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THE HOON RUN
|TransWorld Skateboarding
By Andrew CurrieHow often do you get to do exactly what you want? I suppose when youà­re a certified professional skateboarder, more often than not. As for the rest of us average spuds, however, ità­s occasional. Whether you dig a ditch or push a pen in order to earn your bread, for the most part, youà­re engaged in some menial task that hopefully affords you that elusive window of freedom once in a while to do exactly what the fók you want.For me, exactly what I want has become known... Read more...
Check Out Matt Bennett
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 20 Hometown: Fullerton, CaliforniaSponsors: Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Co.Am Who Should Be Pro: Dylan Rieder.Best Rapper Of All Time: The Grimes is the illest MC.An Album That Never Gets Old: Black Celebration.Celebrity To Spend A Day With: Ed T.Best Place To Crash/Couch Surf: Wherever.Dream Trip: To the moon.If You Could Skate Like Any Pro: Peter Smolik.Life Lesson Learned From Skateboarding: Never take anything for granted.Have you ever downloaded a movie or a song from the Internet? You know how you just type in what you're looking for and magically... Read more...
Last Words Ragdoll
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Last person to call you Anthony: My lawyer leaving me a message on my phone. He said "dude" a lot, too.Last time you felt cheated: Every time I have to buy shoes.Last movie you made a friend watch: Brown Bunny in fast-forward to the good part.Last video you wished you were in: I wish I was Vincent Gallo at the end of Brown Bunny.Last non-skateboard-related sport you played: Throwing rocks at cars.Last thing that got you stoked on living in Los Angeles: Definitely all the acting gigs, commercials, and extreme... Read more...
Top Five - Rick Howard
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Skaters All Time1. Mark Gonzales.2. Lance Mountain.3. Guy Mariano.4. Eric Koston.5. Danny Way.Skaters 20041. Marc Johnson.2. Devine Calloway.3. Lucas Puig.4. P.J. Ladd.5. Paul Rodriguez.Skate Videos1. Future Primitive.2. Animal Chin.3. Streets Of Fire.4. Video Days.5. Sorry and Habitat's.Heroes1. Muhammed Ali.2. My grandmother.3. The guy who invented Desenex.4. Phil Jackson.5. Girl and Chocolate family.Video Parts1. Gonz-Video Days.2. Guy Mariano-Mouse.3. Danny Way-The DC Video.4. P.J. Ladd-Wonderful Horrible Life.5. Pat Duffy-Questionable.Five Things Left To Do1. Film.2. a.3. part.4. for the.5. Lakai video.Villains1. Spike.2. Carroll.3. Meg.4. Myself.5. Girl.Things You Wish You'd Never Done1. V.2. E.3.... Read more...
Mandatory Information
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Bam's latest auto acquisition is a custom purple Lamborghini. So are Ferraris officially played out for pro skaters? Guess he bought it to reward himself for conquering the loop-only the thirteenth skater to successfully ride away from it. Look for the footage at adiofootwear.com. Bam and his crew have also been given the thumbs up to start filming the fifth season of Viva La Bam. Adrian Lopez has never tried the loop, but that didn't stop him from buying a custom low-rider Harley. Brandon Biebel has been spotted rolling around... Read more...
New Blood
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Words by Jamie ThomasSince Zero started in 1996, there've been several generations of teamriders. Nonetheless, Zero continues to persevere and reinvent itself as a company and as a team of working-class skateboarders.While every successful company has certain dynamics that contribute to its success, Zero has a team of misfits who each play a unique role in making Zero what it is. This article features the cast of the new Zero video. We introduce you to Zero's "New Blood."Chris Cole22 Years OldLevitown, PennsylvaniaIn order to stay removed from the somewhat tainted... Read more...
Check Out: Steve Fauser
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Age: 19Home: Wheeling, Illinois/Long Beach, CaliforniaSponsors: Sessions clothing, Accel. wheels, Emerica, Rise skate shopFirst Favorite Skateboarder: Ed Templeton.Favorite Skateboarders Now: Buddy Best, Lee Bender, Rick Eusey, and Jub.The Best Video Seen Lately: The Middlewestern Series by Zak Arctander.The Best Warm-Up Spot In The World: Chandler, Arizona skatepark.The One Album That Never Tires: Reinventing Axl Rose, Against Me.The One Trick You're Going To Have By The End Of '05: Back Smith, backside 180 out.If You Could Meet One Person For A Day, It'd Be: John Lennon.If You Could Skate Like Anybody,... Read more...
Park Spotting-Melbourne City Skatepark
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Riverslide SkateparkMelbourne, AustraliaWhere is it?Alexandra Gardens in Melbourne, Australia.Directions?The park's located on Boathouse Drive in Alexandra Gardens. It's a short skate from the Flinders Street station just to the left of the Queen's bridge. Once you cross the bridge, follow the stairs to the left and skate along the side of the Yarra River. If you can't get directions from a local, head to the Rod Laver Arena for the Globe World Cup contest and ask directions from there.What's in the park?This 19,000-square-foot concrete park features plenty of streetstyle obstacles.... Read more...
