Michael Brooke: What was it like being a part of the ‘70s skate scene? Chris Carmichael: Living in southern California in the early ‘70s was the epicenter for surfing and skateboarding. I was 14 years old when my grandfather gave me my first movie camera. I started surfing and entering contests and became No. 1 in 1969, in the boys division in the US. This also continued the following year in the Junior Men’s division. I was No. 1 in 1970 and 1971.

Marcus Vorwaller is the creator and webmaster of Silverfishlongboarding.com (SF). If you don’t know about SF already, it’s a website that offers longboard forums, reviews, and articles. Marcus may be better known to the riding community by his online username, zzzMarcus. Since inception five years ago, SF has seen dramatic growth and currently gets about sixty thousand unique visits a month. No marketing, no advertising – just strong word of mouth.

The Silverfish coverage of Gravity Skateboards slidefest '05. With the local Ninja Bomb Squad in attendance along with such sliding giants as Cliff Coleman, Sergio Yuppie, WillJ, Chris Dahl and Farbice it was an awesome contest to watch and an even more exilarating to be a part of, my scar is still a killer reminder of that day.

Lynn Kramer, a mechanical engineer from San Diego, started showing up at slalom races in 2002 during the Fat City Racing era, and quickly became the fastest woman racer in the U.S. Within two seasons Lynn was winning every major race that had a womens division. She went to Europe to find more women to race.

Maria Carrasco wraps up the 2008 slalom season for Concrete Wave.