Daniele Galli is on the cover of issue no.5 of a brief glance with a bs smith grind on the Knodel bowl cradle. The good flick of Davide Biondani gives justice to the trick and motivates Danny in these very last few days of physical therapy, while he’s on his way to full recovery from his last injury.
About a week ago, Pure Skateboarding, magazine created by Mirai Pulvirenti and the Baco boys, came out with issue 3.
In the double spread above that opens up the mag, we see Danny Galli fs lipsliding the cradle at the Knodel bowl in Brescia.
Even if Danny still has a few weeks of forced rest ahead, it’s good to see him reaping the seeds of this year’s alarming productivity on his side.
On the other hand the weird (and dated) image on the cover shows Gargy, a.k.a. Alessandro Gargiullo, long time roman skater, in the big pants small wheels era, ak.a. the early 90s, at the famous EUR Palombini spot in Rome.
The leit motiv of this issue is infact an excerpt of Gargy’s memories and pictures, of which he decided to make a book on his twenty-more years of skateboarding.
Gargy tells us about the uncomfort and social akwardness of a young boy in the outskirts of Rome who chooses a slightly different route for entertaining himself. Then the realization that this diversity is a value that opens the door to a brand new world that carries along friends, an actual subculture and a real long term lifestyle.