Desolation Angels: Things To Do In Australia When You're Dead (Or, "That Time When Jake Phelps Almost Killed Dennis Busenitz, Mark Hubbard & Himself")

This is the article about the infamous story where Jake Phelps flipped a car in Australia. I believe it was part of a larger Volcom trip and there are a lot of photos of team riders ripping in between the words, especially by Dustin Dollin. Words by Phelps and photos by Luke Ogden. Appears in the April 2005 issue of Thrasher.

Arto Saari in the July 2000 Thrasher

Below is every appearance of Arto Saari in the July 2000 issue of Thrasher, which he had the cover of and also had a feature interview in. I will stop typing now and let his skating do the talking.

photo by Daniel Harold Sturt

photo on the right by Sturt

photo by Atiba Jefferson

The feature interview. Words and photos by Michael Burnett, except the back lip, which was photographed by Sturt.

Independent ad in the back of the issue.

no photo credit given

Minneapolis profile article - Big Brother November 1997

This is the earliest article that I have seen about Minnesota skateboarding in a magazine (so far...?) There's a few different photos of Emeric "Olu" Pratt, as well as appearances from Steve Nesser, Seth McCallum and others. It's also interesting to see how square the U of MN ledges were compared to now!

This article appeared in the November 1997 issue of Big Brother. It was written by Sean Cliver with photos by Rick Kosick.

Scott Johnston at LA High

This sequence of Scott's tailside to switch crooks at LA High was too good not to post on its own. I never paid much attention to him and his skating until recently, when I started methodically going through older magazines. His skating was so photogenic.

Sequence by Seu Trinh. Appears in the 9 Frames Per Second section of the August 2004 issue of Transworld.

Review of the Newell video

Alex Klein put together some fun facts, a brief interview with Frank Gerwer and a brief review of the actual footage for the Newell House video that came out in 2004. The article was published in the November 2004 The Skateboard Mag  and the photo of the VHS was taken by Grant Brittain. The first full parts I saw of Frank and Elissa Steamer are from this video. I remember being so stoked on her hillbomb ender.

Milestone: Zered Bassett

Zered's Milestone feature from the November 2004 issue of The Skateboard Mag, written by Dave Carnie. The text didn't come out so well on the scans and is almost illegible, unfortunately. I may try to rescan this at a later date, but the photos came out really well so I'm uploading now. Props to Dr. Z, he's still ripping to this day.

photo by Brian Uyeda

photo by Ian O'Connor

photos by Uyeda

photo sequence by O'Connor

photos by Uyeda and O'Connor

photo by Uyeda

photo by Uyeda

New Jack: Alex Carolino

Alex Carolino's New Jack interview, from the October 2004 issue of The Skateboard Mag. Words by Zitzer and photos by Jeff Landi. The switch 360 flip at Ft. Miley is an amazing photo. Kinda cool that there are two tricks from Denver, CO spots. There's also a Seek ad in the back of the same issue of him frontside flipping the stair gap spot, which brings the Denver spot trick total to three.

And the Seek ad (also shot by Landi).

New Jack: James Brockman

Brockman's New Jack interview from the August 2004 issue of The Skateboard Mag. Words by Paul Zitzer and photos by Ed Dominick.

Harsh Crowd: 2004 eS Canada (and New York) Tour

Atiba Jefferson writes an article about a skater's perspective during a demo tour to accompany the photos that he took of the eS team during a Canada demo tour (and at least one New York spot). Appears in the October 2004 issue of The Skateboard Mag.

Step Aside: Jon Comer

A brief article in the September 2004 issue of The Skateboard Mag on the late Jon Comer, written by Paul Zitzer. It gives the story behind the accident that made him lose his foot, his recovery, and how he got into skating and became one of the most inspiring people to pick up the board. Photos credited to Olsen.

RIP in peace, Jon.