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Sean Cliver: Disposable

By Lance Dalgart
EXPN.com

Monday, November 22, 2004

In the winter of 1988, 19-year-old Sean Cliver spotted an "Artist Wanted" contest sponsored by Powell Peralta, his favorite skateboard graphics company, in Thrasher magazine. He was enrolled in a tech school in Madison, WI, at the time and submitted four samples of his work. "Looking back at those pieces," Sean says, "I have no idea how I was selected." Sean made the final four and in January of '89, boarded a one-way flight to Santa Barbara, CA, for an interview with George Powell. "Three we ...

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