12.18.2012

chrome ball incident x transworld skateboarding #2

Second on my list of Transworld's 10 Most Memorable Pro Spotlights is Kris Markovich's beyond-the-grave spectacle from April,1992. Bergman would be proud.

“I’m not into freestyle sessions at Blue Curb-it’s a curb, so use it.”

With a Q&A reportedly conducted via séance, Dan Sturt’s stark black-and-white photography captures Kris’ ghostly apparition mysteriously hovering over large bodies of water and grinding rails of length previously unheard of. Skateboarding’s bar is collectively raised, despite reports of Markovich’s untimely demise.

Numero dos. (late pass)

7 comments:

ODG said...

F*#k yes..probabably my favorite of all time. Dude's barely in the first photo, the slam on the front board... the 50 50 on that long rail, 270 kickflip with the racecar logo (was that a Blind board? I don't remember..), just perfect..

Giles said...

i love markovich. he contributed so much. it's really too bad he didn't get some help managing his career and business relationships. the interview is such a harbinger of things to come. he quits dogtown, and proceeds to run through more board sponsors than any other pro in history.

chops said...

ODG, that's the Blind Racing series. Each pro had a number. Sanchez was 7. Always loved those.

ODG said...

Cool, knew it was in the World family. I had one that was a hand me down back in the day. Great series.

ODG said...

By the way, congrats on the TWS article. Good stuff..

Anonymous said...

Weren't all those pics posed/faked? Sturt destroyed the negatives so they could not prove otherwise? Kind of a major coincidence that no footage exists of any of the interview tricks?

chops said...

Never heard that faked theory before... but honestly not THAT big of a coincidence that it never came out in a video as this was kinda common for back then.

But still, definitely weird.

If Markovich would ever agree to an interview, I'd ask him.