Coco Santiago #6.

Ride on.

Coco is from either New Jersey near Manhattan, New York City, or San Francisco. There really isn't a ton of info about him. He rode for Shut, the famous East Coast powerhouse squad that dominated all the contests in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Real would turn him pro and he would later ride for Black Label. His favorite bands included Mercyful Fate, Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, and Slayer. He was part of the original Hellride crew with Jake Phelps and company. Coco was a gnarly all terrain skater for much of the 1990s before disappearing.

I hate when people crop scans. I try to avoid doing it whenever possible and mention when I do. It takes away from the context of the original. Sure there can be a lot of dead space you don't need and many a rad photo has been wrecked by being a subscription or shop ad, but it omits part of the story. I thought this picture of Coco was cool. I also wanted to include the full advertisement it ran in for reference purposes. Whatsport was a shop in SF that carried Real, Black Label, Think, and Alien Workshop goods.

Thrasher - April 1992 Volume 12 Number 4

John Cardiel #21.

Slick gossip.

The nosegrind to noseslide was a popular street move in 1992. It was right up there with running very small photo sequences. Cards was pro for Dogtown before switching to Black Label and winning Thrasher's Skater of the Year award.

It was rainy this weekend so I didn't skateboard much. I set up a new deck. The old one was definitely done, even though it felt like I barely skated the board. My ollies were popping again and I had better control on other tricks. It's weird how boards wear out and impact tricks in ways you didn't expect.

Thrasher - February 1992 Volume 12 Number 2

J.R. Neves.

"Let's enjoy the skilled bravado of Sir J.R. Neves."

J.R. was from Philadelphia and sadly passed away in 2009. He rode for Stereo and was pro for 151. He also rode for Scott Bourne's Unbelievers. J.R. had a mean kickflip.

I've gotten in some driveway skateboarding this week after work. It has remained chilly. Skating in the cold doesn't bug me too much, but this winter has been a strange one. I'm not really sure what is up with that.

Does anybody from Australia or New Zealand check this site? My stats show zero views from either of those fine two countries and that seems odd.

Thrasher - November 1999 Volume 19 Number 11

Mike Carroll #25.

Riding On The Wind.

Since Greg Carroll was running Lucky, obviously his brother Mike was going to be on the team.

After our latest windstorm and minimal burst of winter, the weather might finally be shifting to a more spring-like pattern. I did skateboard a little over the weekend and got to roll in the driveway yesterday. I really need to set up that new board, but it's been cold so I haven't felt like doing so.

Thrasher - August 1999 Volume 19 Number 8

Bob Burnquist #11.

Escondido shuffle.

Bob has shown up a couple times recently. He had a photo in Thrasher doing an invert on a mini ramp at a music festival they did in Texas. His decaying vert playground was in Tom Schaar's Curtains part with a guest trick from the owner himself.

Thrasher - June 1999 Volume 19 Number 6

Dan Drehobl #36.

Chromium 52100 Steel.

Dan tests his luck with a lien to tail on the top shelf. I only had one set of Lucky bearings. I think they were fine, although if I recall correctly, everybody else had problems with them. That's usually how it goes for most products and me. You kind of forget how much coverage many of the pros got back in the glory days of print media. Everybody remembers the classic photos, but then there are plenty of ads for secondary sponsors that are buried in the back pages of the mags.

Thrasher - February 1999 Volume 19 Number 2

Kenny Hughes #6.

Green bolts.

Kenny does a tailslide on a rail during the Element and DC Shoes days. Lucky was a bearing and bolt company out of the Think/Deluxe warehouse. They did expand the brand to include boards, too. I've been meaning to post more of Kenny so stumbling upon this Lucky ad was a fortunate coincidence.

Nice to see Antwuan Dixon pop up again on the cover of Thrasher.

Thrasher - January 1999 Volume 19 Number 1