Mandatory-Video Reviews
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King Of Freestyle's Boston MassacreThis long-awaited sequel to P.J. Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life might have you a little surprised. First off, the menus and chapters are confusing as hell-nothing seems to play in any particular order and the credits are in between each skateboarder's part, but it's kinda fun. Secondly, there're some new skaters in the video (Hector, Skyy, Daddy Longlegs), some you'll recognize from the last video (Southie, Dave Vey, Colin Fiske), and a few missing (Jereme Rogers, Alexis Sablone). Thirdly, the skating in this video is different. It's... Read more...
Trick Tip - Kickflip Backside Tailslides By Steve Berra
|TransWorld Skateboarding
1. The secret to this trick is the backside tailslide and a decent backside flip.2. The angle on this one should be pretty much parallel-not totally, but more parallel with the ledge than not. Another key is to really look at your board. I've found that sometimes when I don't look at my board, I don't seem to make it. I'm either looking at the ledge, the ground, or somewhere else. I know it sounds ridiculous, but you'd be amazed how often it happens.3. Anyway, look at your board and... Read more...
Check Out: Eli Reed
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Eli ReedAge: 19Home: East Boston, MassachusettsSponsors: Vehicle skateboards, DVS, Venture, True East, Hubba wheelsFirst Favorite Skateboarder: Andrew Reynolds.Favorite Skateboarders Now: Gino Iannucci, Donny Barley, or "someone like that."The Best Video Seen Lately: Clichà‡'s Freedom Fries.The Best Warm-Up Spot In The World: Moonlight Beach.The One Album That Never Tires: Beatles, Greatest Hits.The One Trick You're Going To Have By The End Of '05: Switch flip nose manuals.If You Could Meet One Person For A Day, It'd Be: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.If You Could Skate Like Anybody, It'd Be: Gino.Growing up in... Read more...
Return To The Motherland
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Photos and story by Giovanni RedaEvery year in skateboarding there're several things that always happen. For one, there're the trade shows-they're basically one big skateboarding party. Anyone who's anyone in the industry is there. Also, there're a bunch of contests that happen in Europe that everyone goes to, so you can always count on that happening. Another thing is traveling to Australia-someone always spends the winter months there because it's summer on the other side of the Earth. Well, that's just a couple of them, but I've started my own... Read more...
Check Out: Brian "Slash" Hansen
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 18Home: Vista, CaliforniaSponsors: Pig wood, Pig wheels, 88 shoes, Krew (flow), ActiveFirst Favorite Skateboarders: Matt Mumford and Erik Ellington.Favorite Skateboarders Now: Sammy Baca, Adam Alfaro, Omar Salazar, Tony Silva, and Bryan Herman.The Best Video Seen Lately: Subtleties.The Best Warm-Up Spot In The World: L.A. High or the Zero park.The One Album That Never Tires: Girlschool, Hit & Run.The One Trick You're Going To Have By The End Of '05: Backside crailslides.If You Could Meet One Person For A Day, It'd Be: Cheech and Chong.If You Could Skate Like Anybody,... Read more...
Check Out: Sierra Fellers
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Age: 18Home: Kalispell, MontanaSponsors: C1RCA footwear and apparel, Mystery skateboards, Venture trucksFirst Favorite Skateboarders: Daewon Song, Ray Barbee, and Marc Johnson.Favorite Skateboarders Now: The C1RCA Ams-Windsor James, Tony Tave, and Dennis Durrant-and Anthony Carney.The Best Video Seen Lately: The DC Video Extended DVD.The Best Warm-Up Spot In The World: The Blackbox warehouse.The One Album That Never Tires: James Taylor, Greatest Hits.The One Trick You're Going To Have By The End Of '05: Ride-aways only.If You Could Meet One Person For A Day, It'd Be: Jesus.If You Could Skate Like Anybody,... Read more...
Versus - Fun vs. Fatal
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It's kind of like, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" As we grow old with skateboarding, the fun just wouldn't be as fun without all that is harsh and potentially damaging on any given day in the field.-Eric StrickerFunFriends/Slappies/Ditches/"Real Men Do It To Fakie"/Wallrides/Setup tricks/Red curbs/Road trips/Document it for the hell of it/Jersey barriers/Fakie-to-fakie/First sparks/Crailtaps/Draining pools/Games of SKATE/New decks/Ten homeys in the van/Riding away/Solo missions/Skate mansions/Kickflipping to the store/Those recycled plastic benches/Landing in transition/Landing it first try/Refrigerator extensions/The spot that goes untold/Rendering a spot skateable/Weekend school-yard sessions/Weaving through... Read more...
