ISSUE NO. 11 MARCH 2018
CONTENT MAIN FEATURE WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? SKATEBOARDING CULTURE & STYLE 8 REVIEW GNARLIEST SPOTS BEST SKATE SPOTS REVIEW 16 SHORT ARTICLES TIME TO TIME SKATEBOARDING REVOLUTION 20 FORMER LUXURY 29.99 THE WAIT IS OVER BRAND PRODUCT 24
CONTRIBUTORS ISSUE NO. 11 MARCH 2018 CREDITS FOUNDER AND EDITOR ARIF NUKMAN LITERARY EDITOR MATTY HEALY ASSOCIATIVE EDITOR THOM YORKE ART DIRECTOR ARIF NUKMAN PHOTOGRAPHS AUSTYN GILLETTE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Fusce ullamcorper a magna iaculis sagittis. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor. Pellentesque ut pulvinar justo. Proin quis justo quis nunc dictum commodo. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris sodales mattis ultrices. In non vestibulum ante, eget ultrices felis. Fusce et dapibus nisi. Donec et libero sit amet massa posuere posuere vel non erat. Cras auctor ex eu libero vehicula pellentesque. Aliquam pretium, arcu sit amet eleifend posuere, felis odio varius urna, quis egestas risus sem sit amet purus. Aliquam sodales posuere imperdiet. Donec gravida leo vitae commodo tristique. Phasellus interdum tempor turpis quis malesuada. Phasellus at lacus efficitur, fermentum tellus a, auctor risus. Mauris et ultricies orci. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor. MARK OBLOW ARIF NUKMAN AHMAD AZIQ ABI BAKRI SEAN MALTO DYLAN RIEDER ALEX TURNER AHMAD HUZAIMI MATTY HEALY MARK OBLOW MARK OBLOW LITERARY & ART STAFF ARIF NUKMAN DESIGN AND LAYOUT ARIF NUKMAN all material copyrighted 2017 AUSTYN GILLETTE Pellentesque ut pulvinar justo. Proin quis justo quis nunc dictum commodo. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris sodales mattis ultrices. In non vestibulum ante, eget ultrices felis. Fusce et dapibus nisi. Donec et libero sit amet massa posuere posuere vel non erat. Cras auctor ex eu libero vehicula pellentesque. Aliquam pretium, arcu sit amet eleifend posuere, felis odio varius urna, quis egestas risus sem sit amet purus. Aliquam sodales posuere imperdiet. Donec gravida leo vitae commodo tristique. Phasellus interdum tempor turpis quis malesuada. Phasellus at lacus efficitur, fermentum tellus a, auctor risus. Mauris et ultricies orci. Praesent ullamcorper ornare erat, sit amet rutrum justo gravida non. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Fusce ullamcorper a magna iaculis sagittis. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor convallis.
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WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? ARTICLE BY: LOREM IPSUM LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET - consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Fusce ullamcorper a magna iaculis sagittis. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor convallis. Pellentesque ut pulvinar justo. Proin quis justo quis nunc dictum commodo. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris sodales mattis ultrices. In non vestibulum ante, eget ultrices felis. Fusce et dapibus nisi. Donec et libero sit amet massa posuere posuere vel non erat. Cras auctor ex eu libero vehicula pellentesque. Aliquam pretium, arcu sit amet eleifend posuere, felis odio varius urna, quis egestas risus sem sit amet purus. Aliquam sodales posuere imperdiet. Donec gravida leo vitae commodo tristique. Phasellus interdum tempor turpis quis malesuada. Phasellus at lacus efficitur, fermentum tellus a, auctor risus. Mauris et ultricies orci. Praesent ullamcorper ornare erat, sit amet rutrum justo gravida non. 9 FEATURE Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Some people describe skateboard culture as being immature, criminal, destructive, and uncivilized. But where else are you going to find a culture that does judge you by your skin color, age, economic status or the close that you wear?
