Reign In Spain: Flip Euro Tour Blowout

This thirty-page article from the September 2001 issue of Thrasher covers a Flip filming trip to Europe while filming for Sorry. Words and photos by Michael Burnett. The crew for the trip was Bastien Salabanzi, Geoff Rowley, Mark Appleyard, Ali Boulala, Arto Saari, Theo Hand, French Fred and Enrique Lorenzo as tour guide.

Arto's SOTY Interview

Arto Saari's Skater of the Year interview from the April 2002 issue of Thrasher. Words by Michael Burnett and photos by Antton Miettinen, Gabe Morford, Luke Ogden and Burnett.

Arto & Ishod on Clipper

I recently received the February 2001 issue of SLAP as a Christmas gift, and saw that there was a photo of Arto's frontside bluntslide on Clipper in the back. So, I dug up the photo of Ishod Wair's switch frontside bluntslide from the front of the September 2013 issue of Transworld, and they look very similar when seen side-by-side. They also both got these Clipper NBDs in the same year they won SOTY.

photo: Gabe Morford

photo: Dave Chami

Jumpboyz: Alien Workshop US Tour

This article was published in the May 2010 issue of The Skateboard Mag, with words by Jason Dill and photos by Rodent. The title comes from the team being bitten by the "jump bug" at the beginning of the trip, steering them to different cliffs and bridges along the way where they could get their next thrill. Thanks to the person on the SLAP forum who asked for this one, for inspiring me to find & scan it.

Arto's cover tricks in Mind Field

Two of Arto Saari's tricks in his Mind Field part were also cover photos. The back lip on the Frost Middle School rail was on the front of the December 2008 issue of The Skateboard Mag, and the switch back 180 into the ditch appeared three months later on the March 2009 cover of Skateboarder. Both photos taken by Ryan Allan.

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.

éStralia

An article from the May 2002 issue of Skateboarder covering an éS demo tour through Australia. Words and photos by Mike O'Meally.

A Quik Hawaii Trip

Title says it all. Words and photos by Atiba. Arto also got the cover of the issue of The Skateboard Mag with a photo from this trip.

Behind The Mind's Eye: Greg Hunt interview

This is the second of three features within the April 2009 issue of Transworld that focus on the people around the making of Alien Workshop's 2009 Mind Field video. It gives a great behind-the-scenes look on the making of one of the most influential skate videos of the 2000s. Words and photos by Mike O'Meally.