Matt Field #8.

Freedom summer.

Rasa Libre was started in the early 2000s by Matt Field and artist Michael Leon. The boards were distributed by Deluxe. Previously, Matt had been on Real, which made the switch a simple in-house move. Michael was working at Girl. The team included Nate Jones and Reese Forbes as pros. The company was set free as Krooked became a bigger entity at Deluxe. Matt kept it going here and there over the years. He even partnered with Pony, the sneaker makers, in 2009.

The weekend weather wound up being radically different than what was forecast so I got a bonus day of skateboarding in on Saturday. It was supposed to start snowing on Friday and not stop until Monday, but there was only rain on Friday with a smidge of snow overnight. Saturday was a mild and sunny day for very late fall so I got to skateboard for two hours in the driveway for the afternoon. It was a really nice surprise. The snow showed up for Sunday, but it hasn't been too bad. The week ahead could get very messy as winter arrives.

Mark Whiteley took the photo of the no-comply.

No-comply: Thrasher - January 2009 Volume 29 Number 1

Pony: Thrasher - June 2009 Volume 29 Number 6