INTERVIEWS

FRONTSIDE FIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHANE HENRY INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY HECTOR AND MATT GILLEN   Let's start at the beginning. When were you born? I was born on November 16, 1981, in Durango, CO. There's a skatepark there. Yeah, there is. They Read More

GARETH STEHR INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY MOUSTACHE and RODENT   Around the world on a skateboard...Pushing it, pays off sometimes...The reward of the risk, HUGE… Pursue the dream as it is...Make it happen. Don’t Read More

GARRETT MCNAMARA INTERVIEW BY JEFF HO INTRODUCTION BY JEFF HO PHOTO BY JEFF HO and BO BRIDGES   Garrett is a big wave maniac. He's always been a big wave rider. I've known him for years, from surfing and working in Hawaii. He comes from a family of surfers. Read More

GEORGE CLINTON INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTO BY MARCY G   What happens when you mix punk, funk, rock, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, classical and the kitchen sink? You get a one-of-kind musician - George Clinton. Thinking outside Read More

GEORGE THOROGOOD INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON   There’s one of a kind. There are others similar. Distinct, a sound all your own. Embrace the sound, lay it down. Trust what that sound is. Believe in your sound, and that is George Thorogood. Read More

GET TO KNOW: GENERAL FUCKIN PRINCIPAL Tony Alva's new band, General Fuckin Principal (G.F.P.), played TA's birthday show at the Shakedown Bar in San Diego, CA a few weeks ago and then we met up with them at their rehearsal space in Silverlake for an interview. For more from GFP, head Read More

GIDGET INTERVIEW WITH KATHY KOHNER ZUCKERMAN INTERVIEW BY JEFF HO INTRODUCTION BY JEFF HO PHOTOS COURTESY OF GIDGET   Gidget surfed Malibu in the 50s, when not many women ventured into the waves.  Her life story was the basis for Gidget the novel, Read More

GLEN E. FRIEDMAN GLEN E. FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW BY ANDY KESSLER, JIM MURPHY AND GREG EDGE PHOTOGRAPHY: GLEN E. FRIEDMAN A Black Flag show boils over into a riot; Jay Adams knocks coping blocks loose with a frontside grind; Public Enemy stands with the S1Ws. Pivotal moments Read More

GONZO’S POOL REVISITED TONY ALVA REVISITS THE GONZALES POOL WORDS BY OZZIE AUSBAND PHOTOS BY RHINO "So few people live life by their own rules. People get stuck in the stagnant pool of complacency and call that living. Armchair warriors always fail." Gonzales pool Read More

GREGG WEAVER INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY WARREN BOLSTER   The Cadillac Kid, smooth, stylish, barefoot... What else do you need to know?  Maybe the best footage ever shot of a skateboarder skating downhill to date. Read More

GREYSON FLETCHER INTERVIEW BY JASON JESSEE INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY   Greyson Fletcher was not just born into the world of skateboarding and surfing, he was conceived in it. To say he rips on a skateboard is an understatement. With raw speed Read More

GWAR GWAR SLYMENSTRA: GWARRIORODDESS INTERVIEW BY CRASH Kind of like the anti-drug ads of yesterday with the egg and frying pan, it breaks down like this: This is you.This is Gwar. This is you on Gwar. Horribly depraved, reduced to our most primitive Read More