Remy Stratton #12.

Chrome Dome.

Remy ollies to truck. The photo is probably from just before he left G & S for Acme.

There's a great interview with Sal Barbier up at the Chrome Ball Incident now. Sal talks about the Eppic and H-Street days, along with Aesthetics and the move to Zoo York.

How about the Numbers video? I'm neutral on it. The music was odd. It reminded me of the intro to Steve Berra's part in The End with how it was filmed, kind of like a surveillance video that happened to capture skateboarding. Antonio Durao rips.

It appears the snow is here and there isn't a warm up in sight for at least the next week or so. I got in one last solo session on Wednesday night at the park. I'm claiming I've got backside 50-50s back for as good as they are going to be for me now. I just can't do them like I used to be able to, but at least I can do them without spending a long time to land one. I also think I need to replace the bushings in my back truck and get some new skate shoes. Getting old stinks.

Rick Kosick took the photo.

Thrasher - June 1991 Volume 11 Number 6

Ocean Howell #5.

Trip out.

Poweredge - October 1991 Issue Number 36

Mike McGill #3.

Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.

Mr. 540 tests out a new deck. Whenever guys were getting a new shape, Powell Peralta would make prototypes with the experimental sticker on them. This fits with some of the military style imagery the company used, as if it's a test pilot flying an unproven high tech airplane. You could tell from who was riding the experimental decks that a new board was coming out soon or that an am would be turning pro in the near future. I believe Ray Underhill came up with the idea. As far as I know, Powell never sold any of the experimental boards to the public, which made them even cooler. I'm sure you could probably pick one up on the internet these days, but that wouldn't be the same. If there was a reissue, I would probably grab one.

The best little thing about the recent Animal Chin Ramp reunion video was that Mike was wearing a t-shirt for his own shop.

The photos are by Sin Egelja.

Transworld - December 1988 Volume 6 Number 6

Jesse Neuhaus #3.

Down for Life.

After riding for Alva, New School, Life, and Fun, Jesse went back to his hometown of Chicago. He has been running Bluetown Skateboards since 1996. He was also sponsored by G & S for trucks and has a bunch of tricks in the truck team section of their Footage video from 1990.

The lights are still on at the park here. I managed about 35 minutes of chilly skateboarding in a moderate breeze last night. It was somehow worth it.

The picture is by Tobin Yelland.

Poweredge - October 1991 Issue Number 36

Eric Dressen #3.

"Even though you're a top pro you can still really enjoy skateboarding. I still love skateboarding as much, even more now than I did when I was a little kid, just for the pure joy of skateboarding. I appreciate things a lot more now because I realize I'm getting older and I'm not going to be young forever."

It's time to flash back to the days when both our heroes and ourselves had less gray hair. I picked out a quick sampling of stuff from 1989 and 1991 to fill up the month of December. I figured I needed to include the Bones Brigade after the Animal Chin 30th anniversary video was released. There's also a few of the more obscure things I post each year, which means the people who wind up here searching for Toxic Wheels will be happy. I got a nice batch of board porn from a mail order catalog, too.

Congrats to Kyle Walker on winning SOTY.

Stay strong, Oakland.

The photos are by Aaron Sedway.

For the quote: Transworld - June 1989 Volume 7 Number 3

Transworld - April 1989 Volume 7 Number 2

Paul Sharpe #4.

Little Respect.

Big ollies & nollies.

I got everything ready for Old School December to start on Monday. It's going to be a mix of stuff from 1989 and 1991 with a bit of an emphasis on Powell Peralta.

Slap - August 2000 Volume 9 Number 8

Jerry Hsu #5.

Outer Accelerator.

Jerry's first full video part was in Montage, the NC Board Shop video from 1996. He's had a good couple decades since and recently had a part for Emerica's Made 2. Is there a DVD of that yet? I feel that would be a good one for the collection.

I voted for Dennis Busenitz in the SOTY poll. I don't think he'll win, but whatever.

Slap - July 2000 Volume 9 Number 7