The Industry Player....
So I was just informed that it is now June? This couldn't be so, just a few months ago it was snowboarding season. Hmmm... Oh well guess I should be ready to start my travel season. This coming month I'll be out of town what seems like every weekend, which is a good thing. Any opportunity to get out of Idaho is a good one!
Even though last month wasn't a productive one as far as travel for myself, it was a very productive month in other ways. After picking up my '97 Accord, I took it over to my friends house John "Waldo" Bartels to begin tearing shit up. This would give me 2 great opportunities. One would be gaining modifications to my new ride, while the other would be gathering tech articles for the magazine. I will continue to highlight the entire build up of the Accord through out the summer until completion. This may not excite you but I'm excited about it so I guess that is what counts.
With gaining a few people to help freelance shows around the US for us, we are gathering many more shows and plan on loading each issue this year with tons and tons of coverage. We are even getting a couple of others attempting to gather features for SSM as well which should help prevent the feature shortage next winter. Here is a quick highlight of who is who amongst the SSM staff and freelancers.
SSM Staff providing show and feature coverage:
Garrick Arends
Kris Bloom
Bobby Stewart
Chas Nichols
Brandon Burrell
Eddie Medal
Ben Husser
Russell Gulow
SSM Editorial writers
Brandi and Russell Gulow
Ben Husser
Jeff Miller 		Freelance photographers working their way into SSM staff by bringing dedicated coverage.
Casey Jones
Jeff Roman
Steve Medina
Kevin Botero
Jason Gedmin
It takes dedication and determination in order to become a part of the SSM Staff. Those currently involved know that it takes a good year of complete dedication in order to become SSM. Those that fade away or that can't handle criticism need not apply, not that there are openings.
I would like to give a special thanks to those that have helped us along the way. If I have forgotten someone I'm sorry, send me hate mail and I'll try and correct the problem. haha
Tell next month,
Garrick Arends
Editor
Garrick@StreetSource.com