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Check Out: Patrick "Kill" Melcher
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 23Home: Chicago, IllinoisSponsors: Black Label, Revolution Wheels, Innes Clothing (flow team), Push Skate ShopI've been living in Chicago for the past three years. Skateboarders generally don't move to Chicago because of its raging skate scene. After living in San Diego for a few years, I can easily say that my outlook toward the sport is not like your average skater's. I live to skate, but skateboarding is not my life, being Patrick is more important.¿Kill Read more...
Check Out: Ryan Smith
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 19Home: Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaSponsors: Powell, Bones, DC, RDS Apparel, 184I'm going to try and keep this brief so there's lots of room for the pictures: The difference between Ryan Smith and other super good skateboarders is that when most people look at something treacherous they'd like to try and say, "I think I can do this," they mean "I think that someday if all the forces in the universe are aligned and the temperature is just right, I'll try this ... if there're two filmers here." When Ryan... Read more...
An Afternoon With Daewon Song
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Photographer Seu Trinh spends a day in L.A. with picnic-table-master Daewon Song.10:00 a.m.It all starts at the crack of dawn. For skaters, ten in the morning is pretty much dawn. As a matter of fact, ten is pretty damn early. The average skater has a sleeping pattern very similar to bears and vampires. Daewon wakes up this early to handle business. He doesn't eat right away, because he's a finely tuned human, and food will only weigh him down.11:30 a.m.After doing the whole bathroom deal and his workout (which consists... Read more...
Volume
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Shellac 1000 HurtsTouch and GoSteve Albini is back to rip your head off. Judging by the first song about praying to god to kill his ex-girlfriend and her lover, Steve's a little bit pissed off. This album is raw tech gnar rock that is weird at times but never ceases to tear you a new one, if you know what I mean. Are you sad? Are you depressed? Buy this new Shellac disc and it will turn your despair into pure anger. Shellac f¿king rips¿C.C.Smut PeddlersTarball 2000Ransom RecordsChicks, cars, and... Read more...
Wizards of Oz: Europe Tour 2000
|TransWorld Skateboarding
by Andrew CurrieBack in December of '99, during Skin Phillips' four-month visit to Australia, the idea was born for an all-Australian tour of Europe to coincide with the summer competition season in June. Because the idea was conceived sitting at the bar of an Australian pub, I'd forgotten about it almost immediately, as most ideas constructed in this fashion very rarely come to fruition. However, to my surprise, Skin called two months later with confirmation that Chad Bartie, Matt Mumford, Brett Margaritis, and Morgan Campbell, along with he and I,... Read more...
Trick Tips: Lipslides With Kenny Hughes
|TransWorld Skateboarding
1. What's the difference between a boardslide and a lipslide? You're about to find out.2. Approach the obstacle kind of parallel so your momentum will be going forward.3. Now start your ollie, dawg!4. Hopefully you have enough pop to get up like you're going to 50-50.5. Now you overturn it so you'll slide on your board. That's what makes it a lipslide instead of a boardslide¿you're popping over the lip of the object. Get it?6. Keep your weight forward so you'll get your slide on. Also, try to slide in... Read more...
Three The Hard Way: A filming mission into the European elements.
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Three The Hard WayA filming mission into the European elements.by Greg HuntONE of the first lessons learned on this trip is that life in Spain, as in much of the rest of the world, is taken slow and easy, and expecting anything there to be taken care of in any sort of fast, efficient, "American" way is just not possible. Spaniards see and do things differently, which can make something like flying on a Spanish airline very difficult for certain people. For example, Jon Holland somehow ended up in Miami... Read more...
Tangent
|TransWorld Skateboarding
AnthologyYou don't even have to know what the word Anthology means, just knowing that it's the new TransWorld video by Jon Holland and Greg Hunt should get you hyped. It's the "best of" taken from ten different videos! That's only the first hint at how hot it's gonna get. There's also new footage. So, you know, if this is a compilation of the best footage from ten videos' worth of skating, anything else that they want to add is gonna be just as tight, or tighter, right?So with that in... Read more...
