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Welcome to the first issue of Re-issue Magazine. Thanks for picking one up! It has been a fun journey getting to this point and I'm extremely grateful for all of the talented artists that contributed to making this mag come to life.
and God knows what else. This is all brand new to me, so, all I can do is try. As any skater knows, falling is part of the journey along our way to achieving what we want, and I want nothing but the best for this magazine.
THANK YOU!
In a society that squeezes everyone into cookie cutter molds of normalcy, I just want to point another spotlight onto the deserving artists, skaters, and musicians, who fearlessly express themselves every day.
I wish I could have fit in every one of the artists that submitted their work. You can rest assured that they will most certainly be in future issues. I can't wait to see how the magazine grows and progresses in the future. It's extremely exciting to watch this all unfold. With your help, we will continue to mold and shape this fucker into the great magazine that I know it can be. This mag will continue to be about art and skateboarding my two favorite things! I hope to add even more content in the future: music, (my other passion), art contests, giveaways,
I hope you enjoy the ride as I strive to create a fun little magazine! Remember kids, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Be kind to one another... and don't forget to tip your bartender. -Griz
RE-ISSUE MAGAZINE Editor/Publisher: RRichie Griswold Co-Editor: Jenica Griswold Website: reissuemagazine.bigcartel.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reissuemag/ Email: Reissuemag@gmail.com Re-issue logo design by Oren Balbus Look for Oren Balbus on Facebook Š2017 Re-issue Magazine Re-issue Magazine is published by 88Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any method whatsoever without the written permission of the publisher.
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getting a bit better every time I go rolling? Nope, can't be that because I don't honestly get any better! So what is it? What is it about rolling around on a plank with wheels bolted to it that enthralled me as a kid and now enthralls me again? Well, I don't really know. It's not the danger because I don't dare do anything dangerous really. It's not just the social joy of being with mates because I often enjoy my solo skates immensely.
By Tony Wood Once again I find myself at home on the sofa after a solo skate and smiling like an idiot! Once again I find myself pondering just what it is about the act of skateboarding that I love so much. There's a list a mile long that a million skaters could make but none of those apply to me! The fear of plunging down a vertical wall? Nope, not me. The exhilaration of a clean fakie from a blunt variation perhaps? Nope, never been close. Maybe it's that indescribable buzz of popping over a bench or onto a handrail or the mindbending complexity of a late laser flip landed on switch sex change fakie manual to tre flip up a four set sideways? Nah. It isn't that.
Is it just a weird recapturing of youth? Well, I guess that's possible but it doesn't ring true. My theory is that it's the pure physical sensation of gliding. It's going faster than I can run and feeling weirdly free. Of course, it is! But it's something much, much more basic than that. It's an escape from my head. It's the figurative cutting away of thoughts that don't concern the immediacy of the physical activity itself. It's that space between unconsciousness and instinct and muscle memory and freedom. I adore almost every aspect of my involvement in the world of skateboarding, from the collecting and admiring of decks, the social interactions, building a new set up or going to a big meet. There are so many things that I'm thankful to skateboarding for but the best thing about it is an escape from my fucking head! Blowing away all other thoughts in favor of just rolling and carving is the best escape I have ever found.
Y'see I can't do any of those things. So maybe it's progression? Maybe it's simply
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Is it Zen? Is it a transcendence of the 'typical' mind? I honestly think it may well be!
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By Jason "The Reissued Skater" Schlager
At 46 years old, I decided it was time to get back into skateboarding. Why? Was it a chance to recapture my lost childhood? The adrenaline rush? The easy money? The loose cars and fast women? Most days, even I can’t answer this question, but I am here to give you a glimpse into what it is like getting back on board after taking almost 25 years off. Day 1. Back to Basics Yeah. I used to do frontside rocks on vert, 50-50 grind down a handrail, kickflip over everything. How hard could it be to get back my lost skills? So we go to a 6’ halfpipe. Wow, that is a LONG way down! Maybe I’ll start at the bottom and pump up to the top ( just to get the feeling back). I am sure by the end of the day, I’ll have all of my old tricks back. Damn, it takes an hour to even do a run where I hit the coping. Still afraid to drop in, but starting to ache, so we decide to move along… We end up at a local skate shop in Buffalo, NY with a 2’ half-pipe in the store. This is more my speed. It only takes a few tries to get my grind on. I’m ready for the big drop in. I step onto the deck of the half and look down. I can do this. It’s only two feet. First attempt,
there is a loud crash as I end up on my ass. So much for the kneepads… but now I know I can do it! Second attempt, I make it but jump off before I hit the other side of the transition. After a few more attempts, I am finally dropping in and grinding again. Win one for the large mammal! An hour of this has been enough adventure for one day. I go out for a few beers with my friends and we talk about how we are going to absolutely kill it tomorrow!
