John Drake #3.

"My first deck was a Fred Smith Loud One. That board ripped. It was a Fred Smith 3, Loud One. Then they had the punk size which was pretty decent."

Fat switch pop shove-it.

John is from West Virginia, but lived all around the midwest - Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. He rode for G & S and Assault before eventually being asked to ride for the Alien Workshop. John was also sponsored by Droors, Venture, Pacific Drive, and Etnies. He had a 23 second part in Footage of him skating curbs. The trick for the ad was his ender in his section in The Dreams of Children. His part in Timecode was cool.

The video is by Dave Swift.

For the quote: Transworld - July 1996 Volume 14 Number 7

Transworld - September 1994 Volume 12 Number 9