tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31568390070856556392012-01-28T10:16:37.372-05:00Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00013691297755213615noreply@blogger.comBlogger9271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156839007085655639.post-4429739026052365422012-01-27T13:32:00.001-05:002012-01-27T13:32:42.721-05:00

Trampled under foot.This is from the start of Markovich's pro career, when he was riding for Dogtown. I wouldn't mind owning a pair of those Airwalks again, but I don't think it would be the same.Thanks to Ben Schroeder for stopping by.Thrasher - December 1990 Volume 10 Number 12

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Good Sam.I said it two weeks ago and I'll say it again, I miss Blockhead. Thanks to Shrewgy for clearing up the mystery of Dart Wheels. Transworld - October 1988 Volume 6 Number 5

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This feels about right to follow a Ben Schroeder post. There's something wonderful about seeing lifestyle shots like this. You get that glimpse into the life of your favorite pro. Given that this would have been shot on film, a degree of editing or self control would have gone into the photo taking, although I doubt the photographer was really thinking about such a thing when the photo was being

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Turn it up and feel the buzz.Big Ben barefoot and no handed nosepicking. The photo is by Alec Schroeder.Thrasher - April 1990 Volume 10 Number 4

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New Zealander Andrew Morrison rode for Schmitt Stix and stayed with Paul Schmitt for the New Deal. He was primarily a vert guy, but could throw down in the streets, too. I dug his video parts.Michael Burnett has a cool new photo of Remy Stratton in the latest Burnout over at Thrasher's website. He's on tour down under with the Volcom team. I'm never sure what I think of Skate Mental, but that

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"The SMA stands for Steal Major Athletes." - a disgruntled Powell Peralta skateboarderRodney's move from Powell Peralta to Steve Rocco's SMA World Industries was a big deal back in 1989. Here was one of the top pros leaving the biggest company in the industry for the then small World Industries. I don't think it even registered at the time that he had switched companies to me since I was 15. I

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This ad is seriously one of the reasons I started doing Vert Is Dead. Dart Wheels has always been a mystery to me and I've got no idea why the image has stuck with me after 22 years. I've always wondered what the deal was with this company. Was it even a real company? Was it somebody's failed attempt at a wheel brand from an established company? Did Thrasher have a blank half page to fill at the

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A Kiwi grinds in the Aloha State.I'm calling an audible at the line of scrimmage and changing what I had planned for today after yesterday's Toxic post raised a bunch of questions, some of which I have answers for.I checked a few years worth of Toxic ads in Transworld last night from 1988 - 1992 and this is what I found.The pros included Dave Crabb, Bernie O'Dowd, Ken Fillion, Denny Riordon,

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For the anonymous commenter who requested some Toxic a couple of weeks ago, here you go. I went with a team ad instead of a wheel ad because I didn't want just wheels and dead fish. Holler if you did specifically want an ad with only a photo of the wheels.Toxic was a company based in Maryland who sponsored Dave Crabb, Bernie O'Dowd, Ken Fillion, Denny Riordon and a few others. Jim "Murf" Murphy

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"Just keep skating and don’t stop. Whatever they tear down, build more. And don’t let anybody tell you you’re done. Remember, Fred Astaire broke his wrist when he was 75 skateboarding around his Hollywood home. So that gives us all an opportunity to go as long as we can. That doesn’t mean that you have to go kill yourself but that also doesn’t mean that a frontside grind don’t feel good."Mark

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The Master Of Disaster.There's a cameo from Phil Esbenshade, too.Be careful out there today. My car was frozen this morning and something still ain't quite right with the driver's side door. Think warm thoughts for my station wagon.The photo is by T. Putnam.Transworld - April 1989 Volume 7 Number 2

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Seliner. Railslide. PVC.Walker was a Florida based company started in the 1970s by Bruce Walker. It was a big part of the Florida skate scene over the years and especially in the early days. Some pros included Reggie Barnes, Chuck Dinkins, Jim McCall and YoYo Shultz. They always had freestyle in their ads and often offered both street and freestyle version of a few of their boards. Seth Hum and

