Jeff Pang #2.

It's not the underworld any more.

Occasional Vert Is Dead visitor Jeff Pang puts the hammer down on a late shove-it back in 1992.

Bill Thomas took the photos.

Transworld - July 1992 Volume 10 Number 7

Jovontae Turner #3.

Everybody's favorite disappearer.

The photos are by Bryce Kanights.

Thrasher - October 1992 Volume 12 Number 10

Dan Peterka.

Dan rode for H-Street and was a professional snowboarder. He possibly invented the crooked grind.

I'm zipping through the early 1990s (92-94) for the next three weeks to fill in a couple of random requests I've had and because those years were a lot of fun. After that I'm going to spend a month on 2001 and probably 2002, mainly because I want to have some classic enjoi ads on here.

Niko Achtipes shot the sequence photos.

Transworld - September 1992 Volume 10 Number 9

Thrasher Media Blitz.

"Another video for the disposable heap - watch it once and go on."

It's going to be 1992 for the week.

The video reviews are by Ted Benjamin, Lane Chadwick, Kevin Day, Mark Hendry, Chad Swayze and Garth Wilkins.

Thrasher - March 1992 Volume 12 Number 3

TV Guide #1.

This is the first 'zine that Ed Templeton and Mike Vallely did for TV. TV was started after they both left the New Deal. It was backed by Brad Dorfman at Vision. TV did not last long, as Ed and Mike joined with Dean Christal of Zero Two and changed the name to Television. Television was around for even less time than TV. After the broadcasting was all over, Ed started Toy Machine and Mike went back to Powell. The rest is history.

TV Guide #1 is from April 1992.

One More 1992 Catalog.

After Vision fell apart and a short stint on Planet Earth, Ken Park started One More Skateboard Company. He also created the Phat Klown Clothing Company. The team for One More included Ken, Jason Carney, Brian Tucci, June Cate and Jeff Davis. The riders for Phat Klown were Matt Hensley and Alan Petersen.

Judging by the ads that ran in Transworld, One More lasted about six to eight months. I feel sorry for Ken. He went from a reasonably respected vert pro of the 1980s to having a failed attempt at a skateboard start up in the early 1990s. One More's name comes up every so often and I figure this sheds a little light on the company.

Black Label Spring 1992 Catalog.

Classic Black Label.

You've got John Lucero's art with copies of photos and text from ads, all laid out on a photocopier to be printed on an 11" x 17" piece of paper.

I've always been a fan of Lucero. I didn't know all that much about him until the last eight years or so once skateboarding started documenting its past more. I knew that he did graphics for people and I really liked the early Lucero/Black Label art, but I never realized the extent to which he was involved in things. Skateboarder's current Raiders Of The Lost Archives episodes with John are a lot of fun to watch. He comes off as a very likable guy that loves skateboarding, similar to Lance Mountain. I know this comparison has been made before, but Lucero is skateboarding's fun loving uncle.

The team represented in the collage includes John Cardiel, Max Evans, Jeff Grosso, Shawn Martin, Skip Pronier and Ben Schroeder. I'm pretty sure Gino Iannucci would have been on the team at this point, but he might not have had any ads just yet. Jason Dill might still have been on Blockhead. Keep in mind that this is from early 1992 and all the photos would have probably been from 1991.