Shadow air.
AP is from Fresno, California. He rode for Eppic, SMA, and Consolidated. Vans and Puma provided shoes for his feet. During the 1990s, Alan was one of those all terrain rippers who was equally adept at skateparks, ramps, and street skating. That seems like an odd statement given where skateboarding is at today, but back then there was a little bit of distance between the different fields. He vanished to Australia in the early 2000s. Big Brother was a magazine started by Steve Rocco at World Industries in 1992. The mag was sold to publisher Larry Flynt, of Hustler fame, in the later 1990s. Consolidated wasn't the biggest company ever and didn't have a ton of money for advertising. They sometimes partnered with Vans to get more coverage since many of the Consolidated guys were also riding for Vans. Or in this case, Big Brother gave them a deal after an interview with Alan. And that's way too much skateboard history condensed down into a few sentences when I could've just written that this is a sick photo.
I'm not sure what to write for these things some days. When I started, the audience was generally people who grew up with skateboarding so they knew the cast of characters. I don't really know who might stumble upon this site so I sometimes want to write a more general overview of a skater's history in case a new reader hadn't heard of a pro or company. I suppose it doesn't matter too much since blogs are freeform creatures to begin with, but I do want to provide a little more context since a whole bunch of this stuff is from a long time ago now.
The photo is by Nik Freitas.
Big Brother - February 1998 Number 33
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