So apparently Transworld had (has?) some sort of Pin Up of the Month. My subscription lapsed… some years ago, so I don’t know if it’s ongoing. As part of their business model, the idea of a Transworld Skateboarding Pin Up Girl is pretty ironic, considering Transworld was supposedly started as a backlash to some of the more racy content and adverts that were appearing in Thrasher in the early 80’s. Well that, and to make money of course. Here’s a behind the scenes video of one of the photo shots. Classy. I mean, I know we’re posting it here on Skate and Annoy, but it seems so out of place in Transworld. Think of the lost shoe advertisement revenue!
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orezona
Ah yes, female skaters everywhere are STOKED on this.
Feel free to spin that into LPGA and WNBA jokes at will.
JB
The whole girl of the month in TW skate started as a spin off from their Girl of the month feature in TW Surf. With all the young men checking out the site obviously a way to spin up page views and the subsequent ad revenue associated was to have a nice layer of T n A. Lat34.com did the same thing with their “Girl on” feature. Good short term page view results but really dillutes the product in the long run. Another reason to visit the Thrasher site I guess.
Hateboard
oh the chick? yeah, her too. i was talking about the gap.
but since you used the word “hammer’, maybe you were, too.
bailgun
with a hammer.
Hateboard
i’d hit it.
solboy
I find it disgusting to see sex used to sell skateboading. ;o) Nice rack anyway…