Nevada #5.

Guess I'm about the only person still interested in this one. I seriously wonder what happened to Gustavo Vargas. I hope it was nothing bad.

This was the second to last episode of Nevada. The final ran in August 1998.

Slap - July 1998 Volume 7 Number 7

Rob "Magnethead" Collinson.

Lowcard.

Rob is one of Dan Drehobl's friends from Maine. He acquired the Magnethead nickname because things would always hit him in the head. He moved out to SF in the early 1990s. Rob started the Lowcard 'zine in 2003. He began training to be a paramedic in 2001, which led to his interest in becoming a firefighter. Presently he is a firefighter and paramedic for the San Francisco Fire Department. That's the actual fire department and not something to do with Spitfire Wheels.

Thrasher - January 1998 Volume 18 Number 1

Josh Kalis #11.

Sabotage.

It's neat how DC Shoes is remodeling their image as a homage to the technical street skateboarding of the late 1990s and early 2000s that is a big part of the company's heritage. I know I can be sour on reissues, but this feels like something that occurred out of a genuine interest in the period by the younger generations. It's not the typical "Hey, this is old, let's make more of them" type of deal.

The photo is by Ryan Gee.

Transworld - March 1998 Volume 16 Number 3

Ray Barbee #7.

"Me and my friend Robert Torres, he lives in San Jose, we rode for Alva and even before, we'd take trips to Sacramento and skate with Randy Smith, Ricky Winsor, Troy Clower, and Doggen and they all hung out there. You know how Sacto is, they're a real influence. The street itself, like real scrub style. When we went over there, we started skating with them and getting influenced, too, because we thought it looked so rad. Ricky would do this rad slider stuff."

Ray does a rad slider in the Big Apple.

Congrats to Breana Geering, Stephen Ostrowski, and Harry Lintell for all getting called up to the pro ranks.

For the quote: Transworld - June 1990 Volume 8 Number 6

Slap - January 1998 Volume 7 Number 1

Jesse & Richard Paez.

Brothers gonna work it out.

Slap - June 1998 Volume 7 Number 6

Matt Pailes #5.

Dream reality.

Transworld - May 1998 Volume 16 Number 5

Gino Iannucci #7.

I've more or less arrived at the point when anybody comes up with the idea to redo or reissue a company, my response is why bother? There's a reason it came to an end in the first place and it probably won't be as good the second time around.

Thrasher - February 1998 Volume 18 Number 2