Vert Is Dead

Debaser. The kids know him these days as a skatepark operator and Alien Workshop pro, but back then Mr. Berra could throw down some mean tri...

Darin was an H - Street vert am who also did the carcass toss down some big gaps and rails. He is wearing the Henry Sanchez t - shirt with t...

Not everybody went with small wheels and low impact tech tricks in 1992. Lieu kept things rolling with massive ollies in the streets. He rod...

Jaya rode for Santa Cruz and Adrenalin. He also got into taking photos that were pretty good. The photo is by Noah Martineau. Transworld - D...

Omar put on a show in the Independent Trucks tour video from the other summer. He turned pro at sixteen for Blockhead and shuffled over to A...

This guy had some dope skating in all the New Deal videos. I think he has a shop now and he pops up from time to time on the SPoT website. T...

Sluggo was one of the first pros for Real after Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud. He was primarily a vert guy, but skated street, too. John w...