Mark Gonzales doesn't seem to be losing any creative energy as he gets older. Here is his latest...

300 pages of lo-fi photographs taken by the skater-turned-artist, capturing the spontaneity of his life from his camera phone.

Mark Gonzalez was one of the first skaters from California to recognize New York as a skating mecca. This clips explains the impact his visits had on the skaters of New York and beyond.

I admire how skaters are free to just push in any direction. I don’t know, that’s why they make so many skateparks for free now, to stop that freedom, to get them all into a caged area.[...] Skateboarding is a total art form, there’s no way around it. If it weren’t everyone would be wearing jerseys.

One of my favorite skaters of all time...always going against the grain.

How the urban youth market got to where it is now started in immigration patterns of the seventies. Kids emerged in the eighties who made themselves known in pop culture. Guys like Mark Gonzales, Tommy Guerreo, Ray Barbee, Steve Cabellero, and Christian Hosoi were all innovators of style. They developed a following of admirers and awareness of their contributions. Now why wouldn't this only amplify itself going into 2011?