SLUG Contributor Limelight
June 4, 2013
Contributor Limelight: Weston Colton
Weston Colton has been a trusted skate photographer for SLUG Magazine since 2007. Skateboarding is Weston’s foundation for his photography career, which has propelled him into the charmed life of a professional like a frontside aerial on a Danny Way ramp. Weston eventually transitioned from a self-taught skate photographer to working full time for a home technology company, boasting a BFA in photography from BYU, and a wife and three kids. Along with some freelance adventures, he still makes time for skating and keeps up to date with all the local up-and-comers, hence his feature on Forrest Huber this month, Weston’s first-ever SLUG cover. He says he enjoyed this assignment because, “Skating around downtown and shooting what you find takes me back to my early days skating with friends.” Check out Weston’s work within the pages of every SLUG issue, go to westoncolton.com, or follow him on Instagram @westoncolton.
Articles by contributor
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann takes it to the streets. Cruise along with us in this latest edition of Skate Photo Feature. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Kallie Lowery
Kallie Lowery regularly skates bowls and ramps that are bigger than anything I ever even had the nerve to drop into, as at this abandoned pool. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann’s no-brakes approach to skateboarding perfectly aligns with the terrain of the San Francisco cityscape. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Ben Rothenhoefer
Ben Rothenhoefer had tried this trick multiple times. Just as we were getting kicked out, he landed and rolled away fakie with a big grin. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Max Offit
Skate spots are everywhere. You just have to be able to see them. Like this gem with Max Offit. It’s not obvious—it’s unique, and dangerous. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Christan Bourne
Lots of roll-ups and three tries later, Christian Bourne was celebrating the completion of his newest part in Shit Vortex by Wizard Winn. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat
Coincidentally, Shylio Sweat, Jerome Farrell and I ended up in Richfield on the same weekend. While showing them my old “spots,” we went to the now-closed Kmart to check out the old loading dock. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colin Sheffield
Unexpected tricks by unexpected people are the best. I had just met Colin about 45 minutes before shooting this photo. I went out to shoot with someone else, and Colin was skating with him. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock
Kaleb Hadlock took full advantage of this cold November morning before the snow hit the valley, and the snowboarders descended on these rails. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Jordan Vigil
I don’t really know Jordan Vigil at all. My impression: He doesn’t say a lot, but rather, he lets his skating do the talking. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Garrison Conklin
Garrison Conklin – Pole Jam to Fakie – SLC, Utah … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Mike Zanelli
Mike Zanelli – Crooked Grind – SLC, Utah
… read more
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.
Setting the Record Straight: Brodie Penrod
Brodie Penrod is a skateboarder, plain and simple. He is pretty well known south of the point of the mountain as that kid that kills the American Fork skate park, effortlessly doing your whole bag of tricks—all in one line, and switch. … read more
Photo Essay: The Moral Minority
With the intent of shedding a new light on the public’s perception of skaters, I have photographed individuals that don’t fit the perceived mold. These people are upstanding members of the community and contribute to society in a positive way. … read more
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
Photo Feature: Matt Winskowski
The boneless one is a trick I have always liked doing. It’s a classic trick that’s all about style. It was also the second trick I ever learned (it was much more common in 1990). I told Matt that I wanted to shoot a boneless at a street spot. Matt’s response: “What would Peter Hewitt do?” Apparently, he would do something like this. … read more
Photo Feature: Jovi Bathemess
When I think about what draws me to certain skaters, the two biggest factors are style and trick selection. That is what makes Jovi so fun to shoot. He has an East Coast style and a knack for interesting spots. This is a perfect example. … read more
Photo Feature: Matt Fisher
I have very little time to shoot skateboarding these days. I no longer have day-long skate sessions that cover half the valley, shooting photos here and there as we happen upon spots. These days, photos are planned out as much as possible to minimize the time taken away from my family. This photograph was imagined and planned out, down to every detail. I called up Matt because, in my experience, he can usually produce whatever trick I throw at him. He’s that good. … read more
Photo Feature: Dyllan Call
