Max Schaaf #5.

A rare street Max sighting.

Vita made some clean looking shoes. I never had a pair and I only saw somebody who had the Natas pro model that looked a little like hiking boots once.

Thanks to the Deluxe crew for giving Vert Is Dead a shout out in the credits of Since Day One. The Chrome Ball Incident made the list, too.

Transworld - October 1998 Volume 16 Number 10

Tim Brauch #12.

Do you have San Jose pride?

Yeah, it's fun. I guess there are a lot of places here that are really good for skating. The people are the funnest to hang out with here, too.

Who do you usually skate with?

I skate with Jason Adams, my friend Todd, Simon Woodstock, Jaya.

Lance Dalgart?

Yeah, I skate with Lance. I meet Lance every morning for coffee. I call him up, I'm like his human alarm clock. I wake up super early to start my day for some reason. I always have to be doing something or I'll get all antsy. So I wake him up and we go to coffee at Nordstrom's because it's only 25 cents a cup. We just hang out and talk, and that's how we start our day.

Lance is a nice guy.

I've known him since I was super young. He took me to my first skate spot outside of San Jose. I was just this little skate grommet hanging out at der Wienerschnitzel and he was all, "Do you want to go to the Fish Banks with a bunch of other guys?" It was one of the funnest days skating because I got to venture out of my little area.

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Remembering Beans.

4/16/1974 - 5/9/1999.

The photo is by Jai Tanju. The interview was with Thomas Campbell.

For the quote: Transworld - November 1994 Volume 12 Number 11

Thrasher - December 1998 Volume 18 Number 12

Keegan Sauder.

Real am then, Zero pro now.

I'm slightly envious of Keegan's casual approach to life - camping outdoors, riding around on a motorcycle, pooping in large bodies of fresh water... well, maybe not that last one.

It's a Gabe Morford photo.

Note: The photo originally ran in the September 1998 issue of Slap.

Slap - October 1998 Volume 7 Number 10

Jackson Taylor.

"Jackson Taylor is 21 years old, and has been into skating for 10 years. He's from Newport, North Carolina. He had a car, couldn't keep it, flipped a coin - heads: California, tails: Carolina - and got California, probably thinking he's gonna make it big. So, he comes here, not knowing anybody, only relying his humble fuckin' nice guy attitude. He says he tried surfing and barely got into old bicycles and Scott Bourne rules. Jack is one of the coolest guys you'll ever meet - not very punctual, but that doesn't make him a bad guy. In this order, he loves his mom, Consolidated, Skateworks, Solar and Kastel." - Jason Jessee

Consolidated pokes a little fun at Hands Across America.

Brian Uyeda was the photographer.

For the quote: Thrasher - August 1997 Volume 17 Number 8

Thrasher - October 1998 Volume 18 Number 10

Bo Turner.

Bo turned pro for the Alien Workshop. He did some big ollies over things people weren't normally doing ollies over in Memory Screen. After the company made a few team changes, Bo rode for Balance. He runs a garage in Florida these days. You don't want him mad at you.

The photo is by Josh Stewart.

Big Brother - May 1998 Issue 36

Luis Cruz.

If you had guessed obscure World Industries related riders and companies as a theme for this week, then you know something I don't. I think this might be the most random week ever on Vert Is Dead, which is saying something. I think it also reflects the variety of things that were going on in skateboarding in 1998.

Shaolin was a very short lived company done in part by former Alva and World Industries pro Jeff Hartsell. Luis rode for Society Skateboards before Shaolin. He also rode for Deca and Artifact.

Chris Ortiz took the photo.

Slap - August 1998 Volume 7 Number 8

Gideon Choi.

There always seem to be requests for this guy floating around the internet.

Gideon rode for Blind and Natas' Vita footwear. He is credited with inventing bluntslides on the wrong side of the ledge.

I like the Moped Man graphic, but I could never get into the Blind Reaper. There's been a lot of Blind ads that I thought about scanning, but just couldn't because of that thing.

Big Brother - April 1998 Issue 35