Dylan Gardner.

Straight out of Santa Barbara.

Dylan rode for Neighborhood, Venture, Race Wheels, Shorty's, and Puma. He had a pro board on both Neighborhood and sister company Eśpecial.

Have a good holiday and/or rest of the week. Vert Is Dead will be back on Monday, December 1st. It will be generally older stuff from the 1988 - 1990 time period.

Andrew Reynolds picked a promo video from Adrenalin for his classic pick over at Thrasher's dot com. Five minutes of big ollies and arty filming. It's awesome.

Scott Starr took the photo for the Shorty's ad.

Eśpecial: Transworld - July 1996 Volume 14 Number 7

Shorty's: Transworld - August 1996 Volume 14 Number 8

Eliud "Shorty" Gonzalez.

Shorty is from Huntington Park, California. He rode for Tracker and Etnies in addition to Neighborhood. He prefers Amtrak over Greyhound for travel. Shorty likes jalapeño peppers with just about any food.

The photos are by Fat.

For the general info: Transworld - November 1994 Volume 12 Number 11

Neighborhood: Transworld - June 1994 Volume 12 Number 6

Eśpecial: Transworld - June 1996 Volume 14 Number 6

Petey Martinez.

Big snaps on the heelflip.

Petey had parts in both Neighborhood videos where he did a bunch of high tech flip tricks. Neighborhood had two videos - 1994's Mi Vida Loca and 1998's LaLa Land.

Tracker: Transworld - March 1995 Volume 13 Number 3

Neighborhood: Transworld - October 1995 Volume 13 Number 10

Robert Douglas.

Enough with the formalities, on to the riders.

In addition to Neighborhood, Robert rode for A-1 Meats, Tracker, and Etnies. He's from Imperial Beach, California. His favorite TV shows were Cheers, Star Trek, and the Twilight Zone. For music, he liked the Rolling Stones, The Breeders, and the soundtrack for the movie Juice. Robert's food preferences included fruits, veggies, ham and eggs, Whoppers, and Mexican food.

I had a snow day off from work. The weather has actually been decent and snow free. I think the town where my job is at didn't feel like plowing the streets.

For the general info: Transworld - August 1994 Volume 12 Number 8

A-1 Meats: Transworld - July 1994 Volume 12 Number 7

Neighborhood: Transworld - September 1994 Volume 12 Number 9

Eśpecial.

Neighborhood launched a second company called Eśpecial in early 1996. I think it was meant more to be Julio De La Cruz's team. The two ran split ads often. It kind of felt like Neighborhood was put on the back burner with more of a focus on Eśpecial, although everything went back to the Hood after a couple of years.

The Neighborhood am is Lenny Perez.

Weather update: I live about an hour south of Buffalo. We did get about a foot of snow yesterday, but it was nothing major. Everything is clear today. We might be getting more snow in the next day or two. The south part of Buffalo got dumped on with at least four to five feet of snow. At the same time, the north part of Buffalo had sun and no snow yesterday. It was very focused band of lake effect snow that pummeled the area. Stay safe, Buffalo.

Blue ad: Transworld - April 1996 Volume 14 Number 4

Team ad: Transworld - August 1996 Volume 14 Number 8

On Exhibit ad: Transworld - September 1996 Volume 14 Number 9

Dark Men Of The Cube.

Are we not men?

Thrasher - October 1995 Volume 15 Number 10

Board Game.

The silly business of skateboarding.

Thrasher - July 1995 Volume 15 Number 7