One (Photo Journal): Haynes #11: Life in Glenwood
We talk a lot about where skating is going, the uncertainty of the future of our industry seems to be perpetually on the minds of skaters everywhere. Recently, I started to think about my personal past with skating.
I grew up in a small town in central Minnesota called Glenwood. Glenwood is about two hours north west of Minneapolis, where I live now. Skating in Minneapolis is unlike anywhere else I have ever been. Seasoned pros like Chris Farmer and Jeph Howard regularly skate with people who have only been skating a short time, and everyone gets along.
Everyone is so friendly, they would allow a kid from a small farm and lake town in an unheard of part of the state to crash on their floors, which I did frequently while in high school. Their hospitality influenced my skating and helped me become a photographer.
I am still friends with all those people I met in my 16th year, and as they influenced me, I like to think that I gave them a little taste of Greater Minnesota. These photos were taken in Glenwood or the surrounding area over a span of eight years, and with any retrospective you get to see progression.
Progression of my friends as skaters and progression of my photographic talent. This is what happens when you take the city kids out of the city.
— John Haynes
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May 5th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
That rail is insane
May 5th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Damn, that photo is intense.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
my home boy beast is from Minnesota. he speaks so highly of there. i can only hope to make a trip out there in the near future.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
i relli dont get whats happaning to the indistry all i can do is pray that it dosant die
May 5th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
My buddy Will Beans from minnesota n misses the hell outta it, im makin a trip there wit him sumtime this summer hopefully, whos the skater in this pic thats fuckin nasty
May 6th, 2009 at 6:30 am
one of the craziest photos ive ever seen. wtf…
May 6th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Jeph Howard is fucking sick!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
JEPH HOWIE, DOG. BEEN SO GOOD SINCE LIKE TWO THOW-WOW.