This gallery is a bit of nostalgia. A little moment in time. It's really not about skating
Diver Dan had a nice little apratment on Market Street.
(He has a few pictures in the Memorial Gallery. See: https://pbase.com/venicepix/diver_dan )
These days it's almost impossible to conceive that there was ever a time when a person as.... well as goofy as Dan.... could actually find and afford a place like that. Right? Well there was.
Tim and Kelly lived in the same building, but I'm not sure if they lived there when these pictures were taken.
(see: https://pbase.com/venicepix/kelly_and_tim )
I really don't know that much about Diver Dan, but I've always suspected that perhaps those times on Market Street were something of a golden age for him.

Byron and Mike Built a ramp in front of Dan's place using lumber that I suspect was generously donated by construction sites in the neighborhood. Of course, the police told them that it would have to come down.
My house was really tiny and I was building a little 'guest shack' in my back yard using old used wood and a building permit that I had found in a box of Crackerjack. I think that Byron came up with the idea of trading the plywood and 2X4s from the ramp for a couple of rolls worth of pictures.
Byron and Kori are still around and still friends.....don't know what became of Mike
So this gallery is a little unexpected last payment on the deal Byron and I made all those years ago...