I first met Dyllan Call when I was working at Blindside in 2006. He was a skinny, 15-year-old kid who was quickly becoming one of Utah County’s top all-terrain shredders. He skated everything with style and speed, and always had a smile on his face. Fast-forward to 2012: Call is 21 now, he’s 6’3” and grows a better beard than I ever will. … read more
Photo Feature: Devin York
How many times have you driven past this brick bank-to-rail and thought, “It would be rad if you could skate that”? Then all the reasons not to skate it come to mind: the curb, the bricks, the road it sits on, the height of the rail. Spots aren’t perfect. This is street skating. … read more
Photo Feature: Mike Murdock
What I said before about going out with a real tight plan to get a photo––that doesn’t always work. Sometimes, after an exhausting hour of trying the planned trick, you decide to move on and try something else. Sometimes you strike gold and end up with something better than the plan. Mike Murdock struck gold at this barely skateable bump. … read more
Photo Feature: Jon Hart
In rural Utah, where I grew up, winter meant a nearly three month skating hiatus. There were no parking garages or indoor ramps to skate. We would just hope the church parking lot dried up enough to pull out our flat bars and boxes, and we’d skate the snow gaps. Shoveling a spot to skate in sub-freezing weather shows dedication, and Bolts of Thunder founder Jon Hart is one of the most dedicated people I know. … read more
Photo Feature: Brodie Penrod
By the time you read this, spring will be in full swing, the days will be longer and sunnier, and Utah’s coldest winter in recent history will be just a memory. However, this photo was taken Feb. 16. It was the first time temperatures had climbed to nearly 50 degrees in months. It was the first time Brodie had skated in two weeks, the first time this rail had ever been skated, and it was the first time he had done this trick on a round rail. … read more
Forrest Does Downtown
For this article, Forrest Huber, Jovi Bathemess, Sam Milianta, Gabe Dusserre and I met up near the library Downtown. The friendly dynamic and atmosphere that was created helped some of these tricks come to life. These photos were all shot on two Saturdays in downtown Salt Lake City. We didn’t get all the photos we wanted to––sometimes a spot gets the best of you, sometimes you get kicked out before you even get a chance to skate––but we had fun, and that is all that really matters.
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Skate Photo Feature: Gabe Dussurre
Somehow, in all my years in and around the Utah skate scene, I had never met or even heard of Gabe Dussurre until a few months ago. Apparently, not only has he been around a long time, but he’s also been really good at skating for a long time. I had no idea. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Danny Souk
It had been five years since I shot a photo with Danny Souk. Thanks to the miracle of Instagram, I was able to see that he was skating Downtown by himself at the same time I was. A quick comment later, and we were looking for spots with enough light to skate. Social media is useful (sometimes). … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Oliver Buchanan
The IBM stairs are big. I have wanted to shoot with someone here for a long time, and who better to skate these stairs than Oliver? … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Devin York
Devin York has always been down to skate the craziest stuff with me just to get a photo. Sam Milianta let me shoot this photo of Devin with his Hasselblad—my first skate photo with said camera. Then Sam processed the film in his kitchen and scanned the negative for me. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colin Brophy
After years of nobody touching this rail, Colin landed a frontside 5-0 and this backside Smith within a week of each other. … read more
16th Annual Summer of Death Skate Contest
SLUG held the first contest of the 16th annual Summer of Death skate series on Saturday, June 20, at Banzai Skatepark in Lindon, Utah. Congratulations to Summer of Death 1st Place champion Parley Southworth! Check out Lauren Ashley’s full recap here and a gallery from the event here with photos from SLUG photographers Weston Colton and
Skate Photo Feature: Ryan Lay
I was lucky enough to shoot with Ryan Lay while he was in Utah a couple of months back. He has an eye for unique spots and a nollie reminiscent of Paulo Diaz. This is my favorite shot I got with him: keeping it classic with an Anthony Pappalardo–esque backside 50-50 in SLC.
Skate Photo Feature: Jordan Davis
As a photographer, I am always excited when a skater asks me to shoot something that is more in the “after black hammers” realm of tricks. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Gabe Spotts
Gabe moved to St. George last fall to attend Dixie State, and he has been killing every spot he can find.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Caleb Schrank
Let this be a lesson: Get to the spot before the skater. When a skater is ready to go for something, they aren’t going to wait around for a photographer to get there, especially when they have a video camera already on hand.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann had some unfinished business from his story a few months back. In mid-December, Bergmann called me up to shoot “this really long down rail.”
