Scott Stevens Pro

There was a time before the endless roll of innova-tive tricks, internet-melting video parts, awards and magazine covers when a young Scott Stevens was immersed in a different kind of counter-culture. It was a scene that embraced a unique lifestyle yet held a more dark and damp sense of adventure.

You see, his wonderful parents are the kind of warm and grounded East Coast Americans that one could only describe as Salt of the Earth. They are also the kind of venturous seekers who could somehow get the whole family entrenched into a spelunking scene with some of the most passionate and adventurous cave explorers of the day.

It's a matter of historical fact; before the backyard progression sessions that would bring us tricks we'd need to rewind 10,000 times to understand (and then realize that we'd never be able to do it), there was a younger version of the same optimistic and ready-for-anything Scott Stevens enthralled by a world filled with stalactites, stalagmites and thousands of bats.

As it turns out, bats are an animal much like Scott. They are one of the world's most peculiar creatures. They sleep by day, play things by ear at night, and as such, became the mascot for Scott's childhood.

The family thought so fondly of these freaky fliers that they dedicated a whole room in their home to them. 

It was filled with every sort of bat trinket they could find and became known by friends and relatives as "The Bat Cave."

For 2020, which is Scott's ninth CAPiTA Pro Model, we salute the bat cave, adventurous parents, down for anything kids, and all those not afraid of the dark.