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The ever popular Mark Partain.This was the board I got when I sold my Mike Vallely after the T-Bone incident. Mark actually wasn't on Blockhead very long after this ad came out and switched to Walker in 1989. I was a little bummed he left Blockhead, although I don't think I noticed that he changed. Ah, the advantages of being young and living in a small town a long time before the internet

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The late Joe Lopes.I've always wanted to get some Joe on here, but I've never found any pictures of him in the magazines I have. This is weird because I know I knew who he was back then, which had to have been from his classic Schmitt Stix BBQ graphic that Neil Blender did. It's not like you could look him up on YouTube at the time.Joe helped keep skateboarding alive during the lull of the early

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12/4/1963 - 1/8/2000.This quote is from Max Schaaf:"I probably met Curtis when I was 14. He came to skate our ramp in the old Phoenix Iron Works Building in West Oakland. What I remember is him skating a longboard, it was a Schmitt Stix Yard Stick and he had on some weird Rector pads that had a trippy zebra polka type pattern on 'em. At the time both those things bothered me. Cause I was a punk

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One of my art history teachers from college usually posts some piece of art each day on his Facebook page. One day he had a Pushead drawing. I told him that I had an old Pushead interview from Thrasher that I would get around to scanning and emailing to him. I finally did that this past weekend. I figured that since the interview does talk a lot about skateboarding that I would use it here as

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Zorlac was started in the late 1970s by Jeff Newton. The company was the face of early Texas skateboarding with John "Tex" Gibson and Craig Johnson. Other team riders, not necessarily all from Texas, included Todd Prince, Mark and Barry Abrook, Rob Mertz, Aaron Deeter and Donny Myhre. Zorlac also released boards for Texas skatepunks the Big Boys and Metallica. Brian "Pushead" Schroeder did most

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Hellbow.The former Vision amateur and RVCA team manager has a new clothing company called Eswic. The team has Ed Templeton, Cairo Foster, Leo Romero, James Hardy and a few ams. It looks pretty cool. O Photo.Thrasher - July 1990 Volume 10 Number 7

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"I, myself, however skate for fun and only for fun. Any other reason to skate will cause frustration."Welcome to 2012. Claus is from Gutersloh, Germany. He was pro for Santa Cruz and had a series of board graphics with clocks. He rode for Titus and Powell Peralta, too. Claus had a band called Eight Dayz. From the various interviews I've read with him, Claus is an all around creative person -

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The T-Bone might be one of the most maligned wheels ever. It was designed as a vert wheel, but it did make a few appearances on the streets. I had a Powell Peralta Mike Vallely elephant with some white T-Bones. This would have been at the time when I was really starting to get into skateboarding so naturally I picked out the same gear as the pros I liked. I was excited to have the elephant deck

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Speed Freaks was the first of two all encompassing videos released by Santa Cruz that showcased their entire wheel team. The other was Risk It, which is noted for Danny Way's almost successful 900 attempt as the ender. Given the sheer number of team riders, each video is long and full of lots of skating, sometimes great, sometimes not so hot and sometimes just a guy bombing a hill for twenty

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Wheels for Daggers.This ad is a good sampling of the Alva team with Dave Duncan, Chris Cook, Eddie Reategui and Jim Murphy. Notice the wheel sizes range from 60 mm for street and 63.5 mm for ramps and pools. The wheels also come in a variety of hardnesses - 92A, 95A and 97A. I think whether wheels were hard or soft used to be a much bigger factor back in the day. These days everything is pretty

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"Well, I just know that I like to do tricks where I move. I don't like going straight up or straight down. I like to move across the wall, to carve, to go as fast as I can. That's what provides the rush."I like this quote from Miller. Use the whole ramp, please.It's nobody escapes the wheel week.Transworld - October 1988 Volume 6 Number 5

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Number 900.Never forget. Jeff is the all time leader for page views on Vert Is Dead. It's great to see that people still care about him and his legacy. Jeff rode for Sims and then the Life's A Beach board company B.B.C. He was from Texas and one of the best pros in the 1980s and early 1990s. Unfortunately, Jeff took his life on Christmas in 1993. Some of his signature moves on vert included

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Remembering.This is the intro to Ray's Pro Spotlight in Transworld. It was written by Stacy Peralta.Ray Underhill was thirteen years old when he was infected with an obsession for playing the banjo. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday he entered a banjo and fiddle contest at the local mall, competing against musicians his own age as well as his music teacher. He walked away with first place.

