Portfolio Check – Brian Fick
Brian Fick has been a inspiration to myself and many others especially in the San Diego region. He never cool guyed anyone or thought of himself higher then us. We (Brandon/Alex Perelson, Josh Stafford, and the rest of us at the Clairemont skatepark) would always watch Brian shred the bowl with these long Backside tailslides,...
Portfolio Check – Eric Palozzolo
Skate photo: Eby. Portrait: Adrian Mallory So your from somewhere in Illinois right? I am from Lindenhurst, Illinois its the North burbs of Chicago. Abbas Glass, Ollie. How was it going up there? What got you hyped on skateboarding? Growing up there was interesting to say the least. Good people, great food, but the landscape...
Portfolio Check – Tim Johnson
How old are you and when did you start skateboarding? I am 21 years old and I started skating when around 12. Who or what got you into skateboarding? Hmm well that memory is a little fuzzy. I’m pretty sure it was my older cousin. I remember him doing ride on grinds off a small...
Portfolio Check – Jon Glass
So your originally from IL, What got you motivated to come to SD in the first place? Skateboarding man! Thats it. There were an older crew that were a few years older than me who moved out to SD. Dayne (Brummet) and a couple other guys came out there and were getting coverage. I saw...
Portfolio Check – Rhino
Full name, date of birth, hometown? Chris Rooney, old enough to know better, Ayer Massachusetts What brought you out to California originally? Did you already know people out here before you moved? I always wanted to move out to California since I started skateboarding in 5th grade. Getting Skateboarder Magazine in the mail when I...
Portfolio Check – Jared Smith
Name, Age, Hometown? I grew up in the town of Sequim, Wa., which is on the Olympic Pennisula straight across the water from Victoria B.C. Its on the edge of the Olympic National Park. There was horrible skateboarding options there when i was a kid but now, dreamland and grindline have built some rad stuff...
Portfolio Check – Steve Treboux
Photo: Glenn Pajarito full name, age, years shooting photos? Steven Treboux, 28 years of age, been shooting since I was very young, started spending the "big bucks" on photo equipment about five years ago. Greg Davidson, Ball Tell me about growing up in Switzerland? What is the scene like, spots, parks, laws, stuff like that?...
Portfolio Check – Rob Brink
Hometown, Current place you live, Employer, Education, Jobs before writing? Bloomfield, NJ, Laguna Beach, CA/ Hoboken, NJ / Sole Technology / The Skateboard Mag / Myself. Master’s degree in English/Writing. I was a paperboy for a year when I was 10. I was a stock/cleanup person at a woman’s clothing store at age 14 for...
Portfolio Check – Dave Swift
What’s your Name, Age, and Location? Dave Swift, . . . . Uh, 44 (great), Oceanside, California. How did you get your hands on your first board? Ah my first board came to me as a hand me down . . . Well not really handed down, but was lying around the parents house back...
Portfolio Check – Bart Jones
Bart Blunt Fakies at the Santa Cruz park, Photo: Buzzy Sullivan Name, Age, Status, Employer, Hometown? Bartholomew Wilhelm Jones, 28, Single as Fuck!, The Skateboard mag son!, Geneva, Illinois. Lets start at the very beginning. I want to know what it took to spawn you. Tell me about your parents. What kind of people were...
Portfolio Check – Ryan Allan
Name? Ryan Hugh Allan – The Hugh comes from an old fur trapper my father looked up to as a kid. He lived in a cabin on my grandparents land. Birthplace? Grimsby, Ontario Canada. A town of about 20,000 at the time. Colt Cannon, Backside Flip What made you decide to start SBC (Skateboard Canada),...
