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Grady Mitchell Grady Mitchell is a writer and photographer based on Vancouver Island, where he studied creative writing and journalism at the University of Victoria. He enjoys mountains and the ocean and is forever trying to get his motorcycle running. Find more of his work at gradycmitchell.com.
Kendra Jasper Kendra Jasper possesses many talents and was once even a magician’s assistant. When she’s not running a fashion boutique, you may find her playing the piano, writing, or creating her custom jewelry line, Feasting On Rainbows. feastingonrainbows.tumblr.com
Kale Friesen Kale Friesen is a freelance fashion and beauty photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. Beginning in 2007 Kale started his obsession with photography shooting abandoned spaces and street photography while living in Paris France. In 2009 upon returning to Canada, Kale used his past photographic experiences to develop his own unique style in photographing people. www.kalejf.com
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MEN’S FASHION - “GENTLEMEN’S EXPRESS”
SHOP PROFILE - NORWOOD ARTIST PROFILE - JON SWINAMER
ARTIST FEATURE - BEN TOUR PHOTO FEATURE - AENIGMA
FASHION FEATURE - “TOTALLY TUNED” OUTERWEAR FEATURE - “BLENDING IN” PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILE - PAUL HARMAN WOMEN’S FASHION - “ROAD FLARES” CITY PROFILE - NEWFOUNDLAND
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Here I am again at the 9th hour trying to write something that encompasses the efforts put into this magazine. How do you whimsically summarize the hard work that went into this project? I can’t come up with anything. Why am I so burnt? Oh yeah, I just got a puppy. That’s why. The more I think about it, Knowmag is kind of like a puppy we get twice a year. You have to watch it consistently because you never know what its gonna do. It can be high energy one moment, peaceful and quiet the next. If it’s too quiet it’s a problem, and good luck sleeping through the night. But then you get to hold it. And you love it. We’re proud to present one of the most visually stunning issues yet. From fashion editorials with flare to the sketchy stylings of Ben Tour, this puppy is pretty frisky. It might nip your hand if you’re not careful, but thats ok, we’re too excited to show everyone you know to care. He’s a gooood boy. Regards, Perry Pugh GM, KNOWSHOW
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N O R W O O D by Nic Olson It is in the flat and the barren where real strength is gained. Extreme meteorological conditions can (and will) lift and drop a human being’s spirit daily. When you come from a place where you must walk several days in order to reach the comfort and shelter of trees and elevation, there’s a good chance you will become resourceful and innovative in many ways. You will because you have no choice. Some born under these conditions take to building structures, mastering an instrument, devouring books, collecting antiques and vintage trinkets to fill the voids. Others sit in basements drilling holes through pressed-steel handsaws to make display cases - the latter being the fortress of Norwood. A softly-lit amalgam of pine, fir, and birch that brings back warm memories of your grandparents’ basement, or that family cottage at the lake after leaves have fallen from the trees.
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When Noel Wendt, proprietor of the infamous Canadian skateshop The Tiki Room, asked me to help him brainstorm names for the new shop he was opening, I was living in Montreal. I hadn’t seen the space and hadn’t been back to Saskatchewan in nearly a year. I didn’t understand his vision. So my list included generic gems such as The Cabin, The Workshop, some rather moronic suggestions like Grime and Punishment, The Brothel, or Blown Hips
(it has recently been given the nickname the Gnarbar, or Gnarburator by the few workers that spend too much time there). For some reason, none of my brilliant suggestions caught wind. Then, just weeks before the shop opened, someone noticed a rusted iron cap with the diameter of a pasture fence-post inlayed in the concrete at the corner of Smith and 11th. The cap read ‘Norwood’, an old Canadian iron foundry that buried their caps in the sidewalks of cities across the prairies. Both the name and the randomness of it’s discovery fit the aesthetic. Norwood was born. The 1000-square-foot storefront is filled with household and industrial items from days of old, when purchasing something meant a life-long commitment. When objects were built well, with proper materials, and purchased only when needed. Norwood carries brands that reflect this mentality. Simplicity, quality craftsmanship and responsibility. Pendleton pillows and blankets sit upon a modified bakery rack against the building’s eastern-most