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"For all it's worth, I had a good time when I skated, and if people enjoy that then so be it, but if not there's nothing I can do about it."A Vert Is Dead favorite.Remy turned pro for G & S and then switched to Acme in the early 1990s. He injured his back during the Acme years and started doing sales for the company. At the time Volcom was located across the street from Acme and he started to

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Windmilling.Ffej makes a rare street appearance away from his usual comfort zone of the halfpipe. He was noted for his inverts. He is still skating today and pops up every so often at contests and other events. I always liked his part in Streets On Fire where he skated around Europe with Claus Grabke.Transworld - June 1990 Volume 8 Number 6

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Back to the grind.Here's one more Transworld poster that used to be on my bedroom wall. I'm guessing it is from 1989 or maybe very early 1990. Jason was pro for H-Street. He rode for Natural before starting Arcade and Autobahn Wheels later in the 1990s. Both of those companies are still going today.I had a pair of those purple and white Airwalks that Jason is wearing.I'd like to extend a big

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"Hellbow hover test conducted by Mark Gonzales."This is another Transworld poster from 1989 that used to hang on my bedroom wall. I think this is the poster that made me a fan of the Gonz as he was around, but not as visible as other pros in 1989. This topic was discussed in depth over at the Chrome Ball Incident a couple of weeks ago by Eric and Mark. Hellbow was this massive mini ramp with a

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Steve catches some air at the Linda Vista Boy's Club in San Diego. This is another Transworld poster from 1989 that was hanging on my bedroom wall a long time ago.The photo is by Grant Brittain.

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Eric rode for Sims. He is from Arcadia, California. He acquired the nickname the Crusher on a tour of Australia. I was always a fan of Nash because he seemed like a good guy who was down for skateboarding.You've been known as the Crusher. Do you still arm wrestle?My arm wrestling days are over. I ruined my arm last time. I didn't lose, I was just beaten unfairly. I arm wrestled everyone in

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Mark won the 1988 NSA Amateur Street Finals and turned pro for Gordan & Smith after that. He is from Fairborn, Ohio. G & S dominated the amateur contests that year with Blaize Blouin winning vert as well. Here's a question and answer session with Thrasher:What? I'd like to see different things at streetstyle contests other than quarter pipes. Maybe schoolyard, bank or curb contests.When? I

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Lester gets inverted at the Sadlands in Anaheim, California. You would always see the Sadlands in photos and wonder about the place, especially if you didn't live anywhere near California. It seemed like something that wasn't real, but had to be because Neil Blender was always skating there.Here is a bit of the story behind the spot from a Thrasher interview with Lester conducted by Rick "Spidey"

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"This world is in no rush, just the people in it." - Neil BlenderThis is a drawing Neil Blender did of Eric Nash driving. It was used as a board graphic on G & S. I scanned this in from a sticker that I have. I'm guessing it would be from 1988 or 1989. My friends and I had been skateboarding a couple of years when Powell Peralta's Ban This came out in 1989. I got the video for Christmas. We were

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Now and later.This photo of Brian is from the 1992 Thrasher calendar, meaning that it was taken in 1991. I had to crop out the month info at the bottom of the page, which slightly results in the dreaded floating in the air without a frame of reference composition. The photos used in the calendar were adjusted to fit a full two page spread and fit around the month. It looks nice, but is somewhat

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"Not quite Koston over the Lukang gap. Sorry."Old school December starts tomorrow. I'm done with the year 2000, as it has dragged on for far too long. I thought that since skateboarding was getting bigger that there would be plenty of material for an in depth look, but oddly there wasn't. In the future, I'm not going to spend more than a month on any one time period, so 20 to 25 scans tops before

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I saw a photo of this guy on Michael Burnett's Tumblr and then I found this interview. I figure it had to go up in case anybody was wondering who Texas Dan was. Dan's not actually from Texas. Michael Burnett did the photos and the interview.Thrasher - May 2000 Volume 20 Number 5

