Mark Whiteley

Mark Whiteley is an American skateboarder, photographer, writer and former editor-in-chief of Slap Magazine. He was a video filmer during high school and college and worked for 411, Think, Real, Stereo, Thrasher, Santa Cruz and other companies, and working in the Northern California skateboarding industry he got to know many skaters through being out skating and filming. When Lance Dawes, the original editor of Slap, was looking for an assistant editor, Phil Shao and Paul Zuanich recommended Whiteley, and after a positive meeting with Fausto Vitello he started at Slap Magazine on 10 August 1998 as managing editor.