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JIMMY PLUMER JIMMY PLUMER INTERVIEW by STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY TODD JOHNSON n 1982, I started going to Kona. I didn’t have a quality skateboard, so I rented one from the pro shop. It was a Jimmy Plumer Z Pig model, early fish shape. The die cut Z in the Read More

BONES BRIGADE CHRONICLES: STACY PERALTA INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY TED TERREBONNE and POWELL PERALTA ARCHIVES   One of the most talented skateboarders ever to ride, Stacy also has a passion for making films. His timing could not have been better in Read More

A BENEFIT FOR JESSE MARTINEZ GOOD HURT CLUB | 12249 VENICE BLVD | WEST LOS ANGELES | CA PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY Jesse Martinez is one of the founding fathers of the Venice Skateboard Association. The VSA represented the need and value of a skatepark on the site of the Venice Pavilion Read More

VENICE SKATEPARK 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY VENICE SKATEPARK 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONTEST AND DEMO VENICE SKATEPARK, VENICE, CA SKATERCROSS AND HIGHEST OLLIE CONTEST Oct 3, 2010 Photos by Dan Levy, Ray Rae Goldman, Sean Manning and Jeff Bender. The Venice Skatepark 1 Year Anniversary Read More

BOB BINIAK MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT

BOB BINIAK MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT
MARCH 28, 2010
VENICE BREAKWATER, VENICE, CA
PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY

LIFE ROLLS ON LIFE ROLLS ON MARCH 5, 2010 VENICE SKATEPARK, VENICE, CA PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY The Life Rolls On organization, a division of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for young people affected by spinal Read More

BOB BINIAK MEMORIAL SUNSET SKATE SESSION BOB BINIAK MEMORIAL SUNSET SKATE SESSION VENICE SKATEPARK, VENICE, CA FEB. 28, 2010 PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY AND RAY RAE GOLDMAN WORDS BY TERRI CRAFT Today, we pay tribute to one of the greatest skateboarders of all time, Bob "The Bullet" Biniak. Most Read More

SKATEBOARD: EVOLUTION OF A CALIFORNIA CULTURE SKATEBOARD: EVOLUTION OF A CALIFORNIA CULTURE California Heritage Museum Santa Monica, CA November 12, 2009- May 30, 2010 Photos by DAN LEVY SKATEBOARD: EVOLUTION OF A CALIFORNIA CULTURE - Exhibit runs from November 14, 2009 - May 30, 2010. Curated Read More

TIM JACKSON INTERVIEW BY AARON 'FINGERS' MURRAY INTRODUCTION BY KELLY JACKSON PHOTO BY CHUCK KATZ   We spent a lot of time in the mountains and campgrounds of California's High Sierra, my dad escaping after a drug deal or going to meet someone with Read More

JIM MUIR BENEFIT

JIM MUIR BENEFIT
at the Air Conditioned Supper Club
Venice, CA
August 20, 2009
Photos by Dan Levy and Matt Smith

AUGUST 2009 NEWS ANDY KESSLER will live on in our hearts forever. R.I.P. KESS. 1961-2009. There are certain people that come into your life and change everything and make it better. Andy Kessler was one of those people. Without Kessler, we might not be here today. When Read More

BABY PAUL CULLEN MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT

BABY PAUL CULLEN MEMORIAL PADDLE OUT
VENICE PIER, VENICE, CA
July 26, 2009
Photos by Dan Levy

MARCH 2009 NEWS ANDY DUCK and the Artisan Skateparks crew has skatepark building planned for new skateparks in Durham, NC, Kill Devil Hills, NC, and Ocean Pines, MD. They just finished up a new park in Raleigh, NC featuring a multi-level flow area, street course and Read More

AARON MURRAY INTERVIEW BY CHRISTIAN HOSOI INTRODUCTION BY ERIC TUMA BRITTON PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY AND TED TERREBONNE Aaron Murray... I can't say enough positive things about him as a person and as a skateboarder. He's somebody I have always looked up to. As a kid, Read More

JEF HARTSEL INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY ROBIN S. AND HANK FOTO   When I was 15, I remember hearing about a halfpipe sitting over in Fort Monmouth, NJ, about 12 miles from my house. So I hopped on my bike threw my board Read More

EMMANUEL GUZMAN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY BRENDAN KLEIN   E-man. The man...something out of the ordinary...From the streets to trannies. It seems that the kid digs what he does. So dig it with the best of 'em, and do Read More

KEVIN ANCELL INTERVIEW BY JAMES O'MAHONEY INTRODUCTION BY C.R. STECYK III PHOTOS BY JAMES O'MAHONEY AND KEVIN ANCELL   We trailed up time and again. I actually once seen Tumbleweed somewhere upriver bottlenecking on T-Bone Walker's own '27 National tri Read More

DOGTOWN CHRONICLES: WES HUMPSTON DOGTOWN CHRONICLES INTERVIEW WITH WES HUMPSTON INTERVIEW BY ARI MARSH INTRODUCTION BY ARI MARSH   By the time he was only 20 years old, Wes Humpston, was already a legend. Wes was one of those characters whose reputation was not just intimidating, Read More