Photographer: Weston Colton
Ashton Harris: Skate. Eat. Repeat
At the ripe age of 12, Harris started just like the average kid does. “I just saw this kid skating on his driveway,” he says. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Isaac Raymond
Isaac Raymond – Bluntslide – SLC, Utah
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
Roughside VI
Part of SLUG’s 16th Annual Summer of Death skate series, the sixth annual Roughside Presented By Monster took place on Saturday, Sept. 12. … read more
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
Getting Dirty with Matty Coles
Coles doesn’t say a lot—he lets his skating do the talking. He is incredibly humble, yet completely confident in his abilities on a board. I’ve never heard a single complaint or even a curse word come out of his mouth when a spot was hard to skate, or the trick just wasn’t coming, or when I asked him to do a trick that he had never even done before. … read more
HartBreaker: A Jon Hart Story
I’ve known Jon Hart for a little over ten years, since he was about fifteen. I recently met his mom for the first time and she wondered why we’d never met. He told her it was because he didn’t want her to know he was out skating with grown ass men when he was a teenager. Back in the day, Jon was this kid we all used to see at the St. George Skatepark. He had a mean kickflip even back then. Him and his buddies would go and skate all the old spots, like the Pine View High rail and the Dixie High big four/ledges. … read more
TobalVision
If you’ve been following Utah skateboarding for a while, you may or may not know Cristobal Napoleon Keller. Even though Keller has been around for a long time, he’s remained pretty underground. He’s been keeping it real for quite a while and doing some really stylish tricks along with some really amazing artwork. This guy always has a smile, enjoys life more than most and is really fun to nerd out with on ‘90s skate trivia. … read more
Words with Caleb Orton: A Very Beautiful Thing
I was ordering tea and a dainty little slice of raspberry crème cake when Caleb Orton swaggered into the Salt Lake Roasting Co. With his son, Otto, in the crook of his arm, he rushed into the bathroom to change a dirty diaper, asking for a stiff cup of coffee. For a guy that juggles