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Enrique is another smooth and stylish Spanish skater. He rode for World Industries, Deca, Monkey Stix and currently is on Expedition. After World Industries sold their soul to a cartoonish devil, it wasn't long before a few changes had to be made for the older guys with the company. Hence the short lived Deca came into existence. The team also included Deawon Song, J.B. Gillet, Marcus McBride and

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Not slow motion.Grant Taylor won Thrasher's S.O.T.Y. award. Works for me. The weather was excellent for Thanksgiving and I got to roll around a couple of days. Fun times.Thrasher - March 2000 Volume 20 Number 3

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From the SMA days to his stint in the Underworld to Real and Anti-Hero, Julien has always been a favorite of mine. It's hard to believe he's been pro for over twenty years now. Of course since he's in his low forties and running Anti-Hero, the in-print on-board sightings become fewer, but Julien is always good for a great photo every so often. Take the Anti-Hero ad from a couple months ago of the

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One time Foundation pro with a mastery of step off no complies seldom seen since the Rubber Boys days of Powell Peralta.Baker just turned Shane Heyl pro. There's still hope for all us old dudes.Looks like the folks at Girl and Chocolate have been working on a new little movie.Transworld - March 2000 Volume 18 Number 3

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The Real amateurs circa 2000. J.T. sustained a head injury in Las Vegas last week. The latest updates from Jim Thiebaud on Twitter are that he is going to be OK and has been discharged from the hospital. That's some good news to hear.Check out the Chrome Ball Incident for Mark & Eric's Pack Of Lies featuring former Slap writer Mark Whiteley.Thrasher - April 2000 Volume 20 Number 4

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Same as it ever was. I'm always reluctant to use World Industries and Blind stuff because of the corny little cartoon characters that live on the corners of the page. No matter how rad the trick is, I can't make myself scan some of them. Thankfully the guys have other sponsors.The game plan around here is to carry on with the year 2000 for a little bit longer. I'll post stuff next week from

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Carrying on the proud vertical traditions started in Denmark by Nicky Guerrero.I remember watching Rune at the X-Games, maybe even when it was the Extreme Games still, and being blown away with how smoothly he skated. He was doing all the latest vert tricks higher and more stylishly than everybody else. I've been a fan ever since. And a lazy one at that since it took this long to scan a picture

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No nude fish.Speaking of fish, be sure to check out the new clip from Hard Times that is on the Thrasher website. I'm not sure of the skater's name, but the guy does a half cab stalefish transfer that is amazing at the 0:50 second mark. Nik Freitas did the photos and asked the questions.Thrasher - June 2000 Volume 20 Number 6

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Gambler. Coffee drinker. Fisherman. Thrasher - November 2000 Volume 20 Number 11

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There's just something so life affirming about Anti-Hero ads.Thrasher - June 2000 Volume 20 Number 6

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Today needs more Dill.Feet:It looks like Lakai has a new model out called the Sutter, which is very close in design to the old Soca. That was one of my favorite shoes ever. I'm never sure with how my own tastes register with other people, but Scott Johnston listed the Soca as one of his favorites in his Already Been Done interview.Videos:1. Steve Forstner's Gravis part came out earlier in the

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Yesterday's loud mouthed amateurs are today's tight lipped veteran professionals.Thrasher - December 2000 Volume 20 Number 12

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Old Dirty Smolik.The man who gave us pants that you could velcro to your sneakers and then partied away his Osiris money without regret. Peter rode for Voice before getting picked to be the third pro at Shorty's alongside Chad Muska and Steve Olson. He had a good run at the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s until Shorty's fell off. He subsequently started SK8MAFIA and that seems to be doing

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Ghostwriter.It's a kind of hard to think of Pops without thinking of this guy.Ted Newsome took the photo.Slap - September 2000 Volume 9 Number 9

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Fairways and flips.Ryan Gee took the photo.Thrasher - September 2000 Volume 20 Number 9

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I maybe should have used this for Halloween. The photo of Peter at the Nude Bowl is dated as 1998, but the ad ran in 2000. I had to double check before I posted it since I'm stuck in the year 2000 for now.RIP James Van Doren. Big Brother - June 2000 Issue 61

