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In this episode…Jen takes us back to the 80’s when Skateboarding was all the rage. Think: Vision, Santa Cruz, Powell, all the popular brands in skate culture at the time along with home-made plywood ramps, skate parks & rebel attitudes. It was during this time when Mark Rogowski, better known to fans & fellow boarders as “Gator,” was considered one of the most iconic vertical skaters of his time & rose quickly to fame and fortune between competitions and sponsorships.

Hard partying ways however, would catch up to Gator and after a near-death experience, his life would start a downward spiral that would ultimately lead him down a dark path of destruction. In a twisted, tragic turn of events…Gator would commit one of the most heinous crimes we’ve talked about to date.

What happened and where did it all go wrong for the boy that seemed to “have it all?”

Jen’s Sources:

Medium.com

The Village Voice Article by: Cory Johnson

Jen’s Episode Notes:

Bikram Choudhury (born 1944) is an Indian-born American yoga teacher and founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga consisting of a fixed series of 26 postures practiced in a hot environment of (105 °F). The business became a success in the United States and then across the Western world, with a variety of celebrities in attendance.

Choudhury was the subject of several civil suits alleging sexual assault and discrimination against racial and sexual minorities. In 2017, a court awarded $7 million to his former lawyer, Minakshi Jafa-Boden, who gained control of his yoga business when Choudhury fled to India without paying her. Since then he has continued to train yoga teachers outside the United States in countries including Spain and Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

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On a lighter note: A very young #jasonbateman and #justinebateman attended Bikram Yoga classes with their father. Find out how Jason Bateman REALLY feels about Bikram Yoga in his interview with Letterman. You won’t regret it, we promise #hotashell - LOL : CLICK HERE