I started writing about the events that lead up to this interview, but in the middle of reminiscing, I realized I was mixing up two different stories into one. So instead of that, I'll just talk a little about the photos that are involved in this article...
Read More#TBT Chris Shaw - Fishy to Royale Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
#TBT Jon Bolino - Backside Backslide - Ramapo, NJ
Before he was called Jon Bolino, Jon Jon was a little kid crushing the streets and parks in New Jersey and Philly. He was always that little kid killing it in local competitions with skates to big for his feet. As he got a little older, he started skating with the Gnar Mobile crew in New Jersey that I skated with every weekend. This was one of our trips to stay with our friends Jay Greendyk and Sean Money at their dorms in Ramapo College...
Read More#TBT Koery "Sneaky" Waikiki - 180 - Nor Cal
As I recall, before Sneaky was the professional blader for Razors that he is now, he was a little kid that used to tag along skate sessions in the bay area in Cali. While I was there in 2006, Sneaky met up for a few sessions and back then I could see the potential he had. He found this cool roof gap to parking lot that he handled with no problem at all. Dam I need to go back to the bay...
Read More#TBT Colin Kelso - Launch Alley-Oop Wallride - Brooklyn, NY
2006 was a great time to be a blader in NYC. B.Unique was exploding, the street scene was huge, many NYC skaters were on the come up, and we had our own indoor skatepark in Brooklyn. We all had so many great memories and took full advantage of having a truly skater owned skate park. Not many people know this, but aside from the parties, raves, poker nights, dodge ball and basket ball games, we had THE BEST sessions while the park was closed to the public...
Read More#TBT Mike Lilly - Fakie Stale 540 - Phoenix, AZ
This week is a double banger, and who better to feature than Mike Lilly. While I was living in Arizona in 2010, Mike came out to film a 90 second edit for Revolution Skate Shop, and I shot some photos for their website. Mike is one of the best skaters to shoot photos of since everything he does is flawless and full of such unique style...
Read More#TBT Ivan Narez - Front Torque - Sacramento, CA
In 2006, I was in Nor Cal to do something with Able Frames and to stay with Vinny Minton to film for Hyphy 3. During the week we filmed for Hyphy, Gonzo, Trevor Tylowski, Ivan Narez and myself took a drive up to Sacramento from San Fransisco. On the way there we made a few late night stops, one of them being a little campus that had the most perfect rails, and this huge, steep, high, down ledge that only Ivan wanted to hit...
Read More#TBT Jeph Howard - Tru Fish - New Brunswick, NJ
For a month or so in 2007, Jeph Howard sort of lived in New York and New Jersey before heading out on And 1's Ball 4 Real Tour with Bunique. He would stay in NYC most of the time but on the weekends we would all head to New Jersey and skate with the Gnar Mobile (Now Shredwiser) crew. I personally remember this time being one of the most fun eras of blading for myself. About a dozen of us would pretty much all stay at Erik Stokley's house, film and shoot photos at sick skate spots all day, blast Led Zeppelin, then come back home to bbq and a pool party.
Read MoreAlex Nunez - The King Of Queens
2 years ago today, myself along with the skating community lost a true friend. All over Facebook I kept seeing people from all over the world showing love for Alex Nunez and sending their condolences to his friends and family. The thing that struck me was how big of an impact Alex had on all these people's lives just from watching his skating. When I heard the news about his passing, I didn't think of how we lost a great skater, I thought of how the world lost such an amazing person. Most people didn't really know about Alex as a person, which gave me the motivation to make this little documentary on him.
Read More#TBT Franco Cammayo - Rough X Grind - Washington DC
A few years ago, the boys and I took a trip to Baltimore where we found this school that had this purple wall (Francos favorite color) with a square rail that went right into a fence. Anyone who knows Franco knows that the fence didn't stand a chance against him. So he did this rough X grind a few times for a photo that was never used in anything....until now.
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