Scott Bourne #8.

The writer can ollie.

Thrasher - March 1998 Volume 18 Number 3

Tim McKenney #5.

Tim takes a disaster to the top shelf at the China Banks. This photo maybe should have run someplace other than the back half of a 300 page issue of Transworld.

Transworld - March 2000 Volume 18 Number 3

Kris Markovich #20.

The Metro.

As a surprise to no one, Kris scores the last part in Art Bars. This was his first part for Foundation after leaving Element. I think he might even be riding Element boards in a couple of the clips. You know what you are going to get from Markovich and he certainly does not disappoint. It is nothing but blazing fast lines of street skateboarding mixed with big gap ollies and a sampling of handrails. His trick selection sticks to the classics, but when the tricks are done so properly at high speed, you are just left in awe. There are 360 flips, backside 50-50s, boardslides, bluntslides, noseblunt slides, and frontside shove-its. Kris does a couple of fakie ollies down gaps to relive the A-1 Meats days. His signature backside 180 nosegrinds make an appearance, too. A few frontside airs at a skatepark are floated about to round out the section. This backside Smith grind was near the end and his last trick was a frontside varial heelflip down a double set. Markovich is one of the best ever and this part is another solid chapter in his legacy.

Big Brother - December 2000 Number 67

Justin Roy #2.

Skull & cross bones t-shirt.

Justin was the new am on Foundation for Art Bars. His part featured a lot of handrails and a couple of roof gaps. There were also some nice ledge lines to break up all the carcass tossing. He did a half cab noseslide and a nollie frontside noseslide to create some variety. There were nollie kickflips and backside kickflips. Justin did a few kickflips to frontside noseslide and boardslide on handrails. He even throws down a Barley grind in the part. His last trick is a kickflip backside lipslide that he was super happy about rolling away from.

Transworld - March 2001 Volume 19 Number 3

Ethan Fowler #20.

White Pants & White Stripes.

Ethan has a two song part in Art Bars. He probably would have had the last part, but with Kris Markovich on the team, he wasn't the closer. Both of those guys were in their prime and completely killing it. Ethan delivers all his classic tricks. There are backside 360s ollies, backside lipslides, backside 50-50s, and frontside flips. He does a few frontside pop shove-its, either on flat or out of 50-50s. Ethan also does a 180 to switch crooked grind down a rail and 360 flips a double set. At the end, he does a backside 50-50 and a crooked grind on very high and seemingly unwaxed ledge from flat.

Big Brother - November 2000 Number 66

Mike Rusczyk #5.

Freedom for Saturn.

Mike has a great section in Art Bars. Whatever trick you are looking to see, Mike probably does it. There are big regular and switch ollies over gaps and obstacles. He throws down the tech with hardflips, switch frontside flips, nollie noseslides, and crooked grinds. There are no complies and no comply kickflips to satisfy those who want to see the older roots of street skateboarding. A whole range of terrain is skated, including gaps, rails, ledges, banks, stairs, and even the Derby park. Mike goes fast and strings together interesting lines between stop motion footage of animated Lego people. This part definitely falls into the category of an obscure classic. Rusczyk rips.

Transworld - May 2000 Volume 18 Number 5

Omar Salazar #5.

Omar had a shared part with Judd Hertlzer in Art Bars. He was fairly young and sustained a serious knee injury that limited his on board time. He was also a big fan of Zero and Jamie Thomas, which is why he is skating a bunch of handrails in a hooded sweatshirt. I tried to keep everything period correct, but Omar only had one Foundation ad and I posted it already.

The Look Back Library made a stop in Jamestown this past Friday at Jamestown Skateboard Products. It was a pretty cool. I browsed some vintage issues of Poweredge.

Thrasher - November 2004 Volume 24 Number 11