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column. Belts, lanyards and accessories from local leathermaker, Hansen Leather Goods, adorn a vintage hand dolly. Ray Ban sunglasses beam from a glass-case made up of six rusty handsaws. Red Wing Shoes stand proudly under the spotlight on a massive chopping block. Mens coats hang on a rack once salvaged from a church foyer, and another rack designed in-shop, made up of one-inch iron pipes threaded and fitted for the space. Norse Projects hats and sweaters rest comfortably on wooden milk crates and toboggans next to the door. Levi’s denim decorates the west wall, hanging from a John Deere truss that leads to a torn down barn from a sheep farm in Cupar, Saskatchewan (you get the picture). One of the most remarkable features of Norwood is the countertop made out of reclaimed fir beams of an old swimming pool that were made and installed with the same DIY-values with which Norwood was founded. The creative balance between product and prop makes for a relaxing visit - no matter the mood you’re in, the time of day or the type of weather. It is a perfectly honest, agrarian cabin in the core of a prairie city. And that’s only half of the space. When the hand-made drawbridge (yes, there is an actual drawbridge) is lifted, one can meander downstairs, into the workshop-dungeon where so much of the work was done for the shop upstairs. A miniature woodworking shop, a small photo studio, a desk made of plywood and paint cans, and soon to be a darkroom for the developing and printing of film photography, the basement is the creative workspace where artistic ideas come to life, where the skeleton of Norwood is pieced together, joint by joint, limb by limb. In just over one year of existence, Norwood has grown into its own as a fine vendor of classic goods to serve a growing city with increasingly diverse demands. As it gains notoriety and evolves in its design, Norwood will grow stronger thanks to all those who stay true to the heart of the province that fostered it. Small cities may not possess the attractions and allure of larger metropolises, but there’s another kind of magic at work. In small cities, the pace is slower, streets are quieter and the people are usually friendlier. Norwood Shop cozies right in with the themes and values of a good prairie town, with more than enough ability, know-how, and craftiness to contend with any shop in any major city. If you were to walk directly south on Smith Street past the windows of Norwood, past the city limits, and through the farmers’ fields, stepping over newborn calves, hurdling barbwire fences, again you would not soon reach a change in elevation that would make your legs ache. If you were to walk straight east on 11th Avenue until you found a shop that better embodied the values of the people whom it serves, you’d likely end up chin deep in the salty Atlantic Ocean. norwoodshop.ca - 38 -
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Alright, let’s put away the BB gun and get to the real meat. Colin Banfield – How did you get into crafty stuff? Jon – I always liked working with my hands. When I was 5 or 6 years old I could take my bicycle apart. I’d flip the bars or put longer forks on… whatever there was to do, I wanted to try. I think my whole family is good at doing stuff with their hands, either art or work. CB – How did it evolve from tinkering to where it is now? Jon – When I was 15 I started doing vinyl siding with my brother-in-law. Then I had my own little business doing steps and decks and from there I just kept working. I did some construction, built a vert ramp, lots of mini-ramps, a skate shop, skate parks and other little projects here and there. I like to stay busy. It’s stupid because I stress about how many projects I’m doing but then I’ll still take on another one. I just kinda got into surfing again after a long time, and now I figure I should make my own surfboard. That’s easy, right? I’d like to make a wood one.
