bl!sss magazine | december 2015 | #100

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PREFACE

If youre reading this then its official: we just made it through our 100th deadline, youre holding the 100th issue of BL!SSS, and were psyched to have you as a reader. I survived a hundred monthly deadlines at another publication before we started BL!SSS, and Ive held out hope that the process would mellow over time and become less stressful. It hasnt. Print deadlines still breed more chaos and drama than the first southern hemi of the season in Newport. Im on blood pressure medicine from this damn magazine, but I wouldnt have it any other way. And while its been a crazy ride so far, Im super grateful for all of you out there that help us create this mag every month. We owe our survival to the amazing brands that continue to support us and make it possible for us to pay our printer. And of course we have to thank our faithful readers, for without your interest we would have no motive or passion for excellence. Things have changed a lot since we started in 2007, and to be honest I wish I was more grateful at the time for those first couple years of BL!SSS when our industry was still firing on all cylinders. We really didnt realize how good we had it back then, and we definitely werent alone. Todays economy is far more challenging, but somehow weve managed to stay relevant, and brands know that the kids are still picking up our magazine every month. Young people may not be buying a lot of magazines these days, but they sure like free shit.

So for our 100th issue we decided to dig deep into the BL!SSS archives and pull what we thought was the best of our last 99 issues. What youll see here is our favorite content, the cream of the crop. Keep in mind many of these photos are old, and some of the stickers on the boards may be different these days, but theyre so good we had to share them again. One of the crazy things we noticed while flipping through all the old mags was how many ads we ran from brands that arent around anymore. I guess we were lucky to get their business at the time, and we wish them well. We wish other stuff for the ones that still owe us money. If youre looking for a long read, youll have to wait until the January issue, because what we created here is basically a photo book. Weve been blessed to feature some pretty crazy art over the years, as well as amazing images of some of the most accomplished athletes in the world taken by the best photographers we know. It was a brutal editing process, and to be honest this issue wouldve been 500 pages if we could afford it, because theres been so much amazing content to choose from. We made it as big as we could, and we hope you enjoy it.

On a side note, I wanted to say thanks to all the people who reached out to me this past spring and summer after I was nearly killed in a surfing accident. It meant a lot, and I couldnt have gotten through it with out the support of all of my friends. Its been a long haul, but Im back in the water again, and Im lucky to even have a blood pressure that needs lowering. Thanks again for picking up our magazine. We think youll like this one. Long live print!

-Nick Kalionzes

hurricane marie | photo tom cozadIssue 86 | Oct 2014

david choe Issue 1 | Sept 2007

john florence | photo peter kingIssue 77 | Jan 2014

emily ratajkowski | photo dominic petruzzi Issue 23 | July 2009

jeremy geddes | a perfect vacuumIssue 83 | July 2014

How should the glass be shattering if force is being applied this way? How should these shadows be falling on this object? What type of brush marks will best describe this form? It is these minor challenges that keep a painting dynamic to work on and interesting to come back to day after day. I love solving these issues, I love becoming lost in the dimensional qualities of the work and feeling my brain slowly resolve issues I previously thought were unfixable.

geoff rowley | photo ryan allenIssue 55 | March 2012

keegan valaika | photo bob plumbIssue 30 | Feb 2010

ed templetonIssue 18 | Feb 2009

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chippa wilson | photo tom careyIssue 36 | Aug 2010

erin haas | dalek | photo dominic petruzziIssue 23 | July 2009

jamie lynn | photo chris brunkhartIssue 37 | Sep 2010

wes laine, chappy jennings, rabbit bartholomew, gary elkerton, willy morris | photo brian bielmanIssue 24 | Aug 2009

alejandra guilmant | photo dominic petruzzi Issue 48 | Aug 2011

andrew reynolds | photo atiba jeffersonIssue 19 | March 2009

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anthony walsh | photo troyerIssue 12 | Aug 2008

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This was the only time we have ever had a different BL!SSS logo on our cover.When C.R. Stecyk III offers draw your cover logo you dont say no.

