INTERVIEWS

ANTHONY VAN ENGELEN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY GREG HUNT AND COURTESY OF ANTHONY VAN ENGELEN   When is it gonna all end? AVE isn't quite sure, and neither is anyone else, for that matter...  If you truly dig what you Read More

ART BREWER INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY ART BREWER   Even though Art grew up in Laguna a few miles to the north of where I lived, we didn't really get to know each other until the winter of '69 when he moved in Read More

ART BREWER INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS COURTESY OF ART BREWER FROM HIS BOOK - MASTERS OF SURF PHOTOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION BY BRIAN LENTINI   Since I first opened up the pages of Surfer Magazine, Art Brewer is someone that I've had the utmost respect for Read More

ARTO SAARI INTERVIEW BY CHRISTIAN HOSOI INTRODUCTION BY GEOFF ROWLEY PHOTO BY RYAN ALLEN   Arto Saari is huge! A beast of a man! A total and utter gnarler, on and off the skateboard. When I first saw Arto skate, I was amazed that such a tall human could Read More

AVAIL INTERVIEW WITH TIM BARRY INTERVIEW BY RYAN TATE INTRODUCTION BY RYAN TATE PHOTOS BY DAVE WEAVER   Avail has established themselves as hardcore icons. frontman, Tim Barry, writes the lyrics and has a true blue collar outlook on life that Read More

BACKYARD BRAZIL BACKYARD BRAZIL REDBULL SKATE GENERATION BRAZIL PHOTOS AND WORDS BY CHICKEN n a small island, off the south coast of Brazil, you’ll find a slice of skateboard history and a chunk of its future. In the small town of Rio Tavares, on the island of Read More

BAD BRAINS BAD BRAINS SOUL BRAINS FORCE BY BRIAN LENTINI This show was the most hyped-up in the NY scene for as long as I can recall. I mean, Bad Brains at Irving Plaza, with an all-original line-up. The Bad Brains have changed their name for financial reasons, Read More

BADLANDS BADLANDS WORDS BY DAVE REUL The California Dream gone bad. An arid wasteland. Only the strong survive. Words don’t mean much in these parts. Attitude speaks, the desert devours. Nature consumes man’s dwellings, as man himself battles for possession Read More

BASIC BOWL 1999 BASIC BOWL CONTEST PHOTOS BY RHINO WORDS BY OZZIE Anaheim, Ontario, Santa Monica, Huntington Beach, Upland... These names beckoned from road maps, drawing the hundreds of thousands that thronged to the Southern California area in the ‘50s and Read More

BEASTIE BOYS INTERVIEW WITH ADAM YAUCH INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY JENNIFER HALL AND VANYA EDWARDS   Kick it... Turn up the bass... Now the guitars, wait a minute... no guitars. Oops... Now jazz hands...Dosie doe your Read More

BEBE BUELL INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY IVORY SERRA A princess, a queen, a mom...  A rocker, a model, a singer... Live, like you know what is best for you. Sing what it is that you know, and love what you know, and the Read More

BEN KRAHN INTERVIEW BY MARK "RED" SCOTT INTRODUCTION BY MARK "RED" SCOTT PHOTOS BY FRANKIE AND DAVE HUPP PROLOGUE BY BEN KRAHN   Ben Krahn is a very nice person. When he rides his skateboard, it looks very smooth and consistent always improving it Read More