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12 13 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Fusce ullamcorper a magna iaculis sagittis. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor convallis. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. FEATURE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam vel ornare neque, a placerat orci. Sed pretium nibh et ex sodales porta. Vestibulum fermentum consequat euismod. Cras volutpat, ipsum nec euismod feugiat, elit mi tincidunt tortor, ut posuere purus nisl eu lacus. Fusce ullamcorper a magna iaculis sagittis. Quisque vel urna elit. Mauris malesuada porttitor convallis.pellentesque ut pulvinar justo. Proin quis justo quis nunc dictum commodo. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris sodales mattis ultrices. In non vestibulum ante, eget ultrices felis. Fusce et dapibus nisi. Donec et libero sit amet massa posuere posuere vel non erat. Cras auctor ex eu libero vehicula pellentesque. Aliquam pretium, arcu sit amet eleifend posuere, felis odio 15 FEATURE varius urna, quis egestas risus sem sit amet purus. Aliquam sodales posuere imperdiet. Donec gravida leo vitae commodo tristique. Phasellus interdum tempor turpis quis malesuada. Phasellus at lacus efficitur, fermentum tellus a, auctor risus. Mauris et ultricies orci. Praesent ullamcorper ornare erat, sit amet rutrum justo gravida non. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi quis neque mi. Proin euismod augue vitae est dictum, vel venenatis purus consequat. Nullam auctor venenatis velit et mattis. Cras et libero in ipsum luctus vulputate. Integer semper consectetur ligula vitae suscipit. Integer cursus molestie neque, quis auctor nisi efficitur viverra. Nullam vel magna vestibulum, interdum magna placerat, fringilla velit. Aliquam semper tempor turpis, eu ullamcorper mauris euismod vel. Proin ultricies sem ac varius lacinia. He did what he wanted to do, he skated how he wanted to skate, he dressed how he wanted to dress rather than how a skater should dress
16 17 REVIEW 16 GNARLIEST SPOTS ARTICLE BY: LUCAS WISENTHAL EMRACADERO SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA Embarcadero is the birthplace of a lot of what s happening in skateboarding today. In the early 90s, it became the center of the skate universe, known as home to guys like Mike Carroll, Jovontae Turner and Henry Sanchez. Thousands of skaters promptly descended on it, not only turning it into a bust but prompting the city to remodel it and do away with the ledges that drew them in the first place. But the little three stairs and fountain gap are still there, so as one San Francisco skateshop manager told us, there s still some OG left.
LOCKWOOD LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Lockwood footage introduced those of us who live outside of Los Angeles to mini picnic tables and the vast skate potential they hold. It also showed us how much you could accomplish with a single bank and bench. Keenan Milton s switch flip over a table from flat is an indisputable classic, but even today, Guy Mariano s backside 180 nosegrind to switch laser flip out offers proof of the progression the school has encouraged and how amazing small plastic benches are to skate. LOVE PARK PHILADEPHIA PENNSYLVANIA In the late 90s and early aughts, Love Park was to Philadelphia what EMB was to San Francisco 10 years earlier. For proof, see Alien Workshop s Photosynthesis. The city may have done its damnedest to render it unskateable, placing planters in front of its many ledges, but sessions persist, with guys like Ishod Wair holding the spot down. And hey, Stevie Williams, who cut his teeth there, even included Love footage in his part in last year s DGK video. SANTA MONICA CURBS LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Natas Kaupas part in the Wheels of Fire put the double-sided curbs in Santa Monica on every kid s imaginary travel itinerary. Even though its sand gaps, canonized in early 90s World Industries videos, are now un-skateable, its ledges, curbs and manual pads still stand. Go there and pretend you re Tim Gavin noseblunt transferring the length of one of the curbs. It s harder than it looked. J.KWON LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA The spot Josh Kalis calls California s Love Park has been ridden for decades. You may recognize its perimeter from Scott Johnston s classic frontside 180 to switch crooked grind sequence or Guy Mariano s switch backside tailslide shove-it in Mouse. Guy even boardslid its handrail in Video Days. These days, the ledges in the center of the plaza attract everyone from Alex Olson to Rodrigo Tx, both of whom had footage from the spot in recent parts. How long it can sustain so much skate traffic is anyone s guess. FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK QUEENS NEW YORK Flushing Meadows Park is probably best known for its grate and the ledge that runs across it. For years, Rodney Torres and the Queens kids held the spot down, and in the late 90s the rest of skateboarding came around to it. It also doesn t hurt that it s the spot where Gino Iannucci resurrected the 360 shove-it.
