Ed Templeton #27.

Happy Halloween!

As an added scary bonus for no particular reason, here is Pushead's cover art for Thrasher's Noise Forest skate rock tape from 1989:

The photo is by Brian Gaberman.

Transworld - September 1998 Volume 16 Number 9

Mike Maldonado #4.

They called us walking corpses
Unholy living dead
They had to lock us up
Put us in their British hell

Make sure your face is clean now
Can't have no dirty dead
All the corpses here are clean, boy
All the Yanks in British hell

I don't want to be here in your London dungeon
I don't want to be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in hell
Here's hoping you're swell

They called us walking corpses
Unholy living dead
They had to lock us up
Put us in their British hell

I don't want to be here in your London dungeon
I don't want to be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in hell
Here's hoping you're swell

Make sure your face is clean now
Can't have no dirty dead
All the corpses here are clean, boy
All the Yanks in British hell

I don't want to be here in your London dungeon
I don't want to be here in your British hell
Ain't no mystery why I'm in misery in hell

Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell
Here's hoping you're swell

The photo is by Ryan Gee.

Transworld - July 1998 Volume 16 Number 7

Satva Leung #4.

It's the Monster Squad for Halloween week.

Toy Machine's resident ledge tech guy rocks a backside tailslide down a dark and scary ledge.

I like how the monster is lurking behind the planters.

I was running out of ideas because I have used most of the other scary season stuff already so I kind of dumb lucked into this week's theme. Although it occurred to me a little too late that I could have done a week of 1031. Next year.

Transworld - May 1998 Volume 16 Number 5

Scott Conklin #3.

Mechanical toy dolphin.

I really like Scott's part in Alien Workshop's Timecode video from 1997. The music is an untitled instrumental song by a band called The Jetty that gives it a Memory Screen type vibe. There's a few pictures of guitars in the section so I always sort of assumed Scott might be in the band. All he does is a bunch of backside and frontside 50-50s, a crooked grind, and a backside tailslide in a little over a minute. It's not like it features the best or even a lot of tricks, but the part has this intangible quality that works perfectly.

Transworld - October 1998 Volume 16 Number 10

John Drake #5.

Mechanical toy ladybug.

Pacific Drive put together some creative ads back in the 90s. I imagine being in the land of skateboarding sure helped out a bit.

Mike Ballard snapped the photo sequence.

Transworld - December 1996 Volume 14 Number 12

Mike Frazier #8.

Something against you.

The photos are by Thomas Campbell.

Transworld - October 1997 Volume 15 Number 10

Bill Weiss #2.

From fishlips to madness.

Longtime vertical enthusiast Bill Weiss recently launched a new company called Madness from the Dwindle Distribution camp. The team consists of transition rippers Sam Beckett, Jack Fardell, Clay Kreiner, and Alex Perelson. The graphics are heavy on the Francisco Goya tip with a touch of pop art thrown in for good measure. There's a delightful bit of irony in an all vert project being sponsored by what once was World Industries.

The photo is by Paul "Skin" Phillips.

Transworld - March 1996 Volume 14 Number 3