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Time for your weekly Toy Machine injection.I watched Toy Machine's Live last night. Ethan Fowler's part is an interesting one. For half of it he is wearing big pants and doing the tricks of the day. For the other half of it, his trousers have slimmed down and the trick selection is much more classic. Ed Templeton puts on a flip trick clinic, which seems out of place for him. He even does a nollie

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Nocturnal.It's that time of the year when you have to bust out the gloves for skateboarding. It made last night comfortable instead of finger numbing.Slap - May 2000 Volume 9 Number 5

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Atmosphere.The sequence is by Dave Swift.Transworld - September 2000 Volume 18 Number 9

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Happy Halloween.Todd was an artist at Consolidated and he does the High Five today. He also has done art for Creature. He provides assorted illustrations for the Skateboard Mag, too.Andrew Hutchison took the pictures. Thrasher - November 2000 Volume 20 Number 11

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A stalefish by Mark Gonzales is a thing of beauty.Be sure to hit up the Chrome Ball Incident today for an amazing interview with Omar Salazar. Omar does not stop.Thrasher - November 2000 Volume 20 Number 11

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Nostalgic for the Photosynthesis days.I went skateboarding at the skatepark on Monday night. It was just me, nobody else was around. Good thing I did because we are supposed to be getting a little snow tonight. Nothing that will stick and probably not where I am, but it's in the forecast.The photo is by Lance Dawes.Transworld - September 2000 Volume 18 Number 9

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We save you the trouble of counting the stairs.Austin has been with Toy Machine for a long time now. He was an am back when the team was Ed Templeton, Elissa Steamer, Brian Anderson and Brad Staba. After Elissa, Brian and Brad moved on, he was the last man standing next to Ed. He was on Emerica and now rides for Dekline Footwear. He is also sponsored by RVCA.Transworld - December 2000 Volume 18

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A contemporary of Pat Duffy.Kanten was one of the main guys in the early 1990s to push the boundaries of big gap and rail skating. He maybe should have been on Plan B, but let's leave that as water under the bridge at this point. Besides if Chris Miller is your boss, than you are pretty much winning at life.We've been having problems with the internet at work lately, hence the evening update.

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Ryan was an all around handrail and pool punisher for the New Deal. He rode for 151 after the Deal went out of business.Transworld - October 2000 Volume 18 Number 10

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Everybody's down.Jay Garrette was the photographer.Slap - July 2000 Volume 9 Number 7

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enjoi was started at the tail end of 2000 after Marc started using words the opposite in meaning of stoked and rad to describe how he felt about riding for the A-Team. Although the A-Team had a very good crew with Rodeny Mullen, Gershon Mosley, Chet Thomas and Dave Mayhew, the graphics and ads were not so hot, to be polite. Mullen and Mayhew were part of the original enjoi team. They were joined

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The smooth Spanish street technician. He rode for Powell and then the Firm. Javier recently got hooked up with SK8MAFIA and DC's Embassy European program. Transworld - December 2000 Volume 18 Number 12

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This spot has always looked difficult to ride to me, but a lot of cool tricks have gone down on it over the years. Slap - January 2000 Volume 9 Number 1

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Is it time to start campaigning for S.O.T.Y. yet?It's cool to see that ams from ten years ago have become some of the top pros going these days.I watched about five minutes of the vert part of the Mountain Dew contest yesterday afternoon between football games and laundry. Andy MacDonald is still going and it looks like he is getting more air than he used to. Pedro Barros is ridiculous. That's

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Unbeliever.Slap - April 2000 Volume 9 Number 4

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Tom came to the USA from England and casually destroyed all our spots before vanishing to France. You stopped seeing photos of him in the mags and then, all of sudden, there he is spinning an Indy 540. Some people got it like that.I was saving this for Friday, but after seeing the Muska at the Chrome Ball Incident, I figured today was the right day.The photo was by Ashby.Slap - May 2000 Volume 9

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B.A. stands tall on a huge backside tailslide. Has this been online someplace else recently? I looked, but don't think it came up.Speaking of large tricks, Heath Kirchart does a massive backside 360 ollie over a pyramid in the new issue of Thrasher.Dave Swift took the picture.Slap - January 2000 Volume 9 Number 1

