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Brandon Westgate

Brandon Westgate can ollie your apartment.

You know when the Dalai Lama dies and all the older monks go out and scour the country side for his reincarnation? That’s kind of what Steve Rodriguez does every time someone is poached from his team. Instead of laying out bells, glasses, and other assorted Lama possessions on a blanket to see if any of the young Lama candidates recognize them, Steve has a demo at Solstice Skate Shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts and lets the next big thing skateboarding come to him. t