the same occurred during Tom Penny's interview for the same "Most Influential" series—Penny, identified as the twenty-first most influential, especially commended Song on his manual combinations. Skateboard photographer Giovanni Reda stated in an Instagram post in January 2013: "Daewon Song will forever be the greatest of all time in my eyes!" Paul Rodriguez identified Song in a "top ten" list of favorite professional skateboarders in July 2013: Daewon to me has the best board control I have ever seen anyone have. The things he can [do] with his skateboard.. technical abilities , the balance he has while going a million miles a hour is incredible. I've never seen anything like it. He still kills it, he's still ripping and he's been doing it also for 20 plus years at the highest level. He is consistently getting better, constantly pushing and reaching for [the] peak [of] his ability ... My favorite video part of his would be "Rodney vs. Daewon Round One"... When that video was out and Round 2 I remember watching those video parts countlessly. I may have seen those parts a million times, literally. Long-time friend and professional skateboarder Daniel Castillo explained his relationship to Daewon in relation to skateboarding in an August 2013 interview: He has the same enthusiasm as he did when we were like 14-15. And he's still learning new tricks, which is insane because the dude has enough tricks. He's insane & is always amped to skate. It could honestly be anything. He'd be amped to skate a little curb on the street. That's why I love skating with him because when I'm skating with him, it feels like I'm that age again. Like I'm 14. Anytime I hang out or skate with him, I have no care in the world except skating. In a 2005 Skateboarder interview, Song listed Rodney Mullen, Natas Kaupas, Christian Hosoi, Chris Haslam, and Eric Dressen as his top five "timeless influences." In the same interview, Song listed his top five "Most underrated skaters" as Alan Peterson, Chany Jeanguenin, Cooper Wilt, Dan Drehobl, all pool skaters. After being named the twenty-ninth most influential skateboarder of all time by Transworld Skateboarding, Song listed his own top five all-time skateboarding influences: "Rodney Mullen. Christian Hosoi, just the way he flew—who else could make lycra shorts cool? Tommy Guerrero, Steve Caballero, and Natas Kaupas. Once he spun on that fire hydrant everyone