I am curious to know if you folks reading this care to comment about the photo in this post. I was having a discussion with someone and they made a good point that the photo looks like a “well done portrait of an actress”. I don’t necessarily disagree, but my goal was to get an [...]

Another round of photos from our powder battle at Squaw Valley…it was an epic day considering the Sierra Cement conditions…because anytime you’re snowboarding it’s a good day. Blotto

With the weather not letting up, we returned to the rental sleds to Heath at Full Throttle Rentals in Kings Beach. Before leaving we asked to hear the war stories from the X-Ray photo you see above. Everything from motocross to sleds to giant alpine booters helped Heath obtain these quality titanium rods and pins. [...]

Steve Caballero gives his opinion at The Banks in San Jose. 1985.

Some skaters over the years have actually brought something new to skating.
Natas Kaupas is one who made a profound impact on it, he and Gonz took street skating 3 dimensional with handrails and wallrides, etc.
Actually, this photo has 3 people in it that somehow left their mark on our sport and still play a big [...]

There are those skate spots in everyone’s memories that live on. They might only exist in the physical world for a few days, months or years. When they have gone the way of the bulldozer, it can be devastating at first. We eventually get over it, nothing is permanent, death is inevitable. There will be [...]

Matt Mumford 50-50 at La Jolla High back in mid 90s when Airwalk Shoes was a core brand and before dads could buy them at the mall.
What a shame. This was an Airwalk ad.

It’s funny, I guess I’m just old. I have mentioned a couple of names to younger skaters(under 35) on occasion and they have given me that dog style head cocked to the side and I knew right away, they had no clue who I was talking about. One of the best skaters back in the [...]

Just got back from a week in NYC. Lots of flavor in that place, every time I go I am reminded. You see the most interesting and wide variety of people there, I think in the world. Pretty inspiring to see that.
I spent the majority of the week, showing my book around. I was able [...]