John Reeves #5.

JTMR's RV Roundup.

John launches a 360 flip off the roof of the Days of Plunder recreational vehicle. The truck on the left got eaten up in the binding of the magazine. That's why it looks so chopped. I'm also inclined to believe that whatever lens Grant was using elongated the space a bit. It's not the distortion you would get from a fisheye, but it is something. John ripped it up in the 1990s riding for H-Street, Life, Invisible, and Dynasty. He was also on Airwalk, Spitfire, and Direction Wheels.

The picture was taken by Grant Brittain.

Transworld - November 1997 Volume 15 Number 11

Brian Young.

Invisible Man.

Brian was pro for Invisible. I think he might be from San Francisco. I could not find much of anything about him. He was in the first Spitfire video from 1993. Brian has also ridden for War Effort and Union Wheels. There's a possibility he works or has worked in the industry after Invisible came to an end.

Based on the drawing style, I'm guessing the same artist did the graphics for Invisible and Sixteen. I'm not sure on their name.

Grant Brittain took the picture.

Transworld - September 1997 Volume 15 Number 9

Laban Pheidias #6.

Farmboy.

Laban juggles a backside grab over a tractor. He's another pro from the state of Maine. This isn't the only time he's worn the shirt with flames on the sleeves. I think it appeared in a Tracker ad, too. Laban was skating some huge gaps in the early to mid 1990s along with doing some actual juggling. He's a man of many talents.

Grant Brittain was the photographer.

Transworld - August 1997 Volume 15 Number 8

Matt Mumford #8.

Strong armed.

Invisible did a little remodeling in 1997. They even took a couple months off from advertising to do so. Dave Bergthold and the crew came up with a series of vibrant ads featuring the team skating some big obstacles in front of a yellow and orange wall. I think this might have been the last run for Invisible since a lot of the team found new sponsors afterward. Matt would soon join former Invisible rider Jamie Thomas at Zero. I like how they tried something a little different, even if it maybe didn't work out in the end.

Here's the remodeling ad:

They ran a three pager with the dots ahead of Matt's 50-50. I wanted to include that for the sake of the tale.

The photo is by Grant Brittain.

Matt: Transworld - July 1997 Volume 15 Number 7

Remodel: Transworld - May 1997 Volume 15 Number 5

Rodney Mullen #11.

"I had the craziest tour of my life with Guy Mariano and Shiloh Greathouse. We got held at gunpoint in Connecticut. After another demo Shiloh and J. Lee struck out with two goth girls in Virginia, even ended up talking to the undead all night in their haunted house. Later in Chicago, my hotel room was ransacked by a ghost. I was too scared to go back alone, so Kareem Campbell went in - he's not afraid of anything. Seconds later he came scurrying out looking as pale as me. We all packed up and left in the middle of the night. Good memories."

Rodney recalls the scary times while out on tour in the early 1990s. Happy Halloween!

Seu Trinh and Dave Malenfant were the soul stealers.

For the quote: Transworld - August 2004 Volume 22 Number 8

Transworld - December 1999 Volume 17 Number 12

Chet Thomas #8.

Feudal Lord.

Chet started Darkstar with his brother in the garage in 1997. They wanted to make some better wheels. The project moved over to World Industries in 1999 and became a board line in the late fall of 2000. Chet would've been on either Platinum or the A-Team when Darkstar embarked upon its inaugural crusade. He was ruling the land of frontside flips in the middle ages of the 1990s.

The video grab sequence is credited to Aezer. I have no idea who that is. Dave Malenfant remained stuck in the studio taking headshots.

Transworld - November 1999 Volume 17 Number 11

Jerry Hsu #15.

Valiant action.

Jerry storms a ravine en route to the castle with a switch flip. He had previously ridden for Physics prior to being knighted. He would later ride for Revolution, Black Label's wheel company from the early 2000s. Nobody, myself included, remembered that Jerry rode for Darkstar, even though he had one of their stickers on his board for the May 1999 Thrasher cover. Mr. Hsu made the Halloween feature last year in an ad for Speed Demon bearings.

John Old documented Jerry's act of chivalry. The portraits are still by Dave Malenfant.

Transworld - October 1999 Volume 17 Number 10