Slowly archiving photos and articles from Skateboarder Magazine and The Skateboard Mag, while also including stuff from Transworld, SLAP, Thrasher. I am not, nor have I ever been, formally affiliated with any of these magazines.
Showing posts with label 2008 March. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 March. Show all posts
Wherever The Wind Blows: The Emerica Team Breezes Through France
This March 2008 Transworld article covers a filming trip the Emerica team took to France while working on Stay Gold - this precluded the trip to Paris the team would take two years later. Words and photos by Oliver Barton.
15 Things You Didn't Know About Neckface
Printed in the back of the March 2008 issue of Skateboarder. Words by Jay Riggio and skate photo by Jonathan Mehring. This was published back when Neckface's identity was still somewhat a secret.
Flip's (2007) Eurotrashed Tour
The Flip team took a trip through The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and back to The Netherlands in July of 2007, skating demos and getting tricks at spots along the way, some of which would show up in Extremely Sorry. This article also features what might be the first photos of Christoph "Willow" Wildgrube in an American skateboarding magazine. Words by Ewan Bowman, and photos by Thomas Gentsch and Arto Saari.
One thing I remember from seeing this article for the first time was being in awe of the sequence of Willow's varial heelflip. That set is still huge by today's standards.
Hell Yeah! The Nick Trapasso Experience
This interview for the March 2008 issue of Skateboarder was conducted by Nick's then-boss, Ed Templeton. This interview is very much a product of its time: casual homophobic language used, speculation of being drafted to Iraq, and openly hating on Ryan Sheckler. Photos by John Bradford.
Delirium in the Pearl River Delta: Zoo York in China
This was the feature article in the March 2008 issue of Skateboarder. With words by Seamus Deegan and photos by Sean Cronan, it documented the team's filming trip to China for State of Mind. Zered also got the cover for this issue with a switch 50-50 on a monster of a hubba - I included the backstory from Cronan that's in the Contents section.
Jamie Thomas and Welcome To Hell
For the Cinematographer section of the March 2008 issue, Skateboarder's Adam Salo interviewed Jamie Thomas about what it was like to make one of the most influential skate videos of all-time: Toy Machine's Welcome To Hell. Most of this isn't obscure information, as Jamie has talked about it numerous times in interviews, but still an interesting read.
Marisa Dal Santo - Thrasher March 2008 interview
Below is Marisa's brief interview from the 2008 Interview issue of Thrasher. Burnett's questions aren't as offensive as Nieratko's 2010 TSM interview, thankfully. A couple of great photos in this one, including her kickflip melon ender from Strange World. Photos by Burnett and Shigeo.
Santee, CA Rail to drop photos
As far as I know, there have been six tricks done at this spot:
- Jamie Thomas, fs 50-50 (Misled Youth) and fs Smith (Dying To Live)
- Jim Greco, fs boardslide (no footage) and fs lipslide (Baker 3)
- Jordan Hoffart, bs feeble & bs crooks (Fun)
I can only assume that Jamie's tricks appeared in magazines, but if they did they're either in magazines I don't own (most likely TWS, SLAP or Thrasher) or I haven't found them yet in my 2001~2003 Skateboarders. If anyone knows where they are, please let me know!
I don't know if Greco's front boardslide was a land, as there is no footage of it published anywhere. My guess is that he didn't roll away or didn't like how he rolled away, but the cover was published anyways as Greco may have intended to go back and get the boardslide for the clip. The photo is really sick, and maybe someday we will see the clip(s). Or, maybe Greco landed it, but the footage got fucked up somehow and he figured that if he was going to go back, he might as well try the lipslide instead.
I feel like because I said something about Jamie and Greco, I have to say something about Jordan. His Fun part is still so crazy for today's standards. Go watch it if you haven't see in. First trick is a front tail down Staples Center...!
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| July 2005 The Skateboard Mag photo: Atiba |
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| November 2005 The Skateboard Mag photo: Bill Alleger |
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| June 2007 Transworld photo: Deville |
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| March 2008 The Skateboard Mag Photo: Dave Swift |
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