TransWorld SKATEboarding Podus Operandi

Mike O'Meally has a book out today featuring his incredible photos shot while skateboarding around Manhattan on September 12, 2001. Huge thanks to Mike for taking the time to do this. Links to order the book and donate to the FDNY's Fire Family Transport Fund are below:

We sat down for a conversation on preserving skateboarding's history in the UK and beyond.

There's a lot of hype around Jacob Rosenberg's new book(s), and for good reason. It's a massive package that takes a deeply personal lens to San Francisco's Embarcadero scene from 1990 to 1993—some of the most influential and progressive years for street skating. I wanted to have a semi-brief chat with Jacob before his big exhibition opens in San Francisco on November 21. I didn't want to give away too much of what's in the books, but more-so wanted to show why it's a must-have, the amount of care and attention that went into it, and just to shoot the breeze with a guy who filmed some of the most important video parts to date, and is always a pleasure to chat with. Enjoy this episode.—Blair Alley

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Sean Kelling was a New York City loc in the 90s and got plenty of time in at the Brooklyn Banks. He's since relocated to North County San Diego and opened a skateshop in Encinitas—and he named it Rose Street. Listen in to all of the reasons why.

A video walkthrough with a New York City OG and one of the founders of Zoo York, Eli Morgan Gesner was there for some wild times and has the stories to prove it.

Photos from the Full Bleed book, video clips from Future Primitive and 411VM.

Video/edit: Blair Alley

Episode two features Brooklyn native Alyasha Owerka-Moore recounting his formative years at the Brooklyn Banks in the 80s and 90s. It was a more than a meet-up spot or a skate spot you'd be at all day—it was also the location for a lot of ideas coming together, starting companies, and making lifelong friends. Some of the photos in this episode are from Alyasha's personal collection, photographed by his mother. Video from 411VM. Other photos are from TransWorld, Full Bleed, and Blair Alley.

Now that the Brooklyn "Big Banks" are back open to the public, we wanted to hear some stories from New York City OGs about grittier times in Lower Manhattan. Our first episode is with Bruno Musso. Interview by Blair Alley. Enjoy!

And to clarify, that's Jahmal Simmons on the TWS cover, and Jahmal Williams in the goldenrod shirt.

Where do you start with skateboarding Hall of Famer Grant Brittain? From working at the Del Mar Skate Ranch photographing Tony Hawk as a kid to being one of the founding members of TransWorld SKATEboarding, shooting some of the most iconic skateboarding images of all time—and still doing it to this day! It was truly an honor to have this legend on the pod. Listen in as Steve Fletch, Mitch Hartman and Blair Alley chopped it up with J. Grant Brittain. Check out our Grant Brittain x Lance Mountain photo T-shirts!

Kerry Getz joins Mitch, Steve, and Blair. We watch Kerry's classic part in TWS' Feedback that he shared with Bam Margera and Mike Maldonado. We also watch his pre-Toy Machine Fairmans 3 part. We of course ask how he got on Habitat—the story is pretty rad. We go through the lucrative Habitat and DVS years, find out how much a top-level pro was making in those years, and what eventually led Kerry to ride for Terror of Planet X. Kerry was a great guest! We can't thank him enough. 

Mitch, Steve and Blair have Podus Operandi's first guest, filmmaker Jason Hernandez who you ought to know from his time at TransWorld making some of our most memorable videos and going on to Nike SB to make the best videos they've ever put out. Who were the best and worst guys to film for TransWorld videos? How about for the Nike SB Chronicles? All that and more revealed in this episode.