Taylor Smith.

As always, it's not a Foundation week without somebody you've never heard of. Taylor is from Encinitas. He started off skating vert and was even on Termite before moving to Carlsbad. Once in Carlsbad, he started focusing more on street skating. Taylor was getting boards from Plan B until he started riding for Foundation in 2011. Vans was his shoe sponsor. His favorite skater is John Cardiel. For tunes, he likes Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I think Taylor did turn pro for Foundation and is friends with Riley Hawk's Shep Dawgs crew. This backside lipslide was in Foundation's WTF video from 2011. He's got a solid part of assorted handrails and gaps set to Sonic Youth.

For the info: Thrasher - November 2011 Volume 31 Number 11

Thrasher - June 2011 Volume 31 Number 6

Corey Duffel #7.

"I heard Jason Dill used to make the dudes watch my video parts on Alien Workshop trips." - The Duff Man.

Corey does a bluntslide for the camera during the Foundation days. They were working on their WTF video in 2011. It featured Dakota Servold, Ryan Spencer, Dan Murphy, Marquis Preston, Abdias Rivera, Sierra Fellers, Taylor Smith, and Nick Merlino. Dakota was new to the team and Nick would turn pro that year. Of note is that Leticia Bufoni had a few tricks in a montage section tacked onto the end of the video.

The plan was to do a week of Roger since they recently closed up shop. I know they ran a smattering of print ads over the years, but I couldn't find any after some haphazard searching so I went with another week of Foundation. Everyone knows that's how this site works by now. Look for one thing, find something else with more ease. If anybody can pin down the dates for when Roger did run ads, let me know.

For the quote: Thrasher - October 2018 Volume 39 Number 10

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5