“Why don’t I just cash it in and start a whole new life?” he said in the film. In 1998, Slomo abandoned his practice and rich lifestyle and moved to a studio apartment in Pacific Beach in San Diego, revealing in the film that he only had the barest essentials for life. When the then-young neurologist asked the 93-year-old man, “How does a strapping young man like me get to be an old cudgel like you?” the old man looked at him and branded these words in the doctor’s brain: “Do what you want to.” Slomo kept recalling the words of an old man who he had met in a hospital cafeteria line many years ago. Although he made a ton of money, owned a 12-cylinder BMW and a Ferrari, and had an exotic mini-zoo on his mansion grounds, the material gains still made him feel empty. The 70-year-old Slomo, who grew up on a diary farm in North Carolina, used to work long hours as a neurologist in various hospitals. The story of Slomo fascinated Izenberg, who thought it “ against the mainstream narrative: Grow up, pick a career, stick it out, retire.” His father was a medical school classmate of Slomo’s, and did not recognize the skater immediately with his skating attire on and music blaring from the speakers that were attached to him.
when he accompanied his father on a business trip to San Diego. However, appearances can be very deceiving.įilmmaker Joshua Izenberg, who made a documentary about Slomo in 2013, met Slomo, whose real name is John Kitchin, a former neurologist. Why does he skate everyday and how did he come to be? A few cursory glances may make one think that Slomo is a homeless bum or a Vietnam vet. Many also speculate who exactly Slomo is.
Many San Diego residents, whether long-time or recent, recognize the PB icon who skates by the beach everyday all day long. The retired physician often gives passersby a friendly wave or a high-five as he cruises along the boardwalk. Slomo, who is famous in San Diego’s Pacific Beach (PB) for his signature slow motion in-line skating technique that makes him look like a yogi practicing the standing bow pose, has finally had his biography revealed to the mainstream public.
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