Concrete Skateboarding Issue 99 April 2009
Cover Jamie Tancowny Photo and caption Kyle Camarillo
Jamie Tancowny always wants it. There isn’t enough time or spots to satisfy him. After skating all day long, we showed up to this rail around midnight. I actually thought it was too low to gap out to when we first scoped it. The last thing I wanted was someone falling over the side of that thing. But of course, without hesitation, Jamie jumps right on to a 50-50 and rolls away a few tries later, then turns around with a big smile and yells, “That was so fun! Let’s go to the next spot!” So here he is: Jamie Tancowny holding it down for Redwater, Alberta with his first Canadian skate mag cover.
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words Nick Shinner photo Brian Caissie
Some web sites might have longevity but they have no physical permanency. Magazines occupy real physical space in the world, no matter how dated an issue is. At the Concrete office, we’ve come to fully realize the merit of this in the last few months. As we work towards producing our mammoth 100th issue, we’ve gathered and chronologically organized every single published Concrete since Kevin Harris started the mag in 1990. The stacks are impressive. Sure, websites have the advantage of staying current more so than a magazine does. But it’s impossible to reproduce the different paper stocks and size formats, or read text and view photos the same way on a computer screen. Online content holds its own special merits, and can serve as a great print companion (visit the recently revamped concreteskateboarding.com), but it usually serves as quick consumption that feeds the short-term memory. This magazine you hold will offer rediscovery entertainment for years to come.
While #99 is normally a reference to Wayne Gretzky during his epic playing career, it also stands as the number of the issue you’re holding. We pay an interesting multi-page visit to both the mind and skating of Calgary’s Ryan Oughton , as well as Whitby’s TJ Rogers and his S Club 7 obsession. Both a Los Angeles-based photographer and a Vancouver shutter sniper visiting LA county offer their Hotel California perspectives. Barcelona’s blown, you say? Well, that’s far from the truth, and we’ve got the proof. New Line’s Kyle Dion sheds some light on his company’s partnership with Rob Dyrdek, as well as their involvement with the skate plaza housed in Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Dan Watson’s memory is better than yours, and he exemplifies this in his latest Shoe Vaults column featuring 1998’s Axion Mariano. Mike McDermott, Winnipeg’s Habitat International Pro, took a breather from a vicious ping-pong sesh to fill out a Five Spot, and Expedition’s Chany Jeanguenin (spelled right, we checked thrice) cuts out an Identity page for us with his machete.
Explore all that #99 has to offer, then put it down where it can be picked up and explored again.
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