c.r. stecyk III | photo derek bahnIssue 53 | Jan 2012

bruce irons | photo tom careyIssue 1 | Jan 2007

dylan rieder | photo ryan allenIssue 55 | March 2012

os gemeosIssue 56 | April 2012

barry mcgeeIssue 58 | June 2012

dane reynolds | hominids & pinnipeds (zine) Issue 55 | March 2012

emily ratajkowski | revok | photo dominic petruzzi Issue 36 | Aug 2010

chelsea | retna | photo dominic petruzzi Issue 36 | Aug 2010

chris couter | photo andrew millerIssue 50 | Oct 2011

mikkel bang | photo dean blottoIssue 47 | July 2011

curren caples | photo john bradfordIssue 99 | November 2015

jeff grosso | photo emagIssue 17 | Jan 2009

lance mountain | photo brian fickIssue 65 I Jan 2013

tony farmer | photo artoIssue 56 | April 2012

mark ryden | the creatrixIssue 13 | Sept 2008

sid vicious | photo dean morrisIssue 85 | Sept 2014

alex gray | photo chris burkardIssue 83 | July 2014

nicolas mller | photo zach hooperissue 14 | Oct 2008

rampage & kolohe | photo kenworthy Issue 5 | Jan 2008

shane dorian | photo bielmanIssue 24 | Aug 2009

alyssa acre supertaste | photo dominic petruzziIssue 87 | Nov 2014

clark littleIssue 65 | Jan 2013

greyson & christian fletcher | photo bryce kanightsIssue 60 | Aug 2012

greyson fletcher | photo bryce kanightsIssue 60 | Aug 2012

Hes a very sweet boy! Nobody wants to hear that, but he is a very sweet boy. I used to babysit Greyson when he was three or four and we would play Defender for hours and hours on end. The kids a barbarian; hes a skateboard barbarian. He doesnt know anything; he just pretty much runs on instinct, cruise control and feel, sheer will and a little bit of terror as well. He just doesnt give a fuck. Hes a fucking savage. Hes got a lot of finesse in his skating, but yet its very unrefined. The guy doesnt really know tricks, doesnt really care about the history of where things come from or any of that kind of bullshit its just pure stoke. Like, Im doin this. Kind of a throwback to some of the older skaters, kind of a Jay Adams-like vibe running on instinct. Hes super agile, a little ugly, but kind of beautiful at the same time. Hes got that gnarly Fletcher bull-legged, wide stance going on thats obviously in the DNA.

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dabs myla Issue 67 | March 2013

reef mcintosh | photo aspIssue 59 | July 2012

alexandra supertaste | photo dominic petruzziIssue 71 | July 2013

nick russell | photo pottoIssue 49 | Sept 2011

scott blum | photo bob plumbIssue 93 | May 2015

peter townend bustin down the door | photo merkelIssue 7 | March 2008

michael tomson bustin down the door | photo merkelIssue 7 | March 2008

rabbit bartholomew bustin down the door | photo merkelIssue 7 | March 2008

mark richards bustin down the door | photo merkelIssue 7 | March 2008

josh keyes | tangledIssue 76 | Dec 2013

richard phillipsIssue 59 | July 2012

duane peters & steve olsen | photo brian fickIssue 65 | Jan 2013

dylan graves | photo chris burkhardIssue 83 | July 2014

chris ward | photo tom careyIssue 47 | July 2011

craig andersonIssue 60 | Aug 2012

clayton brothersIssue 8 | April 2008

jay adams | photo derek bahn (top left), steyck Issue 85 | Sept 2014

john john florence | photo tom careyIssue 9 | May 2008

jordy smith | photo kenworthyIssue 41 | Jan 2011

alex knost | photo mark choiniereIssue 71 | July 2013

kara supertaste | photo dominic petruzziIssue 91 | March 2015

jonas michlot | photo aaron doddsIssue 6 | Feb 2008

space invaderIssue 43 | March 2011

danny fuller | photo zak noyleIssue 80 | April 2014

liu bolinIssue 50 | Oct 2011

chris labrooyIssue 84 | Aug 2014

shayne pospisil | photo aaron doddsIssue 19 | March 2009

jim greco | photo bob plumbIssue 35 | July 2010

andy irons | photo jack englishIssue 11 | July 2008

andy irons | photo kenworthyIssue 40 | Dec 2010

rolling stones | photo ken reganIssue 68 | April 2013

keith haring | photo janette beckmanIssue 83 | July 2014

alex greyIssue 15 | Nov 2008

I invented a translucent ap-proach to the hu-man body, which I call transfigu-ration. This ap-proach brings in-formation to the surface via a level of truth that is, in fact, realism, bypassing the typical race and sometimes gen-der. By removing the skin, there is a transpersonal-izing universality to the human fig-ure that brings it into the realm of the sacred.

eric geiselman | photo nellyIssue 75 | Nov 2013

mason ho | photo lazerwolfIssue 90 | Feb 2015

stephen koehne | photo ryan craigIssue 87 | Nov 2014

kolohe andino | photo kenworthyIssue 53 | Jan 2012

ian mackaye | photo pat grahamIssue 89 | Jan 2015

cleon petersonIssue 80 | April 2014

robert williamsIssue 90 | Feb 2015

hajime sorayamaIssue 89 | July 2015

raymond pettibon | photo bo bushnellIssue 71 | July 2013

poseIssue 36 | Aug 2010

madsteez | chinaIssue 61 | Sept 2012

dave kinseyIssue 5 | Jan 2008

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gilbert crockett | photo acostaIssue 95 | July 2015

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