I N I F I R E CB – I get the crafty stuff, the bikes and shit, but how in the hell did you decide to start making rings? How does that work? Did you go home and just say to your wife, “I’m going to start making rings”!? Jon – Yeah, the rings. It is kinda random. Well, I asked some jeweler friends how they would go about making a 25th anniversary Pro Skates ring. The more questions I asked, the more I thought I could try it myself. My friend BJ was a lot of help. I’d been wanting a skull ring, so I made that first. Most of the skull rings you see on the Internet are fuckin’ cheesy, so I just made a basic old school one. Mark Gooseney - Soooooo, where’s the Pro Skates ring? Jon – I haven’t gone back to it yet. Maybe for the 30th anniversary I will. MG – What’s up with Pro Skates anyway? Jon – Well, 26 years now and it’s still going. I’ve been working here for about 15 years and the other two owners, Zach and Rob, pretty much since day one. We took over
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ownership about 8 years ago. Pro Skates is not just a skate shop, it’s a crew - a clubhouse, family, community centre, daycare, all of it. It sounds cliché but it’s true. Most skate shops in their towns have that same feel, but we’re almost 27 years in. That’s a couple generations of skaters coming along. CB – What about that other leather business you were in a while back? Jon – Haha, right! Did I tell you about that before? Yeah, I made some bondage stuff for people. It started when I made this studded belt for my bud Trevor Andrew back when you couldn’t find them anywhere. I’m sure there are photos in magazines of him with his pants sagged and that belt on. After I made a few more for people, a friend whispered and asked me, ”Hey, umm, do you think you could make some wrist and ankle restraints?” “Uhhh, yeah I guess.” So I ended up making some for a couple of sex shops. CB – Gnarly. Jon – Yeah, whatever, it fizzled out. People definitely like to laugh about it. MG – So how did the Sitka knife come about? Jon – I thought it was cool that they had an axe in their catalog, so I sent a picture of a knife I had just done. I wasn’t pitching it, I was just kinda sharing what I was up to. Anyway they liked it and contacted me later and convinced me to do it. I couldn’t keep up with producing that many myself so I got a guy who could and we did it that way. They turned out great. If you see one you should buy it. Thanks to the folks at Sitka and Derrick for doing it and thanks to all the shops that ordered them. I’d also like to thank Ben and the crew at MegaD for doing the rings. And of course the shops that got on board, especially Off The Hook in Montreal who dug the rings right away. CB – You got any more knife plans? Jon – Yeah, I’ve got some ideas, but rings are taking up most of my “spare” time. CB – What about bikes? What’s on the go there? Jon – Ah, I fuck around with that XS650 mostly. It’s a champ of a bike, but it still needs to be finished up. I also have a 77 Ironhead that I loved so much at first but now, well, it mostly just sits there. And that little xr50 is from when a bunch of us were into the pit bike thing, and I kept it for my little girl. She’s 8 years old and getting pretty psyched to ride it. You know, it’s hard to have time for bikes. You can spend
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all day on one part and still not get anywhere. CB – I like the smell of your shed. Jon – 25% wood, 25% leather, 25% gas, 25% beer, 25% vanilla candle… and 12% pipe smoke once in a while. MG – I like your math. Are you an Elvis fan? Jon – Yeah a bit, I turn on the Elvis channel out here in the shed sometimes. I got all this Elvis stuff from a friend’s yard sale. I have satellite radio and it’s either Elvis, Willie’s Roadhouse or Ozzy’s Boneyard. Usually Willie’s, though. I heard all that old country as a little kid and I pretty much know all the songs. MG – What about all these friggin’ bicycles? That’s a ton of bikes hanging up from the roof.
Jon –I have a bunch of bikes and they’re all different. A couple of those are Heather and Ella’s. I got into building up cheap fixies to sell, so there’s a bunch of parts still hanging around, literally. CB – You’ve got a lot going on here in your shed. Jon – Yeah, some are projects, and some of it’s just there for me to look cool. You don’t need a chainsaw do you? I’m good without one for now.
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ARTIST FEATURE - BEN TOUR
BEN TOUR Interview by Alex “Rhek” Usow Portrait photo by Jonathan Dy
Ben Tour is a Canadian original. He’s a dedicated artist, illustrator, painter, father, husband, commercial artist, product of the 90s hip-hop life and someone who’s made a career off biting Ralph Steadman’s whole style. Boo-ya. I’m joking about that because Ben is my boy so I decided to ask him a bunch of retarded questions because I hate traditional interviews: How did illegally writing your name on other people’s property influence your life? The culture definitely brainwashed me. Permanent lines of paint shooting out of a can in a million different colours. An underground community of dudes with made-up names loving and hating each other in the street. It was my rebellious outlet I suppose, but really I just did it because I couldn’t rap, DJ or breakdance. I was an introverted nerd that liked to draw. Both my kids names are sick hand styles. Why do you do art instead of getting a real job? I want a real job pretty badly right now. I spent my entire 20’s making artwork and scraping by financially, not really too concerned with the future. Then, I wake up one morning, married, hungover and with two kids eating and shitting
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all over the place. I should probably be working for a video game developer like a lot of the guys I went to school with, but I really haven’t invested much time in computers and digital painting. I mostly search the web looking at shameful things and stuff I can’t afford. I am definitely blessed to have people around me that like and support what I do. I should have probably moved to NYC or LA. I have always had other ways to make money aside from art. In Vancouver I moonlight on set in the film industry and as you know I also do modeling part-time. Purple is the obviously the worst colour. Is purple the worst colour? Fuck no. The worst colour for me is green. But, that’s only in painting and not fashion. Wearing green is the best. Wearing purple kind of sucks. I still like green though. You live in the country, are you scared of living in the city? Fuck yes. I don’t like living in the city. It feels like I’m keeping up with the Jones’ plus I get anxiety with my kids, like everybody is out to hurt them. I just see the worst in society. I’m paranoid. I like visiting cities. I like country cottages and clean water and going to the beach and no traffic and your retired neighbours bringing over freshly baked muffins in the morning and seeing the same people every fucking day.
