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In episode 6 Mike Vallely visits his hometown of Edison, New Jersey. First meeting up with childhood friend, Al Batagliotti, at his skate shop Central Jersey Skate Shop. Al takes Mike to the backyard skatepark of the Nolan family, where they skate with a new generation of Edison kids. Another one of Mike's early childhood friends, Mike Schwartz, stops by to see Mike and, along with Al, they reminisce about growing up in Edison. From there Mike heads over to meet up with his childhood mentor Rodney Smith, who took Mike under his wing when he first started skating and exposed him to the world of skateboarding outside of Central New Jersey. They head to New York City to visit Rodney's skate shop, Shut Skateboards, and go to the infamous Brooklyn Banks, Mike's all-time favorite skate spot. There Mike shares with Rodney just how important his friendship and mentorship has meant to him all these years. Mike goes on to skate a demo at the public Edison skatepark, and in front of a hometown cr