I’m feeling confident when I bail on a frontside grind. I drop to my knees and smoothly slide down the transition. No. That is what I should have done. What I actually did was keep one foot on my board as it tried to speed away, with the other foot planted firmly on the transition. I sit there holding my groin and telling my wife I am fine. I am pretty sure she thinks I am lying at this point. Day 3, The end of the beginning.
Legs hurt, back hurts, ankles hurt, arms hurt… wow, how did I used to do this every day? The wife asks if I’m ok. I just groan a little and ask if we have any Aleve. I manage to crawl out of bed and get in the shower. I stretch a little and wonder if I’m going to be able to continue. Screw it, you only live once and if I don’t do it now, I know I’ll never be able to do it.
Tylenol PM to get to sleep, Aleve and coffee first thing in the morning. I think I figured out the key to eternal youth! We head into Buffalo to a ‘Skate Plaza’. I had never heard of a skate plaza before, but it has a great flow and no 4’ vert quarter pipes. We ride this for an hour or so, then head back to my buddy’s house. He has just finished setting up a beautiful 4’ half in his backyard. I finally start getting more comfortable riding but am definitely feeling my age.
We head out to another local park. I’m limping and very sore, but a couple of minutes of stretching and I feel like I can do this. This park is all cement and more geared to street skating with a couple of 4-foot quarter pipes that go to vert. I don’t drop in, but do manage to get some good grinds in.
We have a great time but have a plane to catch in the morning, so we call it an early night. Overall, it was a great reintroduction back into skateboarding, but it does take me about 2 weeks to recover fully. I am sore, excited, exhausted and can’t wait to get back on my board tomorrow.
Day 2, Oh God, why can’t I move?
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SKATEBOARD ART Pencil Drawings By Jeffrey St. Romain
I was born in New Orleans Louisiana in 1981 and grew up rattin' the streets of that amazing city in my younger days. I got my first skateboard in elementary school but didn't really start skating until the early 90's. I also started drawing at a very young age and my teachers saw that there might have been something to that, so they put me in a gifted drawing class during those early days. I kept up with drawing and skating over the years. Getting out of high school I started doing my first portrait drawings and realized that I had somewhat of a knack for it. A couple years later I earned an associate degree in graphic design from a community college in New Orleans. And a couple years after that, Hurricane Katrina blew her ass through town taking with her everything we couldn't fit into our car while evacuating. Being young and free we had nothing to go back home to, so my beautiful wife, Michelle, and I took up temporary roots in Shreveport, Louisiana for about a year to get back on our feet. We had some extended family out there so it seemed like a good idea. Having lived in New Orleans my entire life Shreveport seemed to be
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missing a little bit of the grit that we loved so much back home. It did, however, have something that New Orleans didn't.... and that was an in town skatepark. Albeit a small one but it was nice to have something nearby. So I decided to get on a deck again. But instead of going to the local skate shop I decided to use my graphic design skills to design my own. I created my first design which was a New Orleans/ Katrina commemorative layout. I had a batch of these made and started sponsoring some of the kids in the area to skate and promote a positive mini skate company I called Structure Skateboards. We'd go back to visit our friends and family back home every few weeks. I was quickly getting requests every time we went to bring some decks to sell to people we knew. It seemed strange to me because most of these people who wanted to buy a deck didn't skate. They said they just wanted to hang it on the wall. Soon a lightbulb exploded in my head and I started thinking of ways to sell my
boards as wall art. Early 2007 we decided we had enough of Shreveport and had to get back to where we belonged, NOLA. I soon started creating more New Orleans style graphic designed decks but printing them individually using equipment at my new place of employment. I quickly started selling at local art and music festivals. Things were going really well for a while and I was able to quit that job years later in 2013 and travel to bigger art festivals around the country to sell. I also got my work up in restaurants and art galleries in and around the French Quarter. I quickly started picking up the pencil to draw more, while trying to limit graphic design layouts. Trying to perfect my drawing skills over the years, I drew at every show I set up at— and still do, to this day. I try to make each drawing better than the last. I love music and love drawing portraits, and it's nice to see people connect with their favorite musician and take home a unique piece of art. And over the last few years, I've been expanding even more with the mixed media assemblage frames that I build around the boards. I try to be in a different city every other weekend set up, selling and creating my skateboard works of art. I have a website where my skateboards can be purchased, where time-lapse drawing videos can be viewed as well as a complete list of my upcoming festivals.
