Jason Carney #4.

Slappy's Garage.

Jason is from San Diego, California. He was an am on the later days of H-Street who was one of the first to take backside lipslides down handrails. He switched to Planet Earth and then to Maple in 1994. Jason was also sponsored by Airwalk. There were a few video parts for Maple from him that featured lots of big ollies, handrails, and some surprising tech tricks. He runs Slappy's Garage Skateboard Shop currently.

Ed Dominick worked the shutter.

Transworld - April 1996 Volume 14 Number 4

Maple Team 1996.

Tree Squad.

Maple was launched by Charlie Watson and former G & S team manager Chris Capparo in 1994. Jason Carney and Kien Lieu left Planet Earth to ride for the new company. Ed Dominick was the team manager and turned into the team photographer as things moved along. The roster for 1996 included Carney, Lieu, Marc Johnson, Chad Knight, Dave Mayhew, Joe McLellan, and Aaron Snyder.

The photos are by Ed Dominick.

Transworld - February 1996 Volume 14 Number 2

Danny Montoya #2.

Nollie heelflips & frontside crooks.

Danny is from Garden Grove, California. He grew up skateboarding with his brother and future Planet Earth am Dennis Bellew. Chris Miller and Jordan Richter were two of his favorite pros. He was sponsored by PE and turned pro for Rhythm. After Planet Earth ended, he started Listen with Rob Gonzalez, which later turned into BLVD. He's ridden for Duffs and Adio for footwear. He works as a real estate broker in addition to running BLVD these days.

Maple on Monday.

Once again the photo is by Chris Ortiz and the graphic design is by Jose Gomez.

Transworld - October 1996 Volume 14 Number 10

Ryan Bartsma.

The Explanation of Rhythm.

Ryan put down some switch street skateboarding in Rhythm's Genesis video from 1997 while the techno beats pulsed. He also did more of the same in All Systems Go from Pig Wheels, except Josh Beagle picked a Man… Or Astroman tune for the part.

Yesterday started off rainy, but transformed into a mild and sunny day by the end. I got in a good half hour of skateboarding at the park after work. I'm foreseeing snow shoveling in the immediate future.

Those fakie pop shove-it tail grabs that Daniel Vargas does on ramps are sick.

The photo is by Chris Ortiz photo and Jose Gomez was designer.

Transworld - September 1996 Volume 14 Number 9

Jerry Fowler.

Me & You, Remembering.

Jerry is from El Toro, California. He was first sponsored by Ed Templeton for TV, the company Ed started with Mike Vallely when they left the New Deal. Jerry was brought along for the ride for Television and then the start of Toy Machine. After things didn't work out at Toy Machine, he rode for Planet Earth and was part of the original team at Rhythm. His later sponsors would include DNA and Hopps. He was also on Dukes Shoes, Converse, and Pig Wheels over the years. His part in Pig's All Systems Go video from 1997 is a cool little segment. Jerry is an EMT in Boston the last I knew.

Jerry has never been on Vert Is Dead before. He's only been in shared Toy Machine ads up until now. That kind of surprised me.

Chris Ortiz snapped the photo and Jose Gomez did the design.

Transworld - July 1996 Volume 14 Number 7

Chany Jeanguenin #2.

Block rockin' beats.

The photo is by Lance Dawes and the graphic design by Jose Gomez.

Transworld - May 1996 Volume 14 Number 5

Richard Angelides.

Three-Dee Melodie.

Rhythm was started as a second company out of Planet Earth in 1995. Felix Arguelles was in charge of the brand and Jose Gomez handled the graphic design. Jose is from Miami, Florida and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to work with Andy Howell. He had been doing artwork for the New Deal prior to Rhythm. The company had a sporty and athletic look to their graphics and ads.

Richard is from Dallas, Texas. He was on Planet Earth before making the in house switch over to Rhythm. He had several video parts of technical street skating with an emphasis on flip tricks.

It was like spring on Saturday and I got in a couple of hours at the park in the afternoon. The weather returns to our normally scheduled winter programing by the end of the week.

Chris Ortiz took the photo and Jose Gomez did the graphic design.

Transworld - April 1996 Volume 14 Number 4