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I kept flipping by this and figured it needed to be online. This is an email conversation between Slap editor Mark Whiteley and Niall Neeson. There are some interesting points made here. It's also interesting how much things have changed in the decade since this dialogue. The notions of guest (Gest) boards were relatively unheard of back then, but now it seems hard to imagine skateboarding

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Arkansas represent.After having a fairly stable team for the first half of the 1990s, Foundation experienced a massive amount of turnover in 1997 when all the pros left. This meant that Daniel Haney, Brad Staba and Jon West were the new team. They were showcased in the handrail heavy video Duty Now For The Future in 1997. There was beef between Staba and Haney so Danrail split for Arcade. Haney

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Switch crooks.Danny was an am for All City before getting on Habitat. He's been with them ever since. In the footwear department, he has ridden for Vita, Lakai and éS.RIP Tony Evjenth.The photo is by Seu Trinh.Slap - August 2000 Volume 9 Number 8

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Cards + Chris Johanson = Classic Anti-Hero.Thrasher - May 2000 Volume 20 Number 5

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I always like Dune's trick selection. It might not be the biggest or most technical, but everything is done with proper style and grace.Work's been a little crazy this week.Thrasher - April 2000 Volume 20 Number 4

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Sometimes you just gotta let the pictures do the talking.Dennis McGrath took the photo.Thrasher - March 2000 Volume 20 Number 3

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The nollie bigspin champ.Appleyard got on at the ground floor for Habitat and had a part in their section in Photosynthesis. He soon left for Flip and spent most of the last ten years with the company. He is now on Element. Appleyard also switched from Circa to Globe quite a few years ago. I find his sponsorship moves a little unusual, but he seems to know what he is doing. The photo sequence is

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A young Tosh got hooked up with Element thanks to Kris Markovich. The kid was only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time and jumping down fifteen stair handrails. He turned pro for Element and also had a shoe on Emerica. Tosh is currently riding for Dogtown. His father is Peter Townend, a former world champion surfer. Slap - December 2000 Volume 9 Number 12

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Creeping death.Trainwreck did a lot of damage on a skateboard at the end of the 1990s and early 2000s. He came up with Platinum and Duffs before getting on Zero and DC. He switched over to Bootleg and then pulled the old disappearing act. Thrasher - April 2000 Volume 20 Number 4

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If I recall correctly, the story behind this ad was that Brad Staba made a horizontal move at Tum Yeto from Foundation to Toy Machine. The F Troop picked up Strubing from Adrenalin, which had gone out of business at that time. I think this was when Toy Machine was in a state of flux with its team. Bam Margera, Kerry Getz, Mike Maldonado and Chris Senn had all quit or were let go. This left Brian

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Velvet Jones. His part in Real To Reel has some of the best 360 flips ever.The sequence is by Gabe Morford.Slap - October 2000 Volume 9 Number 10

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Sean is goofy footed. It helps explain the photo. Sort of. He rode for Clean, Capital, New Deal and Stereo. He works as a mechanic on expensive cars these days.Thrasher - February 2000 Volume 20 Number 2

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This is how you do a frontside noseslide. Big Brother - December 2000 Issue 67

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So far it's been nothing but big guns for the week.Wade rode for Think up until the year 2000. They thought he was maybe ready for retirement, which wasn't the case and he switched over to the Black Label. In addition to skateboarding, Wade has a backhoe services company in Farmington, California that he started in 1998. He can dig you a ditch or a pond, demolish a sidewalk or remove a tree stump

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Disappearer.I watched a couple of clips on the Berrics yesterday. I'd say that all the Anthony Pappalardo fans can be cautiously optimistic about him having a part in the Chocolate video based on the footage he had for a segment called Off The Grid. It won't be a return to the Photosynthesis days, but it will be more like the Lakai video if it happens. The guy hits up some raw parts of New York

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Dan illustrates the concept of irony by doing an ollie over a box with a smoking kills sign on it while smoking.I think this sequence might be by Lance Dawes. Thrasher - February 2000 Volume 20 Number 2

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"Cos shit just happens like that in Tino's world."I've always liked this ad. It will be the year 2000 on Monday.The photo is by Rhino.Slap - June 2001 Volume 10 Number 6

