Focus: June 2002

The Focus section from the June 2002 issue of Skateboarder. Photo credit is within the scans.

Mike Anderson for Hawk Shoes

These ads are scanned from the April & June 2002 issues of Skateboarder. Not sure who photographed them.

Tampatlanta or, Better Yet, Atlantampa: An Emerica shoes vortex of marketing

This article covers a trip the Emerica team took to Tampa and Atlanta in January of 2002, with highlights of the trip told in great detail by Ed Templeton. Photos by Ben Colen. Article appears in the June 2002 issue of Skateboarder. 

Ryan Smith's tricks on the Henry High School 17-stair

Ryan Smith's two tricks on the Henry High School 17-stair rail appeared in June 2002 and August 2005 DC Shoes ads. Both ads were photographed by Mike Blabac. You can see the clips here and here. The back lip is a gnarly trick on this rail to this day.