Authors: Weston Colton
Skate Photo Feature: Mike Zanelli
Mike Zanelli – Crooked Grind – SLC, Utah
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Skate Photo Feature: Dakoda Osusky
Dakoda Osusky – Backside Disaster – Utah County … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Mikey Martinez
Mikey Martinez had made up his mind about skating this 15-stair rail before he ever sent me an email asking if I’d like to shoot it. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Bambi
A man named Bambi likes to jump down things on his skateboard—or, in this case, jump over things. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Isaac Raymond
Isaac Raymond – Bluntslide – SLC, Utah
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Seth Haupt
Seth Haupt – Backside Hurricane – Provo, Utah The skateboard scene is thriving in Utah. There are so many people out there killing it that it’s nearly impossible to know them all. In the past, everyone knew each other—the community was that small. I’ve never even met a large number of the local skaters whom
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Miles Vigil
I met Miles Vigil about 30 minutes before shooting this photo. He said that he had an idea for a photo, and then described how he wanted to ollie off this bump on the sidewalk to a ledge from which he would foot plant and then drop down into the street. What I pictured in my head was nowhere near as cool as what he actually did. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Forrest Huber
Weston: Has this corner gap over the rail been ollied?
Forrest: Like over the rail down both sets? I don’t think so—looks tight, tho.
Weston: It’s got your name on it. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Paul From Philly
A few weeks ago, I was able to visit LOVE Park in Philadelphia for the first time. It was a surreal experience. I expected to see dozens of skaters doing endless lines on the granite ledges. Instead, I found the park rife with tourists and homeless people. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Matt Fisher
It’s been three years since I shot with Matt Fisher. Just like last time, we started things off early with a 7:30 a.m. skate mission. Feeling good with two solid tricks in the can before 9 a.m., we headed out to find this rail and size it up. After a boardslide in front of a
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Jeremy Jones
Excuse me while I wax nostalgic (again). Jeremy Jones and the Dirty Hessian videos were my first exposure to Salt Lake City skateboarding back in the mid-’90s. He was skating fast and jumping down big stairs. The ollie over the double set rail … huge. I don’t remember if he even landed it, but it
Skate Photo Feature: Vinnie Mango
“Switch-stance skating is boring,” said Heath Kirchart in an interview with CCS in the late ’90s … Vinnie Mango doesn’t care.