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Is it weird to be drunk around your kids? It’s awesome being drunk around your kids. Having some beers and tossing them around and being stupid, that’s the good life. Until somebody breaks their arm, but that hasn’t happened, yet. What are the best lies that you’ve told your kids? This is going to get shameless but when my son was 3 he walked in on my wife and I making love and we were doing a pretty tech position (which I choose to keep private). He looked completely shocked like I was hurting her, so I pulled the covers over us and told him, “It’s okay son, Mom and Dad are just wrestling!”. We both still like old rap because we used to consider it new rap and then 20 years went by. I always liked Spice 1 because he had a unique, ragamuffin gangsta style and was like a scary hood dude. Is it safe to say that you’re the Spice 1 of the illustration world? I’m a fan of Spice 1’s music and signature plaid jackets and fedoras. Are you saying I’m washed up and my career is over? Of course not Ben, but since no one remembers anything from interviews and because lists are great to read on the toilet what are 10 things you’re into right now? 1. Bubbies Pickles. 2. Instagram (Recommended follow is our dude maysr_ smalldoor). 3. Thongs, on women (I just got back into it) 4. Graffuturism. 5. A.P.C. Denim. 6. Arches Watercolour Blocks. 18x24 Hot-press. 7. Shantaram 8. Outdoor Survivalism (Especially hunting knives and fire cooking) 9. Lifting weights. (I’m serious) 10. Ryan Hemsworth
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PHOTO FEATURE - KALE JF + BEN TOUR
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PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURE - PAUL HARMAN
PAUL HARMAN NEEDLE IN THE HAY Written by Grady Mitchell
Even when his images depict seemingly routine subjects--a tangle of bikes locked in front of an apartment building, a pyramid of bleachers in the centre of a verdant field-you never get the sense that Paul Harman hits the shutter haphazardly. No photograph is accidental, despite its immediate and candid nature: each image is considered, weighted. Even his most chaotic work shows the clear trace of thought through careful balance and composition. The visual language he uses in photography, direct and powerful, matches the words he chooses when discussing the medium. “The idea of locking time,” he answers when asked what attracted him to photography, “the various interactions and interpretations one single image can leave.” Photography allows Paul to bestow a sense of profoundness to everyday subjects, to share on film his personal fascinations when they might otherwise have gone unnoticed. There’s beauty in the day-to-day; with a Mamiya 7 slung over his shoulder Paul finds it. “People’s ordinary lives fascinate me. How did they get there? Are they happy? Why is this the life that they have?” He says. “I don’t think most people know how they look when they’re truly being themselves. I try to capture that.” In order to find people in their genuine states Paul travels the world (self-taught, new places and cultures act as his classroom). A heightened awareness arises from the
discomfort and unfamiliarity inherent to these adventures, tuning his perception to find images others may miss. If this means he’s detached from events around him--always the spectator, never participating--it’s an exchange he’s happy to make. “I often imagine that in the moment something miraculous is going to happen. I’m not meant to be a physical part of it, but protect and observe.” His eye is only amplified when the subject is more unusual. One beautiful image stands out in particular: a beggar, hands clasped in prayer and head bowed over the paper cup he hopes to fill with change. Even if you can’t pinpoint the precise emotion, images like this--and Paul’s made many of them--strike a resounding note in viewers. With a quiet but powerful simpleness, this work exemplifies what Paul means when he says photography enables you “to share your thoughts through vision.” Kelly D Williams, a graphic designer for Altamont, apparently shares those thoughts. Kelly worked with Paul to create a line of shirts for the skate apparel company featuring Paul’s photographs. Although things like the Altamont collaboration are rewarding, for Paul the motivation to photograph remains the same: reaching out. “Often there’s one element in the distance that’s very alone,” Paul says. “I’m not there to be a disturbance, but to reassure that I noticed their existence and have appreciation for it.”
