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MISS MERCY: THE GTO’S INTERVIEW WITH MISS MERCY INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY   Miss Mercy, Trip, but get up, there's a lot more to come... When they say 'been there, done it' it kinda applies to Miss Mercy... From 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

SUNNY GARCIA INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY JON STEELE   Born January 14, 1970, Vincent Sennen 'Sunny' Garcia was raised on the tough Westside of Oahu. Surfing professionally for twenty-three years, his personal and Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: JIM BARNUM SPECTRUM SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH JIM BARNUM INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY   When you think Canada, you think of the Great White North, eh? Mooseheads and hosers, eh? But have you thought about the complications of building Read More

SEYMOUR DUNCAN INTERVIEW BY JAMES O'MAHONEY INTRODUCTION BY JAMES O'MAHONEY PHOTOS BY JAMES O'MAHONEY AND ROBERT KNIGHT   Doing an interview with Seymour Duncan could easily end up as a book. His tally of major life experiences would create volumes. Here Read More

SGT. SK8: DOUG MOORE INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY XENO   Dougie Death, Sgt. Skate, no matter what you call him, you gotta know that Doug is one hardcore East Coast skater. He kept ZT Maximus Skatepark going when the going got tough, Read More

RYAN SIMONETTI INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY   Why not build a launch ramp, put it on the front of a U-Haul truck and then build a wedge ramp and put it on the back of the truck and then drive it towards Ryan so he 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

MIKE HYSON INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY ART BREWER AND HERBIE FLETCHER   By the mid ‘50s, Mike Hynson was surfing all of the local San Diego breaks and making a mockery of the images that the mainstream media Read More

MAX SCHAAF INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY ADAM WRIGHT AND GABE MORFORD   Stay true to one's heart... follow no one, be who you are... When the trend goes one way, go the other...and everything will be alright...If the Read More

MAKUA ROTHMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HANK FOTO AND DANIEL RUSSO   I didn't have the opportunity to know Makua very well until Herb and I moved into the house behind his Pop's. We lived there while I did research Read More

LIZARD KING INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY STEVE PERILLOUX AND JOE HAMMEKE   The Lizard King is nothing like the emperor's new clothes... Chuck yourself down something big, land it and ride away, lil boy...snatch a fly Read More

JOHN GIBSON INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY J. GRANT BRITTAIN   Texas is the reason why John Gibson is one of the coolest skaters you're ever gonna meet. Ya see, when you go to Texas, there's a whole different attitude when Read More

JASON JESSEE INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY TED TERREBONNE AND BRETT HAMMOND   Rebel---Nazi---naw, it's just Jason Jessee. Cause for effect, effect for cause...naw, it's just Jason Jessee.... Crazy, Terrorist, Biker, naw Read More

JAKE PIASECKI INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY BILL SARGEANT AND DAN LEVY   There are few who push themselves as hard as Jake Piasecki does every time he rides. With Jake there is no such thing as taking it easy or having a mellow Read More

HEATH KIRCHART INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY JASON O'DELL AND JON HUMPHRIES   Skateboarding for skateboarding's sake. For all the right reasons. Because one digs it the most. When you throw yourself down something and Read More

FAST EDDIE ROTHMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HAWAIIANSWELL.COM AND BETTY GUERRE   The name “Fast Eddie” conjures up many images for a vast array of people and many of those fantasies are probably in the realm of 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