This photo of Tony Manfre was the hardest thing for me to keep out of Issue Ten.  When we originally shot the article, we wanted for all of the photos to be shot at spots that you don’t see very often and that don’t look like the stuff you see coming out of the Bay Area.   This bump to hydrant is in the middle of nowhere and I have no clue how it ever got discovered.  Levi Brown had a Gaberman photo of a frontside 360 over it several months, maybe even a year ago.

I had to use the vertical fisheye angle of this shot in order to fit all the text for the article in the zine, and it broke my heart to not use this angle because it’s one of my favorite photos that I’ve shot.  I mean, how often do you get to shoot a skate photo with a horse in the background?  But, so it goes, and at least you’ll get to see it here.

Here’s the first installment of a few things that had to be cut from Issue Ten for various reasons.  First up is the cover photo as it was shot and how I really wanted it to be seen.  I ended up having to crop it vertical and put it on the cover in order to fit the text into the article in a halfway decent layout.  But here it is in all it’s glory for you to see now.

The photo was shot in San Francisco at a spot that had just popped up a few months earlier.  It’s an amazing ditch that runs right through the heart of the city in an area where they are doing a lot of new development.  You’ve probably seen footage from this same ditch by now, but when the photo was shot, there hadn’t been much come out yet. 

Gray McClamrock (what a name) is a filmer based out of Raleigh, NC and films with this Issue Ten’s PEEPS: subject Kip Gore.  He’s working on a video right now with Kip and what looks to be a good lineup of other rippers, and he passed along a trailer that’s got a lot of kickflipping and a guest spot from a Razor scooterererer in it. 

Also, Chris from Science Skateboards sent me an email with a link to a new edit with a couple of their teamriders in it.  Check this frame from the video for an idea of the ripping that’s happening in this one.

No, not PJ Ladd.  Patrick Jilbert.  One Mr. Porous Walker, despite the reports of his death a couple years ago, gave Patrick three wishes over on the Juxtapoz site.  Jilbs is cleanin’ up!

It only took us 5 months to get it together, but Issue Ten is finally here!  The reason for the delay is that our main interview was taking a long time to happen due to conflicting schedules, sponsor changes, and sponsor trips, so we ended up going with a completely different main feature.  I’m sure you’ll agree that it was worth the wait.

 In this issue you’ll find:

- Tony Manfre article that discusses his switch attack at Wallenberg before it was a ramp-assisted contest and the subsequent events in his professional career.

- Phil Blair featured: article that’s got a ton of amazing photos.  If you don’t know Phil yet, you will soon…definitely on the come up.

- PEEPS: with Kip Gore, a young ripper from parts unknown.

- Product review of Hi-Fi wheels

- Private pool session article.

- Much, much more.

Get in there and getchu some of Issue Ten!

Receiving stuff in the mail has always been cool.  We just received this anonymous postcard from our secret admirer in the mail this weekend, and I’ve gotta say…I’m pretty stoked.  The card is from Savannah, Georgia, but the postmark is Columbus, Ohio.  Hmmm…intriguing.

i don’t take photos for a living.
that’s probably good and probably bad.

if i did, however. and i was wanting an easy day - i’d go hang out with ackels.
style.for.days.

backside, from flat.

frontside, from/out of the bank.

we wound up with a photo that i’m genuinely proud of. for being part of. for helping document a moment in time. and i hope you see that moment in time sometime in the near future. andy?

i keep forgetting to post these.
i was in zanesville a few weeks back.

george and his buddies had gone over to Pittsburgh. they stopped by zanestucky on the way back to columbus. good dudes. george with a snaps into the bowl.

another reminder: i’m still bad with names. george’s friend. ollie to fs crooks to fakie on noping (no coping-rounded cement edge). kinda ups the ante’, as it were.

i’m sort of at a loss for insightful wisdom or witty commentary. sorry.

Straight from the minds of Sleestak, I present to you Skate Hipster Bingo.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the entire time you’ve ridden a skateboard, then you already know who Don Pendleton is and how influential his artwork has been for some of the biggest companies in skateboarding today.  His art is one of a kind and in keeping with that tradition, he has launched what I think is a first ever online exhibition of some of his works.  It’s a rad way to view some of his latest work as though you were actually at an art show.