#TBT Matt Milligan Six Newell

With Tampa Pro less than two months away we’ve been stacking our judging squad with the right dudes so the scores stay on point, and Matt Milligan was the first person we hit up. He always is. Here’s why: Matt’s a life ruler and OG Skatepark of Tampa kid who was there when the doors first opened in ’93, and he’s been in skating in one form or another ever since, first as a ‘90s pro, later as a key figure in the infamous Six Newell scene [which was like SF’s version of the Piss Drunxs], and today as a relatively more responsible sales rep for Girl / Lakai. Matt still kills it on the board, but let’s throw it back to ’04 when his party skills were peaking and it hadn’t started to affect his pop yet.