1996 Year in Review:
Sal Barbier, Bob Burnquist, Ronnie Creager, Eric Koston, Chad Muska, Tom Penny and Paul Sharpe form the original éS team.
Chad Muska enjoys a minimal wall ride.
The timeless stylings of Sal, the mind-blowing technical vert skills of Burnquist, the incomprehensible trickery of Creager, the comical antics and unmatched ability of Koston, a new kid named Muska, the elusive brilliance of Tom Penny and the magical pop of Sharpe all make the éS team a force to be reckoned with in modern skateboarding.
The unbelievable brilliance of a young Tom Penny.
Tom Penny, éS Commercial 1996.
Sal Barbier shadows himself with a frontside noseslide.
A blinding white Bob Burnquist tweaks a switch Indy.
Eric Koston is Thrasher's Skater of the Year.
Eric Koston’s part in Girl’s Mouse video.
1996 Headlines
- The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, is arrested at his Montana cabin.
- Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born.
- TWA Flight 800 explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.
- The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills one and injures 111.
- The Ramones play their last show ever at Lollapalooza.
- Rapper Tupac Shakur dies from a gunshot wound.
- Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found murdered in her family's basement in Boulder, Colorado.
1996 Ad archive
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éS Footwear, February 1996
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Tom Penny, March 1996
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éS Footwear, April 1996
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Paul Sharpe, May 1996
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Ronnie Creager, August 1996
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Tom Penny, September 1996
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Sal Barbier, October 1996
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Paul Sharpe, November 1996
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Chad Muska, December 1996