Ryan Gallant - hardflip Sacto triple set

A sequence of Ryan Gallant's hardflip down the Sacto triple set for an Expedition-One ad scanned from the January/February 2002 issue of Skateboarder. Photos by Jeff Landi. It's incredible how much hangtime he still has in the 5th frame after catching his board. Ryan was/is one of the best hardflippers ever.

Skateboarder's reaction to 9/11

The January/February 2002 Skateboarder was the first issue of the magazine that went to print after the events of September 11, 2001 in New York City and elsewhere. Then-EIC Aaron Meza introduced the issue with a statement explaining the relevance of a few pieces within the magazine, explaining that they were created to capture a skateboarder's perspective on 9/11 immediately after it had happened. It's very interesting to me to see these early reactions with over two decades of separation from that day, and I hope you do as well. My condolences to anybody reading this who lost someone close to them on that day.

words by Mackenzie Eisenhour

Words and photography by Mike O'Meally

Photo by Bryce Kanights

Tom Penny Pop Shove-It Sequence in Lyon

This sequence appears in the January/February 2002 Skateboarder, and the staff at the magazine were so excited about publishing it that they had "Penny Sequence!" written on the front cover. Another interesting thing about this is the photo caption, which says "All ethics go out the door when it comes to this guy. Tom Penny pop shoves over a volcano and stylishly rides off the Sidewalk, Lyon, France". Is this alluding to the photo being saved for Sidewalk, but was ran in Skateboarder before it could be printed in the UK magazine?

Photo by Oliver Barton. You can see the clip of the trick here.

15 Things You Didn't Know About Natas Kaupas

The fifth-ever 15 Things You Didn't Know About feature from Skateboarder, within the pages of the January/February 2002 issue. Words by Mackenzie Eisenhour. Photo by Bryce Kanights.

Colt Cannon - kickflip noseslide Le Dome

When I post to this blog, I prefer to upload at least a few scans, such as an entire interview, photo feature, or a collection of images which have some sort of correlation with each other. This method ends up unintentionally burying many singular images, so I'm going to try to change that going forward, even if it means spamming this page.

I figure this 2002 C1rca ad of Colt Cannon kickflip nosesliding Le Dome in Paris is a good place to start. Photo by Ryan Gee.

The Man Who Sold The World: The Steve Rocco Interview

Three pages of text is not nearly enough to be able to learn about the method to the madness that was Steve Rocco's time in the skateboarding industry, but this interview does a pretty good job with that limitation. Words by Mackenzie Eisenhour and photos by Mike O'Meally.

Divulge: Rob Welsh

In this short interview, Rob talks about moving from Maine to San Francisco, filming for the Aesthetics video, and his handwriting, which you can see a sample of in the Lakai ad from this same issue of Skateboarder. Words by Alex Klein and photos by Ben Colen.