Thanks so much Jeffrey for being a part of the first issue of Re-issue Mag. Stoked to have you on board! Do you ever start a project then halfway through you start thinking of other pieces you want to do and can't wait to finish up what you're working on so you can get to that next one? Yeah, that happens pretty consistently. I keep a list on my phone that changes daily of the different ideas I want to work on next. But patience really is a virtue, and I can't let exciting new ideas for my next piece affect what I'm currently working on. I stay devoted and really put the time in that each piece requires.
Your art is obviously influenced by music. So, who are your biggest influences in the music scene? Do you jam out while drawing or is that more of a distraction? Good music is never a distraction. I have music playing most of my waking hours, and it's an absolute must while I'm drawing and working. Having a playlist going while drawing probably keeps me grounded in reality too. Without it, I would get sucked into a sort of drawing coma and realize twelve hours later that my now bleeding eyes haven’t left the paper and my drawing hand can no longer function. And I have to credit my parents for introducing me to the music of the legends that I draw. These musicians still have a prominent
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place in my playlists, but a few of the bands that currently keep me going would be, Widespread Panic, Anders Osborne, The Black Keys, Dr. John, JJ Grey, Johnny Cash, Goodnight Texas, The Black Angels, The Dead, and maybe some of Michael Franti’s older stuff. What's your favorite mechanical pencil to use for your drawings and why? Currently, I really like my TUL. It’s a little wider than most and it’s made of rubber. I think both of those things help with comfort over time. My hand can cramp up really bad sometimes. I do however get new leads for the pencils. I work with .5 mm HB and 4B graphite leads that I pick up at art stores. I think that TUL pencil can be found just about anywhere. What motivates you to continue to draw after all these years? So much time and effort go into your pieces; how do you stay focused on the task at hand? What is your secret to juggling LIFE and staying focused on such technical pieces? What motivates me is trying to impress myself with new work. I never want to get to a point where I’m just pumping out work like a machine. I strive to make each piece better than that last just because that really does make me happy with my work. So as time goes on I end up putting in more hours into each piece. That’s just the evolution of things, and I’m glad to be able to be at a point now where I can do that. I mainly draw while I’m set up at art festivals. I could bring the same piece to 4 or 5 shows and still not be done with it. At home between shows, I seldom find time to draw because I stay busy putting together new decks and building mixed media frames for the next event. Trying to be a role model for my son and a dedicated husband to an amazing woman take precedence too.
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Do you still Skate and have you tried to get your son involved in skateboarding? I still skate a little. My favorite is just a regular street deck but I’m getting a little bit older for it now. I ride regular footed and I like doing flip tricks and stuff. But when I wipe out, I land on my drawing hand. I’ve got a wrist guard but
it doesn’t help a great deal. I also like building and riding my own longboards. That's pretty much what I cruise around on now. As far as my little boy… he’s not quite ready yet, still working on coordination and balance. He still prefers his racing bike. Who are some of your favorite artists and how have they influenced you? I really love street art and other technical pencil artists. I try not to check out too much art before I come up with a new piece just because I want it to be original without having any remnants of art that I may have been recently admiring. I want to be motivated by my favorite artists and not influenced if that makes any sense. But to name a few of my favorites How and Nosm, Etam Cru, Shepard Fairey, Justin Tolentino, DZO Olivier, Vladimir Gvozdariki, Ken Taylor, PEZ, Arlo DiCristina, David Hale… All these guys blow my mind and motivate me to reach new heights. Are your pieces commissioned pieces or are you simply doing what you want to do? I don’t do commissions. I finally learned how to say “no” a couple years ago. I do, however, have collectors that make requests for future art. I never make promises for that, but I try to accompany as much as possible.
I always update the site when I get accepted into new festivals (usually about 6 months out from the current date).
