"Crazy" Eddie Nemeth.

Happy Halloween!

"There's more to Ed than meets the eye. He may appear to be dirty, but if you took the kind of falls Eddie does, you'd be dead, not to mention dirty. He's also the craziest sane person you'll ever know, and that shines through when you see Ed skating on the edge of control. Enter Eddie's vortex and see that he is the world's greatest showman. In his spare time, this impressive twenty-one year old can be found wrecked underneath Jason Adams' loft, deep in the heart of old San Jose, or backflipping off the stage at Apeface shows. Eddie rides for Scarecrow and Krux. Eddie rules." - Branch Benson

The photo is by Jai Tanju.

For the quote: Thrasher - May 1996 Volume 16 Number 5

Thrasher - February 1997 Volume 17 Number 2

Dorian Tucker.

Dorian turned pro for Scarecrow. He had a neat part in Pig Wheels' All Systems Go video. He also rode for Hollywood Skateboards, Kris Markovich's company that was backed by Tum Yeto in the early 2000s. Not much else to say about this guy, except that I had one of his boards in 1997 and it was a nice deck.

Hope everybody on the East Coast survived the storm safely.

Thrasher - August 1996 Volume 16 Number 8

Ben Horton.

Get spooky.

Scarecrow was started in 1996 by Russ Pope and Mike Adamski of CCS. Pope had started Creature at NHS, but wanted to do something on his own. He also wanted to continue with the horror theme, since very few other companies were using scary graphics at the time. Most of the original Creatures made the switch as well. This included Jason Adams, Barker Barrett, and Crazy Eddy Nemeth. A few others were added and there was even a wheel team with Hanzy Driscoll, Josh Kasper, and Adam McNatt.

Ben was an am for Scarecrow. He is an artist and does $LAVE from out of Black Box Distribution these days. Black Box is the overall name Jamie Thomas uses for his assortment of companies, including Zero, Mystery, and Fallen.

Thrasher - May 1996 Volume 16 Number 5

Ron Whaley #2.

The tall guy closes out SMA week with a fat ollie out of the darkness.

Prepare to get spooky with Scarecrow next week.

Chris Kardas took the picture.

Thrasher - January 1993 Volume 13 Number 1

Israel Forbes #4.

Down on the corner.

Israel is from Santa Cruz, California. He is into art and likes drawing. That was what I got from a Transworld interview from 1998. He switched over to Santa Cruz after SMA ended. I have a feeling he was an am for Sims along with Ron Whaley during the time NHS was distributing Sims in 1992.

I'm calling it an inward heelflip.

Thrasher - September 1993 Volume 13 Number 9

Frank Hirata.

Quicksand.

Frank was an amateur for Small Room and Powell Peralta. He had a good street part in Powell's Propaganda video. When NHS took control of Sims in 1992, he was on the team. Frank moved over to SMA for a year or two and then switched to Foundation for most of the 1990s. After Foundation, he rode for Planet Earth and Maple, as well as Sheep Shoes and Physics Wheels.

Thrasher - March 1993 Volume 13 Number 3

Jason Adams #7.

The Kid gets flippy. He also does a big 180 ollie off a bump over a piece of caution tape.

Jason was riding for Think before catching a flight on Santa Monica Airlines. At the end of SMA, he switched over to Creature and then rode for Scarecrow. After that, Jason was on Black Label, enjoi, back to Black Label, and 1031. He was on Sonic at some point, too. He currently rides for Mike Vallely's Elephant Skateboards. Jason has also been making a bunch of art.

Lunch break skateboarding is a good idea.

Thrasher - August 1993 Volume 13 Number 8