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I think this was when Jordan Richter was still on Blind but I'm not 100% on that.  Tony Hawk during his heyday..  Ray Underhill, R.I.P.  Jeremy Wray precursor to the water tower gap.  Ron Chatman has to be one of the most underrated street skaters of all time (in my not so humble opinion). I would kill to read his Transworld Interview from the 90's again where he had the 'fro and did a boardslide around a curved ledge..  Young Mike V.  They even had The Boss on the team at one point..       At a time when small wheels were popular and landing a trick was a Hail Mary at best, Kris Markovich went fast and big. Sturt photography has always been amazing.. Going to keep the rhetoric to a minimum this time.. a great company that went under for unknown reasons. Sorry about the funkiness of the scans with the two page ads..  ...

Going with the evolution of the skate shoe.. I won't be able to cover as much as I would like to as I'm limited to what mags I have (nothing on Sheep shoes, sorry), but regardless it should be fun. Starting it off is one of the first Pro Model skate shoes ever and some early Etnies ads. I threw in some random Natas ads...just because..   If you're into the whole Instagram thing, you can follow this guy at #oscarputdowntheknife Unless you were there you can't imagine the rumors and BS surrounding this guy's name. In other news...super excited to be heading to Spain (Barcelona) then the U.K. in a couple months. Any recommendations/suggestions? Next post will longer..

One of my favorite skate photos/ads ever.. Damian Carbajal shot by Daniel Harold Sturt. Anyone know where he disappeared to? Had some great footage in not the new H Street video, and then...? Team photo 1991. R.I.P. Mike Ternasky Mike Carroll's first pro board..   Koston wasn't pictured in the team photo but came across this one while looking for other H Street pics. Speaking of Koston...how about that  Game of Skate ?  Ron Allen front board rockin' those Limpies.. So hyped this guy still skates. 50 years old and going strong.  These last two are not really the best representation of  H Street's legacy, but what the hell..  I'll be starting the first of 10 posts on the evolution of the skate shoe next week. It won't be exactly chronological but will start from oldest to newest. I was going to say "Cheers", but then I thought of the tv show, which was set in Boston... damn..  See yo...

Post number #100.. glad I've made it this far. Rather than scanning and uploading a bunch of old stuff, I had to make a trip to the skate shop and figured I'd just post some photos that I took along the way. I'll do another post with more new/old stuff soon.  Enjoy and thanks for visiting..  Found this spot along the way.. it's doable, right?  First stop. almost copped these based on principle alone.  Ummm...no.. Really, Gullwing?  Yess..... Sorry but I just can't behind the whole slipper/prom shoe look that's popular right now. These Globe Shoes sort of remind me of the D3's.. not quite as clunky but still plenty of heft to 'em.  Kinda short, kinda random. I'll have some better stuff coming up soon. But, hey thanks for taking the time to check the site out. Feel free to explore some of the older posts if you haven't done so already (you got 99 other ones to choose from) . (Thoughtful) comments, s...

First time I'd ever heard of the term "stigmata". You can learn a lot from skateboarding..  Blind-era Jason Lee kickflip with a TG cameo.. Gotta' love the 90's.. no name of the skater, company or what the trick is. Seems like skateboarding has been just trying to catch up to Guy forever.. handrail nosegrind in..'91?  I have no idea if this is a Blind ad or not but it was too funny to leave out.. Classic Rudy Johnson..Love the Marc Johnson tribute board too..    Random Jordan Richter shot..check out those bolts!! 

Some older and more recent Mega Ramp flicks. I still have a hard time getting my head around this thing.  And trying anything switch??  Bomb drop from hell..it just occurred to me, I wonder if this was somehow influenced by big wave surfing? Gotta' respect the street dudes like Heath and Lizard for having a go at it...kind of curious to see if Pat Duffy does a round 2 in the new Plan B video. Peace..

I've been working on a new post for the last week (think: big) but am missing one magazine that will make it complete...so until I find it here are some free vids. Pretty weak, I know but maybe you'll see a trick or two that you missed before. And sorry, no Bake and Destroy.. Also, I guess I have to moderate comments now? Some anonymous hater was blowing up the Pops' interview post. Kind of crappy because I value everyone's feedback and keeping the discussion on skating going, but when every other word is the f bomb it gets old pretty quick..