Massimo Cavedoni #2.

Inside track.

The former Real and Vans am takes a backside lipslide the distance on the inner side of a bench. He's venturing into some Torey Pudwill territory on this one, perhaps even before Torey was doing similar stunts. I'm not sure what happened to Massimo. He was really good at well crafted technical street skateboarding.

Slap - May 2008 Volume 17 Number 5

John Cardiel #20.

Cards slashes a frontside grind in a bowl. We are right about at the 30 year anniversary of Anti-Hero. The public debut of the company came in an ad in the September 1995 issue of Thrasher. The original team was John, Bob Burnquist, Julien Stranger, Sean Young, and Eric Jalovaara. A photo of Mick-e Reyes was also included in the advertisement. All hail.

Slap - April 2008 Volume 17 Number 4

Grant Taylor & James Hardy.

Classy Southern gentlemen.

A young Grant Taylor and the late James Hardy wreck some stair spots for Spitfire. They made a good call by sponsoring both of these guys. Since everybody is stoked on Johnny Wilson's new Spitfire video featuring his brother Andrew, Cyrus Bennett, Karim Callender, Antonio Durao, and Max Palmer, I thought a week of their older ads with none of those dudes in the video made sense.

Slap - February 2008 Volume 17 Number 2

Clint Peterson.

Mad ill switch crooks in the nite-nite.

Clint is part of the Minneapolis skate scene that produced Steve Nesser, Emeric Pratt, Seth McCalum, Todd Bratud, and a bunch of others. At a tradeshow in 2001, a possibly drunk Jake Phelps suggested to Consolidated that Clint should be pro. They honored Jake's request. Clint departed for Stereo in 2003 when Jason Lee and Chris Pastras restarted the company. He and Benny Fairfax were the first two new riders on the team. Clint had the connection to Chris from riding for Osiris. He is into woodworking and making art.

There has been occasional rain all week so skateboarding has been spotty. I did roll at the park for a little bit last night. One of teens who has been skating there often rigged up an old SONY video camera so it outputs to digital instead of a tape. I'm curious to see how it works. I'm not sure what I'll be posting next week. Have a good weekend.

For the info: Skateboarder - May 2006 Volume 15 Number 9

Transworld - August 2011 Volume 29 Number 8

Alex Schmidt.

Alex is from Leucadia, Califronia. He was on Toy Machine flow before landing on Stereo. As of 2007, his favorite food was sushi and the first video he saw was either Transworld's Uno or Etnies' High Five. He is presently pro for WKND. His other sponsors include Butter Goods and Pepper Griptape. Alex has appeared in videos for Josh Stewart and the Threads Collective.

That new Spitfire video with Karim Callender, Antonio Durio, Max Palmer, Cyrus Bennett, and more was really fun.

The photo is by Ryan Lusteg.

For the info: Skateboarder - April 2007 Volume 16 Number 8

Transworld - October 2011 Volume 29 Number 10

Josiah Gatlyn.

Josiah is from Pikeville, North Carolina. He relocated to Los Angeles and eventually moved back east to Miami. His introduction to the skateboard world came from being on The Berrics, Steve Berra and Eric Koston's indoor skatepark with a website. This led to him being sponsored by Stereo and later Zero. Josiah figured his skateboarding career wasn't going to last very long and he prepared for it as such by focusing on developing skills as an animator and designer.

Shout out to Black Phaze.

Scott Quintavalle was the photographer.

Transworld - April 2011 Volume 29 Number 4

Joe Pease.

Joe is from Brisbane, Australia. He was getting boards from Mystery before being added to the Stereo team. His other sponsors included Modus Bearings and Theeve Trucks. He might have been receiving shoes from Lakai to some extent because that's all he is wearing in his welcome to Stereo video from 2011. This crooked grind was in the part. It looks like Joe is an artist working with animations and video art.

Ryan Allan took the photo.

Transworld - July 2011 Volume 29 Number 7

Benny Fairfax.

Stereo Sound Agency.

Stereo returned from the instrument storage cabinet in 2003. Initially, Jason Lee and Chris Pastras partnered with Giant for distribution. Matt Irving was brought in to be the art director. At the time, Jason had gotten back into skateboarding and Chris was working as the team manager at Osiris. Clint Peterson and Benny Fairfax were the first two new riders. Stereo separated from Giant and went the independent route in 2006. I'm making an educated guess here because it wasn't something I was following, but I think the Berrics were helping promote the relaunched Stereo. I know a bunch of the younger guys at the skatepark were into the company around 2010 and I imagine being featured on the Berrics helped introduce Stereo to a new audience that wasn't around for the glory days of the 1990s.

Benny is from New Milton in England and also grew up on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. He rode for Stereo up until 2013 when he switched to Palace. Benny is sponsored by Adidas and possibly does Wayward Wheels with Andrew Brophy. I really like the design of this ad. They totally nailed the vintage Stereo look.

The photo is by Daniel Wagner.

For the info: Slap - February 2008 Volume 17 Number 2

Transworld - March 2011 Volume 29 Number 3

Stevie Williams #6.

Run, skate, chill.

Nike recently kicked up a little dust with their 30th anniversary rerelease of the Air Max 95 sneaker. They borrowed a quote from Stevie's part in The Reason, Transworld's video from 1999, and didn't exactly attribute it to him. Stevie was included in the promotional video for the shoe, but not mentioned otherwise. He was not overly thrilled. This led to some valid discussion on the internet about the appropriation of skateboarding's culture and whatnot. After giving it some time, I decided Nike is always going to do dumb stuff, but people are going to keep buying the shoes regardless of how bad a job the Swoosh does at anything. Failing to cite a source isn't going to cost them any business. Shrugs shoulders.

