my favorite people to skate with. Not just because he is an incredible skater, but because he somehow makes you feel like you are an awesome skater regardless of your skill level. In Kentucky there is no “A” team or “B” team. There is just a team of skaters. If you have a pair of rollerblades, you’re considered family. On this particular day, Cody Porche and some friends and I drove up there to see an Of Montreal concert, and didn’t really plan on skating. When I told Steven that I wanted to take some pictures, he didn’t hesitate to bring me to a spot where he already had a trick in mind. Despite the fact that there was still snow on the ground and the rail was covered with ice, Steven rolled up to the rail and did front savannah — first trick, first try. The combination of the below-freezing temperatures and a brick wall messing with my triggers made me have to ask him to redo it about eight times. Not once did he bitch or mess up. The dude is a robot. — Dustin Spengler