107:"I was in Colombia. You know, one of those days where my homies, like, 'Yeah, dude, it's time for you to do it now. You're a man—you hang out with the big boys now. It's time for you to really know what's going on.' We went out, we got a hooker; went back to my homies house ... Yeah, the first time I had sex was with a hooker—it was fun."
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questionable, as it offered González a nominal monthly remuneration amount (a five-year contract that paid US$ 50 per month—González signed the contract when he was twelve years of age). After signing with Flip, González engaged in a protracted process to remove himself from the contract.
154:—González, together with other Globe team members Haslam, Ryan Decenzo, and Louis Barletta, was featured in the video that was published in black-and-white on the Internet. In its blurb for the video, the magazine stated that the "Globe dudes kinda ripped Double Rock a new butthole".
738:"It's tough to write a caption for skating like this. We'll try to keep it simple: David sought out the gnarliest street spots in existence and annihilated them. Mix that in with his timeless transition skills and you have one of the best parts we've ever seen"
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