Oregon Duck.
Ocean was one of the innovators of technical street skateboarding in the early 1990s. His section in Birdhouse's Ravers video is great and for the most part holds up to today's standards. Everything he was doing at the time was so much smoother and faster than everybody else. It's one of my favorite parts from the early 90s era. He was on H-Street and Birdhouse Projects before retiring from the pro ranks. Ocean moved on to the world of academics and earned a Ph.D. in Architectural and Urban History from the University of California at Berkeley. Some of his graduate writings appeared on the pages of Slap because he was studying how skateboarders use urban spaces. He is presently an associate professor of history and architectural history at Oregon.
The photo is by Scott Starr.
Thrasher - January 1993 Volume 13 Number 1
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Everything about this pic makes my 16 year old self warm and fuzzy. Vans need to keep Chukkas in the rotation permanently.
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