Al Partanen #5.

Parts in a pool.

Vert Is Dead is on a break until Monday, July 14th. I'm worn out on doing this so I'm taking a little extra time off. I will be posting a week of women skateboarders when things start up again. Feel free to leave any requests in the comments.

The photo is by Brendan Klein.

Thrasher Photo Annual 2008

Van Wastell #2.

Earache My Eye.

Thrasher - December 2003 Volume 23 Number 12

Mike Prosenko.

Why not?

I'm taking a break from this thing starting Friday.

RIP Shogo Kubo.

The photo is by Steve Keenan.

Thrasher - February 1989 Volume 9 Number 2

Ethan Fowler #11.

Great Cop.

Nostalgic for the early days of Toy Machine. I think I mainly miss being on summer vacation from college instead of having to piece together the film for a 36 page booklet. My job is cool and all, but you can't go wrong with time off.

Transworld - May 1994 Volume 12 Number 5

Pete "The Ox" Colpitts #2.

Other levels of gnarly.

Slap - April 1999 Volume 8 Number 4

Natas Kaupas #4.

One zero one.

A friend from grad school tracked me down on Facebook. She lives out in LA now. I noticed that one of her friends had the last name of Kaupas so I had to ask. I mean how many people have that for a last name? Turns out my friend is friends with Natas and his wife. It's a small world.

Big Brother - Issue 20 Spring 1996

Omar Salazar #2.

J. Mascis guitar solo.

I'd been looking for an ad with Omar on Foundation for a while and then randomly found this as I was looking for other things. That's usually how this website works. Either I know exactly where a particular item might be or it takes a little time. After the F-Troop, Omar moved to Rasa Libre before being abducted to the Sovereign Sect of the Alien Workshop. With the Workshop having gone the way of the dodo, I'm not exactly sure who Omar is riding for right now. He does have the financial security of a Nike sponsorship so he should be fine.

Check out a cool Kris Markovich interview over at the Chrome Ball Incident.

Slap - October 1999 Volume 8 Number 10