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22 SHORT ARTICLE TIME TO TIME ARTICLE BY: SKATEMAG 1950 s 1960 s 1970 s Surfers in California get the bright idea to surf concrete and invent Skateboarding. The origin of the first skateboard has never been proven as it seems to have been the spontaneous invention of multiple people. Wooden boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom where the makings of the original boards these pioneers took to the streets. Could you imagine the looks on the faces of people seeing this for the first time? Long haired shaggy surfer duded ripping up the streets on 2 4 s and roller skate wheels! The world Radical comes to mind in such true original form. By 1963 Skateboarding was all the rage. Popularity of the sport was at its peak. Companies such as Jack s, Hobie, and Makaha started having real competitions consisting of Downhill Slalom and Freestyle where skaters like Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer paved the way for future skaters. Then in 1965 for some reason Skateboarding seems to simply die. Considered to be a fad that came and went, skateboarding seemed to fade over night. Some few stayed true to the sport and continued to create homemade boards and fine tune their craft. One of the reasons I suspect skateboarding loosing some of its ground was the fact that the sport was very dangerous. The clay wheels they used were everything but safe and lead to many injuries. Then like all things, in a moment, everything changed for skateboarding. The invention of urethane wheels by Frank Nasworthy in 1972 made it possible for skateboarding to make its comeback. He started the company Cadillac Wheels. In 1975 skateboarding got the boost it needed. In Del Mar, California a slalom and freestyle contest was held at the Ocean Festival. That day, the Zephyr team showed the world what skateboarding could be. They rode their boards like no one had in the public eye, low and smooth, and skateboarding was taken from being a hobby to something serious and exciting. The Zephyr team had many members but as some of you might know the most notable of them where Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta. Then in 1978 Alan Gelfand (nicknamed Ollie ) invented a maneuver that gave skateboarding another revolutionary jump. He would slam his back foot down on the tail of his board and jump, thereby popping himself and the board into the air. The ollie was born, a trick that completely revolutionized skateboarding. At the end of the 1970s skateboarding took another hit when the public skateparks that were being built suffered from the outrageously hight insurance rates due to the danger factor of skateboarding. 1980 s & 1990 s 2000 s & Now Skateboarding continues to grow as the anti-establishment subculture that we all know it as. Skateboarders had become hell bent on progressing their passion for the sport so they started building there own ramps in their backyards. It s no secret that this became a problem for local construction companies when they started to notice their lumber was disappearing. But lets not forget that construction companies where part of the establishment so to hell with them they thought. Aside from the ramps they built in their backyards to skate on they saw the whole world as there skatepark and took to the streets. During this time many new board shapes took form allowing for skaters to overcome obstacles otherwise impossible. Another invention in the 1980s played a major roll in skateboarding history. The intention of VHS. Stacey Peralta and George Powell s Bones Brigade team starts recording skateboarding videos that will reach kids all over the world. The team included Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, Stacy Peralta, and Kevin Staab. This is the team responsible for The Bones Brigade Video Show. At the end of the 1980s skateboarding took yet another dive in popularity when vert skateboarding became far less popular than street skateboarding. In the early 90s skateboarding starts to rise again as it finds some common ground with the emerging punk music. Then in 1995 ESPN holds the first ever X-Games. The event was a huge success and brought skateboarding into the mainstream light sparking interest in many more young kids. Skateparks pop up everywhere and skateboarding video games lets every kid be a skater. Tons of companies emerge and become more and more acceptable in society. The notion of skateboarders being criminals starts to