The artwork for the cover is a nine-layer Photoshop 5.5 file, created
by John Berg Jr., owner of the firm B design in Mount Prospect
(jpbergjr@cin.net). Berg spent a day photographing skateboarders
at skate parks owned by the Deerfield and Hoffman Estates park
districts. He scanned the 35mm photos into his iMac, manipulated
the images—adding (ahem) helmets, coloring the skaters' clothes,
and using blurring filters for the motion effect. Berg designs
marketing materials and Web sites for Illinois-based skate park
builder Skateparks2Playgrounds, www.skateparks2playgrounds.com.
In August, the company launches www.jetboy.com, an interactive
site for skaters, run by skaters, that features news, contests, petitions
promoting skate parks, music, and a "common ground" for skaters to
trade ideas and chat. (See a related skateboarding story on page 35.)
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