John Igei #3.

I always dig the simpler tricks done well. John is from Washington, DC and moved to San Francisco for skateboarding. He rode for Capital, Western Edition, FTC, Elwood, Zoo York, and Autobahn over the years.

Jonathan Mehring was the photographer.

Transworld - August 2000 Volume 18 Number 8

Shiloh Greathouse #3.

For better or worse, boredom often leads to creativity in skateboarding. It's why regulars at a skatepark come up with unusual tricks that only exist at the local park. After skating the crap out of the benches and tables at various LA schoolyards, Daewon Song and company started moving the furniture all over the place to do the same tricks on different setups.

What size wheels are people riding? I was 56 mm for the longest time and dropped down to 55 for a while. I had been using 54s due to plague related supply chain issues. They were OK new and with fresh bearings. I'm back on 55s, but I'm not sure if I still like that size. Ollies feel somehow odd, but the extra speed is nice for parks. I'm contemplating giving 56s another go round or I might stick with 55s.

The photograph is by Seu Trinh.

Transworld - July 2000 Volume 18 Number 7

Clyde Singleton #7.

Cooking a way to be happy.

Clyde is from Jacksonville, Florida. He rode for Acme, 101, 23, Aesthetics, and Zoo York for his pro career. He was written numerous articles for skateboard magazines and made videos to promote rising skaters over the years. Clyde is also into cooking and works as a chef.

Transworld - February 2000 Volume 18 Number 2

Rob Welsh #8.

This ain't no picnic.

Wu-Welsh with a front crooks during the DC Shoes days. He would have switched over to Lakai by the middle of the year. Rob was riding for Aesthetics after Mad Circle had ended.

I checked out the Food Court Skatepark in the McKinley Mall on Sunday. It's up near Buffalo and somewhere between the towns of Hamburg and Orchard Park. The park is really nice and everybody was very friendly. I went when the Bills were away because I figured most of the crowd would be home watching the game. There were only maybe a dozen people skating so it was cool to get a feel for the place without getting in the way. There are an assortment of pyramids, table tops, banks, bars, and quarter pipes. There's a bowl, too. If you excel at doing ollies over pyramids, this is your spot. I did my usual dumb little ledge tricks and cruised around. I had fun and I'm looking forward to going back. Food Court also has a shop with a big selection of boards and some shoes. Yes, it was kind of weird skateboarding in a mall, but the 80s kid in me dug it.

This is way too good of a photo to go with my dumb story about visiting a skatepark.

Transworld - January 2000 Volume 18 Number 1

Joel Meinholz #5.

Denims.

Not only did we have clothing designers back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, we had wordsmiths as well. Joel took the photo of Brian Anderson in the recent ad for his guest model on There Skateboards.

Transworld - November 2001 Volume 19 Number 11

Kingdom Skateboards #2.

For the real heads.

Kingdom was running a stacked team of 1990s vert legends, 1980s Texas vert legends, and a couple rookie street shredders in the year 2000. Did anybody ever send in the two bucks for a CD?

The photo is credited to Theo. It might be Theo Hand. Whoever did this Photoshop masterpiece also deserves some credit.

Transworld - May 2000 Volume 18 Number 5

Dylan Rieder #10.

Graceful elegance.

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