dwindle. The X-Games continues to become more and more popular with Skateboarding at the helm. One of the big factors today that makes skateboarding so huge is the fact that pros make real money. Wining events can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kids are realizing that you don t have to become a doctor or lawyer to make a buck. Skateboarding has also played a big role in fashion earning its place among the masses. Companies like Diamond Supply Co, Hurley, Vans, and RVCA all making millions off the skateboarding lifestyle. If this is what happened in the last 60 years I can t help but wonder what skateboarding has in store in the next 60 years. I found this cool video that gives a visual representation of the evolution of skateboarding It occurred to me this morning that Skateboarding has been around for quite some time now. People where shredding on clay wheels long before I was born paving the way for what has surely become a global phenomenon. It seems to me that Skateboarding is reaching heights never dreamed of and is finding its place among traditional sports like baseball and football. Parents aren t so resistant to the idea of their children preferring to skate versus trying out for short stop on the HS Baseball team. I find this fascinating that in such a short time Skateboarding has gained such ground 23
FORMER THERE S BEEN RUMBLINGS about the new brand from Dane Reynolds, Craig Anderson and Austyn Gillette for over a year now, and the reason that the rumblings are still little more than that (and a deliberately cryptic Instagram account), is because the guys aren t in a hurry. Multi-national corporations, such as the ones that the trio used to endorse, are all KPIs, target demographics and release schedules, and the reason that the trio set up their own shop is so they don t have to be slaves to these restrictions. After much internal debate about names, release dates, logos, samples and the like, they ve decided on Former as the name, and their first range is now live. 25 BRAND & PRODUCT FORMER LUXURY 29.99 THE WAIT IS OVER The Former mantra s relatively simple. After years of being at the disposal of large, disconnected companies, Dane, Craig and Austyn are out to create the brand they want to ride for, and the clothes they want to wear. I m really curious as to who s going to buy Former, because I think that surfers are too cool to buy surf brand shit, and I don t know where we ll land, says Dane. But I ve been presented with all these brands over the years who ve done market research and they ve known their target demographic and how they re going to coax them into getting traction, and we ve gone completely backwards and basically just thrown everybody s likes and dislikes out there and tried to meet in the middle. Trying to create a product that s going to land on the backs of hip kids in the surf and skate worlds will be no easy task. But if there s anyone who can do it, it s these three. Dane Reynolds took an axe to the surf world in the 2000s with his raw and honest approach, and in turn inspired a whole generation, including Craig. Likewise, Dylan and Austyn brought an emphasis on style, both in skating and fashion, and the fact that they all became friends and started hanging out helped bridge the gap between surf and skate. My take on it is that surfers want to be skateboarders and skaters want to surf, but think surfers are kooky, says Dane. Signings, the brands, it s just fake and it s silly. All the surf companies are just ripping each other off and trying to make their shit stretchier and brighter, and it s just eggy. It s fabricated fun, chimes Austyn with his usual deadpan delivery. We have real fun. The guys are realistic when it comes to pricing the range doesn t come with a heavy swing tag and the only place you can get it is online at the Former store, for now. ARTICLE BY: MONSTER CHILDREN The first collection, Luxury 29.99, is a refreshingly stark departure from the usual huge, cater-to-everyone releases in every colour imaginable. It s black and white, a little coral, and the message is clear: The colourless system of control and easy listening brought to you by It s tongue in cheek, sarcastic, and it certainly pays homage to the guys late pal, Dylan. He was involved as much as physically possible over the last year, says Craig. And he played a big part in the clothing and the whole fuck you aesthetic. He was a super smart dude with great taste who could set trends and do whatever he wanted.