Wednesday, March 4, 2009

--john cardiel-- 1990...ish

i got a visit from john yesterday...
plain and simple john is amazing.
his vibe is positive.

so many --what ifs?-- in this photo.
riding on glass.

stolen from the skatebook
tobin took the photo.

10 comments:

drsprocket said...

Max, just dropped a copy of last weeks Sac News and Review in the mail to you. Big article on John, another old top skater,and Omar and the Sac scene then and now.

Ramon said...

I've always been told that this was photo was taken in Bakersfield, CA. do you know if there's any truth to that.

Dan said...

Legend, for its active and passive participants includes happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of john fucking cardiel.

✃LURK HARD said...

cardiel is what it is

Eric John Powers said...

San Jose, 10th Street banks at SJSU!

Yeah Max. Sitting in the Hong Kong Airport on the way back home to SF (SJ, actually) and this stoked me the fuck out.

Cards is the real deal.

EP, Clay Wheels, San Jose.

Andy said...

John Cardiel is skateboarding.

Skateboarding is John Cardiel.

Anonymous said...

JC got the right initials and shows class

without question

Oliver said...

"hecka tight!"

Mr. Lentini said...

There is a spot bye penn station in nyc just like this and everytime I see them I think"cardiel would wall ride that glass" thats one of the most iconic photos of cardiel in my head and tobin is the fucking best

. said...

yes that is in Bakersfield at the Bank of America building. Its about a 3 foot transition to a window. There is a gnarly metal lip that sticks out at the top.

Today, they added bricks on to of the bricks to make impossible to skate.