Aaron Herrington #3.

The last man well known to kingpin.

Did you know Aaron was on Blood Wizard? He rode for them for a couple of years until about 2012. This was the time span from when he moved down to San Francisco from Oregon and before he moved to New York City. I was going through some old videos and found a Blood Wizard DVD from 2010 with his name on the back. I didn't remember his part at all and that's a shame. Aaron was still a bit young, but the roots of what he is doing now were all there. He's probably got the best part, which is full of street lines in SF and NYC. There are some big rails and big ollies, too.

We're going to the Mind Field on Monday. Or next Monday. It depends how the weekend goes, but we'll get there eventually.

Thrasher - June 2018 Volume 39 Number 6

Remy Stratton #14.

A rare sighting of street Remy. You can take the vert dog street skating, but he's still going to hit the walls.

The photos are by Dave Malenfant and Ryan Groat.

Thrasher - March 1998 Volume 18 Number 3

Tino Razo #5.

Party in the back.

Slap - November 2000 Volume 9 Number 11

Frank Gerwer #5.

Livin life by the drop.

Gerwer in the Firm days before getting on Anti-Hero.

Slap - March 2001 Volume 10 Number 3

Scott Conklin #4.

Big time 50-50.

It seems like everybody is always pushing the limits of how high you can take a trick and then you find a photo from ages ago where somebody did the same thing. I'm a little surprised I had never noticed this ad before either.

The photo is by Atiba Jefferson.

Transworld - December 1997 Volume 15 Number 12

Dan Drehobl #23.

"It seems like for a while there were a lot of rules in skateboarding, like people would judge you by whatever, and that's not what it's about, it's about having fun. Whatever you feel like doing, that's what you should do. When a trick comes to mind, just do it and don't worry about what everyone's going to think about you. It seems like too many people do that nowadays. Skateboarding is supposed to be an individual thing and it's not supposed to be about clothing or whatever."

Dan's take on skateboarding from 1994 sure sounds about like where we are currently. I think that's a good thing.

I had a pair of the Gama model in black. I really liked those shoes.

Bobby Worrest's new Venture part is plenty respectable. He does a few noseslides on some seriously high ledges.

For the quote: Thrasher - October 1994 Volume 14 Number 10

Transworld - November 1997 Volume 15 Number 11

Darren Navarrette #12.

"One time when I first came out to California I was hanging out with Jamie Thomas and I was looking at a magazine and just flipping through it until I'd find a vert photo. He was like, 'Is that all you do? Do you even street skate?' 'Yeah, I street skate.' 'Do you ever go to handrails?' 'Yeah, I've done handrails.' So he took me to a handrail, and I five-O'd it. And he was like, 'You don't even boardslide it first?'"

The Vertical Vampire talks about his approach to street skateboarding. For a fun fact, Jamie did offer Darren a spot on Toy Machine, but he declined since he was already on Creature.

For the quote: The Skateboard Mag - September 2009 Issue 66

Transworld - February 1998 Volume 16 Number 2