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DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: MERK INTERVIEW WITH MERK OF EAST COAST RAMP DESIGNS INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY BRYAN LATHROP   Building wooden bowls is a true sculptural art form, so when the jobs come around you have to get the right person Read More

CHAD MUSKA INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTO BY LANCE DALGART The easiest thing to do is something you have passion for.... meaning you love it... Then it becomes like clockwork.... Everything seems to make sense. The more one does it, Read More

FDR: GEORGE DRAGUNS INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE DRAGUNS INTERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI   After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete somewhere, 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

KEITH MORRIS INTERVIEW BY JAY ADAMS INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY JERRY MARTINEZ   From Black Flag to the Circle Jerks to his new band Off!, Keith Morris has always been one hell of a musician, and social and political motivator! Jay Adams talked to Read More

ELI REED INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTO BY DAN LEVY   It’s in the soul...Eli Reed loves to roll, from the start until now, it’s easy to see how, Eli let’s it be known...in it for the long run...or so it seems... That's Read More

DENNIS MARTINEZ INTERVIEW BY JAY ADAMS INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY BOBBY TRIBAL AND GLEN E. FRIEDMAN   In his youthful years Dennis was a budding star in skateboarding. He was in all the magazines and had plenty of sponsors. With the fame and the Read More

FDR: CARLOS BAIZA INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS BAIZA INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete somewhere, Read More

STEVE HERRING INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY MARK SULLIVAN   In 1979, I heard about a halfpipe on the Fort Monmouth Army Base in New Jersey. I was stoked to hear about an actual ramp in the area, so I got on my bike, put on Read More

STEVE SHERMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY DANE REYNOLDS AND STEVE SHERMAN   I first got to know Sherm when he started working for Surfing Magazine when they were in the same building as Astrodeck. In the twenty years Read More

SHANE ALLEN INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTO BY DERICK ACHZIGER   Skaters by our very nature are risk takers. Shane takes it to the next level whether he is 100 feet up working in the trees or dropping in from the top of a bridge over Read More

FDR: DAN TAG INTERVIEW WITH DAN TAG INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI   After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete Read More

JJ ROGERS INTERVIEW BY ANDY ROY INTRODUCTION BY TODD PRINCE PHOTOS BY BRUCE RODELA   The first time I ever heard of J.J. Rogers was through Joe Lopes when we were hanging out in San Jose. Lopes would tell me stories about how fucking gnarly he was, Read More

WAYNE KRAMER INTERVIEW BY JASON JESSEE INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOGRAPHY BY LENI SINCLAIR   Kick out the jams and don’t be afraid to be a revolutionary. In the late ‘60s when free love and a free spirit was the norm, a band called MC5 came charging Read More

C.R. STECYK III INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOGRAPHY: WARREN BOLSTER AND C.R. STECYK III   If true validation is in the process of creating then Craig is constantly validated. The beginning and the end are arbitrary as his work is a reflection Read More

FRED SMITH INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM NOONAN   Keep on, what it is that you dig. Do it cuz you dig it, and keep on... Fred Smith, that’s right, doing it... Whatever it is, and Freddie does. What Freddie Read More

CD REVIEWS 69 CD REVIEWS BY JUSTIN EMERY, VANS DAVEY AND JESS BRAAM BARONESS, Red Album/Blue Record (Relapse Records) Between hailing from ATL and being produced by Relapse, it’s no surprise that this prog-metal monster has a very Mastodonian influence. In fact, Read More

THE BOARDLORDS THE BOARDLORDS INTERVIEW WITH STEVE MOY INTERVIEW BY MERK   High energy, power chords, awesome choruses and cadences. All this and a great sense of humor. Sk8Rock at its finest. The Boardlords... Scaadduucchh! – MERK ow’s life Read More