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SKATEBOARD HISTORY BOOK

I am currently working on the Skateboard History book for Voyageur Publishing.

We drove up to Santa Cruz in the middle of January and did some shooting: Rick Blackhart, Judi Oyama and Gary Holl at Cunningham Lake, Keith Meek at Buena Vista pool, Michael Goldman at Rampart, Rich Novak, Rob Roskopp and the NHS Brain Trust at the fruit cannery where the pear juice used to bubble out of the ground when I was a kid.

Also Zach Wormhoudt at the skate park he designed in Santa Cruz.

Up in San Francisco, Mofo gallantly showed me around the Thrasher offices, let me raid the warehouse for some t-shirts then took me to the Independent Foundry, where I interviewed Eric Swenson.

Independent still manufactures in the US of A. Good for them.

Back in Santa Cruz I recorded three hours of interviews with Rich Novak and Tim Piumarta which are 50% sarcasm and 50% burning bush insight into the skateboard business from the 1970s to now.

Also recorded an interview with Michael Mel – uncle of Peter Mel – who was the lead skater in Skaterdater.

At the other end of California for the Action Sports Retailer trade show we snagged portraits of Tony Alva, Curt Stevenson, Chris Yandell, Dennis Martinez and several others.

While interviewing Novak and Piumarta, they explained that Sector 9 was the most popular skate brand in the world, so at ASR I corralled EG and Dennis, and interviewed them about the Sector 9 Supremacy.

I just finished putting all these video interviews onto DVD to have them transcribed by someone else: Dave Andrecht, Bill Bahne, Linda Benson, Dennis Telfer, Brad Dorfman, EG Fratantaro, Eric Swenson, Larry Gordon, the Logan brothers, Frank Nasworthy, Stacy Peralta and Doug Saladino.

I am doing email interviews with a range of people, from Mark Richards of Val Surf to Keith Meek to Andy Macdonald.

A lot of work done and more to do.

It’s a load off my mind and shoulders to have the transcriptions done by others.

That will be the best $500 – $1000 I have ever spent.

Lucia will he shooting portraits around San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles until the end of February.

Still hoping to get Rodney Mullen, Steve Rocco, Natas Kaupus, Lance Mountain and many others.

Time to get this book writ!

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  6. Great to meet you today, can’t wait to see the book!

    -gary

  7. NICE !!!

    Cal only or coast to coast (and HI) ?

  8. Sounds cool, I’ll check back periodically.

  9. A skateboard history coffee table book. Makes an old, busted up skater proud. Can’t wait.

  10. Go Ben dont forget us central cal boys we made the stuff they were on the covers not making lol look at the old mags there feet or foot were off most times they just wanted to photo we had no photoages filming us

  11. Love your work. Graphic Surf is cool. Cant wait for Skate History.

  12. Cool looking forward to it!

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