Al Partanen has been on a killing spree the past 2 years and beyond. I have been going through some of photos that didn’t make the cut in the magazine, most likely because he had to many to choose from. North West down to LA over to AZ then way over to Japan, Al is has been covering and ripping some serious terrain.

Frontside blaster McMinnville Home of the Spruce Goose

Crail block Northridge CA backyard

Backside blaster somewhere in San Pedro

Back smith bank to wall over a homeless shelter AZ

Frontside pivot coast of Japan

Frontside rock outside of Tokyo

Lien air

Pivot fakie harsh quarter pipe Felem Camp Japan

Remy Stratton must have just came from a trip over to Hawaii. He sent this shot of Steve Ellis also known as Cholo, in his own backyard skate compound. Over 50 still shredding, yeah Bruddah

Brian Fick’s photo exhibit at the Sea Rocket Bistro in North Park San Diego opened March 7th. The place was packed and cold beers were flowing. A lot of Indy riders were on the walls, so I poached some photos for the web. They look way better in person. The exhibit is up for a month if you want to go check it out

Brian Fick with Burnquist soaring high on on the wall in the background

Bucky Lasek fully flapped

Cara Beth Burnside Salton Sea pool

Peter Hewitt back smith

Lance Mountain sad plant his own backyard

Marius Syvanen

Al Partanen

Tyler Surrey

Truman Hooker

I was going through the old external drive and came across some photos from Saints and Sinners tour and numerous Thrasher Prevent This Tragedy trips. Here are some that I came across that didn't make the magazine cut but the footage went down in the history books.

Gravette 22 stair 5050 first try in a line


Gravette feeble back into the bank


Guzman kickflip downstream Dodge Skatepark, Columbus Ohio


Gravette lipslide, Portugal


Peter Hewitt frontside five-0 shallow steps


Mikey Curtis frontside blunt Ft Wayne Indiana


Darren Navarrette slob fastplant


Al Partanen frontal invert, Tigard skatepark


Slash frontside feeble


Slash smith grind, Portland Oregon


Weiger back over crooks Philly, Don't Fear the Sweeper tour

Over the past few months Independent Trucks has picked up some new team riders, all of whom were already riding Indy trucks on their own accord.

First up, Luan Oliveira. I found this retrospective Brazilian montage with some early footage of him as a grom. He left his other truck sponsor a while ago and started riding Indys because he loves them.


Next up is Jake Johnson, seen here with mad pops while cruising NYC street spots... Apparently he has nice skin as well.


Good 'ol Vince Del Valle made the switch to Indys a while back, amidst filming for his recent part in God Save the Label


Speaking of the Label, another Black Label rider Peter Raffin is also now on Indy. He started riding them a couple years ago because we make the best trucks for wider street boards; the 149.


From 2 Label guys to 2 Creature Fiends... first up we got Truman Hooker. Creature Lee will probably be bummed on this unauthorized duplication of Hesh Law. Seriously though, you should really buy the Hesh Law DVD its totally worth it.

$10 bucks says that video is off YouTube within a week.

Next Fiend now on Independent Trucks is Sean Conover... Not much to say here other than he sometimes has a creepy mustache and rips the SD streets on the regs with style.


Progressing like a mad man right now is Evan Smith, seen here "Just Meshin' Around".


Don't miss out on Mr. Hollywood, Gilbert Crockett. But watch out... you don't want to mess around with him or his people... The "power player" is Doin' Thangs!


And last but not least, and in case you missed the previous post with his ad, Independent is psyched to welcome back Matt Miller, seen here in DC's Skateboarding Is Forever.


There's more to announce but I'll hold my breath for now. But to review, the list is; Luan Oliveira, Jake Johnson, Vince Del Valle, Peter Raffin, Truman Hooker, Sean Conover, Gilbert Crockett, and Matt Miller.

I'll leave you now with a sneak preview of the new Pro V Series trucks coming out next month with signature models from Reynolds, Koston, Rowley, and Haslam as well as a team colorway!