I've been skateboarding slightly better this week. Nothing fancy, but I'll take it. I am not sure if I'll post anything next week. Have a good weekend.

Transworld - January 2013 Volume 31 Number 1

Dane Vaughn.

"He lives the skate life, has a scum stash, and mega pop: the three things that'll make you a star!" - Josh Kalis

Dane is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In his Transworld Check Out from April 2012, he was only listed as being flow for DGK. That's about nine months after this ad ran. Anyway, some of his favorites from those days included Cajun food, Fred Gall, the late CJ Tamborino, and the iPhone 4. I think he is still pro for DGK. Dane was listed as being on flow for DC Shoes and switched over to Supra. He was also on KR3W and Venture.

For the quote: Transworld - April 2012 Volume 30 Number 4

Transworld - July 2011 Volume 29 Number 11

Rodrigo Teixeira #4.

Circling back around.

Rodrigo rode for DGK from 2011 until 2016 when he left to ride for Numbers. This was the short lived company run by Eric Koston and Guy Mariano. He went back to DGK in the summer of 2024. Prior to DGK, Rodrigo was on Flip. He was on éS for shoes before joining up with Adidas.

Transworld - May 2011 Volume 29 Number 5

Wade DesArmo.

Top of the World.

Wade is from Ottawa, Ontario. He turned pro for DGK and was on the team for a long time until he got an invite from Paul Rodriguez to ride for Primitive. His current sponsors are Primitive, éS, Thunder, and Bones Bearings.

Transworld - January 2011 Volume 29 Number 1

Josh Kalis #15.

SILAK.

Josh beamed off the Alien Workshop in 2009 after the Mind Field video. It made a lot of sense for him to ride for DGK since his friend Stevie Williams runs the company. He's been on DGK for 15 years now. Even as he approaches 50, Josh is still holding it down for proper technical ledge skating in addition to building an indoor skatepark and driving remote controlled cars. It's a little odd seeing Josh in a Yankees hat. He recently launched his own sweatpants company called Silak.

Transworld - October 2010 Volume 28 Number 10

Kevin Terpening #3.

Swimming on land.

After riding for the Alien Workshop and FA, Kevin moved back to Ohio from Los Angeles a few years ago. He started Swim Skateboards. Former HUF teammate Dan Plunkett soon joined the new board brand. They somewhat recently added Ethan Loy to the team. "Scuba" Steve Chalme hooked Kevin up with éS back when Kevin was an am for Alien in the post Mindfield days. He would go on to ride for HUF and Nike.

I had a couple of what passes as decent for me right now skateboarding days this week. Last night was a clunker because I didn't feel like skating, but did anyway. I wasted a bunch of the evening trying to figure out if one of my car's tires had an air leak. It did. I got it fixed up this morning at the tire place around the corner from my office. Have a good weekend.

Transworld - December 2010 Volume 28 Number 12

John Rattray #7.

The Migrating Bird.

John was on Osiris prior to éS. After éS ended, he popped in for a year at New Balance before taking a job with Nike. This trick was in his part in Cold War, the Zero video from 2013. He's wearing an assortment of éS, Adidas, and New Balance in the section.

I got the new Grains video on DVD the other day. I watched about 15 minutes of Tollway last night before I was too tired and had to go to bed. I hate to throw around the phrase "Instant Classic", but Kevin DelGrosso has done it again with his well titled and meticulously crafted approach to documenting skateboarding in the Midwest.

Transworld - August 2010 Volume 28 Number 8

Justin Eldridge.

Dislocated finger.

Justin is from the Los Angeles area of California. For somebody who has been pro and in the spotlight for a long time, it was actually kind of tough finding info on him. His part in Yeah Right! was compact and hard hitting with a bunch of handrail tricks. Justin's favorite skaters include Guy Mariano, Eric Koston, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, and Marc Johnson. As of 2009, he liked Lil Wayne and A Tribe Called Quest for tunes. He also liked Cadillacs, sushi, and living near the beach.

For the info: Transworld - March 2009 Volume 27 Number 3

Transworld - July 2010 Volume 28 Number 7

Mike Anderson #4.

Human Cannonball.

Mike was granted pro status for Krooked in the summer of 2010. He also had a shoe on éS before they closed up shop. Mark Gonzales sneakily turned Mike pro while on a Krooked tour of New York City. He had some boards printed up and shipped to an art gallery in the Big Apple. While the team was skating around, Mark suggested they stop in to check out the art. The gallery curator was in on Mark's plan and had the boards hanging on the wall to surprise Mike. I don't think that idea would have worked with anybody other than Mark. Ed Templeton could probably pull it off with Toy Machine and that's about it.

Transworld - June 2010 Volume 28 Number 6

Rick McCrank #10.

Multiples.

Crankers spins out of a gnarly 50-50 at Le Dome in Paris, France. I put together a week of éS from 2010. This was the last full year for the company as Sole Tech placed the brand on hiatus in the summer of 2011, based on an article on ESPN by Adam Salo. They still had a solid team and added some new riders, like Bobby Worrest and Kevin Terpening. Rick would go on to ride for Lakai and eventually Vans in the years after this ad.

I got a batch of DGK scanned and ready, but didn't feel like posting them this week so I'm saving them for later. The Stevie Williams vs. Nike dustup made me want to wait for a little bit.

I took the weekend off from skateboarding. I figure I needed a break since I've haven't been skating well for me lately. I'll see if it helps. On the plus side, I did get caught up with everything around the house.

The sequence is by Eric Antoine.

Transworld - January 2010 Volume 28 Number 1