Kenny Reed #3.

If there was anybody who should ride for a company called Planet Earth, it had to be renowned globetrotter Kenny Reed.

The new Spitfire part from Leo Baker is a well done display of street tech. The part brings up the important question: have The Replacements been used in a video before? I'm not recalling anyone using them. Maybe the Mats just aren't skateboard music, but they'd often get mentioned in interviews back in the low 1990s for what pros were listening to.

It will be some ghostly wheels for Halloween week on Monday. I'm always trying to think of scary stuff for the haunted season and I legit cannot believe I scanned the next round in with the intent to post immediately before it hit me to save them for the right time.

The picture is by Brian Uyeda.

Thrasher - December 2005 Volume 25 Number 12

Jack Sabback.

Foreign psychedelic rock.

Jack is from Charleston, South Carolina. He has a BA in History from Temple University. Rasa Libre, Popwar, Traffic, and Ipath have sponsored Jack over the years. Some of his favorite skaters include Mike Daher, Josh Kalis, Bobby Puleo, Rich Adler, Pepe Martinez, Lucas Puig, Dan Plunkett, and Jake Johnson. For tunes, he likes Paul Parrish, Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, The Zombies, The Smiths, Animal Collective, and foreign psych rock. Jack enjoys traveling and has lived in Philadelphia and New York City.

The photograph is by Jonathan Mehring.

For the info: Skateboarder - August 2008 Volume 17 Number 12

Thrasher - November 2005 Volume 25 Number 11

Steve Nesser #6.

Joe Mauer.

Now that we have some distance from the 00s, you can start to form opinions on what has held up, what was good, what was bad, who was underrated, who was overrated, and so on. I'm saying Steve's skating was under appreciated, perhaps because he wasn't riding for a bigger name board company. Also with a bunch of mags and a slew of videos in that era, a skater and/or company could get lost in the shuffle, too. As an example, Steve ollied the stair gap Louie Lopez ollied for his second to last trick in the recent Again & Again video back in 2006.

Ian Patrick O'Connor was the photographer.

Thrasher - November 2005 Volume 25 Number 10

Guru Khalsa #2.

Tranquility in the Astrodome.

The photograph is by Travis Howell.

Thrasher - August 2005 Volume 25 Number 8

Ed Selego #3.

Habitat moods & earthy clothes.

Planet Earth was started by Chris Miller in 1990 after he departed Schmitt Stix. The company was initially distributed by H-Street before Miller took things solo. They had a solid hard goods run through the 1990s before switching over to a clothing only brand in the early 2000s.

Ed was riding for Planet Earth and switched to Habitat for boards after the change to soft goods. He had a quick ripping part full of handrail stunts in Habitat's Mosaic video from 2003 set to a smoking J. Mascis song.

Speaking of clothing, I found this gem at the thrift store on Friday:

Eric "Rodent" Cheslak was the photographer.

Thrasher - June 2005 Volume 25 Number 6

Dave Bachinsky.

Blueprint Hat.

Dave is from Lowell, Massachusetts. He gained skateboard fame when he kickflipped the stairs at El Toro in 2006. This led to him getting sponsored by City. He would ride for them for a few years and then switch over to Think. When Street Corner folded in 2013, Dave found a home at Darkstar and is still on the team in 2022. He's also still sponsored by Venture Trucks. Dave wore the same style of hat from England's Blueprint Skateboards for the longest time. He likes hamburgers and has some serious mini ramp skills.

The photograph is by Joe "Xeno" Lloyd.

Thrasher - July 2006 Volume 26 Number 7

Jeremy Reeves.

Jeremy is from St. Paul, Minnesota and moved out to San Francisco. Some of his favorite skaters are Dan Drehobl, Tony Cervantes, Ryan Gallant, Danny Fuenzalida, Peter Raffin, and Brian Heck. City got him a Honda scooter as a gift. He likes hockey, cooking, camping, and collecting random junk.

The picture is by Dan Zaslavsky.

For the info: Thrasher - October 2005 Volume 25 Number 1

Thrasher - August 2006 Volume 26 Number 8