Shogo Kubo at Cherry Hill circa 1980 on my Instagram

Shogo Kubo at Cherry Hill skatepark circa 1978-79, last great days at that incredible park, where Shogo braved a tough winter and became the resident Pro. I made this photo with some silly screw on filter i put over the front of my lens, i used it just a few times, works well here, kinda... I was in 11th grade at the time. #SHOGO #DOGTOWN #Skateboarding #ZBOYS #newjersey #cherryhill #integrity #inspiration #OldSchool #OG #original #SkateBoarderMagazine #highschool

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SKATEBOARDING HALL of FAME 2017 inductees announced

I'm happy to report that the Hall of Fame is back on track this year, after the debacle last year taking credibility away the entire institution, I honestly can say in my humble opinion everyone this year well deserves to be inducted!

from the Skateboarding Hall of Fame:

Enjoy a night of fun, friends and great memories as we honor the skateboarders, industry pioneers and icons that have left an indelible imprint on the history of skateboarding and our culture.

The 8th Annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Icon Awards Ceremony presented by House of Vans will be held at the City National Grove of Anaheim, California on May 12, 2017.


2017 Inductees

1960s: Bob Mohr

1970s Era 1: Gregg Weaver and Russ Howell

1970s Era 2: Shogo Kubo

1980s Era 1: Mike McGill

1980s Era 2: Eric Dressen

1990s: Daewon Song

Female: Kim Cespedes and Vicki Vickers



Icons: Thrasher Magazine, Sonja Catalona, and Jim Phillips


Event Schedule

4:30 PM GATES OPEN - VIP HAPPY HOUR

6:00 PM VIP MEET AND GREET

6:15 PM VIP DINNER

6:30 PM GENERAL ADMISSION

7:30 PM SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME CEREMONY

10:00 PM LIVE DJ

11:00 PM BARS CLOSE

12:00 PM VENUE CLOSE

All proceeds benefit the not-for-profit efforts of the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame and the Go Skateboarding Foundation.

The Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Icon Awards Ceremony is a production of the International Association of Skateboard Companies’ Go Skateboarding Foundation under license from the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame™.

*Ticket purchases HERE for the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Icon Awards Ceremony.

I made photos of some of the inductees back in the 70's, here's some choice pic's:

Shogo Kubo from my Instagram

SHOGO KUBO 1978 West Los Angeles at a place that got called The Krypto Bowl. This backyard pool was a bust but somehow we managed a couple of amazing sessions here. I invited the main promo rep D. David from Kryptonics to come get a taste of what a real DogTown session was like, of course he had wheels flowing and even some prototype boards for people to try out, in fact when i think about it, I don't think more than a few photos exist from this pool where someone isn't riding Krypto's, they were dominating at that moment in time (most notable though i must say was Jimmy Plumer blazing on his Z-Wheels). Anyway look in the background, there's a heavy session going down. One of my most famous photos of Jay Adams was from this day where he's knocking the coping out of its place, in fact look at the cinder blocks on top of the coping, in this photo, to try and hold it in place while these motherfuckers were just pulverizing it... Jim Muir, Marty Grimes, Jay, Shogo, Mike Szeliga, Moses Padilla, Wes Humpston, and more, it was a heavy duty afternoon, before we knew the owners would be home from work... This photo is from my book "DOGTOWN - The Legend of The Z-BOYS" co-authored with CR Stecyk lll .. A must have. This is one of many moments that reminds me why i am putting Shogo's name up for nomination into "The Skateboarding Hall Of Fame" for this year. Fact is Shogo was one of the only ORIGINAL Z-Boys to keep skating competitively into the late 70's and his style was the basis for those like Ray Bones, Stevie Caballero, and most obviously his grom imitator Christian Hosoi ... SHOGO KUBO R.I.P. #shogokubo #jayadams #kryptonics @christianhosoi @steviecab @raybonesr @jboyadams #backyardpool #poolsiswhereitsat #bluetileobsession #coping #zflex #DogTown @dogtownskate @jimreddogmuir @crstecykiii #skateboarding #oldschool #1978 #ripShogo @skateboardinghalloffame #ShogoKuboAppreciationSociety #radical #gnarly #halloffame2016

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SHOGO KUBO R.I.P.

-from his SkateBoarder magazine interview-

I heard the news pretty early on and did not believe it. "Red Dog" told me he got a text from his son, I wouldn't accept that as proof, I asked him to please speak to someone, not via text, but voice or face to face. This is not something we need to rush to tell the world about, we need to know what has actually happened to the fallen brother... As the day went on indeed the words and call were true. Shogo it appears was stand up paddle boarding in Hawaii, where he's lived for many years now, and had a heart attack (UPDATE: brain aneurism), he was 55 years old.



I knew Shogo from my days at the Kenter banks before I even had a camera, up through the heyday of DogTown, his time as the best contest pool rider to come from the original ZEPHYR team crew, to when he moved out to Cherry Hill skatepark in New Jersey, around the same time I was forced to move back to New Jersey to finish High School.


-Cherry Hill Skatepark 1979-

Shogo Kubo, for those who do not know, was one of the most stylish and flowing pool and half pipe riders you'd ever see. To me Skaters like Ray "Bones", Steve Caballero, and Christian Hosoi, to name a few, were cut from his cloth. Shogo was an original, an innovator, and a competitor like none of the other "Z-Boys", and he was radical too. We created a lot of cool images together during that hey day. All the images you see above and below come from a few of our outings... he will be missed by many.


-the original Dog Bowl - Santa Monica, 1977-



-Trespassing in West Los Angeles, 1978-



dig it.

GEF


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