Starting Points: Feeble grinds with da infamous Rob G
|TransWorld Skateboarding
1. You know the drill, approach the object parallel.2. Get some pop in your game!3. Okay, concentrate on getting your back truck on the rail.4. You're going to have your weight back a little like a five-0 grind, but you'll also be touching your board like a boardslide. 5. Congratulations! This is the feeble position.6. Lift up on your back truck to pop it out.7. Roll with it.8. If you're feelin' lucky try it frontside. Read more...
Prague
|TransWorld Skateboarding
*Dan Rogers wishes he was a profesional wrestler. When I volunteered to write this article I thought I was doing myself a favor. I have always thought of myself as being a fairly proficient writer and joked about how bland every article is in TransWorld. I always thought it would be really fun to get something in the magazine talking mass shit on various people I thought deserved it. Now, however, I am slowly learning what a pain in the ass it is to write for this politically correct, morally... Read more...
Mystic Skate Cup 2000
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Prague, Czech RepublicJune 30¿July 2, 2000 Prague is an amazing place. The capital of the Czech Republic, it's the intersection of contrasting worlds: medieval, modern, communist, and capitalist. The city skyline is punctuated with gothic church steeples and ornate green domes, as well as angular modern buildings. The populace is a mix of Eastern Europeans, American immigrants, and tourists from all over the world. Due to a surplus of cobblestones, street skating is a bit of a non-event, but there are still some quality spots.Every year, Prague is home to... Read more...
Marseille 2000
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Every story needs a beginning, and here we find ourselves in the south of France on the shores of the majestic Mediterranean Sea for what is now the second-annual Quiksilver Bowlriders comp¿as far as comps go, it's not a bad place to be. There're more familiar faces than last year, which is nice. You may think it's the warm weather and whitesand beaches that attract the skaters, or perhaps it's the $30,000 USD put up by the sponsors. Some may even be happy with the substantial flow of refreshments supplied... Read more...
Litterbox
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Uhhhh ... hi. The new TransWorld Anthology video is out. There's a huge stack of 'em in our office. We're giving them away to the people who send in the dopest letters. Uhhhh ... bye. TransWorld SKATEboarding, 353 Airport Road, Oceanside, CA 92054. Skatemag@twsnet.com.¿Shad FUTURE FILMER Help! I really want to start filming my friends and making videos. Can you tell me what kind of video camera and lenses they use to film videos? I know most people use the "death lens," but I don't know its real name or... Read more...
Mutating Skate Viruses Destroying Fragile Ecosystems
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Mutating Skate Viruses Destroying Fragile Ecosystems Case Study: Lausanne, SwitzerlandA thesis by The Disgruntled FonzieeI am The Disgruntled Fonzie, and these are my last words. During this life cycle I've learned the best way to see a country is on a skateboard, the best way to lure Swiss girls into your hotel room is to promise them free pairs of shoes, and the best way to crack your ribs is to drink absinthe and bomb hills. But my current thesis is explaining to you exactly what occurred in the town... Read more...
God Bless Europe!
|TransWorld Skateboarding
To the majority of big, greasy, white Americans, Europe is a special place. It's our place d'origine, where columns of plumed, musket-carrying soldiers save damsels from fire-breathing Nazis. It was our beloved homeland that treated our ancestors like useless possessions for so many centuries they finally decided to pack up and risk their lives sailing on wooden boats across the Atlantic so they could freeze to death in holes they dug in the ground at Jamestown, all the while singing songs about how happy they were to be there. Europe's... Read more...
Last Words: John Cardiel
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Last video you rented:Tron.Last movie you went to see:Gladiator.Last song you listened to:"Hard Nut To Crack" by Garnett Silk.Last album you bought:Rise by Jr. Kelly.Last country you visited:England.Last time you skated with Julien Stranger:Yesterday at Strawberry Pool with Joey and Emerson.Last book you read:Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam.Last time you broke the law:Today, I ran a red light.Last time you got busted:Today, skating with Pedrick.Last time you slammed:Today.Last time you golfed:Three days ago.Last good tip someone gave you:"Have patience."Last time you said sorry:Today, when trying to shoot photos.Last time you stole:It's... Read more...
