March 21, 2009
Here's why Matt Field killed it today:
1. He did yoga-esque backbends on the pyramid while people like Reese Forbes and Matt Beach skated over him.
2. When Karl Watson got smashed in the face with a board, Matt hugged him for 10 minutes until the ambulance came.
3. For his second run, he fucked up a trick over the pyramid, did a handplant, waved to the judges and then walked off the course.
March 16, 2009
Milestone: Omar Salazar
By Rob Brink
The Skateboard Mag, March 2009
Nearly a decade ago, when Alien Workshop’s Photosynthesis was released, Omar Salazar was busy with part time gigs at JC Penny and a Mexican restaurant where he’d hide out in the refrigerator smuggling free chips, salsa and whip-its. He was also just beginning his life as a sponsored skateboarder, riding for Foundation.
“Back then,” Omar recalls, “Foundation was as good as it gets. Never in my dreams would I even think about riding for Alien because it would bum me out when it didn’t happen, you know? They were my favorite company, the first board I ever got and Photosynthesis was obviously, like, the best video ever.”
March 6, 2009
Mikey Taylor for Thunder
By Rob Brink
ThunderTrucks.com, March 2009
So how and when did you get on Thunder?
I've been on Thunder for about a year now. I would always ask Malto for trucks, till one day I just asked him if he could try and get me on. He came through big time!
What made you want to switch?
I think Reda was the real reason I switched to Thunder. He'd always make fun of me for not riding my sponsor’s trucks. He'd tell me," Why don't you just...
March 4, 2009