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Lauren was on Rookie and Gallaz. She's from New Brunswick, New Jersey. She may or may not have a Tumblr account in her name that has lots of pictures of tattoos. Sometimes it's hard to find relevant background info on people. That's pretty much been the case this week and won't be changing for tomorrow. At least tomorrow's ad is totally awesome, not that there is really anything wrong with

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Jaime was an am for Real in the time before Rookie started. She was also on Gallaz, the girls division of Globe footwear in the early 2000s. Jaime was probably on par with Elissa Steamer in terms of skill and definitely raised the bar for quality women's skateboarding. She got the cover of Thrasher in the early 1990s, too.In other skateboard happenings, the Manny Santiago part that just went

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Jessie is from Kelowna, British Columbia. She rode for Rookie, Vans, Venture and FTC. It looks like she is a graphic designer these days.Joe Brook took the photo.Slap - August 1999 Volume 8 Number 8

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Welcome to Rookie week.Rookie was started in 1998 and based out of New York City. The company definitely had the arty vibe to it, but not in a way that was overbearing or overdone. The original team was Jessie Van Roechoudt, Lauren Mollica and Kyla Duffy with Jaime Reyes joining after that. Jon Klein, Tino Razo, Sean Kelling, Shane Medanich, Dave Chesson, Simon Skipp and Lisa Whitaker were also

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"Max was perfect for what we were looking for. He skated and did tricks how we liked to see them done; he popped into and out of ramp tricks like a street skater would do on a ledge." - Guy MarianoIt just wouldn't be Fourstar without Max.It's Rookie week beginning on Monday.For the quote: Thrasher - October 2011 Volume 31 Number 10Thrasher - November 1999 Volume 19 Number 11

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Once Colin was on Girl, it made sense for him to ride for Fourstar. He was doing the type of tricks that Guy and Eric did on ledges on the coping of the old vert ramp. He was on from 1998 to 2000. Transworld - May 1999 Volume 17 Number 5

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"When we came up with the idea of starting Fourstar, it was Guy, Rick and myself meeting about it. When Guy and I started to talk about the team, we both said to Rick, "Well, you and Mike have to be on." We skated and hung out with Keenan Milton so much at that time that we wanted him on, too. We got to hang with Max Schaaf in Europe a few times during the contest circuits that went on there

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"It all started by taking a piece here and there from out of my closet, bringing it to Girl, and getting it duplicated. That's when Girl started to do a bit of cut-and-sew. We just thought to ourselves, "Why don't we start a clothing company?" None of us has clothing sponsors, and we had ideas we wanted to create because no one was actually making exactly what we wanted at that time." - Eric

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If you've ever looked at the masthead in Thrasher, there are the names of three deceased skaters listed under all the staff credits. Everybody should know who Phil Shao was, but Curtis Hsiang and Ruben Orkin are probably a little less well known. I've posted a few scans of Curtis and I've been meaning to include Ruben as well. He was the team manager at Thunder and Spitfire until his untimely

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Taking the quick and easy way out with a MC post. I like switch pop shove-its. It's one of the five tricks I can do well on a regular basis. I've been dealing with a back to school rush of sorts at work. Otherwise I'd like to write up a little something about how the summer league basketball games that you've been hearing bits and pieces about parallel skateboarding, but I haven't the time

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Jeremie is a former New Deal am and the founder of Cliché skateboards. I've only had one Cliché board and that was probably two years ago. The shape was maybe a little smaller than what I generally prefer, but it was still a really nice board. Plus they sponsor Javier Mendizabal, Andrew Brophy and Lucas Puig, so that makes the company cool. Olivier Chassignole photographed the sequence.

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In a sight almost as rare as Bigfoot, here's Pete Eldridge doing a trick in his normal stance instead of switch. Pete rode for Stereo, Bootleg, City and floated around in sponsorship limbo until Jamie Thomas offered him a spot on Mystery a couple of years ago. Since then he has also gotten sponsored by adidas. Slap - September 1999 Volume 8 Number 9

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Hockey Temper delivers a kickflip frontside boardslide to fakie. Who knew that a stupid video from a wheel company would turn into a multimillion dollar entertainment franchise? I watched the end of Street League yesterday. Nice to see Sean Malto get the win. Thomas Campbell took the photo. Transworld - March 1999 Volume 17 Number 3

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