INTERVIEWS

PETER HEWITT INTERVIEW BY JESSE MARTINEZ INTRODUCTION BY JESSE MARTINEZ PHOTOS BY JOE HAMMEKE   There are a lot of guys out there that call themselves a pro, but how can you call yourself a pro when you can't skate everything like Peter Hewitt? In my Read More

PETER MEL INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HANK FOTOS   After his first taste of Big Wave riding at the age of 14 during a vacation to Sunset Beach, Oahu from his native stomping ground of Santa Cruz, California, Read More

PHIL ALVIN: THE BLASTERS INTERVIEW WITH PHIL ALVIN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY DAN RILEY AND GARY LEONARD   Try to understand what IT is. Music-numbers-living-art-life... Phil Alvin is just that, living life. From one question Read More

POOL JAM 2000 POOL PARTY 2000 POOL COLLAGE: PAT MYERS WORDS AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN LENTINI The Last Session of 1999 The end is near. Repent and be saved. Live fast, die young, get it while you can before it’s gone. On the last day, masses pilgrimage to Israel Read More

PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 1 PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 1 VANS SKATEPARK ORANGE, CA MAY 13, 2005 PHOTOS BY TED TERREBONNE PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY Pro-Tec Pool Party Winners Top 3 Masters Results Chris Miller - 1st place $10,000.00 Jeff Grosso - 2nd place $6000.00 Lance Mountain - Read More

PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 2 PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 2 VANS SKATEPARK ORANGE, CA MAY 14, 2006 PHOTOS BY TED TERREBONNE PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY WORDS BY JIM MURPHY The Vans combi bowl contest is not about competition. It's about a gathering of a family of skateboarders, a special breed Read More

PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 3 WORDS BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY, ARAB, ERIC MARTIN AND KYLE BUNKER   From one year to the next it is unbelievable how the lines and tricks get gnarlier and gnarlier in the unforgiving combi pool. Old veterans and young upstarts show Read More

PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 4 WORDS BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY DAN BOURQUI, BRENDAN KLEIN AND DAN LEVY   So you think vert is dead? Steve Van Doren and the people at Vans don't think so. That's why they built the combi pool and host the gnarliest contest of the year, the Read More

PUBLIC ENEMY INTERVIEW WITH CHUCK D INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY   Talk about your trip from the beginning. It's a musical trip paralleled throughout the building of hip hop. I think we built a cornerstone. I've had some valuable experiences. Did your family Read More

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE INTERVIEW WITH JOEY CASTILLO INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY MATTHEW FIELD   Pound the drum, M.F. Beat the drum, M.F. Destroy all drums...M.F. This is what comes to mind when thinking of Joey C's playin', Read More

QUIM CARDONA A Path Train Rush Words by Quim Cardona Photos by Angela Liu Traveling through the guts of the earth to get across to the poisonous apple. The voyage begins in the heart of Newark. Back when I was small, I was able to slide right through the turn Read More

RABBIT KEKAI INTERVIEW BY JEFF HO INTRODUCTION BY JEFF HO PHOTOS BY TOM SERVAIS and DON JAMES   RABBIT IS THE MAN... As as child, he was Duke Kanahamoku protege in surfing and canoe paddling. He grew up in Waikiki riding the finless redwood boards and was Read More