Well thanks for your time, Jeffrey. It's been a pleasure speaking with you and getting to know you a little better. Can you tell our readers where they can see your work in person and meet you? I'm sure they would love to stop by and say hi.
You can also see faster updates by following me on Instagram and Facebook at PencilArt504. I usually post an exact booth location when I set up for an event, show works in progress and post time lapse video snippets of my current work.
I would say to check out my website: SkateboardArt.com It has my complete festival schedule where I’m always inside my booth drawing, selling art and talking to festival goers.
Great talking to you, Jeffrey! You too! Thanks so much!
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mark carroll Mark Carroll is a professional artist based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He is known for his pop culture-inspired art, using skateboards as his canvas. His work is seen by thousands of tourists every year as it decorates the boutiques, coffee shops, and bars of his hometown Banff. Mark has sold his work in over 12 different
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countries, but he is best known for his art series “Legends of Skateboarding." In this series, Mark combines classic skate graphics with iconic skate photography to create a unique handpainted tribute to his heroes. Mark enjoys the loyal support, not only from serious collectors around the world, but from the skaters he’s depicted in
his work. “These tribute boards are my own personal ‘thank you notes’ to the skaters I have looked up to my entire life”, says Mark. “Skateboard history is rich & colorful, & should always be preserved in the way that it deserves." Mark has painted original works for Mike Valley, Steve Cabellero, Duane Peters and Jim Gray, among others.
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J.3ason H.3owe
Jason's paintings, drawings, and illustration are visions of escapism. He creates open-ended narratives in vivid worlds that are populated by the kinds of characters you might have dreamed of as a child. His work is inspired by classic animation, as well as infused with his love of the natural world and his fascination with the mysteries of the cosmos. Jason Howe is a fine artist and illustrator whose work reflects not only his love of post-pop surrealism but also his appreciation
You can find out more about Jason, access his social media, purchase his work or drop him a line at www.drawnbyjason.com
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of traditional drawing and painting techniques. While he is proficient with oils, watercolors, pastels, and charcoal, he is also comfortable with more contemporary media such as acrylic, spray, markers and digital painting. Jason was born near the southern beaches of Sydney, Australia and started drawing at an early age in front of the TV. While one hand was grasping a Texta, the other was dipping a spoon into his breakfast cereal while watching his favorite Saturday morning cartoons.
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My name is Daniel Howard aka Toybox Monster, I am an artist and skateboarder from Phoenix, AZ. I started skateboarding in 1988 and haven’t been able to stop since. At this point in my life I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to make tribute pieces based off iconic skateboard graphics from the 80’s and 90’s, and use my creativity and imagination to create original hand-painted cutouts, drawings, and paintings on canvas. I started drawing at a very early age, and once I discovered this outlet of creativity I never looked back. I have spent years perfecting my trade and enjoy putting my own personal style and spin on everything I make. My artwork is extremely clean and detail oriented, and my beautiful girlfriend would tell you I am a perfectionist. I use a number of different saws to cut my pieces out of recycled skateboards and have received donations of new and used decks from skate shops, fellow skateboarders, and newly found friends all over the United States. Everything I make is hand cut, then hand painted using several different paint mediums. Although I use recycled skateboards often, I am not limited to this form of art. I also enjoy painting and drawing on any type of wood, canvas or paper. I have had the privilege of making commission pieces for people all over the world. I never dreamed my artwork would extend internationally, but the response has been undeniably incredible. It is amazing to see the skateboarder’s lifestyle spread so far and wide. On top of sending my pieces over the ocean and nationwide, I have made pieces for some of the greats: Jim Thiebaud, Tommy Guerrero, and Marc Johnson to name a few. This is my 9-5, it takes a lot of grit, sweat, time and skill and I love it. Watch out – there is a monster in your toybox.
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k r o w t r a serpent
My name is Jorick Krooshof, and I’m an illustrator and graphic designer from the Netherlands, working under the name “Serpent Artwork.” Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve always loved to draw. Anything, from portraits to shoes. That’s the great thing about drawing; you can make whatever you want and do it however you want. I do everything by hand, from the first pencil sketch ‘till the last dot. When digitalized I can put in color if needed.
