100 Texas Titles

What started as a trip to Houston, Texas to shoot photos of Guru Khalsa turned into a full-blown trip around the state for Giovanni Reda. He ended up being joined by Todd Jordan, Mikey Taylor, Jeremy Holmes and an up-and-comer named Alvin "Trace" Saylor (never heard of him before or since). Jake Nunn also joined the crew for a day and got a photo in the article.

All words and photos by Reda. Article appears in the August 2007 issue of Skateboarder.

The Rat Pack: Back to Da Boot

This article covers Giovanni Reda's fifth annual skate trip to Italy and appeared in the February 2007 issue of Skateboarder. For this one, he brought along filmer Federico Vitetta, Danny Montoya, Guy Mariano, Jesus Fernandez, and Mikey Taylor. Words and photos by Reda.

Escape to New York

This is a brief feature that Ben Colen put together for the January 2007 issue of Skateboarder. He met up with Scott Johnston, Alex Olson and Jason Dill to shoot photos and ask what makes New York such a special place for them.

How It Went Down: The China Banks

This article was written by Adam Salo for the January 2007 issue of Skateboarder. Thrasher did a much more comprehensive story on this spot in 2022, but it's still cool to read this article now to see how people perceived and talked about the spot in 2006/2007.

During my trip to San Francisco last year, my wife and I were able to make a quick stop at the Banks, and I snapped a bunch of pictures. I didn't bring my board, but I probably would have struggled just to do a small backside carve. Anything that's been done there is remarkable!

Some photos from my visit:

The Joe Valdez ollie spot:

Heck of a view!

'Go back to Wyoming' - January 2007 Zoo York Europe Tour article

This article, written by Seamus Deegan and photographed by Sean Cronan, covers a three-week trip through Europe that the Zoo York team took sometime in 2006. The trip included stops in England, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. There's a photo of Matt Miller doing a back tail on a colorful Paris spot, which Cairo Foster had back tailed for the front of the November/December 2001 issue of Skateboarder.

Danny Fuenzalida interview - January 2007

Printed in the January 2007 issue of Skateboarder, words by Adam Salo and photos by Dan Z. Interesting "Arthur Fuenzarelli" concept for the design. I remember thinking it was kind of corny when I was younger, but now I think it's cool that they put some time & effort into creating a graphic theme for the feature.

Dustin Dollin - Baker 3 ender sequence

Below is the Mike O'Meally sequence of Dustin's kickflip 50-50 ender from his 2006 Baker 3 part, which appeared in the April 2002 issue of Skateboarder. As Dustin has said in various interviews, he landed the trick in 2001, a full five years before the clip would be seen. It's incredible to think that there was a time in skateboarding when a five-year-old clip could be used as an ender for a part.

Who The Hell?: Jeff Mikut

This is the first Who The Hell? feature to be printed in The Skateboard Mag, featuring Jeff Mikut, who is probably best known for hardflipping the Wilshire 15 set and designing some of the shoes you've probably skated in. Words by Dave Carnie and photos by Atiba.

Chris Haslam interview - May 2006

Chris Haslam's interview from the May 2006 issue of The Skateboard Mag. Words by Dave Carnie and photos by Anthony Acosta.

Peter Ramondetta - September 2007 interview

Pete has always been one of my favorite skateboarders. He had good style, trick selection, could get tech and/or gnar, and always skated fast. Below is his interview from the September 2007 issue of The Skateboard Mag, as well as the Contents photo he had in the same issue. All photos by Gabe Morford.

Happy 60th, Lance Mountain

September 2007 NikeSB ad that I scanned from the pages of The Skateboard Mag. Photo by Jon Humphries. I wish I knew the difference between different invert & handplant tricks, but whatever you call what Lance is doing in The Pink Motel Pool here looks really good.