GrindMedia 最近宣布 Jaime Owens 担任TransWorld SKATEboarding 主编一职，他将担负起 TWS 未来的发展，包括纸质杂志的出版发行和网络电子杂志的宣传推广等，Jaime 有过13年的 Skateboarder Magazine 工作经历，相信会将TWS领导得更好，现在是时候让我们了解一下这个新任主编了，让他聊一聊自己得过去，看看他最喜欢得5张照片是什么，访谈走起
Last week TWS announced that Jaime Owens is their new Editor In Chief. Now it’s time you got familiar with him. Jaime Owens has been around—he rips on the board and has shot some of the best skaters in the game since the 90s. Stoked to have him on board and what’s in store for the future of TransWorld. Interview by Blair Alley，For English scroll down.
Q:你是怎么成为TWS的编辑的?
A:我在Skateboarder Magazine工作了13年，我从1999年开始实习，结交了很多好朋友，然后时机也正巧，便在2000年时就当上了照片编辑，然后我就一直在那里工作，2007年成为了Skateboarder Magazine的主编，一直到8月份 Skateboarder Magazine关门歇业。幸运的是TWS这时正好有个空缺的编辑位置，我便申请然后得到了这个工作，实在是太兴奋了！
Q:你看的第一本TWS杂志是哪一部，你记得早期TWS有什么回忆？
A:我的第一本杂志是12月的第86期，我姐姐在杂货店看到给我买的，它的封面是Rodney Mullen的照片，还是本特刊，看了之后我就震惊了，我那是不知道还有滑板杂志这种东西，虽说我滑板已经有一段时间了，但是我看的只是Freestylin BMX 杂志，里面只有很少很少的滑板照片，看到这本TWS杂志之后我激动无比，把里面的照片都贴在墙上了
Q:你觉得TWS有什么标志性的东西，这对你滑板之路有什么意义
A:TWS的标志就是那些碉堡了的摄影作品，在我滑板成长的过程中，有TWS就意味着可以看到最好的滑手的照片，而且都是由最棒的摄影师拍摄，这些瞬间的纪录都是无与伦比的财富
**选5张你最喜欢的照片并告诉我们它们背后的故事**
2004年，LA的 Brooklyn Project 店在Melrose 也就是店铺的后边建了个很棒的Mini Ramp，刚好塞进那条巷子里，当时 Skateboarder Magazine 的办公室离它也不愿，于是我和 Aaron Meza 便去报道此事，那天实在太棒了，Chad Muska也在场，那时候Chad正在好莱坞拍戏，平时就很少能看到Muska，别说跟他滑板了，我幸运地在结束前拍到了这张他BS Nosepick的照片，那个Ramp我只拍了这么一张图，还拍到了Muska，太棒了
我很喜欢Leo，这小伙子实在帅爆了，我问他给杂志的老专栏拍个单叶照怎么样，这个专栏里我们通常用镜像处理，虽说这张照片只有半页，很多人都不是很在乎，但是Leo却不一样，他听了觉得不错，想要在San Clemente的扶手上拍Backlip和Frontlip，我就问他“你确定拍这两个吗，这张图只有半张纸这么点儿啊”他耸耸肩说“没事，我来” 这家伙太棒了，你有什么理由不爱他？！
这没什么好说的，我就是喜欢Tony Alva，现代滑板元老级任务，现在依旧活跃，看他就像在冲浪一样，混凝土巨浪
2001年，我们接到制作公司的电话，要我们去拍摄一个Bagel Bites的广告，地点在LA中心，演员则是新兴人物Hawkman，拍摄广告前一晚，他们邀请我和 Mike O’Meally来拍摄Tony在Ramp上热身的镜头。这个Ramp建在一个空的停车场，旁边就是 Staples Center大楼，我发现在这种弧度建筑背景之下肯定能拍出超现实的U池照片，我迫不及待想看拍出来到底会是什么样子。这也是我最最喜欢的滑板照了，不要小看Tony的BS Smith，Tony在这巨大的U池上做了几次才成功，我拍完了一卷胶卷，只有这么一帧是完美的，那天真不错
这也是我最最喜欢的照片，我出的主意，没想到拍出来这么好，我将我最喜欢的视频里滑手聚在了一起，这也是20年来的第一次，现在我看着它好像又回到了当时旅行之时
For English Now：
Q：What circumstances brought you into the editor’s chair here at TransWorld?