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PROFILE - NEWFOUNDLAND
“Buddy, I’m from New-fun-land, not New Finland. Jesus b’y!” This statement captures a common sentiment shared by many Newfoundlanders: if you are going to visit our wonderful province, at least learn to pronounce the name properly. Off the island we’re not so quick to correct you, but on our turf, well, your guarantee of a comfortable night’s sleep depends on you not being stamped as an “ignorant mainlander.” Aside from getting the name right (and not making lame Newfie jokes) there isn’t much you have to do to earn the warmth and hospitality that has made Newfoundland famous. For generations Newfoundlanders were isolated from one another, with few ways to get from outport to outport. This isolation and lack of industry helped shape the laid-back attitude that sometimes miscontrued as laziness but is far from it. There is nothing lazy about Newfoundlanders, many of whom helped build the skyscrapers of New York and Toronto and who currently help turn the cogs in the oil sands. Combine a laid back attitude, a blue collar work ethic and a general sense of urgency, and you have the essence of what Newfoundland’s skate and snow lifestyle is all about. Former Ballistic skate manager and current Burton Atlantic
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As a kid growing up in Gander, halfway between St. John’s and Corner Brook, I can recall a few key stops that inspired a whole generation of skaters. Anti-Social brought a crew that included Rick McCrank, and the Under Attack Tour brought guys like Morgan Smith and Scott Macdonald over. Local Ian St. Aubin was taken on tour with the Underworld team - a move that gave a many local skaters assurance that it was possible to grow up in Newfoundland and still get noticed. Guys like Jake Stewart and Corey Sheppard left early and made names for themselves. Others such as Ian St. Aubin, Bud Patterson and Matt Lane all grew up, got out and got sponsored. These are the people I looked up to. When I was twelve, Gander started hosting an annual skate competition that brought all the skaters in Newfoundland together. For those two days, Gander was a gong show: skateboarding in the streets, underage drinking everywhere and a seemingly endless party. It eventually lost sponsorship because the hotels were unwilling to rent rooms to “unruly townies.” So it goes. Newfoundland is part of Atlantic Canada, not the Maritimes, and you can see this in the street fashion. Ballistic has been the shop pushing the skate and snow scene in St. John’s for the last seventeen years. As the current buyer, I keep the system pretty much the same as always. Being based on an island means shops don’t see many sales reps, which means if you want to buy, you’ve got to travel. With most of the shops being owned by Newfoundlanders, there is a very distinct shop local vibe that exists in the downtown core. This vibe is not to be considered part of the “indie” subculture that is so popular now. Indie isn’t a catchy word here; most of us actually wish we were an independent state. I truly believe that Newfoundland has everything to offer the person who needs no recognition. The real rewards are everywhere if you know where to look. We have skate spots as old as Canada, and enough of them that being the first to do a trick is still possible… and memorable. With a rail that is surely still on Joe Sexton’s mind, and a stair set only guys like Jordan Hoffart, Dave Nolan, and local Matt King have come close to mastering, I am sure the allure of the Atlantic will bring more outsiders this way. One last tip: Beware of booking return flights when coming to our east coast island. Our rugged coastline, happening nightlife, and beautiful women have a way of drawing you in and making you second-guess a rat race that exists elsewhere. As our pro-Independent Lieutenant Governor John Crosbie once said, “How do you tell who the Newfoundlander is in heaven? He is the one who wants to go home.”
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THE NERRA Warren Smith Through The Eyes of Nick LaVecchia
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