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Jan Welch
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Jan Eric Welch (born December 27, 1975), is an American director of aggressive skating videos and commercials. He is also a freelance journalist and a SXSW Interactive Media Award winning designer. Career Jan Welch started his aggressive skating career in 1991. He travelled and skated throughout the state and the rest of the southwest. Through these travels, he met and inspired many of the key players who built a foundation for their sport during its infancy. Jan had a vision to unify the unorganized lesser-known factions within the sport through the creation of Scum Magazine. Only two years after starting Scum, it became a global phenomenon that encompassed aggressive skating, its lifestyle, music and art. This magazine brought many unknown skaters during the '90s into the spotlight, through the web and its print publication that lasted from 1995-1999. In 1999 Jan was offered a position to build a web site for Daily Bread Magazine and went on two create two videos for them, entitled Quatro and No One's Children. He attended the University of Texas in Austin to study architectural engineering, before moving on to film and advertising and subsequently dropping out. Jan obtained an associates degree in Printing Management from Austin Community College. In 2002 Jan Welch and professional aggressive skaters Jon Elliott and Brian Shima started a distribution company called Rat Tail. Rat Tail was to be the foundation of a collective that then included some well known companies in aggressive skating. These were 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings and Nimh Skates. In 2010 the founders of Rat Tail parted ways and the company came to an end. As of early 2015, Jan is currently working on a new video project. This is video will be his 20th Anniversary. Filmography - director/producer/editor/filmer *1997 - Scratched - Scum Magazine Video *1998 - America's Army - Scum Magazine Video *1999 - Last Call - Scum Magazine Europe Tour Video *2000 - United Front - J.E.W. Video Productions *2003 - - J.E.W. Video Productions *2008 - Sleaze - The Vicious Team Video by Jan Welch Filmography - director/editor/filmer *2001 - Quatro - Daily Bread Magazine Video #4 *2002 - Steal This Video - Razor's Amateur Team Video *2002 - No One's Children - Daily Bread Magazine Video #5 *2004 - Leading the Blind - 4x4 Team Video *2008 - Drip Drop - 4x4 Team Video *2010 - Nimh - Nimh Team Video Filmography filmer *2001 - Uncloned by Beau Cottington & Razors *2002 - DBV Europe by Daily Bread Magazine *2003 - Concentration by Escozoo Media *2003 - Straight Jacket by Adam Johnson *2003 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20051216142750/http://www.rollingvideos.com/directory/search.php?keywordR&search_modeletter Rejects DVD Volume 5] by Rejects Magazine *2004 - Ego by Adam Johnson & Razors *2008 - 4x4's Drip Drop by Pat Lennen & Jan Welch *2008 - Sleaze - The Vicious Team Video by Jan Welch *2010 - Nimh - Nimh Team Video Appeared in the following videos as a skater *1997 - Scratched - Scum Magazine Video *1998 - America's Army - Scum Magazine Video *2001 - Quatro - Daily Bread Magazine Video #4 Inline Skating Brands * Big Wheel Blading - Founder * Scum Magazine - Owner * Transit Clothing - Owner * Farmland Clothing - Owner * Rat Tail Distribution - Co-Owner * 4x4 Wheels - Co-Owner * Vicious Bearings - Founder Journalist Has contributed to the following magazines: *Inline Magazine (Germany) out of business *Flavor BMX Magazine (U.S.A.) out of business *Crazy Roller Magazine (France) out of business *Scum Magazine (U.S.A) out of business *Be-mag (Austria) *Daily Bread (U.S.A)out of business Notable awards *1999 - South by Southwest - Best Recreational/Hobby/Sport Site for Scum Magazine 
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