442: Matt Padulo, Bernie O’dowd, Jeff Jones and Harry Jumonji 1984 Contest at Silver Apple Skate Shop in New jersey
September 24, 2009
Matt Padulo
Wow! That really is crazy to see. I’m not really sure how old I was in this picture. I do remember entering the contest in the younger division then everyone I was with so maybe I was 13 years old? The ramp was made out of what seemed like fiberglass that sounded really hollow but road solid at the same time. I don’t even think I dropped in on the ramp so when I started a line had to run up the ramp, fakie once or twice, and then start my run. At the time I did all my airs just below or @ the top of the ramp, and I think was doing some Inverts about mid transition. I wound up taking 2nd and won a Lance Mountain deck which I saved for a while, but eventually road and shred up.
Can never get enough pics of the old days!
matt
Bernie O’Dowd
Jeff Jones Tweaked frontside air.
Anyone recognise themselves on the platform?
Harry Jumongi frontside roll in
…again anyone on the deck?
441: Steve Mannion’s The Bomb Trade Paperback available now. Follow Steve’s Fearless Dawn blog too!
September 6, 2009
Title: THE BOMB: Collected Edition
Ship Date: AUG 2008
ISBN: 0-9768509-8-2
ISBN13: 978-0-9768509-9-1
Retail price $14.95
176 PGS (Black and White with 16 page color section) perfect bound
I have been collecting these issues along the way through out the years (I know Jeff and others have as well) now you can support the team and buy the trade paperback just in time for Christmas!!
….and dont forget you can follow Steve and his Fearless Dawn series here: http://fearlessdawn.blogspot.com/
and also congrats for gettin in that Diamond catalog anyone in the industry knows how necessary that is…here is what they wrote about our Hometown Hero!
“Back in February’s PREVIEWS there was a book from Asylum Press called Fearless Dawn that went largely unnoticed by fans and retailers. The entire industry went on rolling without giving it a second glance, and like many small press books it nearly slipped into obscurity without reaching the core readers in our hobby. But when a copy of it made its way across my desk, I knew from first glance it was something special that people needed to see. Steve Mannion has created a character that has the moxie of The Goon, the audacity of Mr. Monster, and the looks of Angelina Jolie. The sequential art in the book is an incredible mix of Dave Stevens’ old-fashioned good-girl flare combined with the insane sensibilities of Eric Powell’s monster-smashing cigar-toting baddies. Fearless Dawn is a maniacally fun romp of Nazi bashing, creature killin’, and leather-wearing cat-fighting femme fatales. If you are looking for a fun read with beautiful artwork and a heaping helping of crazy antics, then you need to pick up the Fearless DawnSpecial Edition and The Bomb Trade Paperback from the inmates at Asylum Press. Miss out on this book a second time and the boys in the white coats might come lock you up and throw away the key!
440: Andy Kessler on the cover of September’s Juice Magazine
September 2, 2009
The new issue of Juice Magazine Issue 66 – begins shipping on Sept. 10, 2009 and features Andy Kessler on the cover with photo by Ivory Serra. www.juicemagazine.com
Well Terri has knocked the cover off the ball with this … An iconic image of an iconic person. I think everyone will want a copy of this one. Well done!
Jason