To get inspired you’ll be checking out different artists and different styles, and at some point, you’ll see something that makes your jaw drop. For me, that was when I walked into a skateshop for the first time to get my first skateboard. All these graphics displayed on the boards on the wall and the clothing, so many different styles, I was amazed. Short after that, I saw my first hardcore/punk show in a local venue, and immediately I was sold. The music, the vibe and of course the merchandise. I noticed that at almost every show, the graphics of most of the merchandise had the same style. After doing some research, I came across the artist behind these designs, and he (Michiel Walrave) became kind of an example for me. For me, it looked like he made every flyer I saw and every shirt that I bought. He made me see how important it is to have an identity in your work, something that people recognize. Skateboarding and punk rock made me what I am, but it also made my work what it is. These scenes have been inspiring for all these years, and that will always be reflected in my work.
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What's your earliest memory of art? Art goes back to my earliest memories, it's always been a part of my life. I had a psychedelic painted crib when I was a baby. My dad was a hippy surf artist back then, so a lot of our things were painted psychedelic. Our only income for all of my upbringing came from art. My dad was drawing all the time so art was a natural outlet for me. My mom saved stacks of my drawings from when I was a kid, they are so fun to look at! Have you had any non-art jobs in your life? My dad would often tell me that art was a hard way to make a living, so after high school, I did some construction work and realized even though I liked it, it wasn’t what I wanted to do. Shortly after, the skate industry was booming, so my dad started a studio and hired a couple of other artists and me to help him with work for skateboard graphics. The rest is history! What does a typical day in your life look like? Wake up, have some coffee, check the surf report, check emails, check messages. If the waves are good, go surfing. If not, turn on some music and start drawing or working on some art and graphics. Take a skateboard break after lunch. Work some more in the afternoon, maybe fill some orders from my webstore. Sometimes surf or skate session with my son Colby in the evening. Have dinner with my wife Jenni and my kids Cassidy and Colby. Some nights do some more
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work if I have stuff to get done or work on some personal projects, paintings, or products for my webstore. Once a week I play music with some buddies, I like to play drums! I also like to go see a live rock show from time to time as well! What was the first commercially available skate graphic you did? Well, when I was about 14 I got a blank skate deck and drew an aggro face on the bottom, then showed it to my dad, The next day I came home from school and my dad had drawn the Roskopp face board and said check out this one! I was blown away! But was stoked to have inspired my dad to draw it! He also let me write things on the Kendall graffiti graphic so I wrote Nards Dangle and Minor Threat on it. My first paying art job was for the skate comic book Road Rash! I did a strip called Nuclear Locals! I think I got $200 bucks for 4 pages. I had a blast drawing it and making some money was awesome! After that, my dad hired me and a couple other artists from the comic to work for him. I started out doing some creepy lettering for the bottom of ads, I think the first couple things I did didn’t even get used, they were more of little tests, but eventually, stuff started getting used. The first skate deck I ever worked on was the Grosso Psychedelic deck. After that the Roskopp face 2 deck, Hosoi Picasso deck and the Natas kitten. Do you collect any other artists work and if so who? I collect comics, toys, books, records, and skateboards and I still have some of my collections, I also expand on them once
in a while. But I have too much stuff and not enough room! I'm a skateboarder hoarder! I like artist books, I'll pick up a good one when I see one. Some of my favorite artists are Rick Griffin, R.Crumb, Robert Williams, Big Daddy Roth, Stanley Mouse, Virgil Finlay, Basil Wolverton, Berni Wrightson, Steve Ditka, Don Martin, Wally Wood, Picasso, Wes Hupston, Pushead, Salvador Dali, Disney, WB cartoons, Mad Magazine, Marvel and DC Comics, Zap comix, punk and metal album covers What is one of your favorite graphics of all time? Doesn't have to be one of your own. Definitely one of my dads. When I was little, he worked for this motorcycle shop and did some really cool stuff, I love those drawings, but as for a skateboard graphic I would have to say the Roskopp face. What influences the design process to create a graphic for a specific skater or do they just get what you give them? If doing a pro rider deck I like to get a little of their input, I think it's cool when it somehow reflects their personality to some degree. But sometimes it's cool when they give you free reign, and you just come up with a kickass graphic that they are stoked on! Either way, it starts with a pencil sketch. Then I blow it up and draw over it adding details and composition elements. Then I ink it on paper. After that, I scan it and do color separations and final layout.
