Freedumb flight.
Dan does a frontside air at Kempsey in New South Wales, Australia. This was from a trip down under with Brian Anderson, Brad Staba, Julien Stranger, and Tim Upson. Luke Ogden was the photographer. Jake Phelps was lurking in the background and I'm guessing he organized the ride. It's sort of an odd crew. The trip would have been from 2000 or very early 2001. Dan was on Think and Emerica at the time. Brad and Brian were both still on Toy Machine and wearing Saviers. The article was lean on words, but had lots of pictures of everybody. Luke even got a skate pic. I like how in your face and up close the photo is. It stands out even with all the text. I had to include this cover in the feature because Dan is one of my favorites and I think this was his only Thrasher cover.
Here's a Google street view of the park. Dan would've aired the hip on the front left. I like the skeleton sculpture and shoes hanging from the power lines.
The weather has remained in summer mode so I've been skateboarding most days. I hit up the Jamestown city park, too. I'm still not really skating so great for me and it's getting kind of frustrating. I'm trying to make it work, but it's a chore.
Luke Ogden was the photographer.
Thrasher - March 2001 Volume 21 Number 3
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There will probably be stuff next week, but I'm not sure what. I was thinking another week of covers, but two weeks in a row is plenty for now. I'll probably revisit this idea in the near future.
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