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.
All Hopped Up: Red Bull's Seek & Destroy Contest
This 20-page article covers the first Red Bull Seek & Destroy contest, "a street contest where skaters judge themselves". According to the article's author, Chris Nieratko, this was originally supposed to be an idea for a Big Brother feature, but the magazine folded before it could be executed. Photos by Brian Gaberman and Ben Colen.
Quirk: Jim Thiebaud
A brief interview with skateboarding's nicest guy, Jim Thiebaud, from the Quirk section of the October 2004 issue of Skateboarder. Words by Aaron Meza and photo by Gabe Morford.
The 5 Most Lavish Tours of All-Time
This article was written by Adam Salo for the Quirk section of the August 2006 issue of Skateboarder. It's incredible to think that skate tours were as lavish as this at one point, especially compared to how they are today. In 2005, the Adio team had a private jet; nowadays the thought of per diem for a van tour is a wet dream.
Sweet Science: Kayo delivers a technical knockout with the release of It's Official
This article was published around the same time that the Kayo video It's Official was released, a video which featured parts from the Expedition-One, Organika, Gold Wheels and DGK teams. Words and photos by Matt Daughters. Scanned from the July 2006 issue of Skateboarder.
Heath Kirchart - March 2000 Emerica ad
Below is the two-page Emerica ad of Heath's backside nosebluntslide at UCI, which I scanned from the March 2000 issue of SLAP. You can see Atiba shooting the sequence in the clip from Sight Unseen.
Basic Skills in Speed Control and Tracking on Backward Paths
Mike O'Meally waxes philosophical about (and photographs) skateboarding "careers" for the introduction of this March 2000 SLAP feature documenting a Girl/Chocolate through New Mexico, New Orleans, Atlanta and elsewhere. Thank you to whomever runs the @girlskateboards Instagram page for suggesting this one.
15 Things You Didn't Know About The Tum Yeto Van
Another Tum Yeto-related 15 Things article, this time from the very last physical issue of Skateboarder published (February/March 2013). Written by Christian Senrud with the photo of Mike Sinclair by Jonathan Mehring.
Is the Tum Yeto van skateboarding's most notable vehicle?
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.
Little Shit Like That Is So Tight!: Bones Euro Tour
This was published in the December 2008 issue of The Skateboard Mag, with words and photos by Matt Price. According to the man himself, John Motta did land that Antwerp bank 360 flip to fakie, but it wasn't a very good rollaway so the clip was never used. I love the photo of Jimmy Cao's pivot fakie.
The Ten Best Lines Ever Caught on Video
This Quirk feature was put together by Mackenzie Eisenhour for the April 2003 issue of Skateboarder, with comments from Dan Wolfe, Ty Evans and Greg Hunt. Below are timestamps to all of the lines mentioned.
If this list was made in 2024, which of these ten would still be on it?
The Other America
This 16-page feature from the April 2003 issue of Skateboarder documents a filming trip the Emerica team took to Brazil and Costa Rica to put some finishing touches on This Is Skateboarding. Words and photos by Brian Gaberman. Chris Senn got a lot of coverage in this article, and there's also a photo of filmer Mike Manzoori.
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