[4] As of February 2005, the publication was owned by a group that consists of seven partners, while the magazine employed eleven full-time staff members.

Internal tensions between the Transworld Skateboarding magazine staff and AOL Time Warner[5] owners prompted the resignation of several key editorial members, including Mike Mihaly, J.

And, with that magazine being bought and sold that many times, and being corporate-owned, a lot of things had changed.

[9] As of October 2016, the editorial director of the magazine was Dave Swift, who is a current skateboard photographer and had worked for Transworld Skateboarding as Editor-In-Chief, Staff Writer and Staff Senior Photographer.

[13] In a February 2005 interview, the magazine's three primary founders, Brittain, Swift, and Mihaly explained the ethos of the magazine and the main points of distinction from their former employer by stating that the target audience is "hardcore skateboarders", while Transworld retains a tendency towards the mainstream aspect of skateboarding culture.

Alomar, who was a member of the now-defunct Menace skateboard team (founded by Kareem Campbell[15]), was arrested on a non-violent drug possession charge in Hollywood, California, United States (US).

[16] As of February 2013, the headquarters of The Skateboard Mag was located in Solana Beach, California, US.