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What do you think of spoof graphics? Spoof graphics are fun sometimes. I've done my share and people really enjoy them. I prefer something new and original, but sometimes the spoof idea just has to be done, when it's a cool idea or mashup. Have you ever received hate mail because of your art? I've definitely had some negative comments on social media once in a while, but that’s to be expected. For the most part, people are very supportive and stoked and it encourages and inspires me to try new things and create some visual stimuli along the way. I don’t try to please everybody and I think art that does is boring. I've always loved skate art because anything goes and you can really get rad! What do you dislike about the skate industry? The skate industry has been good to me and my family so I got nothing but love! It has its politics, trends, and opinions, but it's still way gnarlier, creative and more exciting than most others. Do you still skate? If so, what's your current setup? Yes, I still skate, and hope to continue as long as my body will allow it! I love to skate with my son Coby, we hit up a lot of skate parks and are always stoked to go check out a new park! My setup is a Roskopp 1 reissue with Indy 159s and Oj Hosoi Rocket wheels 60mm 97a, with Indy Mob grip. What advice would you give the up and coming artist? Skate and create, surf and destroy, don’t conform, think positive, imagine change, lead don’t follow, think outside the box, respect your elders, do what makes you happy, try new things, take care of the planet, treat people as you would want to be treated. Travel, stay active, stay healthy, help others, get messy, consider new ideas, keep an open mind, get weird, turn it up, lose your shit, rock the fuck out!! PEACE! Check out my website at jimbophillips.com or follow me on Instagram: @jimbophillips or Facebook @Jimbo Phillips Graphix or Twitter @jimbophillips1 20
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skateboard museum of the ussr WORDS BY GLEB BENTS IOVSKI
I was born at 1975 at USSR territory, 13 years later I've got my first skateboard and became the part of huge subculture, called "Soviet Skateboarders." The Soviet Union had his own way of development because of "Iron Curtain." The Soviet Union manufactured a lot of skateboards but most of them were made for slalom type skateboarding and other ones were too shitty. Most of us (not including slalom skateboarding sportsmen) had no info, no good skateboards, no verts or skateparks. But we had a lot of enthusiasm, especially after watching movies like Gleaming the Cube and Thrashin'. At present, I'm the chief of PA "Belarusian Skateboarding Federation."
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The idea of creating a museum was born in 2005 as a tribute to those merry times. Subsequently, it was formed as a serious project, whose task is to preserve the unique legacy of Soviet skateboarding: skateboards and their components manufactured in the Soviet Union, and also a variety of artifacts relating to “Soviet skateboarding." The collection covers the period of the late 1970s early 1990s of the previous century. It begins with the first mention about skateboards in newspapers and the beginning of industrial production skateboards in the USSR up until the dissolution of the Soviet Union and completion of the “Soviet Skateboarding age."
There are more than 100 skateboards in the Skateboard Museum of the USSR at this stage. All the skateboards are unique, original and divided into three subgroups: skateboards and accessories USSR-manufactured, self-made skateboards and their components, skateboards imported from foreign countries. Apart from skateboards, there are a great amount of artifacts, historical photos and videos vividly illustrating the subject of the collection. Lots of paper material is presented in the museum. They are drawings for
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skateboarding self-production, self-teaching guides, articles derived from specialized publications, methodical literature, documents, competition posters and souvenirs, subject magazines, exciting materials derived from republican and all-union magazines and newspapers and even skateboards passports. The Skateboard Museum of the USSR keeps in close touch with foreign colleagues such as Morro Bay Skateboard Museum, Skatelab Museum, and Skateboard Museum Berlin.
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"Skating, creating, jamming, and lifting heavy shiz." NON S IDEATOP S
WORDS BY JAY DEE BAWDEN I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to an artist father and an artist mother. So I was very lucky to have parents that not only celebrated my art but also helped me with it. I was actually doing finished and fully molded sculptures when I was 5 years old. I did a Garfield statue
OLD SKATEBOARD ART I am really into old skateboard art. Freaking love anything from the 7Os all the way to the mid-late 90s. But the 80s are my favorite. Jim Phillips in particular really inspired me with my art through my youth. Plus countless other artists. Instagram: @jaybawden Email: jaydeebawden@gmail.com
limited edition pour line. I poured 3 of them. My grandma still has one in her living room now 36 years later. I have been sculpting professionally now for 26 years. I started tattooing 22 years ago. I've always done drawings and illustrations. Only recently did I
JAY DEE Bawden I have nonstop ideas and an invincibly creative imagination that never rests. So many more good things are coming. It's just going to keep getting better so long as I continue to push myself to learn more and persist in refining my skills and keep pushing the limits.
