Transworld SKATEboarding (also known as TWS) is an international magazine on skateboarding that is based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also runs an accompanying website and video production company. The magazine's 2013 media kit states that "We are the authority. We are artistic. We have legacy." As of May 2013, the publication was owned by the GrindMedia company.
A satellite edition Transworld SKATEboarding Japan is published in Japan.
History
Early years
Founded in 1983, TWS was intended as an a more accessible alternative to Thrasher Magazine. For example, a December 1982 Thrasher article, "Skate and Destroy" written by C. R. Stecyk, III under the pen name "Lowboy", was criticized. In addition a February 1983 advertisement for Independent Trucks, featured a topless female model with the brand's decals displayed on her breasts.
The public release of TransWorld SKATEboarding occurred under the ownership of Peggy Cozens and Larry Balma, owner of the Tracker Trucks brand. Initially, the magazine's editorial teams were known collectively as the "United Skate Front" and Balma later spoke of the magazine’s beginnings as a reaction to Thrasher, explaining in a 2003 Union-Tribune interview: "They were pretty harsh, sex and drugs and using four-letter words and all that and in the early '80s, the sport started growing and [Thrasher] wasn't the best magazine for young kids".
the grind of skateboard wheels turning on concrete fuses with the initial drums, guitar and horns of "Superman" by Goldfinger as you break through plate glass and head down that first fateful ramp ... I grew up skateboarding.
The Olympics may have put the world's gaze on the Englishman but in the skateboarding realm, he has always been an icon in the sport ... By 1998 he was selected as the 'best overall skater' in the 'readers poll' of Transworld Skateboarding magazine.
In 1998, a reader’s poll in Transworld Skateboarding magazine named him the “best overall skater.” In 1999, he skated down a marble hallway at the White House as part of an anti-drug event.
In 1998, a reader’s poll in Transworld Skateboarding magazine named him the “best overall skater.” In 1999, he skated down a marble hallway at the White House as part of an anti-drug event.
In 1998, a reader’s poll in Transworld Skateboarding magazine named him the “best overall skater.” In 1999, he skated down a marble hallway at the White House as part of an anti-drug event.
Taste Test... Photo-Illustration. by The Cut; Photos. Getty Images, HBO, EverettCollection ... When our movie takes place, it was definitely like the Berrics and Crailtap and TransWorld. I’m a little less caught up with the current state of skateboarding ... ....
I witnessed the evolution of “extreme board sports” firsthand as the editor of TransWorld Skateboarding Magazine in 1986 and the founding editor of TransWorld Snowboareding Magazine in 1987... Skateboarding and surfing followed in 2020 in Tokyo ... .
Ranked by Transworld Skateboarding in their top 30 "Most Influential Skaters of All Time", Stevie Williams has left an indelible mark on the skateboarding world ... His success in skateboarding, fitness ...
He name-drops iconic shoe and clothing brands — Emerica, Dickies, Airwalk — as well as the skate magazines, like Thrasher and Transworld Skateboarding, where he found out what the best skaters were wearing.
As such, Campbell and company created and documented some of the most amazing street skateboarding in the culture’s history during the most punitive era against Black citizens in Los Angeles by the city’s police forces.
Long before the internet reached the public, these were, firstly, skateboard magazines like Thrasher, Transworld, Big Brother, and most importantly, the UK’s own Sidewalk, and secondly from the ...
Skateboarder ... Notably, Transworld Skateboarding magazine bestowed the park with the recognition of being one of the “top 10 ride before you die” places to skateboard globally, said Volzke.
Through his work on magazines such as Ray Gun, Transworld Skateboarding, Surfer and Beach Culture, all staples of the 1990s, the self-taught designer continuously broke the rules and reimagined how ...
AcTVe will launch Powder, Surfer, Transworld Skateboarding, Bike Mag, and Snowboarder, each as its own free ad-supported streaming television, or FAST, channel across platforms worldwide ....
San Diego Union-Tribune
06 Aug 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune
06 Aug 2024