Chris Miller #6.

Handrail attack.

Steve Sherman was the cameraman.

Thrasher - May 1991 Volume 11 Number 5

Chris Miller #5

This is from a 1993 interview with Neal Hendrix:

"My wheels are way too small, especially for vert skating. I just learned that because Chris Miller gave us the biggest lecture ever, and I was actually stoked. We went to Planet Earth one day with Brian Howard, and I was stoked to see Chris because he's always been my mentor, ever since I was a little skate rat. He was heckling us so hard for riding small wheels, he was all, "What are you guys doing? Quit with the fad, you've got to go fast." It was rad getting a father to son lecture from Chris Miller."

It seems that I remember the oddest little bits about skateboarding.

For the quote: Transworld - November 1993 Volume 11 Number 11

Thrasher - December 1989 Volume 9 Number 12

Chris Miller #4.

Chris rode for Gullwing. He caused a big stink back in the day when he was photographed riding another company's trucks. Something like that seems kind of trivial today, although the message boards do need topics to talk about. Gullwings were very easy to identify, unlike these days when pros ride Ventures or Indy's instead of whatever brand they are supposed to be using.

In the late 1990s Chris started Mercury Trucks with help from Jamie Thomas. The brand didn't last too long. The friends that I know rode them weren't very happy with how they worked. I'm not sure if that was just because it was the first model and they were still working the kinks out or if they flat out weren't good trucks to begin with. The Jamie Thomas fans bought them so they could have the exact same setup as the Chief: Pig Wheels, Mercury Trucks, Zero deck and those kind of ugly Emerica Jamie Thomas shoes. Anyway, there was an interview with Chris a couple of years ago, possibly in the Skateboard Mag or a TWS Buyer's Guide, where he said he had a box of Mercury trucks left and still rode them. I thought it was cool that he kept using them even long after the company didn't exist.

The picture is by Spike Jonze.

Thrasher - July 1989 Volume 9 Number 7

Chris Miller #3.

It's Miller time.

Chris rode for Santa Cruz and turned pro for G & S. He went on to ride for Schmitt Stix and formed Planet Earth in the early 1990s. He also started Rhythm and Mercury trucks as the 90s moved along. These days he rides for Stereo and is still one of the best vert guys ever.

I like Chris' art.

The rest of this week is going to be Chris Miller scans and then next week will be stuff from the early days of Planet Earth.

Chris Ortiz took the photo.

Thrasher - April 1989 Volume 9 Number 4

Allen Midgett.

Midgett was pro for Schmitt Stix and Losi Skate Designs. I don't know all that much about him.

Have you seen the recreated Matt Hensley video Patrick O'Dell did?

Tod Swank took the photos. Jay Henry did the Midgett graphic.

Thrasher - November 1988 Volume 8 Number 11

Snaggle.

Don't know, don't care. Cool photo.

Thrasher - October 1990 Volume 10 Number 10

Riky Barnes #5.

I got the new Black Label and Tilt Mode videos yesterday. I'm happy that Bonus Round comes with an extra DVD that has the other two Tilt Mode videos on it. I somehow missed out on those when they came out. I haven't watched them yet, but I did watch God Save The Label last night. I thought the pros all had good parts. I skipped over most of the am parts because I was tired and didn't feel like watching somebody I hadn't really heard of.

After fast forwarding through a few parts, I had to wonder if I'm turning into more of a bitter old dude who doesn't want to see the young new whippersnappers. I decided I'm not. For the most part. I just like to give the new ams a chance to put some work in and see who sticks around a while. There's a lot of good skateboarding out there. It's sometimes best to not think about everything.

I did watch Vince Del Valle's part and thought he did a great job.

I also watched the stuff Billy Marks filmed at Steve and Eric's indoor playground the other day. I'm a fan of Billy and thought he had some cool tricks, like the nollie and then the nollie kickflip over the hubba. Must be nice to have access to a place like that.

Continue.

Transworld - February 1991 Volume 9 Number 2