TransWorld Skateboarding Celebrates 30

Last week, TransWorld SKATEboarding opened its skate park in proper celebratory fashion, inviting the skateboarding industry's elite, including top pro and legendary skaters, to mark the unveiling of its 30th volume. The special issue featured a cover shot of skating icon Mark Gonzales and interviews from the 30 most influential skaters of all time.

The TransWorld Skate Park was transformed for the 300 attendees to the event, with fresh coats of paint, exclusive pieces on display from Lance Mountain, Jason Adams, and Ron Cameron, archived magazine issues, collectable skateboards, photo galleries by TransWorld's Mike O'Meally and Skin Phillips, and TransWorld SKATEboarding memorabilia collected over the past 30 years from TransWorld founder Larry Balma and his wife Louise. 

"The vibe inside the skate park with industry icons, legendary pros, TransWorld founders, friends, family and alumni, was the perfect combination of what we wanted TransWorld SKATEboarding's anniversary celebration to be," says Group Publisher Liam Ferguson.

The photo exhibition, showcasing TransWorld SKATEboarding's 30 most influential skaters of all time, will travel around the world throughout 2012.

"Seeing everyone there that night was truly overwhelming, the culmination of not only six months of hard work, but thirty years! Skateboarding legends Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi were the last to leave, I guess that says it all," says Skin Phillips, editor-in-chief.