July 2009

Josh Utley | Summer of 1992

In the summer of 1992 Josh Utley was sponsored by a plant snatching, cheap, not really good for anything, wanna be skateboard company called Wasted Sk8's that became Focused Skateboards. It wasn't the greatest thing he had ever done. Josh had more fun skateboarding as an unsponsored amateur and has continued with this philosophy to present.

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Josh Utley | Circle K 1992

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Josh Utley | Circle K 1992 - Continued

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Josh Utley | Skateboarding @ First Baptist 1993

This is the smaller of the two gaps at this First Baptist church in OB. Listen to sound as Josh approaches the gap. That sound is a clue to what makes this particular set of gaps difficult.

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Josh Utley drops in 12' Vision Vert Ramp

With two feet of vert and being a street skate Josh Utley sizes up and then drops in on the Vision vert ramp in Encinitas, CA in 1993. This ramp is 12 feet tall and with small skateboard wheels he just couldn't keep up his speed.

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Del One with some Kung Fu trampoline skills

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Josh Utley and the elusive gap

This gap was elusive to me even when I was doing similar size gaps and larger stair sets. I would love to see footage of anyone else clearing this. I think Kanten Russel has done it, but I have not seen it first hand.

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How not to do a late shuvit

So uh yeah this is certainly how not to do a late shuvit. However, you have to appreciate the float factor this shuvit has!

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Mike Macera Felspar

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