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Eric Clark
Back in mid-March, two carloads of skaters from Arizona came to Utah to skate for a week. You may have seen them at Provo Park, or at the University of Utah, or jumping off your dumpster behind your BYU apartment complex.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Taylor Green
These photos are the result of three trips to the library, two (and a half) broken boards and a lot of skin and blood from Taylor Green’s back.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Chandler Seipert
Kicked Out of Everywhere was a skate video title from Real Skateboards circa 1999. That phrase describes street skating pretty well.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Isaiah Beh
Isaiah has been around the Salt Lake skate scene for a long time. He won’t remember this, but I first saw him skate in person one night in 2003 … … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature
While most people were heading down to the Red Lobster on this particular Friday night for some all-you-can-eat shrimp, Levi had other ideas. … read more
Skate Photo Feature
Dirk’s skateboarding is full of unconventional tricks. He comes up with some pretty harebrained ideas and, somehow, pulls them off with style and ease. Look at that last frame. … read more
Skate Photo Feature
This photo is for the SLUG readers who “used to skate” … … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Tyson Bowerbank
Finding a new line at an old spot is always nice—no flip-in, flip-out stuff here. Tyson kept it clean and simple … … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Alex Washington
I know what you’re thinking—"Another ollie photo?!" That’s right, another ollie photo. But you know what? There are a lot more kids out there who can kickflip a 10-stair than kids who can ollie this block. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: AJ Neuenswander
In skateboarding, it’s easy for skaters to become known for a certain trick that they do really well, or do a lot. For example, Paulo Diaz was the nollie guy; Lindsey Robertson—heelflips; Andrew Reynolds—frontside flips; Keith Hufnagel—giant ollies; etc. When I first met AJ, I was in awe of how well he skated fakie. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colt Bowden
Colt Bowden is always on the lookout for interesting spots. I met up with this former Utah local last month, and he took me down a drainage ditch near his house to this crazy transition. I think it’s a requisite that his spots are hard to skate. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Eric Nguyen
Last June, I went out shooting with Eric for the first time. Actually, I think it was the first time we had even met. We found this nice gap Downtown and Eric got right to it, throwing switch heelflips. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Carson Parkinson
I am a skateboarder first and a photographer second. With that in mind, there are a lot of tricks that I have always wanted to shoot, almost just to see the tricks done. A wallride over stairs is one of those tricks. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Garrison Conklin
Some people just have unbelievable power and finesse in their ollies. Garrison is one of those guys. I would have been happy with an ollie from curb cut to curb cut here, but Garrison saw the challenge to clear the whole driveway to the flat on the other side, and went for it. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat
Winter skateboarding in Utah is not for the faint of heart. Aside from the snow, the cold makes every fall that much more painful. … read more
Articles by contributor
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann takes it to the streets. Cruise along with us in this latest edition of Skate Photo Feature. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Kallie Lowery
Kallie Lowery regularly skates bowls and ramps that are bigger than anything I ever even had the nerve to drop into, as at this abandoned pool. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann’s no-brakes approach to skateboarding perfectly aligns with the terrain of the San Francisco cityscape. … read more
Jacob Taylor: The New Scene
Jacob Taylor’s new-school outlook on fitness, a healthy lifestyle and video standards are all signs of the times for skateboard culture. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Ben Rothenhoefer
Ben Rothenhoefer had tried this trick multiple times. Just as we were getting kicked out, he landed and rolled away fakie with a big grin. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Max Offit
Skate spots are everywhere. You just have to be able to see them. Like this gem with Max Offit. It’s not obvious—it’s unique, and dangerous. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Christan Bourne
Lots of roll-ups and three tries later, Christian Bourne was celebrating the completion of his newest part in Shit Vortex by Wizard Winn. … read more
Riley Winch: Hometown Culture
From the hills and countryside of Heber, Riley Winch has been living and skating in the small town that grows by the day. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Cobe Harmer
