Eric Nakamura
Bryce Kanights
Matt Irving
Andy Jenkins
Mark Whiteley
Sean Cliver
Prepare to Time Code
Lennie Kirk must have thought I had quite a catch-up to do, that’s probably why he gave me this Bible in 1996, when we met and shot few things. They came out pretty bad but hey, I was an absolute beginner -and I never passed that stage with skateboard photography, unfortunately. When I came back to France he called me up in the middle of the night for a minute, asking if I had read his present. Then we lost touch for a good ten years, when I found out that he was locked up.
So I started the long process of trying to gather the authorizations to interview him in jail. It took a while, and the result is in the new Skateboarder. Thanks Lennie, and also I wanted to thank personnally his mom Betty Kirk, who passed away just recently, for all her help.
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July 14th, 2009 at 8:12 am
this is amazing, can’t wait to get this issue!
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hey, just picked up the recent issue of Skateboarder with your Lennie Kirk interview. Thanks a lot for tracking Lennie down and clearing some of the many rumors. I started skating right when Lennie was hitting the scene in ’95; his skating blew my mind…and then he disappeared. It was tragic because he was miles ahead of everyone…and he had that weird, raw Paulo Diaz-type style going for him. I haven’t bought a skate mag in about a year, but this was certainly one of the most worthwhile interviews anyone has done in some time.