Dortmund's Smoke-filled Dungeon: Perspectives from a Chachie droid
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Disclaimer: Please excuse the brevity of the following article. The Fonzie unit we sent to cover these contests experienced a malfunction and has been recycled. Please consult his thesis if you're curious about these circumstances. To make up for this, we directed an inferior Chachie droid to fill the pages with text. Thank you for your continued patronage.¿TWS IndustriesUsually I get passed up for these assignments because I have what's been diagnosed as a "selective memory." Selective in the way that I usually ramble about non-events that never happened in... Read more...
Deluxe England Summer Tour
|TransWorld Skateboarding
by SkinFridayIt rained the morning our tour began; everyone was still sleeping and trying to avoid the inevitable jet lag. That they were coming to the end of the skate industry's busiest travel month didn't seem to have much effect on our crew. Max Schaaf and Keith Hufnagel had gone back to the States for ten days after the Dortmund, Germany contest, and now here they were, back across the Atlantic again. John Cardiel rested a while longer at home after Marseille, and photographer Gabe Morford and Tony Trujillo came... Read more...
Check Out: Alan Rushbrooke
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Home: London, EnglandAge: 25Sponsors: Unabomber Skateboards, Dope, Independent, Core-Technology, Slam City SkatesFarewell, sweet repose and sweet abode.No longer sweet for me, for my time has come.There is so much weariness.Please, leave me thus,Forgotten in a corner, in this good warmth.But lo, that which was food is poison,Where there was peace is anger.Do not tarry, because you're no longer welcome.Detach yourself, and descend into the hostile universe. Read more...
Check Out: Kyle Kimberling
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 22Home: Ventura, CaliforniaSponsors: Circle Sports, éS, Santa Cruz, Spitfire, ThunderMultiple Choice:1.) Kyle likes to ride his ________________.a. Rollerblades/"inline"b. Soap shoesc. those dumb-ass scooter things everyone and their grandma hasd. his Santa Cruz skateboard complete with Thunder trucks, Spitfire wheels, with Circle Sports stickers and a rocking-fine pair of éS shoese. none of the above, he just likes to chill with the homies¿Brian Uyeda Read more...
Check Out: Eric Obertubbesing
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 20Home: Randolph, New JerseySponsor: Unreal Skateshop"He eats handrails for breakfast."¿Kevin Ladisheff"Oh, white boy? White boy good!"¿Ian Reid"He's good. He's the man!"¿Brian Brown"He's the ill na-na."¿Charlie Brown"Eric's got style, and he's not afraid of a challenge."¿Nesto Sutton"I knew he was good the first time I met him. The ugly guys always are."¿Anonymous"He's a well-rounded Hessian ripper."¿Steve Wolfe"He's all about Dickies and Danzig."¿Tim Achille"He's f¿kin' gnarly!"¿John Yaropski Read more...
Check Out: Allen Russell
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: YesHome: Tampa, FloridaSponsors: Think, Venture, Adio, Counter Culture, World Market Skateshop/SkatePark of Tampa, LGITwo hours south of Tampa, Florida is a town called Fort Myers. Many talented skaters have come out of this area, such as Elissa Steamer, Matt Milligan, Allen Russell, and many more are yet to come. Allen grew up skating with Matt and Elissa at the beach. After high school, Allen moved to Tampa, where at the time the skate scene was more promising. This was around the same period The SkatePark of Tampa was built... Read more...
Berlin, Germany
|TransWorld Skateboarding
A group of skateboarders find out that fascist architecture makes for natural skateboarding terrain.by Jody MorrisYou get a strange eerie feeling when you stand on the steps of the Reichstadt. It is, after all, the government building where one of history's least-sane people bellowed his psychotic rhetoric to the world. This feeling follows you while traveling around Berlin. The history of the city echoes in the back of your mind¿whether near the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, which once stood as the embodiment of the Cold War, dividing the... Read more...
Good Stuff: Arto Saari
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Finland must be mighty proud of the many talents it's unleashed into the big, wild world¿Nokia, Hanoi Rocks, and now for your enjoyment ... Arto Saari. The latter, of course, comes without the risk of a brain tumor and is suspect-haircut free. Up in the north of Europe there isn't much to do come winter¿this may be why most of the inhabitants become comfortable in so many different languages. For example, Arto can speak seven different languages fluently. Think about it, seven different words for a kickflip. The mind boggles.Our... Read more...