A：I had been working at Skateboarder Magazine for the last 13 years. I started interning there in 1999 and somehow got the Photo Editor’s job in 2000 through knowing the right people and just lucky timing. I then worked my way up to the Editor’s position there in 2007 where I held down that position until Skateboarder got shut down this past August. And once again due to some fortunate events of there being an open Editor’s position here at TransWorld around that time, I was able to apply and get the job here. I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity.
Q：What was the first TWS mag you saw? What are your earliest memories of TWS?
A：My first TWS was the Dec. 86 issue with Rodney Mullen on the cover and the cover blurb “Special No Themed Issue.” My sister saw it at the grocery store and brought it home to me. I was blown away. I didn’t know skateboard magazines existed. I had been skating for a while by that time and used to look at Freestylin BMX magazine just to see a few skate photos in the back of that, so when I saw that TWS I was instantly hooked and hung up all the photos on my wall.
Q：What’s been TransWorld’s hallmark to you? What has it meant in the history of skateboarding?
A：TWS‘ hallmark has always been amazing photography of the biggest names in skateboarding. Growing up with TransWorld meant I was always seeing the best skateboarding being done by the best skaters shot by the best photographers. That documentation of skateboarding is unsurpassed.
＊＊Give us five of your favorite photos you’ve shot and the story behind them:＊＊
Brooklyn Projects in LA built a sick little mini-ramp in 2004 behind their shop on Melrose that was tightly tucked away in the alley. Our Skateboarder offices used to be just a few blocks away from it, so [Aaron] Meza and I would go and session it when we could. This day was really cool because we got to skate with Chad Muska. Chad was deep in the Hollywood scene during this time, so a Muska sighting was very rare and a skate session with him even more rare. I was even lucky enough to snag this photo of his backside nosepick before the end of the session. It’s the only photo I have of this fun, janky ramp and it’s has The Muska in it. So stoked.
Leo has always been f—king gnarly and that’s why I love him. I asked him to do the Either/Or page in our magazine which was an old single page department in the mag where we shot mirror images of some tricks. Since the photos would only run half page, most dudes took it easy and didn’t get too crazy, but not Leo. He decided he wanted to backlip and frontlip this knobbed rail in San Clemente for it. I said, “Are you sure? You know it’s only a small photo on the page?” And he just shrugged his shoulders and said, “Eh, that’s fine.” So sick. What’s not to love about that fucker? Leo rules.
Not much to this photo but I just love that Tony Alva, one of the OGs of modern skateboarding, is still out there with the eye of the tiger. It looks like he’s surfing a big concrete wave.
Back in 2001, we got a call from a production company that was shooting a Bagel Bites commercial in downtown LA featuring the rising young star known as the Hawkman. They invited Mike O’Meally and myself to come down and shoot photos while Tony warmed up on the ramp before the commercial shoot that night. They built this ramp in an empty parking lot next to the Staples Center and had that rad backdrop of buildings that I thought look so surreal for a vert skate shot, so I was hyped on how this photo came out. It’s one of my all-time favorite skate photos I’ve shot. And don’t overlook the trick, it took Tony a bit to pull the backside Smith grind across that huge channel. I shot a whole roll of film and this was the only frame that came out perfect. It was a good day.
This is my all-time favorite photo I shot. This was my idea and I couldn’t believe I pulled it off. My favorite skate video of all-time and I got bring them all back together for the first time in 20 years. I still trip out when I look at this photo.
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