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Lapper Begun in 1984 as BWNSM (Bruce and Wade's New Skate Magazine), a photocopied, northern Virginia skate 'zine, Lapper eventually became known world-wide !!

Market research. I'm thinking of selling prints. Please Comment.
25/07/2025

Market research. I'm thinking of selling prints. Please Comment.

Sometimes it amazes me that I still have this original piece of Jason art. Jason entered this cartoon into the Arch's C...
22/07/2025

Sometimes it amazes me that I still have this original piece of Jason art. Jason entered this cartoon into the Arch's Comic competition, and I bet he thought Bruce and Wade would never run it. Well, Arch chose it, and it was run. I doubt any other page in Lapper's history ever attracted as much scrutiny as this one.

For , we're going back 37 years, to the Bluegrass Aggression Session, in Louisville, Kentucky. This is blasting. This ...
16/07/2025

For , we're going back 37 years, to the Bluegrass Aggression Session, in Louisville, Kentucky. This is blasting. This contest was going to be a N.S.A (National Skateboard Association) showcase event, in an arena, with pro competitions in three disciplines: vert, "street", and freestyle. From what I understand, there was significant radio and local media promotion, and anyone who was someone in skateboarding was there. However, the local interest was underwhelming. I'm sure the people who came to see it, in the mostly empty arena, enjoyed it. It was a good contest, but there was, kind of, a This is Spinal Tap feel to the whole thing, and I wonder whether the skateboarding muckity-mucks were worried. We know, now, that skateboarding was about to change.

You choose!Here are three photos from the same session. We have Wiggy , Dan , and Jeff Shepard (in alphabetical/last nam...
12/07/2025

You choose!

Here are three photos from the same session. We have Wiggy , Dan , and Jeff Shepard (in alphabetical/last name order), all lapping grinds at Malcolm X Park in D.C. in 1986.

At the time, I was submitting black-and-white prints to Lapper. My process was to shoot the B&W film, have it developed, and put in negative sleeves (No prints. Prints cost $.). Then I would take the sleeved negatives to the photo lab at the local public high school, where the photography teacher would allow me to use the lab (and his chemistry) after school hours. Standing in the high school darkroom, I would hold the sheet of negatives up to a light and choose what I was going to print. The whole process was linear and arbitrary. I chose to submit one of these photos, and it ended up on a Lapper cover. (If you know which, hold off for a few...) The other two wouldn't be seen by anyone for decades.

You're the Photo Editor, which would you choose? (Again... It's not about trying to guess which one I chose!) Pick one.

We had so much fun, last time, let's do it again.You choose. Here's the set-up... You've sent your guy to cover the 1987...
01/07/2025

We had so much fun, last time, let's do it again.

You choose. Here's the set-up... You've sent your guy to cover the 1987 NSA Amateur Championship, in Phoenix, and he has returned 7 unprocessed rolls (36 images each) of black-and-white film. Everything there is now the property of the magazine and there's an article coming up. On those rolls, you find three different images of Sergie Ventura doing madonnas. Three... Now, we like to run pictures of Sergie. As a Virginia Beach local, he was from the greater Lapper area and we know our favorites, but this article is about a championship contest, not Sergie doing madonnas. Each of these images has its own merits and its own faults. However, there can be only one.

A photo editor would have to choose.

As I transfer the massive GBJ PhotoWorks archive from one computer to another, it gives me the chance to scan, once agai...
30/06/2025

As I transfer the massive GBJ PhotoWorks archive from one computer to another, it gives me the chance to scan, once again, for photos I haven't posted yet. Here's one. It's that time he went to the old Pipeline skatepark in Upland. That was in January of 1988. The truth is, Sam's a little out of focus in this shot, and, if I were a little more discerning as a photographer, I probably shouldn't publish it. Nonetheless...

Before it was retired, Sam Boo's Goshen ramp was put out to pasture in Germantown, Maryland. I don't know how long it s...
28/06/2025

Before it was retired, Sam Boo's Goshen ramp was put out to pasture in Germantown, Maryland. I don't know how long it survived there, but it enjoyed the advantage, at least for Marylanders, of being in Maryland. Across the river, in Centreville, Virginia, the Cedar Crest scene had become the talk of all skateboarding. Goshen was closer, less crowded, and an excellent ramp. Dan Heyman knew... frontside invert.

You choose. Here are two pics of Donny Myhre doing a madonna-derriere , at the same event, at Mount Trashmore on Octob...
27/06/2025

You choose. Here are two pics of Donny Myhre doing a madonna-derriere , at the same event, at Mount Trashmore on October 5, 1987. Which one do you like better? One shows his face and one doesn't. However...

A photo editor would have to choose.

The thing about shooting pictures of is... Well, I'm starting to develop the same problem that I have with .dove. For m...
23/06/2025

The thing about shooting pictures of is... Well, I'm starting to develop the same problem that I have with .dove. For me, it can be really hard to know what is coming next, and the trick bag is so full, the next thing could be just about anything. He was ripping as hard as ever and blowing minds, at .grasso's Rock-and-Roll Jam 7, I was just a little late for a session I'd thought would be going on longer. Backside method for the cameras.

How to get a Lapper cover, in one easy lesson... Do this. Now, some of you may be wondering, at what point does a "lappe...
22/06/2025

How to get a Lapper cover, in one easy lesson... Do this. Now, some of you may be wondering, at what point does a "lapper" become "just" another stand-up frontside grind? Well, in this case, speed would have something to do with it. Not that you can tell in this photograph, but was coming at me at about 1,000 mph, and *bam* then it was gone. Blaize Blouin would have appreciated this grind, and, for me, behind the lens, sometimes I'll shoot a shot and just know.

Here's another look at a Japan air... Knee-to-the-deck, overhead high, alley-ooped (moving away from the camera), live ...
22/06/2025

Here's another look at a Japan air... Knee-to-the-deck, overhead high, alley-ooped (moving away from the camera), live music, and an audience. .grasso 's Rock-and-Roll Jams have become a summer starting good time that shouldn't be missed.

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