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spitfirewheels
17 Mar 2015
· 17 Mar 2015 4:41 AM
1238 posts · page 7 of 50
"I first met @GuyMariano at the Power Peralta Quartermaster Cup Friday Am Jam at the Powell Factory in Goleta in 1990. Guy, Rudy and Gabriel were all in town for the contest and Powell had all the their Amateur skaters sessioning the street course outside. I took a ton of pictures and video of the three friends that first day and then as the weekend went on we filmed more and took more photos. A month later we were all pen palls and I was sending them prints of the pics I took. Rudy and Gabriel told me they were going to tell Stacy they wanted me to film them for the new video, but before that all happened they were on Blind and 101. Guy never hesitated when he skated back then. I just remember him doing trick after trick after trick."
Words & Photography by @JacobRosenberg.
"I drove from Palo Alto down to LA during my Christmas break in 1990. I arrived in LA and stayed at Rudy Johnsons house. The guys had stayed true to their promise and they invited me down to film them for the Blind video that they were making with Mark Gonzales and Spike Jonze. We drove between Rudys, Marks and @GuyMarianos house, filming and taking tons of pictures. We had one session during that trip to the Galleria parking lot curbs between Torrance and Manhattan Beach. Guy, Jason, Jeremy Klein and Jovontae were at the session and I was taking photos. Guy was on fire and I had one roll of Black and White and one roll of slide film. I only have shots from the black and white roll of Guy and they all ooze of that Video Days era and style. It was exactly in that moment when that team made their magic. I only have one photo of a noseblunt and this is it."
Words & Photography by @JacobRosenberg
"There are other shots on the Galleria roll that feel great and capture a perfectly vintage @GuyMariano, but they werent as well composed or exposed. Despite the imperfections in their execution, they still tell the story of that era which makes them valuable to me and my eyes. Street tricks back then were straight forward to capture especially at a curb spot. It was fine to do a trick off a curb, just make sure you popped it and caught it. I am partial to one foots and Guy did them insanely well. Balanced board and fully extended foot, toe pointing up if possible."
Words & Photography by @JacobRosenberg