Caswell Berry #11.

Green & Magenta Attack.

Caswell throws down for the Stone. He would've been on Toy Machine at the time of these photos. I forget that he used to ride for Circa back then, too.

Once again Andrew Mapstone took the photos.

Transworld - May 2003 Volume 21 Number 5

Darrell Stanton #4.

Darrell is originally from Long Beach, California. He moved to Texas for the middle and high school years before returning to Cali. I always thought he was a Houston native, but that's where he came into his own as a skater and was added to the Real squad. His first proper sponsor was a Texas company called Instrumental Skateboards. Peter Ramondetta was also on the team. Darrell had a heavy arsenal of switch and nollie tricks.

Andrew Mapstone was the photographer.

For the info: Thrasher - June 2004 Volume 24 Number 6

Transworld - Winter Issue 2002 Volume 20 Number 13

Mark Appleyard #5.

The first track off Unknown Pleasures.

The recent news is that Mark has embraced the chaos and signed up for a spot on Nyjah Houston's Disorder brand. This comes after a very brief return to Flip after wandering around in the wilderness that is Element since 2010. He is still on Globe. Mark put in an appearance for a Globe demo at the Food Court Skatepark back in August along with Austyn Gillette, Christian Maalouf, and Sammy Montano. (I probably should've gone to that. Oops.)

I'm making a rare for me prediction by claiming that Disorder is going to be the company to watch in 2025. It's only a matter of time before they add Cordano Russell to the team and it will be game on from then on.

The photo sequence is by Andrew Mapstone.

Transworld - July 2002 Volume 20 Number 7

Jessie Van Roechoudt #7.

Attacking that double set, yo.

Jessie had a lot of coverage in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I knew she was on Billabong, but didn't remember this advertisement. I'm not sure who her board sponsor was in 2003. Jessie was part of Rookie until that company ended in the fall of 2001. She had a slate of other sponsors at the time and was going to college, so maybe it wasn't a top priority. She currently works for Adidas.

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Rob Pluhowski #7.

Mony Travel.

Rob takes flight over a giant bump to bar. The move was in his part in Mosaic, the Habitat video from 2003. These type of tricks seem physically impossible to me so I'm readily impressed by them.

The photographs are by Mike O'Meally.

Transworld - Winter Issue 2002 Volume 20 Number 13

Kevin "Spanky" Long #12.

Looking for the magic.

It's a little odd seeing Spanky launch down a big flight of stairs. However, he was young and it was the style of the day in the early 2000s so it made sense. Kevin takes a more refined approach to street spots in present times, but he will occasionally jump off something taller. I think he might have been on City Stars at the time of this ad or maybe just getting ready to switch to Baker. There is a new video called Hourglass for Ace Trucks of Spanky's well crafted approach to skateboarding. He's also got a new shoe on Emerica.

There's a fresh interview with Rick Ibaseta up at the Chrome Ball Incident. I got the first issue of Plank. I'll probably give it a review at some point in the future. I want to take the time to get a feel for the mag before writing anything.

The photo is by David Broach. Probably.

Transworld - November 2002 Volume 20 Number 11

Jason Adams #23.

Triton plant.

Jason is riding a Six Gun deck. This was a Black Label side company from 2002-3. Chet Childress was the other pro.

Ruckus was a truck brand by Foundation that was started in the early 2000s and lasted longer than you might think.

I'm swamped with work and I've got one freelance photo project to do on my own time. Things are not looking great for Vert Is Dead at the moment.

Transworld - September 2002 Volume 20 Number 9