Skateboarder Cobe Harmer reminds us to “set a goal and keep persevering and keep fighting until we reach our goal and we all succeed.” … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat
Coincidentally, Shylio Sweat, Jerome Farrell and I ended up in Richfield on the same weekend. While showing them my old “spots,” we went to the now-closed Kmart to check out the old loading dock. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colin Sheffield
Unexpected tricks by unexpected people are the best. I had just met Colin about 45 minutes before shooting this photo. I went out to shoot with someone else, and Colin was skating with him. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock
Kaleb Hadlock took full advantage of this cold November morning before the snow hit the valley, and the snowboarders descended on these rails. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Garrison Conklin
Garrison Conklin – Pole Jam to Fakie – SLC, Utah … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Mike Zanelli
Mike Zanelli – Crooked Grind – SLC, Utah
… read more
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
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
Photo Feature: Jovi Bathemess
When I think about what draws me to certain skaters, the two biggest factors are style and trick selection. That is what makes Jovi so fun to shoot. He has an East Coast style and a knack for interesting spots. This is a perfect example. … read more
Photo Feature: Jon Hart
In rural Utah, where I grew up, winter meant a nearly three month skating hiatus. There were no parking garages or indoor ramps to skate. We would just hope the church parking lot dried up enough to pull out our flat bars and boxes, and we’d skate the snow gaps. Shoveling a spot to skate in sub-freezing weather shows dedication, and Bolts of Thunder founder Jon Hart is one of the most dedicated people I know. … read more
Summer in the Winter: Words with Logan Summers
The origin of Logan Summers’ skate career isn’t typical. He got his first skateboard for his birthday when he was about 7, only to let it collect dust for another year or so. Then, for no reason that he could recall, he picked it back up, telling me, “I kinda did it on my own, for the most part. I didn’t really have any friends that [skated].” Now, kid is prolific, skating in national amateur competitions like the Damn Ams and Tampa Am, and wrangling big sponsorships. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Oliver Buchanan
The IBM stairs are big. I have wanted to shoot with someone here for a long time, and who better to skate these stairs than Oliver? … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colin Brophy
After years of nobody touching this rail, Colin landed a frontside 5-0 and this backside Smith within a week of each other. … read more
16th Annual Summer of Death Skate Contest
SLUG held the first contest of the 16th annual Summer of Death skate series on Saturday, June 20, at Banzai Skatepark in Lindon, Utah. Congratulations to Summer of Death 1st Place champion Parley Southworth! Check out Lauren Ashley’s full recap here and a gallery from the event here with photos from SLUG photographers Weston Colton and
Skate Photo Feature: Ryan Lay
I was lucky enough to shoot with Ryan Lay while he was in Utah a couple of months back. He has an eye for unique spots and a nollie reminiscent of Paulo Diaz. This is my favorite shot I got with him: keeping it classic with an Anthony Pappalardo–esque backside 50-50 in SLC.
Skate Photo Feature: Jordan Davis
As a photographer, I am always excited when a skater asks me to shoot something that is more in the “after black hammers” realm of tricks. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Gabe Spotts
Gabe moved to St. George last fall to attend Dixie State, and he has been killing every spot he can find.
Hel Audio: an Interview with Label Founder Karl Jørgensen
Karl Jørgensen, a local electronic artist who has performed under the moniker OK Ikumi for over a decade, wanted to create a platform for electronic producers both locally and around the world to share a brand within a similar niche aesthetic. Thus, his record label Hel Audio was born as a way to connect with other local talents and compile those with a similar sound into one, shared artistic vision.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Caleb Schrank
Let this be a lesson: Get to the spot before the skater. When a skater is ready to go for something, they aren’t going to wait around for a photographer to get there, especially when they have a video camera already on hand.
Parker Garrett: Bloody Feets
Recently, SLUG had a chance to catch up with up-and-coming Utah County skateboarder Parker Garrett outside of Utah County indoor skate park, Banzai. He is a Provo native who is not shy to think outside of the box and get his feet bloody every now and then, and is helping progress the Provo skate scene with his skill set. This 21-year-old has a relaxed style that you can’t help but watch.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Matt Bergmann
Matt Bergmann had some unfinished business from his story a few months back. In mid-December, Bergmann called me up to shoot “this really long down rail.”
