Charlie Wilkins.

Charlie was one of the four pros for Mike Vallely's Transit. He came over at the start with Mike and Stacy Lowery from Powell. Vert powerhouse Tom Boyle was the other rider. Charlie rode for 5boro after Transit and retired from the professional ranks in 2008. He also rode for Maple, Etnies and Sheep. Along with a bunch of all terrain ripping, Charlie is unfortunately best remembered from his clip in 411 with the oozing blood clot on his leg. Black pus. And I'm not talking about the drummer from Lightning Bolt's solo project either.

Slap - June 1998 Volume 7 Number 6

Judd Hertzler.

"Judd Hertzler contains a different fabric from the norm - possibly in a hard-to-follow paisley pattern. He's been on more missions than Charlie's Angels and continues migration between Sacramento and his original Connecticut stomping grounds. The art you see is most likely pulled from one of several journals Judd frequently updates during travel or while discovering new music. His mind is original, his size is massive, his art is mathematically sound, and his skating is inspirational. Judd rates Alaska as a future prospect, but has a lifetime goal to session every back alley in America. Try to catch a glimpse of the gentle giant and his paisley personality." - Peter McBride

Judd was pro for Foundation. I think he also rode for Arsenal and Scott Bourne's Unbelievers. Adio, too.

Note the Andre The Giant has a posse and Scarecrow stickers on Judd's sketchbook.

I maybe should have saved the final size of this at a slightly larger size so you could read more of the writing. Oops. It's looking like I'm going to take next week off from doing this so I've been using up whatever I have scanned in. I need a break.

The photos are by Grant Britain and Jason Case.

Transworld - March 1998 Volume 16 Number 3

Mike Santarossa.

I've been meaning to put some Mike on here for a while, but never found anything at the right time. He was one of the first pros to email me after checking this site out. Mike rode for Acme, Think, Prime and Powell. He was also on Etnies.

Scott Starr took the picture.

Big Brother - July 1998 Issue 38

Anthony Correa #2.

Zoo Butters.

I always liked the old New York gold and navy blue license plates from the 1980s.

It's a Giovanni Reda photo.

Slap - June 1998 Volume 7 Number 6

Ray Barbee #2.

Clothing for cannibalistichumanoidundergroundchickens.

Do you have to be pro to win Thrasher's S.O.T.Y. award? I'm asking because Raven Tershy is skating everything like it's a three foot mini ramp.

Copenhagen dreaming.

Slap - March 1998 Volume 7 Number 3

Rob Welsh.

Wu-Welsh up in this piece.

Are we still allowed to use the Wu-Tang reference with Rob or is that not cool any more? Given that this is a historical website, I think it is era appropriate.

Rob is from Maine, relocated to San Francisco and currently resides in Arizona. Rob turned pro for Mad Circle. He has had boards out on Aesthetics, Zoo York and Santa Cruz. These days he is on Expedition and Lakai. Rob is a San Francisco Giants fan and even has a blogged about team leather jacket.

Slap - May 1998 Volume 7 Number 5

Shamil Randle #2.

It's the obscure ones on Girl and Chocolate that everybody likes.

RIP Eric Swenson.

Slap - April 1998 Volume 7 Number 4