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TONY JAMES INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS COURTESY OF TONY JAMES   Self made...Follow the leader. Simons says... “What???” Tony James, the One and Only. If you don't know, then you should... 360, from start to the present... Read More

SUZI QUATRO INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY BOB GRUEN   Working hard for what one wants. A professional, a showman, or should I say woman... Never allowing no for an answer. Making it happen, and letting it be known... Read More

RICK MCCRANK INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY J. GRANT BRITTAIN AND BEN COLEN   Northern exposure seems unattainable, when things are controlled by others further South... McCrank, did and will always be one of the ones Read More

GARETH STEHR INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY MOUSTACHE and RODENT   Around the world on a skateboard...Pushing it, pays off sometimes...The reward of the risk, HUGE… Pursue the dream as it is...Make it happen. Don’t Read More

EXENE CERVENKA INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTO BY EDWARD COLVER   X marks the spot. Exene makes her spot KNOWN... That’s an understatement... Artists are a different type of being. Exene is that, different... Unique works, most Read More

BREWCE MARTIN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY RICHIE WIREMAN   For the love of Brewce’s sake... When one loves something so much...Does so much for what one loves...The result is that of something so amazing...Passion, Read More

CHRIS STROPLE INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY TED TERREBONNE   Chris Strople broke down the doors for modern skateboarding, as we know it. But most probably don’t know this, that’s for sure... History, some say, doesn’t Read More

CHRIS HASLAM INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY ALEXEY LAPIN AND SERGIO ALVAREZ   The apple, the wizard, the beard...The tricks, the travel, the doubt by others...Fuck ‘em I say. When you’re right, you’re right...The Read More

VSA ART SHOW VSA ART SHOW MARCH 5, 2010 ABOTTS HABIT, VENICE, CA PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY Venice Surf and Skateboard Association presents a surf/skate art show/film night/fundraiser for the VSA and its efforts to maintain and keep the Venice Beach Skatepark clean. 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

DAGGERS RULE! DAGGERS RULE! ART SHOW EXHIBIT A GALLERY LOS ANGELES, CA FEBRUARY 27, 2010 PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY TONY ALVA, RICHARD VILLA III AND LEVI'S PRESENTS THE EXHIBIT A GALLERY ART EXHIBITION DAGGERS RULE! OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH 2010 Read More

VENICE SKATEPARK SESSION VENICE SKATEPARK SESSION VENICE, CA JANUARY 30, 2010 PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY Just another day in Venice with the grandmasters of skateboarding, which for this session included: Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Steve Olson, Eric Britton, Bennett Harada, 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

MIKE WEED INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MIKE WEED   Champion of a magic rolling board. Out in a world at a time when most couldn't care less, or understand its meaning. Throw the kid out there, and let's 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

YANIV EVAN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN LEVY AND EL MIRAGE   The chosen few... Chosen to do what, one wonders? Yaniv has and will do what he wants... What he does, is the best one can... The results are that Read More

PAUL SCHMITT INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN LEVY AND BRYCE KANIGHTS   Do you care how a skateboard is built? Are you aware how a skateboard is built? Do you know where a skateboard is built? The self-proclaimed Read More

NATAS KAUPAS INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY J. GRANT BRITTAIN   Into the future and beyond... From a lil' blond surfer kid into a lil' bigger blond skater kid, One that would change the face of skateboarding forever... Read More