Dreams Do Come True
A profile of Jorge Gomez
By Mat Bandelow

Jorge is a skater who several years ago started Skepticindustries.com
one of the most influencial skate magazines on the Internet.
Jorge has combined his interest in art, with his passion for skating to carve
out an important place in the inline industry.

Jorge Gomez is a quiet, reserved type of guy, and in the world of aggressive skating his name isn't listed among the famous. Not yet anyway. To get to know Jorge, you first have to travel into the United State's mid-west, specifically to the state of Minnesota. Find a skating community in Minnesota and then ask the question again. Who is Jorge Gomez? Odds are someone will know who he is and what he does. He may not have attained fame through his skills on skates, but that's not to say that they haven't gotten him anywhere. Jorge has had his time with sponsors, having been locally sponsored by Rollerblade and the now defunct Scribe Industries. From the beginning of his life on wheels, Jorge has been a man with a dream. Like many skaters, Jorge dreamt of starting a business in the skating industry. The only trick was finding something that somebody wanted. Through a college project, Jorge found his answer. For this project, Jorge was asked to create a web page. He completed the project, but took it one step farther. He started an online magazine about aggressive skating. His friends and family thought the magazine was a passing fancy and that he could never make anything of himself that way, but Jorge didn't care. He pushed ahead on his own and out of that negative atmosphere was born the name Skeptic Industries and a vehicle that could take him anywhere he wanted. During the four years that Skeptic Industries has been alive it's grown to be one of the two most popular and respected online magazines in the world, by both skaters and industry alike. Jorge is no longer alone in his quest. He's been able to find a staff as dedicated to the sport as he is. Still, Skeptic's popularity is due mainly to Jorge and his talents. You see, running and working on a magazine has allowed Jorge to develop what has become his most respected talent yet, his photography. He is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after photographers in the sport of aggressive skating. Just check out any recent issue of Box magazine and you'll find his work peppered among the pages. Jorge isn't the type of guy who puts in all this work because he wants the fame or the money; he's doing it because of a true love for the sport. With one and a half years of college still to go and an ever-deepening bag of tricks, the chapter on Jorge's success will most surely write itself. Keep your eyes open, because you never know where Jorge and his camera will be, but be sure he'll be keeping his eye open for you.