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Daniel BeckStaff Photographer

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Featuring the Photography and Art Of:Tim AguilarDaniel Beck

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Issue #33. Selected Photographs38. Review of SFJazz’s “Skateboarding & Jazz”.

Cover:Philip BerryFS TailslideBlack Pearl Park, cayman IslandsPhoto: Harrison Gayton

Back Cover:Harrison Gayton (We Don’t know how that works either)

Inner Cover:Jesse Vieira (pushing)Stockton, CAPhoto:Brandon Getty

Philip BerryImpossibleNewlands,cayman Islands

The Photography Of

Harrison Gayton

Eugene PascalPop Shuvit

Black Pearl Park, cayman Islands

Jordan DowneyOlliecayman Islands

Jordan Downey Floats an ollie with

biblical steez.

Carravagio would be proud.

Andrae StachanFront AIr

Black Pearl Park,cayman Islands

Andrae StrachanBS 180 NosegrindGeorgetown,cayman Islands

Philip BerryBS Noseblunt

Black Pearl Park,cayman Islands

Andrae StrachanFS 180 Switch Wallride 180 outGeorgetown, cayman Islands

We Were ShockeD To LEarn That

Harrison Gayton, who Recently Imi-

grated From The Cayman Islands

To Pursue His PAssion Of Skate

Photography, Is Only 18 Years Old.

Needless To Say, He Has Talent

That Transcends His Years And

We’re Stoked To Bring Him One step

Closer To Fulfilling his Dream.

The Photography Of

Brandon Getty

Kenny OsborneBack Tail

Stockton, CA

Jesse VieiraFront NosegrindSan Francisco, CA

Jesse Vieira5050Stockton, CA

Originally From Stockton, Cal-

iforna, 35mm Wizard Brandon

Getty now resides in SF. What we

love about his photography is

that it Really translates that

sense of A Skater’s California

Summer: Hot, THirsty, Dusty, and

spent primarily Under Bridges

and At High Schools you couldn’t

skate while school was in ses-

sion. We Haven’t seen any of His SF

Photos but Man Are We Stoked To.

The Photography Of

Tim Aguilar

Alec TeffetellerKickflipLa Habra, CA

Chris GonzalesFS BluntSanta Ana, CA

Chris GonzalesHeelflip

Santa Ana, CA

Alec TeffetellerWallrideIrvine, CA

The Photography Of

Daniel Beck

Misha CrackerFS K to Fakie

Key Biscayne, FL

Misha CrackerFront Board

San Francisco, CA

Misha CrackerFront Feeble Grind

Richmond, CA

Misha CrackerSwitch FlipSan Francisco, CA

Other skate Jiblets.

One morning whilst shirking my responsibilities at work, I found myself lurking on the Thrasher website. Under the events tab I spotted an ad for an event at the new SFJazz center; namely, a mini ramp session to the accompaniment of a Jazz quartet. Wishing to score girlfriend points while at the same time witness the likes of Adrian Williams, Ben Gore, and Dave Abair shred, I purchased two tickets without hesitation.

I kept the event a surprise and when we finally found our seats within the creatively designed center, my girl-friend became even more confused at the sight of the mini ramp. The audience, constituted primarily by well dressed and jeweled middle-age couples, provided no hints as to what she was about to witness.

Finally an introduction was given that related the likes of ‘half-piping’ to interpretive dance, the pianist, a really cool guy, gave a much more genuine talk about his motives for inviting the FTC crew down, and the music began. What ensued was incredible.

The skaters one by one began pumping on the ramp. As the music’s tempo heightened and became more rhythmi-cally complex, so did the skating. 5050s and Rock n’ Rolls gave way to blunt flips, bonelesses, and massive lien airs.

Improvisation was a cornerstone of the night’s success. As drum solos would provide momentum, Justin “Ice-man” Gastelum would react with full-speed lines ending with hefty bs flip tailslides. The improvisation went both ways; as Ben Gore glid front nosegrinds and Williams coolly slid switch 50s, pianist Jason Moran would accordingly cool things off with the sounds of his Fender Rhodes.

A slight reprieve was given to the sweaty skaters as each had some water and gave a quick speech on what skateboarding meant to them, skating’s relation with Jazz, and San Francisco’s historic role as skate Mecca. Gore impor-tantly related that what made him most stoked to participate in the event is that he got an opportunity to show a bunch of non-skaters what skating is, pointing out that “we’re not causing trouble, we need spots, and this is a good, construc-tive thing.”

The night ended when Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker gave an amazing solo to compliment Abair’s knee-high nol-lie flip front D. Despite the horns being thrown up by 12 year old, mysteriously helmeted groms, the night was a definite

success. I even won some happy-girlfriend points on top of it all.

Review of SFJAZZ’s“Skateboarding and Jazz”

Photo By Shiv SiwajekWords By Ryan Abraham

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