cover discussions - Moses Itkonen

We met up with Moses at Centre Distribution and chatted about his covers in his office. The September 1995 Thrasher cover was shot by Scott Serfas, the 1997 Concrete cover in Burnaby shot by Jody Morris, then the Concrete Canadian Annual 1999 also shot by Jody. Next up is one of the early SBC covers in downtown Vancouver shot by Jody and then the 1996 shared cover of Transworld with Adam McNatt and Mike Frazier also shot by Jody Morris. Lastly we have the 1999 TWS front noseslide shot by Atiba Jefferson. Shout out to Rob "Sluggo" Boyce. Shot on location in Burnaby early July 2023.

[@steddyk]

Moses was a beast. Let the horns blow was one of my favourite videos.

[@PhilLayshioh]

Moses let’s get you on the 9 club ayy

[@ronniecreager2585]

FS nose slide king!

[@eek412]

Moses has the best front side no slides where he angles his back foot to help push the board through he's the first person I saw that

[@vacay_bliss]

Such a legend. I've been watching a lot of 411's lately. His clips are amazing.

[@spacecaserecords1204]

That switch tail cover was one of the first issues of Thrasher I bought. Someone in the comments got it right -- Moses had front noseslides. 180 nosegrinds and halfcab K-grinds too.

[@nicolasbaker9601]

super fast half cab crooks too

[@ccollins125]

Moses is looking like some type of 80s movie villain! I love it!

[@elincognito2135]

Front nose Navigator. Captain Moses Itoken 🀄️🐉

[@Desmond1of1]

Thought this dude fell off the face of the earth… lo & behold. Thanks

[@lookbacklibrary]

Nah. He’s been operating one of the skate distros in Canada with some friends for years now.

[@Desmond1of1]

@@lookbacklibrarythat’s what’s up. Good to hear one of the greats is involved in the industry.

[@tapshaapiseva4372]

Switch fs 5"o" on a low to high in (i think) Toronto was in one of recent views. Ahead of your time, Back to the Future Style. Nice to see and hear you. Kiitos

[@sidabbruzzi3239]

Moses Old friend