ocean city wasn't to far from home so it was a great summer destination to skate and vacation at the beach. we were very thankful for chat st skateshop for keeping it real. toxic, atlantic skates, the ocean bowl, all the characters, mopping the ramp with coke, fun times and awsome sessions

 


darren mendito
darren mendito with a half cab with a grab

darren mendito
the moose flapping his board behind him in the cage

darren mendito
darren was, and still is, so good. contorted egg

darren mendito
darren was always on top of the sesh

darren mendito
stiffy at the beach

darren mendito
keeping his feet way away on the finger flip to tail

darren mendito
big dude leining around on a lil board

darren mendito
lip tricks, airs, hand plants, darren has a plethoria of each

darren mendito
boosting a toxic slob plant. check my cheapskates section for more on darren

darren mendito
boosting a slob air

glenn charnoski
glenn charnoski guiding a lein over the channel

glenn charnoski
then back over with an egg. check my two guys section for more on glenn

glenn charnoski
it would be a picture perfect finger flip if i caught the lip, still glenn is so on it

glenn charnoski
pro for zorlac at the time and dominating the session. leining to tail for kicks

glenn charnoski
glenn can do anything also, fakie ollie over the channel

glenn charnoski
fakie ollie again

glenn charnoski
glenn is up there with cab and mountain, if you ask me. so consistent and such a deep bag of proper

glenn charnoski
springing into the indy jam on gullwings

glenn charnoski
the older charnoski brother skates on the edge also

glenn charnoski
nice spot to set up for some traveling

glenn charnoski
slob plant over the channel

glenn charnoski
every wall was a trick, easy to shoot a photo or 20. tuck knee

george draguns
george draguns came down from pa to do some shredding. frontal

george draguns
george inverting

jay pilarski
hell yeah, my friend jason pilarski was in the sesh. backside nose grabbing

jay pilarski
jay inverting over there

jay pilarski
super fly jay slob plant. the chillest style. check my lehigh valley section for more photos of jay

matt dove
i just knew this dude as style king matt, for thats what he was at those sessions

matt dove
matt dove

matt dove
bitching madonna by the lip trick jedi

jerry hahn
ha, ill throw me in here, backside rollout, not from the contest

jerry hahn
rocking and rolling through the decades

phil rouchard
phil rouchard dropped jaws

phil rouchard
and bent necks with his blasters

phil rouchard
invert over the channel

phil rouchard
i think you know what trick this is

phil rouchard
method and every air variation was in phil's arsenal

phil rouchard
mute on a cloudy day at the beach

phil rouchard
phil won the high air contest with a mctwist, they were measuring the board

phil rouchard
blockhead picked phil up, but he was already up there

phil rouchard
japan like he was japanese

phil rouchard
the ellusive frigid air. a good way to keep people back from the lip

phil rouchard
some of the best mctwists ive ever seen in person

phil rouchard
channel slob at height with tweak, like every other air he did

phil rouchard
i wouldnt bet on phil not making this stale clutch

phil rouchard
solid stale clutch

sean miller
sean miller was there but i dont think he rode in the contest RIP

troy chasen
troy chason was the only person ive ever seen do this one, the airwalk or frontside christ air? on vert

troy chasen
i have more of troy and his texas friends in my lehigh valley section

troy chasen
i think this was a small ramp for him, being from texas

troy chasen
but it was a good ramp for blasting- fast layer, tight trannys, and coping with a slight pop

trout
trout fishing up a backside air. i'm not coming up with his real name

trout
i think a backside ollie with hand steeze


crails were not seen too much back then, but trout did em right


caught in an ollie what? probably tail. whats his name and you might now his trick here


i have 0 photos of that bowl thing in the background, but who has a trout lein to tail at oc?

unknown
if you can name this guy, you can caption his photos (this goes for all unknowns)


same caption as above for the same dude doing the same trick


ollie


lein to tail


damn lein to tails were in this day


unknown mute


possibly rob mertz backside


about to be a disaster


invert


invert


ltt


unknown burley lein


all photos by jerry and copyright negativeion.com
hit me up if you can help me with some names...

 

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