Bob Burnquist #8.

Bright blue skies.

Bob flying high and backwards during the Anti-Hero and éS days.

This was one of the two éS ads with Rick Howard's name. The other ran in January of 1997 with Eric Koston doing a switch nosegrind. Rick was in talks to get on éS and they had even started developing a shoe, but he decided to ride for DC instead.

I hear the new Foundation video is good. I'm not surprised because the F-Troop always delivers. I have to make the time to watch it this weekend.

Thrasher - December 1996 Volume 16 Number 12

Matt Field & Johnny Fonseca #2.

Two Real all-stars.

Thrasher - August 1996 Volume 16 Number 8

Tabias Walker.

Observe.

Tabias was pro for Invisible. He was also sponsored by Tracker, Half Life Clothing, and Kastel. I think he's from Florida and had a lot of coverage in San Francisco. He mixed it up with some tech, some gaps, and Pier 7 for his spot selections.

The photo is by Ted Newsome.

Transworld - August 1996 Volume 14 Number 8

Brad Staba #4.

Brad locks into a 50-50 transfer during the F-Troop days before he started making beer koozies for Skate Mental and cooking pizza.

Thrasher - June 1996 Volume 16 Number 6

John Reeves #4.

Motion blur.

JTMR and Kien Lieu are the unsung stars of Hokus Pokus. Go back and check the tape if you don't believe me.

Grant Brittain snapped the photo.

Transworld - June 1996 Volume 14 Number 6

The Sunset Car Wash.

LA's Best Car Wash.

I scanned the ad of Cardiel taking the plunge into the famous Sunset Car Wash bank and that got me thinking about who else has done tricks at the spot. It's worth noting that the photo was taken in 1996 and the footage didn't appear until the Anti-Hero video in 1998. After watching Mark Gonzales slam in the same video, I've had zero interest in anything done at Sunset. That wasn't the case for other folks.

In 2003, Jim Greco and Pee Wee were the next ones documented taking the drop with ollies into the bank. Pee Wee rode for Dogtown and Kre-Per Trucks.

This was the cutline in Transworld for Jim's ollie:

"Jim Greco takes the 100-percent hands-free approach and ollies into the infamous Sunset carwash at 6:00 a.m."

Are they throwing some shade on Cards? I don't get why they would do that. Jim got up very early in the morning, drank some coffee plus an energy drink, and went to the spot. He broke his board and wound up using Dan Rogers' board for the make.

In recent years, Milton Martinez did a kickflip into the bank and Alex Midler spun a backside 360 of doom down the embankment. Also amateur Gavin Kish did a half cab in this past April.

Jim's photo is by Bobby Pyn and Pee Wee's photo is by Keith Eric Davidson. Who took John's picture? I figure it would be either Gabe Morford or Tobin Yelland.

Cards: Thrasher - September 1996 Volume 16 Number 9

Greco: Transworld - November 2003 Volume 21 Number 11

Pee Wee: Big Brother - December 2003 Number 103

Jeron Wilson #5.

A young JDubs takes a switch flip over one of those mysterious and classic California picnic tables during the early days of DVS.

It did dry up yesterday so I got to skateboard after work. It was actually a nice surprise because it looked there could be a sudden downpour at any second. It was another successful Go Skateboarding Alone Day.

Transworld - June 1996 Volume 14 Number 6