Film Photography – Dave Swift Photography

Steve Salisian, Layback Smith Grind, Houston, Texas 1989

One day I’ll have scans of all my best Black And White film photography that is being preserved in negative sheets in a rather large…

So, I am posting the very first piece of writing I did as a staffer over at TWS. At the time, I had maybe been…

Backyard Pools Salba Steve Alba Upland

In the 1990s there were so many spots to skate in downtown San Diego, especially in the early part of the decade. For the most…

1990s California Chad Muska Handrails San Diego The Muska

Another spot that saw a lot of abuse in the decade known as the 1990’s was this rail at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in…

1990s California Chany Jeanquenin Handrails La Jolla

Danny Way blasting his world record highest air in Otay Mesa, California in the summer of 1997. We were all blown away seeing the ramp…

California Danny Way Highest Air Otay Mesa

The Oceanside High School 13 stair ledge saw it’s fair share of ripping in the 1990s. So many people got their trick on this infamous…

Kris Markovich Oceanside Oceanside High School

Lance Mountain goes full frontal invert at the newly minted Upland Skatepark in 2003.

Bones Brigade Lance Mountain Skatepark Upland

So many great sessions at Kelly Belmar’s made to skate backyard pool that was going from 1991-2016. Kelly was part owner of a screen print…

California Ollie Peter Hewitt Skateparks

It seemed like every year of the 1990’s I was in Münster, Germany for the annual Münster Monster Masterships NSA contest. Skaters took over the…

Frontside Air Germany Remy Stratton Skateparks

Eric Koston, Backside Noseblunt Slide, Los Angeles, CA 1995 “The USC ledges were the big thing for all the LA boys in 1995 and the…

1995 Eric Koston Los Angeles Street Skating