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

Bob Burnquist & Tony Trujillo.

Circa 1999.

Bob flexes his street skills and Tony kickflips at the old days of a Vans park. That black & white photo always sketched me out. It looks scary.

Slap - July 1999 Volume 8 Number 7

Tony Trujillo & Eric J.

Nothing compelled me to get up.

Julien cut and pasted some literature and photos for this one featuring Tony and the late Eric J. I figured I might as well follow up Stereo and Real with the third board line out of Deluxe. I think I've scanned nearly everything from Anti-Hhero for the 1990s so this is about the last of it. I like the older ads that were more handmade over the use of Photoshop in the modern ads. The effect is theoretically the same, but the analog results are far superior.

Slap - December 1999 Volume 8 Number 12

Max Schaaf #18.

Journey to the end.

Max was doing some proper tech on the coping back in his heyday. Most of his maneuvers would cut it in the street on a ledge. He was wisely picking out classic tricks that will look good no matter what the terrain. I understand that everybody's skateboarding skills have improved over the decades, but a little bit of refinement in trick selection can go a long way.

Vert Is Dead is taking a summer break.

I need some time off from magazines, computers, and the internet. It will probably be a one to three week break. I'll see how things feel. Skateboarding has been going OK. I've been trying to roll every day for the sake of being outside in the summer. Have a good weekend.

Slap - February 2000 Volume 9 Number 2

Cairo Foster #15.

Built To Spill vs. Modest Mouse.

Cairo's video parts could spark the 90s version of the classic 80s debate over who is the better band, The Cure or The Smiths. He was only on Real from 1999 to 2002. I didn't realize it was such a short stint because I tend to associate him with Real. He was previously on Mad Circle right before the company went under. Cairo would start Popwar with Giant Distribution before a long run on enjoi. His nollie and nollie kickflip game was on point back in The Reason and Kicked Out Of Everywhere era.

Slap - July 1999 Volume 8 Number 7

Keith Hufnagel #19.

Stryct-Nine.

Keith had a rail and hubba phase for Real's Kicked Out Of Everywhere video in 1999. The part has that extra long kinked square rail he 50-50'd for a DC Shoes ad. You tend to associate him with more cruising down the street and busting tricks over anything in the way, but Huf dabbled with Zero style skating at the time. The results were pretty good.

I think I did have one of the Stryct-Nine nine ply boards. It was OK, but maybe not great. Something wore out on it faster than it should have or the plies separated. I don't remember the exact problem.

Slap - June 1999 Volume 8 Number 6