Jimmy Wilkins.

The floating ollie champ.

Jimmy is from Columbus, Ohio and lives in San Diego. Some of his favorite skaters include Chris Miller, Alex Perelson, Raven Tershy, and Sam Beckett. His mom is a professional ballerina and his dad is an orchestra conductor. He turned pro for Creature this past summer. Jimmy's other sponsors include Lakai, Bronson Bearings, Thunder, The Quiet Life, and Skeleton Key.

It will be older stuff for December starting on Monday. There will even be a Toxic Wheels post in the month since that seems to be the most commonly searched topic for finding this site. I have no idea why that is.

Dave Swift was the photographer.

Thrasher - July 2018 Volume 29 Number 7

Tyler "Manchild" Pacheco.

The Prototype.

Tyler is from Los Angeles, California. He started skateboarding as a little kid. His first board was a Tony Hawk and he liked Steve Olson and Chad Muska as pros. Tyler believed Owen Wilson was actually doing the tricks in Yeah, Right! because he was still young when he saw the video. Stevie Perez helped get him on Girl and the first trip he went on was the Stay Flared tour in 2015. This was the combined Emerica and Lakai cross country trip. Tyler's most recent contribution to skateboarding is the hilarious and clever Lakai commercial for Tony's new pro model sneaker.

Tyler got his nickname from some of the older guys he would skate with. It's also worth noting that Vision pro Marty "Jinx" Jimenez sometimes used the alias Man Child when he would take photos.

Thrasher posted the finalists for SOTY. Some of these guys are a little younger than I thought they were. I'm thinking Evan Smith wins it. I voted for Austyn Gillette.

Thrasher - January 2018 Volume 39 Number 1

Milton Martinez.

A disaster slide for the ages.

Milton is from Mar del Plata, Argentina. His dad owns a skateboard shop so he grew up around skateboarding. He started going to Europe for the contests and was sponsored by Red Bull before becoming a Creature. Milton was also going to the Skate Park of Tampa's amateur contests. He lives in Long Beach now and has since turned pro. His other sponsors include Indy, Converse, Volcom, Bronson Bearings, OJ, and Social Skateshop.

The photo is by Kyle Duval.

Thrasher - November 2017 Volume 38 Number 11

Antonio Durao.

Numbered editions.

Antonio is originally from Portugal and moved with his family to Long Island when he was ten. He grew up skateboarding on the Island and in New York City. His first good board was a Tony Hawk. He has a fondness for switch tricks and working on cars. Some of his favorite skaters include Gino Iannucci, Jake Johnson, Mark Suciu, and Dennis Busenitz. Antonio currently rides for Eric Koston and Guy Mariano's Numbers Edition and Nike.

For the info: Transworld - August 2015 Volume 33 Number 8

Thrasher - May 2018 Volume 39 Number 5

Oskar Rozenberg #2.

In your face.

This photo has more of an old time vibe to it instead of the panoramic/full spot view that tends to dominate skateboard photography these days.

I almost came up with the answer to the eternal question of how cold is too cold to skateboard on Thanksgiving. The forecast was calling for a high of about 20˚ F, but my town topped out at about 25˚ F. There was no wind and the sun was out so it was OK for about 25 minutes at the skatepark. I set up a new board so there was no way I wasn't going to try to skate at least a little.

The photo is by Nils Svensson.

Thrasher - March 2018 Volume 39 Number 3

Kenny Anderson #3.

Warm summer nights in parking lots.

Kenny has been pro for twenty years now. After Quartersnacks mentioned how good his tricks were in Pretty Sweet, I rewatched Kenny's section last night. They were right. It's funny that they brought him up because I had found this ad a little while ago and was intending to use it at some point.

I've only gotten to skate a light post a handful of times, but I remember them as being a cool obstacle to do tricks on.

Free Skateboard Mag posted a new part from Michal Juraś. I guess the guy has been battling injuries for the last couple of years and this is his first new footage since the Polar video from 2016. He had my favorite part in I like it here inside my mind, don't wake me this time and it's rad to see him back on board.

Vert Is Dead will be back on Monday, November 26th with a week of new guys. I'll do the usual throw back to 1988-91 for December. I've got everything planned out and will hopefully finish the scanning tonight so I don't have work on this thing until the middle of January next year. Have a good Thanksgiving and weekend.

The photo is by Atiba Jefferson.

Transworld - January 1998 Volume 16 Number 1

Jason Carney #5.

The ol' jump off a building trick.

I've been able to get skateboarding a little bit most days this month, but it hasn't been for very long. It's been fifteen minutes on my lunch break or a half hour after work. Most of this is because of the weather, which has featured a lot of spotty rain and snow showers. I miss spending more time skateboarding rather then trying to fit in a few tricks in a limited amount of time. That way you can try out things that take longer to land or skate at a more relaxed pace instead of checking off the minimums that will make it a good session.

The photograph is by Ed Dominick.

Transworld - March 1997 Volume 15 Number 3