Hawk Kids - Growing Up Fast
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Author: Carleton CurtisGrowing Up FastIt's the mini adults of the Hawk Clothing team.By Carleton CurtisNo cliche is more dead-on than, "Gee, kids sure do grow up fast these days." The Hawk Clothing team exemplifies that and then some. In fact, most of the Hawk kids have been on more airplanes in one year than their parents have in their entire lifetimes. And let's not get started with the contracts: some of 'em are making more bank than their parents-at fourteen, no less. Oh, and did we mention street smarts? Hawk... Read more...
Starting Point-Pole Jam
|TransWorld Skateboarding
Pole Jams By Kyle Leeper1. First find a pole that's not too steep-the steeper it is, the harder it's going to be to grind up it.2. The first time you try this it might be a little scary, so start by grinding up about halfway, then jump off to the side.3. Now that you've got a feel for how this works, here's what you need to know to pull off the trick: You don't want to go too fast or you'll just hit the pole and stop. Approach the pole... Read more...
Gasbag - Cease And Desist
|TransWorld Skateboarding
If you read the letter above, your first instinct was that it was a fake. And it most certainly is-however, the message of the letter is real. We just changed the names to protect the innocent-us, I suppose. This notice came on official letterhead from a school district in Southern California warning TransWorld SKATEboarding to not publish any more photos at a particular school "without prior knowledge or written consent." It's official-our first "cease and desist."I thought that the cease and desist title was reserved for skate companies in the... Read more...
Park Spotting-Manana Skatepark
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Manana SkateparkPearl City, O'ahuWhere is it?It's located at the Manana Community Park in Pearl City, O'ahu, Hawai'i.Directions?From the Kamehameha Highway, head north on Waimano Home Road. The Pearl City Community Park is on your right-hand side.What's in the park?Manana skatepark is the newest edition to Hawai'i's growing skatepark family. It's a combination of bowled cement mini ramps and a street course, which accommodates beginner to advanced levels. Manana's roughly 10,000 square feet. Some standout features are a five-foot spine combo bowl, nine-foot-tall bank to wall, and a rail that drops... Read more...
Most Wanted
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DesignariumDesignarium skateboards, created by Natas Kaupas, gives artists pro models instead of skaters. For its inauguration, Shepard Fairey, Page Imatani, Thomas Campbell (boards not shown), and Lowdown Magazine contributed to its intial product offering with their interpretations of Natas' original Panther graphic-limited production to 500 for each model. Natas Lowdown (7.6 x 31.5), Shot Drone Lowdown (7.8 x 31.8), Natas OG Signature (9.9 x 31), Natas Shepard Fairey (7.5 x 31), Natas Page Imatani (7.7 x 31.4).BakerAndrew Reynolds Any Questions? (7.75 x 31.63), Erik Ellington Switchfork (7.75 x 31.63), Dustin... Read more...
Volume - April 2005
|TransWorld Skateboarding
The FutureheadsThe FutureheadsSireDueling accapella "ohs" and "ahs" are among the first of the inviting quirks on this album full of jittery rhythms and ADD-laden riffs. It's immediately apparent they've been influenced by Devo, XTC, and Gang Of Four (fittingly, GOF's Andy Gill produced the album), yet they manage to stake their own claim in the land between American garage rock and English new wave-retro, yet progressive. By now you're probably saying to yourself, "How noble. That sounds like every other band coming out right now." Well, their brain-frying pop does... Read more...
Starting Point - Crailslide By Chris Senn
|TransWorld Skateboarding
1. The crailslide is a timeless trick. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do one without it looking good.2. The first thing you'll want to do is learn frontside tailslides-then after that, the crailslide is pretty basic.3. Approach the lip at sort of a frontside grind slash speed and slide your tail up the tranny about a foot below the coping.4. As your back truck hits the lip, grab your nose with your back hand and whip your board into a tailslide. Now hold on and push your back... Read more...
Back in the Day
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Back In The DayAs skateboarding continually evolves, standards are elevated as goals are conquered, fashion runs in circles, and what is previously thought to be unattainable becomes quite the opposite-all while our battles tend to remain the same. Some will attempt to predict skateboarding's future, while others make a go at downplaying their knowledge of what's to come. The following quotes represent the irony, ignorance, foretelling, foreshadowing, and the just, plain dumb, strange things as we look back skateboarding's past.-Eric Stricker"Dan Sturt is right-there are too many photographers. Someone needs... Read more...
Mandatory Information
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Danny Way recently returned from Austria where he underwent another knee surgery to replace a torn ACL-an ACL that was previously repaired with a synthetic material. It all started with a torn meniscus and a trip to the hospital in San Diego. Upon opening Danny's knee, the doctors discovered his synthetic ACL had been blown apart as well. The doctor in Canada who originally installed the synthetic tendon wasn't available to operate on Danny for six months, so he recommended a doctor in Austria, and Danny was immediately on a... Read more...