Depressed Midwest Issue 5

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Editor and Director Alec Ozawa Layout and Design Alec Ozawa, Kevin Penczak Contributing Photographers Kyle Seidler, Marfa Capodanno, Lucas Madel, Jake Wickersham, Matt Gamalinda, Alec Ozawa depressedmidwest@gmail.com

Depressed Midwest is a project that aims to draw focus towards the skateboarding community and culture in central time, and hopefully inspire others to go skate and create things themselves.

Last year when I started this project, I knew that I wanted to create an outlet where I could share my photographs with others and continue shooting with a sense of purpose. I did not have a clear idea of exactly what I had planned to do, nor do I after 4 issues, but I knew that I wanted to continue a project that would be open for sharing not only my own work, but that of other photographers, skateboarders, and the many other creative people that skateboarding embodies.

Issue 5 of Depressed Midwest is a step closer to my goal. This issue contains photographs by some of my favorite photographers from the Midwest.

Cover: Kyle Jakubowicz Gap to Boardslide Forward: Kyle Jakubowicz Boardslide Popout Photo: OZAWA

I would like to thank Kyle Seidler, Marfa Capodanno, Jake Wickersham, Lucas Madel, and Matt Gamalinda for their contributions to this issue; I would not have been able to put this together without your hardwork.

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Kyle Seidler.............................................6 Marfa Capodanno.............................10 Jake Wickersham................................18 Lucas Madel........................................24 Matt Gamalinda.................................54 All City Showdown: Chicago.............94 Indianapolis Trip.................................108

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guest photog :

kyle Marshall

winter

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Backside Sugarcane

8 Backside Grind

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Seidler Pat o ’brien

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Back Smith

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Boneless 180

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chilla 17

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Hefner 18

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Frontside Nosegrind. Kansas City, MO.

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Crook Bonk. Kansas City, MO.

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jay fairman 24

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Noseslide

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Cory Duplantis guest photog :

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Smith Grind

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Andrew crawford 29

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Crook Bonk

Ollie

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Conor Holliday 33

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Simich

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Noseblunt

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kyle jakubowicz

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Ollie

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Photo: OZAWA Kyle burtlemans around the bend as Pete frontside wallrides from above.

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Brett weinstein

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Nollie 180

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corey glick

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Varial Heel. Close, but no land.

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corey glick matt gamalinda Matt recently started a new website and zine, Deep Dish Chi, which he founded with Mark Dunning. Slice 001 contains Black and White photographs of Chicago skateboarding. Here, Matt shoots Corey trying a Switch Flip into the dusty abyss of Lower Wacker Dr.

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Nose Manny

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Nosegrind

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axle stall

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Backside Lipslide

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Pop Shuv

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Nollie Photo: Noseslide OZAWA Nollie Noseslide

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chris dagostino

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Alley-oop Backside 180

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Bluntslide

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nico rizzo

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Frontside Noseslide

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Matt smith

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94 Ken laying down the rules at UPRISE Skateshop in Chicago, IL

all city showdown

chicago All City Showdown is a skateboarding competition that pins groups of skateboarders against each other in an epic 8 hours of skating, filming, falling, picking each other back up, running from security guards, racing to spots, and attempts to produce the best documentation of skateboarding possbile.

Each team is composed of 3 skateboarders and a filmer. After meeting at Uprise Skateshop off Milwaukee Ave in Chicago during the morning hours, each team is given from 11AM until 7PM to film tricks within the city limits and battle to see who can claim a chunk of the $7000 prize money. This year I had a chance to join Andy Sisomboune, Alex Villasenor, and filmer, Eric Seemann, on Team Pup and Suds.

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Eric films as Andy attempts a line at Clemente.

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I do not remember this guy’ s name, but he made this spot look easy to skate as he switch heelflipped from bump to bump in Fulton market.

The media corner observes.

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Illinois and Indiana at Hutch’ s barrier

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Greg Harbour and Steve Fauser pushing through downtown Indianapolis Photo: OZAWA

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steve fauser

On this trip, I came to the realization that Steve has been skateboarding for nearly as long as I’ ve been alive. And he can still skate handrails. Boardslide.

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placementality

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Alley-oop Wallride Photo: OZAWA

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Wallride to Fakie Photo: OZAWA

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Deadbird Photo: OZAWA

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steve fauser

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Hutch and Parking Block Tattoo. Steve is stoked.

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greg harbour

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