CHEERS TO FANTASTIC FUTURE.
start making decent money from my illustration though. It really all picked up when I finally decided to fulfill my lifelong dream of putting my artwork on skateboard decks. I've honestly wanted to ever since I got my first skateboard back in 1984.
I LOVE ART! I'm constantly exploring art and artists. I think I sponge off of it. Every piece of art I see that interests me automatically has an impact on my creations.
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Photo by, Philip Botta.
What's your name, age, and where do you live? Gabrielle Brownfield, 23, from Canton, live in Novelty, OH!! How long have you been skateboarding? On and off for 12 years How long has art been a part of your life? Since I was 5. Parents bought me an art set and have stuck with it ever since. Are your parents artists/skateboarders? My mom enjoys interior decorating, my dad is a skateboarder as well as an artist. He has tattoos, taken every art class in school and he is always building. Best carpenter I know and she's a great decorator. What's your preferred medium for your art? I enjoy it all. From 3D to pencil. I would say charcoal and acrylic Who are some of your art influences? Steve Olson has been a favorite artist of mine lately. I enjoy abstract. Pieces that make you think twice. Lance mountain and Jay Croft are pretty rad too Is there anything about art you dislike? People do not understand what goes behind each piece and think you can get 10 pieces done in a day Have you ever done artwork for a skateboard? My dad and his friends for sure. Lance Mountain, Cara-Beth
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Burnside, Mimi Knoop, Pat Gnoho, Steve Cab, and a few others. Who do you like to watch skate these days? My friends. They motivate me and are positive and always laughing. As far as pros go, same people that influence my skating I enjoy as well as Nicole Hause. What's the last trick you learned? I think crailslide, Frontside invert or layback air Is the Combi Bowl at Vans park as scary as it looks? Yes. It is very intimidating. But once you are in it and get a feel for it, its one of the best things to skate. What's the worst spot you've ever skated? Flagstaff, AZ park. Thrasher or Transworld? Transworld Frontside or backside? Frontside Bowls or ramps? Both. Love all transition Any words of wisdom for the readers of Reissue Magazine? Progress for yourself, not what others expect. If you enjoy something that thoroughly makes you happy, keep doing it. Skateboarding and art will always be mine. Have fun and don't take those who help you for granted.
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into the debuts of skating, and its evolution over the years. The magazines from the present day will be the future memories of our children. Last summer (2016) I bought one of the biggest dead-stocks of vintage boards from a factory that'd folded in 1978. I'm the happy owner of one of the biggest auction lots ever known, nearly 6,000 vintage boards made in France. The company had been French champion 8 times, and once World Champion. After a lot of research, I now have information, archive photos and adverts of the mark. My collection is one of the fastest evolving and best known in Europe. I've already participated in temporary shows.
I started skating in 1995, and I still skate every day to get around... Real "sessions" are getting rarer these days, but I'm still following the scene closely, and I go to conventions and follow competitions whenever possible... More than 20 years of passion, and not once have I let it go!!! With my passion and collecting love, over time, I've accumulated a lot of stuff related to skateboarding. Little by little, my collection came to life. Today, I've got more than 300 boards of various shapes and sizes, from the '60s all the way through to current models. It has to be said that most are vintage or limited editions. In addition to all this, I have a lot of graphic pieces and numbered 34
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prints done by artists related to skateboarding, some of which were done specifically for myself!!!
My current project is to open up my collection to the public by opening my museum, the first in France.
I've also had the pleasure, on several occasions, to meet proskaters, both stars, and legends, who've done me the honor of signing their pro-model for my collection.
The project is in its final stages, the longest wait is finding a location that will fit our desires.
Alongside, I've also a collection of nearly a thousand skate mags and books from all periods. These paper archives are very heavy and take up a lot of space, but as I see it, they're very important. Specialized press is harder and harder to find, hastily replaced by blogs and websites. However, on the web, we don't find many historical stories about skating. The library and archives I have are a real insight
The museum will open in the form of a concept store, with part of it run by my wife. The concept store will include the museum, a gallery, a dining area, and an indoor mini-ramp. This is just the basic overview of the project, we're keeping a surprise in store. During the wait for the project to materialize, I'm continuing the completion, and am always on the lookout for new boards, magazines, and accessories.
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