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 Elissa Steamer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elissa Steamer. Show all posts
The Midwest Vision Quest: Zero Tours the Middle
This article covers a Zero US filming trip that occurred most likely sometime in the summer of 2008, getting clips for the upcoming Strange World full-length video. Lots of gnarly photos in this, including Brockman's front board on the Emage 20 rail in Denver and Garrett's pig ollie in Salt Lake City. And Marisa dal Santos's kickflip front board! Words by Greg Robinson and photos by Bart Jones.
The 2004 & 2009 Thrasher Wallenberg contest articles
I started following skateboarding in 2006, and one of the things I kept seeing and hearing being referenced was the 2004 Wallenberg contest. I watched the video online over and over and over, completely taken in by how excited everyone was to see people jump down this gap. It was also the first time that I understood the importance of "skate spots" and the history of all of the tricks that have been done at each one. It was how I learned that Andrew Reynolds was synonymous with frontside flips and Lindsey Robertson with heelflips. Also, how sick was it that Elissa Steamer was the first to commit to an ollie? In short, learning about this contest and why it was so incredible was one of the first big things that demonstrated how great the subculture of skateboarding is. Here is the article, with a bonus still of Chris Cole's 360 flip bail. Photo credit can be found within the scans.
A couple of years pass by, and Thrasher announced that on May 30, 2009, they would be holding another contest at the legendary spot. In the five years in between a few more NBDs had been done, including Chris Cole's 360 flip in 2005 (which he stuck but didn't roll away from in the 2004 contest) and Andrew Reynolds's backside flip on the May 2007 Thrasher cover. This knowledge, combined with Thrasher publishing a slew of "Ask The Phelper" videos about Wallenberg leading up to the contest, created a lot of anticipation for what was going to be done down the gap on that late May 2009 day. In my opinion, it lived up to the hype and produced a pretty awesome recap video which still gives me goosebumps, even after 13 years. Here is the article (and cover) as it appeared in the mag. Photo credit can be found within the scans.
Ten "And Another Thing..." Articles
I'm starting to get to a point where I have enough to start doing article "dumps" for posts. If you enjoyed the And Another Thing... articles in Skateboarder, then today is your lucky day. Here are ten scans of them that I've created over the past few month. They're from issues spanning 2006-2012 because I don't like scanning issues sequentially; it's more enjoyable to scan whatever I'm inspired to scan at that moment. Anyways, here you go. There'll be more of these to come in the future, as well as Versus, Skate Anatomys, 15 Things, Who's Hot, etc. You can find photographer & writer credits within the scans.
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| January 2006 |
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| September 2009 |
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| June 2010 |
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| February/March 2012 |
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| June/July 2012 |
Review of the Newell video
Alex Klein put together some fun facts, a brief interview with Frank Gerwer and a brief review of the actual footage for the Newell House video that came out in 2004. The article was published in the November 2004 The Skateboard Mag and the photo of the VHS was taken by Grant Brittain. The first full parts I saw of Frank and Elissa Steamer are from this video. I remember being so stoked on her hillbomb ender.
The first Cohorts article - September 1999 Skateboarder
Cohorts was a regular article in Skateboarder where two skaters would speak about why they liked each other, what they liked about the other's skating, etc. The first time they did this was in the September 1999 issue, when it was a feature article that included 7 pairs of skaters.
Remy Stratton & Rune Glifberg
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| photo: Tobin Yelland |
Erik Ellington & Elissa Steamer
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| photos: Michael Ballard |
Keith Hufnagel & Scott Johnston
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| Huf photo: Giovanni Reda Scott photo: Ballard |
Tony Hawk & Bucky Lasek
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| Hawk sequence: Ballard Bucky photo: Yelland |
Brian Anderson & Brad Staba
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| photos: Gabe Morford |
Jason Dill & Anthony van Engelen
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| photos: Reda |
Stevie Williams & Josh Kalis
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| photos: Reda |
Manifesto of Indifference - Summer 1998 Skateboarder
This "Manifesto of Indifference" article appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Skateboarder Magazine. I'm pretty sure that this specific style of article only appeared in this issue and for the 20 Questions feature in the Summer 1997 issue. Here, five prominent women skateboarders of the time (Jodi McDonald, Jamie Reyes, Jen O'Brien, Cara-Beth Burnside, and Elissa Steamer) are asked 13 rapid-fire-style questions.
Introduction written by Jessie van Roechoudt. Photos by Thomas Campbell, Bryce Kanights, Patty Segovia, Joe Brook & Sohar.
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