How can you not like Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen?! I’m not a Heat fan, but this guy’s energy is amazing! I think he’s so great! Lol. The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Birdman is his tattoos. His tattoo artist John Slaughter estimates that Chris Andersen has tattoos on 75 percent of his body. I found this story on FoxSports and thought it was pretty dope. Ever wonder about all of his tats? Now you get an inside look. Check it out…
Via CHRIS TOMASSON at FoxSports:
It all started in 2000 at Route 66 Tattoo in Albuquerque, N.M.
Chris Andersen had grown up in tiny Iola, Texas, the son of Linda Holubec. She rode a Harley-Davidson and had a number of tattoos.
When Andersen was in high school in the late 1990s, Holubec had gotten flowers, vines and butterflies inked on her ankles, legs and back. Her son liked what he saw.
“He thought they were cool and he wanted to get a tattoo, so I said I would pay for it,’’ Holubec said. “But he wanted to take his time before he got one.’’
The time arrived at age 21, when the 6-foot-10 Andersen joined the minor-league New Mexico Slam after playing hoops in China. Holubec had ridden her Harley 800 miles from Iola, population 430, to Albuquerque to see her son play. The two then went to Route 66 Tattoo on Central Avenue, which really is part of the historic highway.
Andersen had Chinese symbols inked on the insides of his forearms. The one on the left stands for “good’’ and the one on the right for “evil.’’
Since then, Andersen’s tattoos have increased at a brisk pace. It’s gotten to point that Denver-based John Slaughter, his regular tattoo artist, estimates he has them on 75 percent of his body.
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