#larrybalma

[jgrantbrittain]

@transworldskate 1983-2019 I Helped from Issue #1 back in 1983 and worked there as Photo Editor and Senior Photographer until leaving in 2003. Before computers, internet, phones, podcasts, live-streaming ,etc, Skate Mags and Zines were the only way to see and share what was going on in Skateboarding around the world. We would work on an article or interview for months and skaters would have to wait to get their Skate Fix in the mailbox and then they would pass it on. Readers would study each photo and read every word and soak it in and never forget it. Covers were a big thing, Centerspreads too. Transworld grew organically over time from the tiny black and white amateurish rag into a thick high quality and collectible magazine. The page count varied with the financial ups and downs and popularity of skateboarding, but it always came around, that’s Skateboarding. The digital revolution has taken its toll on all Print, humans just don’t get their news and entertainment from print anymore and they want it Immediately. Hey, time marches on and hopefully future skaters will get creative and produce compelling stories, magazines, books, art, photography and music that need to be felt, held and listened to. Cheers to all of the people that worked on Transworld Skateboarding Magazine and thanks to Larry Balma and Peggy Cozens for taking a chance and starting it. TWS supported a lot of families over the years, we can’t forget that. Sorry to see something with such a Legacy go. This April, 1986 Cover is of @lancemountain in Stockholm, Sweden, Summer, 1985. Photo: Brittain #transworldskateboardingmagazine #transworldskate #larrybalma #peggycozens #skatemagazines #skateboardingmagazine #skatezines #skateboardingisfun #lancemountain #jgrantbrittain https://www.instagram.com/p/Buoh3XGHxDa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3b6vmfidkmc2

[skatepunk22]

I love this one because Chad Muska and Larry Balma are from such different corners of skateboarding but each really embraces the camaraderie and spirit of skateboarding. @themuska #larrybalma (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGdpsBxlq8N/?igshid=fuhjv6akzzxu

[kcarmstrong]

#larrybalma founder of #trackertrucks #legendsofskateboarding #skatelegend #skateboardhalloffame #skateboard #trackerlarry #tracker #kcarmstrong #kcarmstrongphotographer (at Los Angeles, California)

[jonasgrossmann]

lance smith... steve caballero, 1980 @ larrybalma

[jgrantbrittain]

Visited @jaimeowens at @transworldskate yesterday and was shown a few boxes containing the original hand done layouts of the first few issues. Kids, we did these the old way, by hand, before computers or digital cameras and with rulers, triangles, t-squares and x-acto knives! I had not seen this cover layout from August 1984 of @staabpirate1 since 1984😳. Scroll to see Cover. Photo: jgrantbrittainphotos.com #kevinstaab #transworldskateboarding #beforecomputers #beforedigital #analoglayout #skatemagazines #skateboardingisfun #skateboarding #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain #unitedskatefront #garryscottdavis #neilblender #larrybalma #lancemountain #bryanridgeway #martyjimenez #staabpirate #booneyramp https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmK20unypN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ciqwapw9whiy

[jgrantbrittain]

Visited @jaimeowens at @transworldskate yesterday and was shown a few boxes containing the original hand done layouts of the first few issues. Kids, we did these the old way, by hand, before computers or digital cameras and with rulers, triangles, t-squares and x-acto knives! I had not seen this cover layout from August 1984 of @staabpirate1 since 1984😳. Scroll to see Cover. Photo: jgrantbrittainphotos.com #kevinstaab #transworldskateboarding #beforecomputers #beforedigital #analoglayout #skatemagazines #skateboardingisfun #skateboarding #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain #unitedskatefront #garryscottdavis #neilblender #larrybalma #lancemountain #bryanridgeway #martyjimenez #staabpirate #booneyramp https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmK20unypN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t3zfpxiap870

[ljacker]

Talking #gearhead stuff on our way to pick avocados. #larrybalma #transworldskate #trackertrucks #skateboardinghistory #drivewebseries #jeeplife #ljacoaching @allencarrascophoto #oceansideca (at Oceanside, California)