Alex Moul - kickflip

A photo of Alex Moul doing his best possible kickflip, appearing in the Howl section of the December 2004 issue of Skateboarder. Photo taken by Joe Krolick.

Corey & Jerry - Sacramento ledge to gap

Two of the gnarliest tricks to go down at this spot - Corey Sheppard's switch front board and Jerry Hsu's switch backside bluntslide. Corey's Ipath ad was scanned from the December 2004 issue of Skateboarder, and Jerry's Osiris ad was scanned from the October 2005 issue of The Skateboard Mag.

photo: Ian O'Connor

Meet the Gerwers

Frank talks to Alex Klein about what it was like to grow up Gerwer for the December 2004 issue of Skateboarder. Photos by Gabe Morford. Happy 50th, Frank!

15 Things You Didn't Know About 15 Years of Foundation

Fifteen interesting facts published in the December 2004 issue of Skateboarder about Foundation's first fifteen years in business. As of writing this, it has been twenty years since this piece was published. Might need to start updating these lists.

Conflicting Moral Values: Toy Machine's Good & Evil Tour

This December 2004 Skateboarder article covers a month-long filming trip & demo tour for Toy Machine's Good & Evil video. There's also a specific video that was made from this tour, which I didn't know about until I was searching for the link for the full-length. Words and B&W photography by Ed Templeton, and photos by John Bradford (his first Toy Machine tour!)

Coming Clean, Coming Home: Andrew Reynolds

This feature interview with The Boss was published in the December 2004 issue of Skateboarder, which Andrew also was on the cover of. Alex Klein's summary on the first page of the interview is a great summary of what the feature is about:

This summer [of 2004], Andrew Reynolds left the hustle of his Hollywood haunt for a homecoming long overdue. With a new, clean and sober outlook on life, he introduced is to his mom, took us to his old high school, and showed us the spots deep in his old stomping grounds. What's more, Andrew opened up to give us the lurid details of his triumph over alcoholism, his thoughts on running a company as a professional skateboarder, and the near-death experience that scared him straight. Welcome home, Andrew.

Photos by Brian Gaberman.

Divulge: Robbie McKinley

RIP in peace, Robbie. You had the best nollies, and did all of your tricks with unmistakable power and style.

Thank you to Oliver Barton for reaching out to me and asking that I dig up this December 2004 interview. Photos by Barton and Yoon Sul, and words by Aaron Meza.

Dreamland article by Dave Carnie

The motivation behind scanning this article was that a person on Instagram requested it via DM. I had no idea that it existed before they had reached out to me, but I am glad that they did because this is a real gem. Dave Carnie gives some backstory to and sings praise about the Dreamland Skateparks company and the parks that they'd created up to that point (this is from the December 2004 The Skateboard Mag issue). Admittedly, I just breezed through the article and didn't read it thoroughly (yet), so my summary of it is probably not doing it justice at all. Enjoy!

Neil Blender, invert transfer
photo: Ed Dominick

left: Navs, dog pisser (photo by Dave Swift)
right: Josh Falk, indy air (photo by Jon Humphries)

left: Lance Mountain, fastplant (photo by Swift)
right: Chalmers, indy 360 (photo by Dominick)

left: Matt Dove, kickflip indy (photo by Swift)
right: Justin Hindry, back tail (photo by Rodent)

Emmanuel Guzman, backside noseblunt revert
photo: Swift

left: Hewitt, frontside air bowl transfer (photo by Swift)
right: Ben Krahn, frontside noseblunt (photo by Rodent)

left above: Pat Duffy, Monty grind (photo by Swift)
left below: Daniel Cardone, frontside air to the pipe

New Jack: Danny Renaud

Danny Renaud's New Jack interview appears in the December 2004 The Skateboard Mag issue, immediately after the Dreamland article I posted. The first time I ever heard of Danny was when Skateboarder reported his nine-story fall and resulting serious injuries, sometime in 2008 or 2009. Every trick in this interview is so good, especially the switch back tail shove at the end. Definitely one of those sequences where I scan it quickly over and over to get the "flipbook" effect. 

Words by Tim O'Connor and photos by Jeff Landi. Awesome to see and hear that Danny is doing well nowadays.