Immediately after the Ollie Challenge on February 3rd at 4PM on the main floor at the ASR tradeshow, come(5PMish) on upstairs to the Grind for Life Chill Zone in room 25B where I will be doing a Poster Signing with Christian Hosoi andChris Miller. Free Beer Mang! All proceeds from sale of 20 of each signed posters will go to Grind for Life and their work with cancer victims.
You can do this in Photoshop, but doing it in a wet darkroom is much better.
It's produced by turning on the lights while the print is still developing. The results are different each time you do it.
Viva la darkroom! Gator and Miki Vuckovich, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA. 1982. Photos and solarization by Grant Brittain
Steve Caballero gives his opinion at The Banks in San Jose. 1985.
Click photo to enlarge, do it! Photo: Grant Brittain
Some skaters over the years have actually brought something new to skating.
Natas Kaupas is one who made a profound impact on it, he and Gonz took street skating 3 dimensional with handrails and wallrides, etc.
Actually, this photo has 3 people in it that somehow left their mark on our sport and still play a big part.
Left: Tod Swank
Right: Mike Vallely
1987 at Gerebic, San Diego. Click photo to expand.
Photo: Grant Brittain
There are those skate spots in everyone's memories that live on. They might only exist in the physical world for a few days, months or years. When they have gone the way of the bulldozer, it can be devastating at first. We eventually get over it, nothing is permanent, death is inevitable. There will be new spots to take their place and the spots that are gone will live fondly in our hearts and minds.
Chet Thomas flips the hip at Jump Ramp School in San Diego, mid 90s. Phot: Grant Brittain
Matt Mumford 50-50 at La Jolla High back in mid 90s when Airwalk Shoes was a core brand and before dads could buy them at the mall.
What a shame. This was an Airwalk ad. Photo: Grant Brittain
It's funny, I guess I'm just old. I have mentioned a couple of names to younger skaters(under 35) on occasion and they have given me that dog style head cocked to the side and I knew right away, they had no clue who I was talking about. One of the best skaters back in the 70s was a compact guy named Tom "Wally" Inouye(IPS- Inouye's Pool Service). Wally rode for Sims and then Caster Skateboards and he had a super fluid and rubbery style. This is a photo of Wally I shot laying out a bert on the entrance to the keyhole at Del Mar Skate Ranch in 1981. Nobody rode that spot in the pool. Photo: Grant Brittain
Saw this on Ozzie Asband's site, Blue Tile Obsession. Bummer. Here's Lee Bender's site, One Sick Race too.
1988 photo by Grant Brittain.
Check out the Andy Kessler Memorial Foundation Benefit at Volcom NYC at 8PM on Dec. 12th.
446 Broadway(between Grand and Howard). The show is open on Sunday also from 11AM til 7PM.
Featuring a host of Skateboarding's best artists and photographers with silent auctioned artworks available.
You can bid on this framed classic image of The Gonz I shot at Gemco Bank in 1986.
Thanks!
