Rune Glifberg #8.

Incineration.

Rune does a no-comply on the mini ramp at Empire of One Skate Shop in Flint, Michigan. This is good use of a bold black and white photo with only a smidge of red added to create emphasis. On a newsstand of color covers, the issue would jump out by being distinct in its own way. It's a little odd seeing Rune wearing those Vans with the double wide stripe. Maybe he didn't have a shoe sponsor in 1998? He started riding for Axion in 1999. I picked this cover because it was a skater doing an unexpected trick on different terrain than we are used to seeing them on.

Lance Dawes was the photographer.

Slap - October 1998 Volume 7 Number 10

Steve & Alex Olson.

The Freight Train & The Greyhound.

Steve teams up with his son Alex to do some doubles at the Supreme bowl in Los Angeles. You don't see doubles covers very often, which is probably a good thing and maybe the only time skateboarding actually does something in moderation. That's why this image occurred to me when I was picking out mags to scan. This is also unique in that Steve was on the cover of Skateboarder back in 1979 and Alex made the front in 2005. I'm not really sure what they were going for with those nicknames. Their interview was a whole bunch of hilarious bickering back and forth about stuff.

Note: I filled in the white box for the address label since it was an easy fix.

The photograph is by Giovanni Reda.

Skateboarder - November 2007 Volume 17 Number 3

Daewon Song #10.

Epic Pole Jam.

This was one of the final tricks in Daewon's part from Skate More, the DVS video from 2005. I remember being amazed by the skinny rock to fakie when the magazine came out. It's a relatively basic move done on a completely unstable obstacle, which makes it relatable yet seem utterly impossible. I imagine I saw the video after the mag came out due to the turnaround time on ordering Skate More. I don't think it lessened the impact of the trick, unlike when a shoe company drops the footage for a cover in a 14 second standalone commercial for an issue that technically shouldn't be out for another two months. There's no sense of wonder any more. Enough grousing about how everything is awful these days, let's get back to Daewon. He refined his schoolyard techniques and took his talents to assorted ditches, banks, loading docks, flatbed trailers, and whatever other out of the way spots he could find. To be exact, he hit up the well known spots of the day, too. In the end, the result was some very creative skateboarding and one of the most important video parts of the last 25 years.

Anthony Acosta took the photo.

The Skateboard Mag - August 2005 Issue 17

Bam Margera #8.

The OG Man Ramp.

It feels like Bam has come full circle back to what allowed him to do the movies and television shows in the first place: the skateboarding. I don't mind it. He seems to be having fun and is in a good place.

In looking at old issues of Big Brother, they sure put a lot of poop jokes on the cover. It actually made me pass on a couple of issues when I was figuring out what to scan.

I decided enough time has elapsed since I picked out some favorite covers that I could revisit the topic. I'm not sure if I necessarily picked out any favorites and went with random ones that were compelling for whatever reason. I tried to get a sampling of all the mags, too.

The photo is by Rick Kosick.

Big Brother - July 2001 Number 74

John Cardiel #22.

Where eagles dare.

Cards gets a 50-50 on a ledge with the help of his friends. I figured I had to wrap up a week of Anti-Hero with a classic.

I don't have much going on lately. I took the week off from skateboarding to hang out with some friends who were in town for the summer. I've been trying to be outside more, but it sort of doesn't feel like summer. I can't believe how fast the time goes now. Have a good weekend.

Slap - May 1999 Volume 8 Number 5

Tony Trujillo #8.

Police files.

Tony's interview in the March 2026 issue of Thrasher is a good read. He talks about some health problems he has had, getting sober for the benefit of his kids, the pluses and minuses of being around Jake Phelps, working as a stage hand, and playing in a band. It's cool to take in some of his stories about touring for skateboarding and music. It's also cool to see how he's grown as a person after nearly 30 years in the spotlight.

Slap - October 1998 Volume 7 Number 10

Bob Burnquist #12.

Maximum weirdness.

Bob glides through a unique one footed noseslide at Hubba Hideout. He was kicking his foot off for backside Smith grinds on vert so this was probably somewhere in his zone of odd things he felt comfortable doing on a skateboard. While researching this week, I discovered that Bob has never been featured on the Chrome Ball Incident.

Slap - February 1999 Volume 8 Number 2