Natas Kaupas Melonchollie Grab Venice 1986 Zines and the graffiti makes the

and the graffiti makes the shot all that more punk rock

Photo is numbered 1 through 50 in graphite in the lower right

It ran in Issue #98 of The Skateboard Mag dedicated to the Bones Brigade

There are not a lot of photos out there of this less ridden section of the park

was shot in the late 80s

Natas Kaupas Melonchollie Grab Venice 1986 Zines and the graffiti makes theI shot this photo of Natas Kaupas at Venice High School in Venice, California, in 1986. Street skating was in its infancy and Natas, Gonz, Guerrero and a few others were breaking all boundaries. I shot this photo with my Nikon FM 2 and a 16mm fisheye lens. I was laying on the ground and Natas was flying off the hip of the bank and over me, wearing a Public Enemy shirt. I probably had never listened to Public Enemy at this point in history. It's