Another one of those retro things that makes us remember the good old days when things were much simpler. Scans by Jimmy Marketti.

A two-page spread that Ted Newsome did about New York City back in 1998, featuring a pretty sick photo from the other Globe spot, that significantly less people tend to skate. [Click to enlarge]. (more…)

It’s hard to think of a skateboarder more ideal for embodying the precedent set by New York as the city only capable of doing ollies, 180s, kickflips, lipslides and 5050s. Huf has turned those five tricks into a career, and despite the fact he is not a huge fan of the frontside shove it, another widespread favorite of New Yorkers, he is forgiven since this is probably the last time Transworld ever gave somebody from New York a pro spotlight. (Pappalardo is from Long Island).

I believe there is a page or two missing, but am not sure, I tried to do my best with these as they are submitted scans. Thanks to Jimmy Marketti for submitting them.

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This Manhattan article for the July 1998 issue of Transworld has always been a favorite of mine for pretty obvious reasons. New York is pretty much the only city on the face of the earth that could get almost twenty pages in Transworld with four photos of 5050s. Surprisingly, there is a significant lack of the other two tricks we here in New York are good at — 180s and front shoves, but Reda’s wallride more than makes up for it. A stunning amount of these spots still actually exist. There are about two pages missing. Thanks to Jimmy Marketti for the scans.

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