Tony Ferguson #5.

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Tony spins a backside 360 ollie in Philadelphia while wearing some Lakais. The trick was in the Girl montage of Yeah Right! from 2003. I didn't know what to pick out for the week and some Girl scans from 2001 was an easy find. I was surprised I hadn't posted any of these before. They would have been starting to film for Yeah Right! around this time. Tony is from Ottawa and moved out to Vancouver. He rode for Real, Plan B, and Girl.

Thrasher - January 2001 Volume 21 Number 1

Dan Drehobl #34.

Freedumb flight.

Dan does a frontside air at Kempsey in New South Wales, Australia. This was from a trip down under with Brian Anderson, Brad Staba, Julien Stranger, and Tim Upson. Luke Ogden was the photographer. Jake Phelps was lurking in the background and I'm guessing he organized the ride. It's sort of an odd crew. The trip would have been from 2000 or very early 2001. Dan was on Think and Emerica at the time. Brad and Brian were both still on Toy Machine and wearing Saviers. The article was lean on words, but had lots of pictures of everybody. Luke even got a skate pic. I like how in your face and up close the photo is. It stands out even with all the text. I had to include this cover in the feature because Dan is one of my favorites and I think this was his only Thrasher cover.

Here's a Google street view of the park. Dan would've aired the hip on the front left. I like the skeleton sculpture and shoes hanging from the power lines.

The weather has remained in summer mode so I've been skateboarding most days. I hit up the Jamestown city park, too. I'm still not really skating so great for me and it's getting kind of frustrating. I'm trying to make it work, but it's a chore.

Luke Ogden was the photographer.

Thrasher - March 2001 Volume 21 Number 3

Darren Navarrette #18.

Guy in the sky.

I'm a fan of Darren and knew I wanted to include him in the cover feature. He graced the front of Thrasher with this vibrantly colored creature. It's a full blown 1980s style cut-out design with the relevant talking points of 2003. Those were some wild days, let me tell ya. Darren would've been on 151 at the time. He's wearing a pair of Emericas. I thought this was his only cover, but he was also on the front of The Skateboard Mag with Al Partanen back in 2008.

The photo is by Luke Ogden.

Thrasher - October 2003 Volume 23 Number 10

Julien Stranger #29.

Caution tape.

I had to pick a couple of Slap covers from my senior year of college. Slap was a welcome third voice in addition to what Thrasher and Transworld were publishing. They were a little more creative and arty while focusing on slightly more underground skateboarders. The music reviews were solid and more likely bands I was actually into. I put this feature together quickly so I'm not sure if I'd chosen the same two I scanned. I think I'd maybe have gone with Greg Hunt's cover instead, but I wasn't going to change anything once I got everything organized. You also can't go wrong with any Julien photos so that made this one an easy choice. I think he is wearing some Etnies or possibly some early run Emericas. I like how he's got "nose" written on the front of his board.

As was the case for the Rick Howard cover, there was no photographer credit for the picture. My guess would be Lance Dawes took the picture and didn't credit himself.

Slap - April 1996 Volume 5 Number 4