Sean Sheffey #7.

Sean takes on a big set of stairs with a switch kickflip.

The new 003 HUF video is pretty slick. Tyler Bledsoe does some neat tricks. I like how he puts together combo moves and how he jumps down stuff at different angles.

Thrasher - May 1999 Volume 19 Number 5

Clyde Singleton #5.

Aesthetically pleasing yellow jacket.

Clyde probably doesn't get enough credit for all the ripping he did on his skateboard. He always picked out quality tricks and did them well. He even skated a little vert.

There was an interview with Mike Clevinger in the USA Today the other day. Clevinger is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In the interview, he said he used to skateboard and that his favorite pros were Zered Bassett and Bucky Lasek. He also said he keeps up with what Aaron "Jaws" Homoki is doing on Instagram. I assume there is a clause in his contract that prohibits skateboard riding. He is definitely into skateboarding if he is dropping Dr. Z's name as a favorite.

Chris Ortiz took the photograph.

Transworld - March 1999 Volume 17 Number 3

Rudy Johnson #7.

“Hey, I just watched A Visual Sound again and I really love it. I don’t think that I understood it when it came out but I really love it. I now understand what you guys were trying to do back then.” - Rudy Johnson to Jason Lee

It's always interesting how your perspective on a given creation can change over the years.

I got skateboarding for the first real time in a few days last night. The difference between having and not having a head cold is real.

The quote is from the Chrome Ball Incident's interview with Jason Lee

Thrasher - January 1999 Volume 19 Number 1

Dustin Dollin #2.

Tell me what's up with punk rock - do you like punk rock?

Not too much. I like different types of music - weird music that no one else likes.

Like what?

Like Frank Zappa and Ween.

Do you ever play that in the house just to piss everyone off?

Yeah, of course. Everyone hates it, and I laugh at people because they're mad.

****

Dustin being a terror back in the early days of Baker.

Stereo's graphics got horrible at the end. What exactly were they thinking? I know silly cartoons were popular at the time, but the braintrust at Deluxe doesn't usually swing and miss this badly.

For the quote: Transworld - December 1999 Volume 17 Number 12 (What was Transworld thinking by having the pages run upside down for a tribute to the fine country of Australia? This must have been a nightmare for the printer.)

Slap - May 1999 Volume 8 Number 5

Kris Markovich #21.

Del Taco blast off.

The photo is by Ted Newsome.

Transworld - April 1999 Volume 17 Number 4

Andrew Reynolds #11.

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over.

The big news of the past week was that Andrew Reynolds left his shoe sponsor of twenty plus years. There's a vague rumor he might be going to Vans. Vans is an odd company to me. I'm a long standing supporter of the cupsole over anything vulcanized so I've never felt motivated to buy any of their kicks. Sole material aside, I don't particularly care for the bulk of their designs. On the other hand, Vans is selling a ton of shoes these days to people who skateboard and people who want to look like they skateboard. They are using the profits to invest back into skateboarding by building parks, hosting contests, and sponsoring skaters, which are all great things. I ultimately decided I'm OK with Vans, as the positives outweigh the negatives.

Big Brother - September 1999 Issue 52

Mike Vallely #7.

Tailplant.

I watched a couple of Mike's video parts a few weeks ago. Some of the tricks caught my eye so I decided to rewatch them again and do a post about it. The first was his part in 1281, the New Deal video from 1991. The second was his part in Suburban Diners, the Powell video from 1994. His skating from that time still holds up and each part has aged fairly gracefully, except maybe for some of the late shove-its in 1281. In general, you get Mike blasting a lot of big ollies on the streets and transitions so that remains timeless skateboarding. Grabs are thrown in rather liberally, but not always. Although given how high up in the air he gets, you maybe would want to hang onto something mid flight. These were the highlights that I picked out, mainly because they are tricks you tend not to think of Mike doing.

1281:

• Backside 180 to fakie manual on sidewalk, pivot around to regular manual. He also does one without the pivot.

• Nollie backside lipslide on a slider bar.

• Frontside 360 ollie off a launch ramp.

• Fakie ollie to backside tailslide on a bench.

• Frontside 5-0 grind to backside 180 out on a bench.

Suburban Diners:

• Properly popped and caught 360 flips.

• Big kickflips.

• Fakie kickflips.

• Half cab kickflip to fakie on a large and steep bank.

• Long frontside bluntslide on a curb.

• Kickflip backside 50-50.

Thrasher - May 1999 Volume 19 Number 1