A sign of the times….
1. My light table is storage for photo CD’s

2. What the hell is that thing?

Hopefully, you’ll never know.
Danny Way, Brown Field, Chula Vista, CA. 1997.
Photo: Grant Brittain

You can do this in Photoshop, but doing it in a wet darkroom is much better. It’s produced by turning on the lights while the print is still developing. The results are different each time you do it. Viva la darkroom! Gator and Miki Vuckovich, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA. 1982. Photos and solarization by Grant Brittain

Christian Hosoi, Chris Miller and Grant Brittain will be signing high quality posters from us at ID Prints in the Grind for Life Chill Zone at the ASR Show on February 3rd at 5ish in room 25B upstairs. All proceeds go to Grind for Life and to their work in helping those living with cancer. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Saw this on Ozzie Asband’s site, Blue Tile Obsession. Bummer. Here’s Lee Bender’s site, One Sick Race too.
1988 photo by Grant Brittain.

Encinitas and Carlsbad Magazines recently interviewed Tony Hawk, presently a resident of Encinitas and formerly a resident of Carlsbad. Tony graces the cover of the December issue of Encinitas Magazine with a nice multi-spread inside and another multi-spread in Carlsbad Magazine.
Cover photo by Grant Brittain.