Sean Mullendore #9.

Chops: So that first Static trip you went on cross-county was with everybody. . .

Jake Rupp: Yeah, the DC to Cali trip was with the whole crew. Joel Meinholz, Ed Selego, Steve Brandi . . . Sean Mullendore was on it for a second but then he got weird and bailed, which was awesome. Classic, dealing with a bunch of psychos.

What do you mean?

We were just being crazy. Skating and getting wild. That was just how we were living and Sean wanted no part of it.

But Sean was such a good skateboarder, man. He could ollie anything.

Whatever happened to Mullendore? He was incredible.

He lives around here, in Maryland. I’ve heard that he works on high-end race cars. Like, the super crazy ones in sterile garages.

The DC guy with the massive pop takes a kickflip over a barrier. It looks like he is wearing a New Deal shirt and some fly DVS kicks.

For the quote: Chrome Ball Interview #130: Jake Rupp

Thrasher - May 1999 Volume 19 Number 5

Colt Cannon #2.

Oops! . . . I did it again.

A young Colt does a backside Smith grind on a handrail when he was riding for Think. He's wearing a Freedumb t-shirt that has a bunny holding a gun drawn on it. Freedumb was Dan Drehobl's clothing company that was distributed by Think. I'm not sure what shoes he is wearing. They might be Vitas, but I am not positive. Colt would later ride for Element and Circa.

Thrasher - June 1999 Volume 19 Number 6

Elias Bingham.

Elias is from Austin, Texas. His sponsors were Element, Venture, FTC, and Vita. He is one of the founders/owners of No-Comply Skateshop in Austin. Elias joined other shop owners including Steve Nesser and Kerry Getz as having been on the cover of Thrasher with an ollie for the May 2001 issue.

Thrasher - July 1999 Volume 19 Number 7

Ron Whaley #4.

Powerbolts.

Mr. Whaley would have been riding for Santa Cruz and Krux in 1999. I'm not sure if Ron was on Etnies, but he did the trick a lot of skaters without shoe sponsors did in the late 1990s: wear a company's gear for the photos. It's weird how that never turned into a sponsorship opportunity for anybody because it happened often enough.

Thrasher - August 1999 Volume 19 Number 8

Jake Nunn.

Texas sized hydrant ollie.

Jake is from Austin, Texas. He was pro for Think. His other sponsors included Circuit and Indy. He might be involved with Austin's No Comply Skate Shop, but I'm not positive if he currently is.

Circuit was a late 1990s wheel company done by Think. They had a stacked team and their ads are an easy go to when I need something to fill up a week.

I cruised up to the Food Court Skatepark again on Sunday. It was busier than on a weekday afternoon when everybody else is at school or work. Go figure. The mood was good and everybody was positive. I wanted to check it out again and had the free time. Going there twice in under two weeks gave me a better feel for the place. The setup isn't the widest variety of terrain, yet it works out fairly well. The drive is also a fairly quick trip. I think I'm going to try to get up there more often because it is a fun place and something different to roll around on.

Thrasher - October 1999 Volume 19 Number 10

Alan Petersen #19.

The man in black floats a backside ollie down in Australia. Alan was on Puma's skateboard program before switching to Vans. He might have ridden for Vans previously, too. I like how they used a close up of the graffiti to fill up the ad.

I enjoy Thrasher's This Old Ledge series with Ted Barrow. It's nice to get some architectural history to go with the famous skate spots. I also decided I'm not reading Thrasher until the calendar month matches up with the month on the spine. I'm tired of the rush. You get all this hype about the new cover and then a week later the next issue is already being teased on the internet.

The picture is by Dimitri Elyashkevich.

Thrasher - March 1999 Volume 19 Number 3

Willy Santos #6.

Enjoy skateboarding.

Willy was on Duffs prior to Vans. He would stay on Vans until the company gave up on the puffy shoes and shifted back to the original waffle soles in the low 2000s. This noseblunt slide was in his part in Birdhouse's The End.

The sequence is by new Vans employee Atiba Jefferson.

Thrasher - December 1998 Volume 18 Number 12