“to think this day would be the start of our friendship, the start of our future, the start of our love. i’m so blessed i got to spend all the time i did with you and experience the things i did with you. you were the most beautiful, strong, loving human i knew. thank you for all you’ve done for this world. all you have done for skateboarding, all you have done for surfing, all you have done for fashion, all you have done for the people you touched around you. you will be forever in my heart you will forever be the greatest!!! love forever!! dylan rieder 4 eva…… a l o h a . . ” —Mark Oblow