James Qua.

Marionette.

James is from Los Angeles, California. He rode for the Firm and turned pro for 60/40. Airwalk provided him with kicks. Some of his favorite skaters include Gino Perez, Mark Gonzales, Lance Mountain, Ron Chatman, Jeremy Klein, and Matt Hensley. James was studying computer science at college and drove a Honda Civic with chrome rims back in the 1990s. His first job was in an aquarium store. He had a part in 60/40's Glasses for Your Feet video from 1995 that featured a lot of street tech lines around LA with some big ollies over bars and fences.

The Lance puppet reminds me of a board Roman Gonzalez had for Polar a couple years ago.

For the info:

Thrasher - August 1995 Volume 15 Number 8

Thrasher - January 1997 Volume 17 Number 1

Front nose: Transworld - October 1994 Volume 12 Number 10

Max Dufour #2.

Off the cross bar.

Max gets in on the fun of doing tricks in front of a bright orange and yellow wall with a pole jam to fakie. This ad doesn't quite have the pop of the rest of the series due to the lighting, but it's cool Invisible included the vert guy in the project. The pro models that are shown are for Max, Laban Pheidias, Brian Young, John Reeves, and Tabias Walker. There's a board for Adil. I guess it would be Adil Dyani. I don't ever remember him riding for Invisible. The company did keep going in 1998 for longer than I realized. They had some ads with Kristian Svitak later in the year.

I got skateboarding 30 out of 31 days in October. Things have been hit or miss so it really hasn't been consistently enjoyable, but at least I was out there nearly every day. It stinks to lose a week of mild fall weather to the stupid clock change. I've been enjoying the skatepark on the Seneca Nation's Reservation. It's a nice little park to cruise around at on Sunday mornings. Work has been oddly hectic so I've been spacing out on stuff lately. Have a good weekend!

The photos are by Grant Brittain.

Transworld - January 1998 Volume 16 Number 1

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