Chandler Seipert: Skate Whatever
Chandler Seipert is a breath of fresh air in the skate world we know today. He’s a natural on the board, and he has no inhibitions—only motivation to skate.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Eric Clark
Back in mid-March, two carloads of skaters from Arizona came to Utah to skate for a week. You may have seen them at Provo Park, or at the University of Utah, or jumping off your dumpster behind your BYU apartment complex.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Taylor Green
These photos are the result of three trips to the library, two (and a half) broken boards and a lot of skin and blood from Taylor Green’s back.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Isaiah Beh
Isaiah has been around the Salt Lake skate scene for a long time. He won’t remember this, but I first saw him skate in person one night in 2003 … … read more
Matt Bergmann: The Bergler Does it All
Matt Bergmann absolutely kills it on a skateboard. I’ve seen Bergmann around for a couple of years now, and all I can say is that this dude fucking rips. He can—and will—skate anything. With his raw talent, loose style and I’ll-skate-whatever attitude, it’s no wonder Milosport gave Bergmann a spot on their team. … read more
SLUG Skate Photo Feature
While most people were heading down to the Red Lobster on this particular Friday night for some all-you-can-eat shrimp, Levi had other ideas. … read more
Banzai Skatepark
Banzai Skatepark opened their doors around six months ago. Banzai is in the town of Lindon, Utah, which is about 45 minutes from Salt Lake. SLUG recently had the chance to speak with the general manager of Banzai, Grant McCarty, about some of the finer points of the park. … read more
Skate Photo Feature
Dirk’s skateboarding is full of unconventional tricks. He comes up with some pretty harebrained ideas and, somehow, pulls them off with style and ease. Look at that last frame. … read more
Skate Photo Feature
This photo is for the SLUG readers who “used to skate” … … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Tyson Bowerbank
Finding a new line at an old spot is always nice—no flip-in, flip-out stuff here. Tyson kept it clean and simple … … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Alex Washington
I know what you’re thinking—"Another ollie photo?!" That’s right, another ollie photo. But you know what? There are a lot more kids out there who can kickflip a 10-stair than kids who can ollie this block. … read more
Aiden Chamberlain: The Northern Light
It happened that I skated with Aiden Chamberlain once before at a spot with rails set against a white-brick building. We skated those for a while until someone decided that we’d check out a hulking rail that was just across the street. Only two of the group of about eight had the guts to huck themselves down the green, daunting monster. One of those kids was Mr. Chamberlain. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: AJ Neuenswander
In skateboarding, it’s easy for skaters to become known for a certain trick that they do really well, or do a lot. For example, Paulo Diaz was the nollie guy; Lindsey Robertson—heelflips; Andrew Reynolds—frontside flips; Keith Hufnagel—giant ollies; etc. When I first met AJ, I was in awe of how well he skated fakie. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Colt Bowden
Colt Bowden is always on the lookout for interesting spots. I met up with this former Utah local last month, and he took me down a drainage ditch near his house to this crazy transition. I think it’s a requisite that his spots are hard to skate. … read more
The Bourne Skate-dentity
Salt Lake City’s next generation of Sk801 rippers is here, seeking out all of the tracked and untracked territory that this city has to offer, and Christian Bourne is one of them. A mellow dude off his skateboard and an absolute animal on one (kid straight-up broke a handrail on a back lip attempt), Bourne and I found some time to chat at Fairmont Park while we watched the rest of his crew tear up the park. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Eric Nguyen
Last June, I went out shooting with Eric for the first time. Actually, I think it was the first time we had even met. We found this nice gap Downtown and Eric got right to it, throwing switch heelflips. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Carson Parkinson
I am a skateboarder first and a photographer second. With that in mind, there are a lot of tricks that I have always wanted to shoot, almost just to see the tricks done. A wallride over stairs is one of those tricks. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Garrison Conklin
Some people just have unbelievable power and finesse in their ollies. Garrison is one of those guys. I would have been happy with an ollie from curb cut to curb cut here, but Garrison saw the challenge to clear the whole driveway to the flat on the other side, and went for it. … read more